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Summary

This PR adds community support for running WLED on the M5Stack CoreS3.

The implementation keeps CoreS3-specific functionality in usermods and build scripts as much as possible, with only a minimal integration hook in the WLED core.

Features

  • M5Stack CoreS3 320x240 touch display UI
    • Main
    • Color
    • Effects
    • Presets
  • Bidirectional synchronization between the CoreS3 UI and WLED Web UI
  • Built-in ES7210 microphone support for Audio Reactive
  • AXP2101 power management
  • Battery status display
  • Physical power-key monitoring
  • Safe shutdown with LED BLACK frame before power-off
  • Display sleep/wake, brightness and fade handling
  • Support for CoreS3 LED output ports
  • LED-count shrink protection during runtime bus rebuilds

ESP32-S3 LED stability

The CoreS3 build applies two NeoPixelBus compatibility/stability patches through PlatformIO pre-scripts:

  • ESP32-S3 RMT DMA with a 1024-symbol buffer
  • LCD/GDMA channel teardown during bus rebuilds

These patches are applied automatically during dependency preparation and are designed to be idempotent.

Build

A CoreS3 PlatformIO configuration example is included at:

usermods/CoreS3_Display/platformio_override.ini.example

The CoreS3 usermods declare the required M5GFX dependency using the M5GFX 0.2.26 Git tag for reproducible clean builds.

WLED core integration

The CoreS3 implementation is kept outside the WLED core wherever practical.

The only direct WLED core integration is a small weak hook used to defer the standard LED bus reinitialization when the CoreS3 power usermod needs to perform its guarded bus rebuild sequence.

Without the CoreS3 usermod, the default WLED behavior is unchanged.

Validation

Tested on a physical M5Stack CoreS3 with ESP32-S3.

Validated on the current upstream main baseline with a full clean dependency rebuild.

Test coverage included:

  • Clean PlatformIO build from empty build/libdeps state
  • Boot and Wi-Fi/Web UI operation
  • Touch UI navigation
  • Color, effect and preset control
  • CoreS3 UI <-> Web UI synchronization
  • LED ON/OFF
  • Audio Reactive operation using the internal ES7210 microphones
  • Runtime LED-count shrink and restore
  • Display sleep/wake
  • Safe physical shutdown while LEDs are active
  • RMT/GDMA stability during runtime LED bus rebuilds

No panic, watchdog, RMT, or GDMA errors were observed during the final hardware regression.

Documentation

Detailed English and Japanese documentation is included under:

usermods/CoreS3_Display/

This is a community implementation and is not official M5Stack firmware.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added native WLED support for the M5Stack CoreS3.
    • Added a 320×240 touchscreen interface for effects, colors, brightness, presets, and network recovery.
    • Added built-in dual-microphone support for Audio Reactive effects.
    • Added battery monitoring, safe shutdown, external power management, and startup branding.
    • Added display brightness, touch input, RGB565 screen capture, and hardware diagnostics.
  • Documentation

    • Added English and Japanese setup guides covering features, configuration, build instructions, limitations, and CoreS3 support.

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The PR adds native M5Stack CoreS3 support through dedicated power, display, audio, and AudioReactive usermods. It adds PlatformIO build scripts, touch UI handling, NeoPixelBus patches, documentation, and one weak WLED core integration hook.

Changes

CoreS3 build and platform integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Build configuration and hardware patches
pio-scripts/*, usermods/CoreS3_Display/platformio_override.ini.example
Adds the m5stack_cores3 environment, watchdog-reset upload handling, and idempotent NeoPixelBus RMT and LCD/GDMA patches.
CoreS3 documentation
docs/M5Stack_CoreS3.md, usermods/CoreS3_Display/readme.md, usermods/CoreS3_Display/readme_jp.md
Documents the build process, hardware support, runtime behavior, limitations, validation, and project structure.

Power and audio runtime

Layer / File(s) Summary
Power management and LED bus protection
usermods/CoreS3_Power/*, wled00/wled.cpp
Adds external 5V control, AXP2101 power-key shutdown handling, power diagnostics, and deferred LED bus rebuilding until safe output conditions are met.
ES7210 AudioReactive integration
usermods/CoreS3_Audio/*, usermods/audioreactive/*
Adds shared-I2C ES7210 setup, fixed CoreS3 audio pins, deferred I2S1 initialization, stereo-to-mono capture, retry handling, and CoreS3 FFT configuration.

