Apollo CAST-1 Audio Streamer
Device Type:
Electrical Standard:
Board:
Difficulty:Comes with ESPhome (1/5)
Project URL:https://github.com/ApolloAutomation/CAST-1/
Description
Any speaker with a 3.5mm input can join your smart home. The Apollo CAST-1 plugs into powered speakers, a hi-fi amplifier, an AV receiver, or a pair of desktop monitors and turns them into a network audio player. They show up in ESPHome as a media player and also use SendSpin to connect to Music Assistant!
Perfect for:
- Whole home audio
- Syncing audio between rooms
- Turn your non-smart speaker smart
- Play alarms, chimes, notifications to a speaker from Home Assistant or ESPHome
Technical Specifications
- LEDs: Onboard RGB LED, also a hookup to connect your own RGB strip!
- Modular Attachments:
- Top: Ethernet connector
- Power: USB-C
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi or ethernet
- Board: ESP32-based
Quickstart
- Connect the CAST-1 via USB-C or power on with battery.
- Connect to “Apollo CAST1 Hotspot”.
- Input WiFi credentials.
- In Home Assistant, look at discovered devices.
- Customize button functions and add modular attachments as needed.
Configuration
The current firmware configuration is fetched live from the upstream repository:
# Loading https://github.com/ApolloAutomation/CAST-1/blob/main/Integrations/ESPHome/CAST-1.yaml…