ARDUINO BASED WIFI ENABLED WIRELESS SPEAKER

Abstract

This project is to create a system to wirelessly broadcast an audio signal from a computer to a set of speakers using Wi-Fi. This allows one to play music files from a computer and have the sound come out of any speakers that are in range of the wireless network. The ideal use case for this product would involve the ability to have a computer in one room processing music files while multiple speakers throughout the house are actually playing the music. This would be particularly useful in a party setting where one would like to keep a computer safe in a locked room while still being able to use it to play music. Additionally, if a party is there are sets of speakers in multiple rooms, they can all be synced to the same audio source. The major components of the system are the microcontroller receiver module (an ATMega 328p) and the computer program that sends the packetized audio data. This is to create a system that uses Wi-Fi to transmit audio from a source such as a laptop to a speaker system. The final product combines the use of embedded harware, low level software programming, and the IEEE 802.11 standard protocol for wireless communication (Wi-Fi) to create a polished end device. The hardware and software was developed using a combination of original work as open source code and libraries.