Display and touch UI

Layer / File(s) Summary
Display hardware backend
usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayHardwareBackend.*, usermods/CoreS3_Display/CoreS3_WLED_Logo.h
Adds profile-based display support, touch and brightness control, RGB565 capture, Core2 diagnostics, battery telemetry, and the CoreS3 startup logo.
Touch UI state machine
usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayUI.h, usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouch*.h, usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchStateMachine.inc
Adds touch geometry, state types, hit-test helpers, gesture timing, long-press behavior, page navigation, preset actions, and release handling.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 4df51

The build integration can patch mismatched dependency sources, and one supported configuration can fail to link. These issues should be resolved before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CoreS3Touch
  participant CoreS3Display
  participant WLEDState
  participant CoreS3Power
  CoreS3Touch->>CoreS3Display: read touch and build hit state
  CoreS3Touch->>WLEDState: execute brightness, effect, color, or preset action
  CoreS3Power->>WLEDState: defer LED bus reinitialization
  WLEDState->>CoreS3Power: retry bus rebuild after safe output
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usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp (1)

709-709: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the size-dependent initializer from oldPins.

getPins(oldPins) writes oldPins[0] before it is read when it returns a pin count greater than zero. The five-element initializer is therefore unnecessary and couples this declaration to OUTPUT_MAX_PINS.

-      uint8_t oldPins[OUTPUT_MAX_PINS] = {255, 255, 255, 255, 255};
+      uint8_t oldPins[OUTPUT_MAX_PINS];
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In `@usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp` at line 709, Update the oldPins
declaration used with getPins to remove the size-dependent five-element
initializer while retaining the existing OUTPUT_MAX_PINS-sized array allocation.
usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp (1)

355-355: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the unused CORES3_FFT_BIN_HZ constant.

The constant is never referenced. The info page uses a literal string instead. It has no firmware behavior or memory effect. The applicable AI-review instruction requires removal of defined-but-unused singleton data.

♻️ Proposed removal
 static_assert(SAMPLE_RATE == 16000, "CoreS3 FFT calibration requires 16 kHz sampling");
 static_assert(samplesFFT == 512, "CoreS3 FFT calibration requires 512 FFT samples");
-constexpr float CORES3_FFT_BIN_HZ = (float)SAMPLE_RATE / (float)samplesFFT; // 31.25 Hz/bin
 `#endif`
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leaving the surrounding FFT configuration unchanged.
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Inline comments:
In `@pio-scripts/cores3_v17_neopixelbus_patch.py`:
- Line 167: Update the dependency search around libdeps_root and the
rmt_target/LCD header patch logic so that an existing sibling LCD header with
invalid content raises an incompatibility error instead of searching other
dependency directories. Ensure both patches remain within the same NeoPixelBus
package, while preserving fallback behavior only when the sibling header does
not exist.

In `@usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp`:
- Around line 890-896: Add a bounded timeout to the BLACK-frame confirmation
stage around the LED reinitialization state machine, using the existing
LED_REINIT_OFF_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_MS pattern; when it expires, emit a warning and
continue so doInitBusses and configNeedsWrite are cleared and the reboot gate
cannot remain stalled. In wled00/wled.cpp line 250, verify the existing cleanup
path requires no direct change and that both flags clear after the timeout.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp`:
- Line 355: Remove the unused CORES3_FFT_BIN_HZ constant definition from the
audio reactive implementation, leaving the surrounding FFT configuration
unchanged.

In `@usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp`:
- Line 709: Update the oldPins declaration used with getPins to remove the
size-dependent five-element initializer while retaining the existing
OUTPUT_MAX_PINS-sized array allocation.

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  • usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchHelpers.h
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  • usermods/CoreS3_Display/platformio_override.ini.example
  • usermods/CoreS3_Display/readme.md
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if "NeoEspLcdMonoBuffContext" in text and "gdma_connect" in text:
return sibling

libdeps_root = Path(env.subst("$PROJECT_LIBDEPS_DIR")) / env.subst("$PIOENV")

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep both patches in the same NeoPixelBus package.

If the sibling LCD header exists but fails the content check, Line 167 searches every dependency directory. That search can select an LCD header from a different package than rmt_target. The active LCD header can then miss the GDMA teardown patch and fail a later LED-bus rebuild. Raise an incompatibility error when an existing sibling does not match instead of falling back globally.

