Sendspin example for ESP32S3 with 2 or 8 MB of PSRAM and DAC (like MAX98357 or UDA1334)

sendspin-player-1.yaml

esphome:
  name: sendspin-player-1
  friendly_name: sendspin-player-1
  min_version: 2026.3.0
  on_boot:
    priority: 600
    then:
      - script.execute: draw_display
esp32:
  board: esp32-s3-devkitc-1
  cpu_frequency: 240MHz
  variant: esp32s3
  flash_size: 16MB
  framework:
    type: esp-idf
    version: recommended
    sdkconfig_options:
      CONFIG_ESP32S3_DATA_CACHE_64KB: "y"
      CONFIG_ESP32S3_DATA_CACHE_LINE_64B: "y"
      CONFIG_ESP32S3_INSTRUCTION_CACHE_32KB: "y"
      CONFIG_SPIRAM_RODATA: "y"
      CONFIG_SPIRAM_FETCH_INSTRUCTIONS: "y"
      CONFIG_BT_ALLOCATION_FROM_SPIRAM_FIRST: "y"
      CONFIG_BT_BLE_DYNAMIC_ENV_MEMORY: "y"
      CONFIG_MBEDTLS_EXTERNAL_MEM_ALLOC: "y"
      CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_3: "y"

psram:
  mode: octal
  speed: 80MHz
  ignore_not_found: false

api:
  reboot_timeout: 0s # to avoid rebooting without HA

ota:
  - platform: esphome

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  on_connect:
    - script.execute: draw_display
  on_disconnect:
    - script.execute: draw_display
  ap:
    ssid: "Sendspin-Player-1"
    password: "HpNtkwZG6iMk"

captive_portal:

network:
  enable_ipv6: true

logger:
  level: debug
  logs:
    wifi: info
    api: info
    mdns: info

i2s_audio:
  - id: i2s_output
    i2s_lrclk_pin: 
      number: 13
      allow_other_uses: false
    i2s_bclk_pin:  
      number: 11
      allow_other_uses: false

speaker:
  # Hardware speaker output
  - platform: i2s_audio
    id: i2s_audio_speaker
    sample_rate: 48000
    i2s_mode: primary
    i2s_dout_pin: 12
    bits_per_sample: 32bit
    i2s_audio_id: i2s_output
    dac_type: external
    channel: stereo
    timeout: never
    buffer_duration: 60ms
  # Virtual speakers to combine the announcement and media streams together into one output
  - platform: mixer
    id: mixing_speaker
    output_speaker: i2s_audio_speaker
    num_channels: 2
    task_stack_in_psram: true
    source_speakers:
      - id: announcement_mixing_input
        timeout: never
      - id: media_mixing_input
        timeout: never
  # Virtual speakers to resample each pipelines' audio, if necessary, as the mixer speaker requires the same sample rate
  - platform: resampler
    id: media_resampling_speaker
    output_speaker: media_mixing_input
    # output_speaker: i2s_audio_speaker
    sample_rate: 48000
    bits_per_sample: 16

sendspin:
  id: sendspin_hub
  task_stack_in_psram: false

media_source:
  - platform: sendspin
    id: sendspin_media_source
    fixed_delay: 480 microseconds

media_player:
  - platform: sendspin
    id: sendspin_group_media_player
  - platform: speaker_source
    id: external_media_player
    name: Media Player
    media_pipeline:
      format: FLAC     # FLAC is the least processor intensive codec
      num_channels: 2
      sample_rate: 48000
      speaker: media_resampling_speaker
      sources:
        - sendspin_media_source
    volume_increment: 0.05
    volume_min: 0.4
    volume_max: 0.85

external_components:
  - source:
      # https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/14933
      type: git
      url: https://github.com/kahrendt/esphome
      ref: 890e33f99af2c2ea15dc74c3ec4cf32d25203526
    components: [const, media_source, sendspin]

button:
  - platform: restart
    id: restart_button
    name: Restart
    entity_category: config
    disabled_by_default: true
    icon: "mdi:restart"

debug:
  update_interval: 5s

light:
  - platform: esp32_rmt_led_strip
    id: led_ww
    name: LED onboard
    disabled_by_default: true
    internal: false
    rgb_order: GRB
    pin: 48
    num_leds: 1
    rmt_symbols: 192
    chipset: ws2812
    entity_category: config
    default_transition_length: 0s
    effects:
      - pulse:
      - pulse:
          name: "Fast Pulse"
          transition_length: 0.3s
          update_interval: 0.3s
          min_brightness: 0%
          max_brightness: 100%
      - pulse:
          name: "Slow Pulse"
          transition_length: 1s
          update_interval: 1s
          min_brightness: 0%
          max_brightness: 100%

script:
  - id: draw_display
    then:
      - if:
          condition:
            wifi.connected:
          then:
            - light.turn_on:
                id: led_ww           
                red: 0%
                green: 50%
                blue: 100%
                brightness: 30%
                effect: "none"
          else:
            - light.turn_on:
                id: led_ww           
                red: 100%
                green: 0%
                blue: 0%
                brightness: 40%
                effect: slow pulse

somehow this:

speaker:
  # Hardware speaker output
  - platform: i2s_audio
    id: i2s_audio_speaker
    sample_rate: 48000
    i2s_mode: primary
    i2s_dout_pin: 6
    bits_per_sample: 32bit
    i2s_audio_id: i2s_output
    dac_type: external
    channel: stereo
    timeout: never
    buffer_duration: 60ms

only play in right channel, but this plays in stereo:

speaker:
  - platform: i2s_audio
    id: i2s_audio_speaker
    i2s_audio_id: i2s_output
    i2s_dout_pin: GPIO6
    dac_type: external
    channel: stereo

really strange?? ((PCM5102A on esp32-s3 zero)

Same for me with S3 n16r8 and dual mono MAX98357A configured as a Stereo I2S pair
From the datasheet to force the pair into L/R partnership.

I've made the following alterations to get it working optimally for me

For stereo make the above code change .
remove the bits per sample line 101 as defaults to output speaker sample rate
line 126 change volume_min to zero so you can actually got low volume to loud rather than mid volume to loud.