billpugh / sheep-brain

The brains of the Sheep, running on an ESP32

Config file

Value	Description
sheepNum	the number for the sheep voices
stable sensor value	if non-zero, use as stable value
privates enabled	if non-zero, private sensor is enabled
R rated	if non-zero, R rated sounds enabled
default volume	0 - 63, 63 is maximum, 0 is silent, 50 is a typical loud volume
min sound delay	minimum delay in seconds between sound clips (suggest 12)
max sound delay	maximum delay in seconds between sound clips (suggest 25)
time zone offset	difference from ET
# time periods	the number of lines each containing the following fields
start duration volume	start is the starting o’clock in EST (0-23) for a volume reduction, duration is the number of hours, volume in that window

For example, the following config file

1
0
0
0
48
12
25
0
1
22 10 40

Specifies the following:

• Sheep 1
• privates not enabled
• R-rated sounds not enabled
• default volume of 48
• delay until next sound of 1/2 duration of previous clip plus 12-25 seconds
• no time zone offset (use EST)
• 1 time period offset
• If time is between 10pm and 8am, use a volume of 40

Libraries used

Library	Version	Notes
Adafruit Sleepydog
Wire
TimeLib
Adafruit_GPS
RH_RF95
Adafruit_VS1053	Custom	Modified to use SdFat
SdFat
Adafruit_MPR121

Hardware

Module	I2C	Serial	SPI	Notes
Feather M0/LoRa
Music Maker FeatherWing			yes	Both audio codec and SD card; SD select = 5
GPS Featherwing		yes
Capacitive Touch Sensor	0x5A
20W amplifier	0x4B
Teensy 3.5	0x44