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         if "NeoEspLcdMonoBuffContext" in text and "gdma_connect" in text:
             return sibling
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"CoreS3 LCD patch sibling is incompatible: {sibling}"
+        )
 
     libdeps_root = Path(env.subst("$PROJECT_LIBDEPS_DIR")) / env.subst("$PIOENV")
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dependency search around libdeps_root and the rmt_target/LCD header patch logic
so that an existing sibling LCD header with invalid content raises an
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Comment thread usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp
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Please clean up your changes to this file - 90% of them seem to be just adding newlines. I cannot review the code modifications as they are now, too much "noise".

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Comment thread usermods/audioreactive/audio_source.h

// CoreS3 ES7210 pins are board-internal fixed resources.
// Ignore Usermod pin dropdown values and bypass WLED PinManager.
I2SSource::initialize(

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Sorry, I have to veto on this change. Adding fixed pins to the audioreactive usermod is not necessary.

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void getSamples(FFTsampleType *buffer, uint16_t num_samples) override {

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Why is this override necessary? Can't we use the standard getSamples() function?

Comment thread wled00/wled.cpp
else strip.fixInvalidSegments();
BusManager::setBrightness(scaledBri(bri)); // fix re-initialised bus' brightness #4005 and #4824
configNeedsWrite = true;
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Please explain the reasoning for modifying this part of the wled core loop.

Comment thread wled00/wled.cpp
configNeedsWrite = true;
// Allow a usermod to defer this rebuild until the old LED output is safe.
// The weak default returns false, preserving standard WLED behavior.
if (!coreS3PowerShouldDeferBusReinit()) {

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This seems to break existing functionality for every board that is not the "coreS3".

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Sorry I don't understand what this file really does. What is the purpose? Why is is necessary?

Comment thread wled00/wled.cpp
// Optional usermod bus re-init gate.
// The weak default preserves standard WLED behavior. CoreS3_Power provides
// the strong implementation used to protect old LED output before bus rebuild.
extern "C" bool __attribute__((weak)) coreS3PowerShouldDeferBusReinit()

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This is a dirty hack - the function is part of the "coreS3" usermod, why is it necessary to make it available via a weak function reference?

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usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp (1)

890-896: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

The BLACK-frame wait can still block the bus rebuild without a bound.

WAIT_OFF leaves this stage only after ledShrinkBlackOverlayFrames reaches LED_REINIT_REQUIRED_BLACK_FRAMES. No timeout exists for that counter. The counter increments only in handleOverlayDraw() and only when bri == 0 && strip.getBrightness() == 0 (Lines 1133-1138). The OFF-confirm timeout path at Lines 866-878 explicitly continues when brightness did not reach zero, so in that case the overlay condition is never true and the stage never completes. doInitBusses then stays asserted, the config write stays pending, and the reboot gate in wled00/wled.cpp Line 289 stays blocked.

Add a bounded timeout for the BLACK-frame confirmation, in the style of LED_REINIT_OFF_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_MS, and continue with a warning when it expires.

🛠️ Proposed bounded confirmation
   static constexpr uint8_t LED_REINIT_REQUIRED_BLACK_FRAMES = 3;
   static constexpr unsigned long LED_REINIT_BLACK_FRAME_TRIGGER_MS = 50;
+  static constexpr unsigned long LED_REINIT_BLACK_FRAME_TIMEOUT_MS = 3000;
         if (ledShrinkBlackOverlayFrames < LED_REINIT_REQUIRED_BLACK_FRAMES) {
+          if (now - ledShrinkOffConfirmedAt >= LED_REINIT_BLACK_FRAME_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+            Serial.printf(
+              "[CoreS3_Power][LED] WARNING: BLACK frame confirmation timeout frames=%u\n",
+              ledShrinkBlackOverlayFrames
+            );
+          } else {
             if (now - ledShrinkLastBlackTriggerAt >= LED_REINIT_BLACK_FRAME_TRIGGER_MS) {
               ledShrinkLastBlackTriggerAt = now;
               strip.trigger();
             }
             return;
+          }
         }
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In `@usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp` around lines 890 - 896, Bound the
BLACK-frame confirmation stage in the LED reinitialization flow so WAIT_OFF
cannot remain blocked when ledShrinkBlackOverlayFrames never reaches
LED_REINIT_REQUIRED_BLACK_FRAMES. Add and use a timeout analogous to
LED_REINIT_OFF_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_MS, and when it expires, log a warning and
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usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp (1)

355-355: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove CORES3_FFT_BIN_HZ or use it.

