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DIY Wio Terminal Spectrum Analyzer (Arduino IDE)

January 29, 2022 by Mirko Pavleski
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How to connect and install this small but powerful device on Arduino IDE, as well as the basic steps on how to upload a program to it.

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1 Arduino IDE

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1 Soldering Iron Tip, Blade

The Wio Terminal is a SAMD51-based microcontroller with Wireless Connectivity compatible with Arduino and MicroPython. It runs at 120MHz, 4MB External Flash and 192KB RAM. The Wio Terminal itself is equipped with a 2.4” LCD Screen, onboard IMU (Acceleromete, Microphone, Buzzer, microSD card slot, Light sensor, and Infrared Emitter. Also it have three buttons, one five way switch (joystick), and reset switch. It supports both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi providing backbone for IoT projects. There is also a 40-pin connector on the back that connects external components and modules.

This time I will show you how to connect and install this small but powerful device on Arduino IDE, as well as the basic steps on how to upload a program to it. For a start we will install a simple but visually effective Application that will use the built-in microphone as a source of input signal.

I hope most readers already have some experience With Arduino, so I will explain this steps briefly.

1. We need to install Arduino IDE software

2. Click on File - Preferences, and copy below url to Additional Boards ManagerURLs:

https://files.seeedstudio.com/arduino/package_seeeduino_boards_index.json

3. Click on Tools - Board - Board Manager and Search Wio Terminal in the Boards Manager.

4. Now in the Tools - Board menu select the Wio Terminal. We can now upload a sketch.

As I mentioned earlier this time we will install an Application that will turn the Vio Terminal into a Spectrum Analyzer that will use the built-in microphone. For this sketch we also need to install two libraries: "arduinoFFT" and "Seeed_Arduino_LCD" graphic library, wich consist "TFT_eSPI", and you can download it below.

For this purpose I made a small plastic holder to which the Vio Terminal is attached with the help of these two small nuts. The analyzer has eight bars that cover different central frequencies, the first of which is 125Hz and the last 16KHz. With the help of the buttons we can change the sensitivity of the input signal which is marked in the upper left corner of the screen.

/* ESP8266/32 Audio Spectrum Analyser on an SSD1306/SH1106 Display
 * The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2017 by David Bird. 
 * The formulation and display of an AUdio Spectrum using an ESp8266 or ESP32 and SSD1306 or SH1106 OLED Display using a Fast Fourier Transform
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files 
 * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, 
 * publish, distribute, but not to use it commercially for profit making or to sub-license and/or to sell copies of the Software or to 
 * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:  
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES 
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE 
 * LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN 
 * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 
 * See more at http://dsbird.org.uk 
*/
// Wio Audio Spectrum Display : 2020.05.28 macsbug
// https://macsbug.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/wio-audio-spectrum-display/
// GAIN ADJUST : GAIN UP = KEY_C(LEFT) , 5S_UP
// GAIN ADJUST : GAIN DOWN = KEY_B(RIGHT) , 5S_DOWN
// Audio Spectrum Display : 2017.12.31 macsbug
// https://macsbug.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/audio-spectrum-display-with-m5stack/
// https://github.com/tobozo/ESP32-8-Octave-Audio-Spectrum-Display/tree/wrover-kit
// https://github.com/G6EJD/ESP32-8266-Audio-Spectrum-Display
// https://github.com/kosme/arduinoFFT
// https://macsbug.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/audio-spectrum-display-with-m5stack/

#include "arduinoFFT.h"
arduinoFFT FFT = arduinoFFT();
#include <TFT_eSPI.h>
TFT_eSPI tft = TFT_eSPI();
#define SAMPLES 512  // Must be a power of 2
#define SAMPLING_FREQUENCY 40000 
// Hz, must be 40000 or less due to ADC conversion time.
// Determines maximum frequency that can be analysed by the FFT Fmax=sampleF/2.

struct eqBand {
  const char *freqname;
  uint16_t amplitude;
  int peak;
  int lastpeak;
  uint16_t lastval;
  unsigned long lastmeasured;
};

eqBand audiospectrum[8] = {
  //Adjust the amplitude values to fit your microphone
/*
  { "125Hz", 1000, 2,   0, 0, 0},
  { "250Hz", 500,  2,   0, 0, 0},
  { "500Hz", 300,  3,   0, 0, 0},
  { "1KHz",  250,  7,   0, 0, 0},
  { "2KHz",  200,  14,  0, 0, 0},
  { "4KHz",  100,  24,  0, 0, 0},
  { "8KHz",  50,   48,  0, 0, 0},
  { "16KHz", 25,   155, 0, 0, 0}
*/
  { "125Hz", 500, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  { "250Hz", 200, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  { "500Hz", 200, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  { "1KHz",  200, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  { "2KHz",  200, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  { "4KHz",  100, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  { "8KHz",  100, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  { "16KHz",  50, 0, 0, 0, 0}
};

unsigned int sampling_period_us;
unsigned long microseconds;
double vReal[SAMPLES];
double vImag[SAMPLES];
unsigned long newTime, oldTime;
uint16_t tft_width  = 320;
uint16_t tft_height = 240;
uint8_t bands = 8;
uint8_t bands_width = floor( tft_width / bands );
uint8_t bands_pad = bands_width - 10;
uint16_t colormap[255]; // color palette for the band meter (pre-fill in setup)
int gain = 32;