CORES3_FFT_BIN_HZ has no uses beyond its definition. The CoreS3 mapping uses literal bin indices and frequency comments, so this constant has no effect. Remove it, or use it to derive the documented frequency values.

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In `@usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp` at line 355, Remove the unused
CORES3_FFT_BIN_HZ constant, since the CoreS3 mapping does not reference it and
continues using literal bin indices.

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usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayHardwareBackend.h (1)

114-118: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a buffer-length parameter to readDisplayRgb565.

The signature carries width and height but no capacity for pixels. The implementation only compares the dimensions with the panel size, so a caller that passes the correct dimensions with a smaller allocation causes display.readRect to write past the buffer. Pass the element count and reject a short buffer.

♻️ Proposed signature
   bool readDisplayRgb565(
     uint16_t* pixels,
+    size_t pixelCapacity,
     int16_t width,
     int16_t height
   );
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In `@usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayHardwareBackend.h` around lines 114 -
118, Update readDisplayRgb565 to accept the pixels buffer element count,
validate that capacity before calling display.readRect, and reject buffers
smaller than width × height. Propagate the new parameter through all
declarations, definitions, and call sites while preserving existing dimension
validation.
usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchStateMachine.inc (1)

179-182: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Avoid shadowing the class member touchState inside the context handlers.

handleTouchPress, handleTouchHold, and handleTouchRelease declare a local reference named touchState that hides the class member of the same name. The helpers these functions call, for example isSelectedTouchPairInside at Line 6 and determineTouchReleaseAction at Line 1100, still read the class member.

Both names refer to the same object today, because handleTouch builds the context from the class member at Line 1702. The header comment in M5StackDisplayTouchContext.h states that the contexts prepare a later extraction. After that extraction the two access paths would diverge silently.

Rename the local reference, for example to state, so the two access paths stay distinguishable.

♻️ Proposed rename
   void handleTouchPress( const M5StackTouchFrameContext& context ) {
-    M5StackTouchRuntimeState& touchState = context.state;
+    M5StackTouchRuntimeState& state = context.state;

Update the member accesses inside each handler accordingly.

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In `@usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchStateMachine.inc` around lines 179
- 182, Rename the local touch-state references in handleTouchPress,
handleTouchHold, and handleTouchRelease from touchState to state, and update
each handler’s corresponding member accesses. Preserve the class member
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usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchState.h (1)

150-151: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the IDE workaround members and use int16_t.

intellisenseTailGuard is defined but never used. It adds a runtime member to work around a VS Code parser problem, not a compiler problem. signed short also departs from the int16_t type that readDisplayTouch and the rest of the touch layer use.

Remove the guard member and restore int16_t for the coordinate members. If IntelliSense still mis-parses the struct, fix it through IDE configuration instead of production data layout.

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-  // ESP32 toolchains use a 16-bit signed short here.
-  // Using the fundamental type also keeps VS Code IntelliSense from
-  // mis-parsing these final coordinate members in this header.
-  signed short lastTouchX = -1;
-  signed short lastTouchY = -1;
+  int16_t lastTouchX = -1;
+  int16_t lastTouchY = -1;
@@
-  // VS Code IntelliSense has occasionally failed to expose the final member
-  // of this large runtime-state struct even though the ESP32 compiler parses
-  // it correctly. Keep an unused tail guard so all real runtime members sit
-  // before the parser-sensitive final position.
-  bool intellisenseTailGuard = false;
 };

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In `@usermods/audioreactive/audio_source.h`:
- Around line 436-481: Resolve the duplicate ES7210 implementation by reusing
the existing configurable ES7243/ES8388-style source pattern, or move
CoreS3-specific pin ownership and initialization into the CoreS3_Audio usermod.
Remove the hard-coded pin override from CoreS3ES7210Source and ensure pin
management remains configurable unless ownership is explicitly handled by
CoreS3_Audio.

In `@usermods/CoreS3_Audio/CoreS3_Audio.cpp`:
- Around line 137-153: Keep neutralizePersistedGpio0Button in CoreS3_Audio.cpp
as the single implementation and expose it through an extern "C" helper near
coreS3AudioCodecReady(). In usermods/CoreS3_Audio/CoreS3_Audio.cpp lines
137-153, retain the GPIO0 ownership release and buttons reset logic. In
usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp lines 236-254, delete
coreS3ReleaseMclkButtonOwnership() and update the dmType == 7 paths at lines
1612 and 1739 to call the exposed CoreS3_Audio helper instead.
- Around line 69-71: Update every guard around coreS3AudioReactiveSourceReady(),
including its declaration and call sites near lines 69, 429, and 529, to require
both WLED_M5STACK_CORES3_AUDIO and CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3. Keep the guards
aligned with the function’s definition so the symbol is never referenced when
unavailable.