void setup() {
  tft.begin();
  tft.setRotation(3); 
  tft.fillScreen(TFT_BLACK);
  tft.setTextColor(TFT_YELLOW, TFT_BLACK);
  tft.setTextSize(1);
  pinMode(WIO_KEY_C,   INPUT_PULLUP);// LEFT
  pinMode(WIO_KEY_A,   INPUT_PULLUP);// CENTER
  pinMode(WIO_KEY_B,   INPUT_PULLUP);// RIGHT
  pinMode(WIO_5S_UP,   INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(WIO_5S_DOWN, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(WIO_5S_LEFT, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(WIO_5S_RIGHT,INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(WIO_5S_PRESS,INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(WIO_MIC,     INPUT);
  sampling_period_us = round(1000000 * (1.0 / SAMPLING_FREQUENCY));
  delay(2000);
  for(uint8_t i=0;i<tft_height;i++) {
    colormap[i] = tft.color565(tft_height-i*.5, i*1.1, 0);
  }
  for (byte band = 0; band <= 7; band++) {
    tft.setCursor(bands_width*band + 2, 0);
    tft.print(audiospectrum[band].freqname);
  }
}

void loop() {
  String cont = waitForcont();
  if ((cont=="5UP")   || (cont=="LEFT") ){gain++;tft.setCursor(5,10);tft.println(gain);}
  if ((cont=="5DOWN") || (cont=="RIGHT")){gain--;tft.setCursor(5,10);tft.println(gain);}
  for (int i = 0; i < SAMPLES; i++) {
    newTime = micros()-oldTime;
    oldTime = newTime;
    vReal[i] = analogRead(WIO_MIC) * gain; // A conversion takes about 1uS on an ESP32
    vImag[i] = 0;
    while (micros() < (newTime + sampling_period_us)) { 
      // do nothing to wait
    }
  }
  FFT.Windowing(vReal, SAMPLES, FFT_WIN_TYP_HAMMING, FFT_FORWARD);
  FFT.Compute(vReal, vImag, SAMPLES, FFT_FORWARD);
  FFT.ComplexToMagnitude(vReal, vImag, SAMPLES);

  for (int i = 2; i < (SAMPLES/2); i++){ 
    // Don't use sample 0 and only first SAMPLES/2 are usable. 
    // Each array eleement represents a frequency and its value the amplitude.
    if (vReal[i] > 1500) { // Add a crude noise filter, 10 x amplitude or more
      byte bandNum = getBand(i);
      if(bandNum!=8) {
        displayBand(bandNum, (int)vReal[i]/audiospectrum[bandNum].amplitude);
      }
    }
  }
  
  long vnow = millis();
  for (byte band = 0; band <= 7; band++) {
    // auto decay every 50ms on low activity bands
    if(vnow - audiospectrum[band].lastmeasured > 50) {
      displayBand(band, audiospectrum[band].lastval>4 ? audiospectrum[band].lastval-4 : 0);
    }
    if (audiospectrum[band].peak > 0) {
      audiospectrum[band].peak -= 2;
      if(audiospectrum[band].peak<=0) {
        audiospectrum[band].peak = 0;
      }
    }
    // only draw if peak changed
    if(audiospectrum[band].lastpeak != audiospectrum[band].peak) {
      // delete last peak
     tft.drawFastHLine(bands_width*band,tft_height-audiospectrum[band].lastpeak,bands_pad,TFT_BLACK);
     audiospectrum[band].lastpeak = audiospectrum[band].peak;
     tft.drawFastHLine(bands_width*band, tft_height-audiospectrum[band].peak,
                   bands_pad, colormap[tft_height-audiospectrum[band].peak]);
    }
  } 
}

void displayBand(int band, int dsize){
  uint16_t hpos = bands_width*band;
  int dmax = 200;
  if(dsize>tft_height-10) {
    dsize = tft_height-10; // leave some hspace for text
  }
  if(dsize < audiospectrum[band].lastval) {
    // lower value, delete some lines
    tft.fillRect(hpos, tft_height-audiospectrum[band].lastval,
      bands_pad, audiospectrum[band].lastval - dsize, TFT_BLACK);
  }
  if (dsize > dmax) dsize = dmax;
  for (int s = 0; s <= dsize; s=s+4){
    tft.drawFastHLine(hpos,tft_height-s,bands_pad,colormap[tft_height-s]);
  }
  if (dsize > audiospectrum[band].peak) {
    audiospectrum[band].peak = dsize;
  }
  audiospectrum[band].lastval = dsize;
  audiospectrum[band].lastmeasured = millis();
}

byte getBand(int i) {
  if (i<=2 )             return 0;  //   125Hz
  if (i >3   && i<=5 )   return 1;  //   250Hz
  if (i >5   && i<=7 )   return 2;  //   500Hz
  if (i >7   && i<=15 )  return 3;  //  1000Hz
  if (i >15  && i<=30 )  return 4;  //  2000Hz
  if (i >30  && i<=53 )  return 5;  //  4000Hz
  if (i >53  && i<=200 ) return 6;  //  8000Hz
  if (i >200           ) return 7;  // 16000Hz
  return 8;
}

String waitForcont() {
  String cont = "";
  if (digitalRead(WIO_KEY_A)   ==LOW){cont="RIGHT" ;}else 
  if (digitalRead(WIO_KEY_B)   ==LOW){cont="MIDDLE";}else
  if (digitalRead(WIO_KEY_C)   ==LOW){cont="LEFT"  ;}else 
  if (digitalRead(WIO_5S_UP)   ==LOW){cont="5UP"   ;}else 
  if (digitalRead(WIO_5S_DOWN) ==LOW){cont="5DOWN" ;}else 
  if (digitalRead(WIO_5S_LEFT) ==LOW){cont="5LEFT" ;}else 
  if (digitalRead(WIO_5S_RIGHT)==LOW){cont="5RIGHT";}else 
  if (digitalRead(WIO_5S_PRESS)==LOW){cont="5CLICK";}else 
  if (cont != ""){return cont;}
}

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