In `@usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchHelpers.h`:
- Around line 41-76: Mark every is*Touched helper definition shown, from
isPowerButtonTouched through isPresetBootHoldTouched, as inline so the shared
header can be included by multiple translation units without multiple-definition
errors. Preserve each function’s existing pointInsideRect behavior and
touch-region constant.

In `@usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchState.h`:
- Line 9: Update the location comment in M5StackDisplayTouchState.h to state
that the runtime state machine is now in M5StackDisplayTouchStateMachine.inc,
replacing the stale CoreS3_Display.cpp reference.

In `@wled00/wled.cpp`:
- Around line 248-250: Replace the CoreS3-specific core-loop hook
coreS3PowerShouldDeferBusReinit() with a board-neutral UsermodManager query or
generic usermod hook, updating its weak default and strong implementation
consistently. Document that any usermod deferring bus reinitialization must
eventually release the gate so doInitBusses, configNeedsWrite, and the reboot
flow can proceed.

---

Duplicate comments:
In `@usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp`:
- Around line 890-896: Bound the BLACK-frame confirmation stage in the LED
reinitialization flow so WAIT_OFF cannot remain blocked when
ledShrinkBlackOverlayFrames never reaches LED_REINIT_REQUIRED_BLACK_FRAMES. Add
and use a timeout analogous to LED_REINIT_OFF_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_MS, and when it
expires, log a warning and continue the rebuild path; preserve the existing
frame-trigger behavior before the timeout.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp`:
- Line 355: Remove the unused CORES3_FFT_BIN_HZ constant, since the CoreS3
mapping does not reference it and continues using literal bin indices.

In `@usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayHardwareBackend.h`:
- Around line 114-118: Update readDisplayRgb565 to accept the pixels buffer
element count, validate that capacity before calling display.readRect, and
reject buffers smaller than width × height. Propagate the new parameter through
all declarations, definitions, and call sites while preserving existing
dimension validation.

In `@usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchState.h`:
- Around line 150-151: Remove the unused intellisenseTailGuard member from the
touch state struct and change lastTouchX and lastTouchY back to int16_t,
matching readDisplayTouch and the rest of the touch layer; do not add runtime
layout workarounds or production members for IntelliSense.

In `@usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayTouchStateMachine.inc`:
- Around line 179-182: Rename the local touch-state references in
handleTouchPress, handleTouchHold, and handleTouchRelease from touchState to
state, and update each handler’s corresponding member accesses. Preserve the
class member touchState name so helper methods continue using it distinctly.

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Comment on lines +436 to +481
class CoreS3ES7210Source : public I2SSource {
public:
static constexpr uint16_t MAX_MONO_SAMPLES = 512;
CoreS3ES7210Source(SRate_t sampleRate, int blockSize) :
I2SSource(
sampleRate,
blockSize,
1.0f / 16.0f,
I2S_NUM_1,
I2S_CHANNEL_STEREO,
false
) {
_config.mode = i2s_mode_t(I2S_MODE_MASTER | I2S_MODE_RX);
_config.sample_rate = _sampleRate;
_config.bits_per_sample = I2S_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_16BIT;
_config.channel_format = I2S_CHANNEL_FMT_RIGHT_LEFT;
_config.communication_format = i2s_comm_format_t(I2S_COMM_FORMAT_STAND_I2S);
_config.intr_alloc_flags = ESP_INTR_FLAG_LEVEL1;
_config.dma_buf_count = 8;
_config.dma_buf_len = _blockSize;
_config.use_apll = false;
_config.tx_desc_auto_clear = false;
_config.fixed_mclk = 0;
#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(4, 4, 0)
_config.mclk_multiple = I2S_MCLK_MULTIPLE_256;
_config.bits_per_chan = I2S_BITS_PER_CHAN_16BIT;
#endif
}

void initialize(
int8_t = I2S_PIN_NO_CHANGE,
int8_t = I2S_PIN_NO_CHANGE,
int8_t = I2S_PIN_NO_CHANGE,
int8_t = I2S_PIN_NO_CHANGE
) override {
DEBUGSR_PRINTLN(F("CoreS3ES7210Source:: initialize fixed internal pins;"));

// CoreS3 ES7210 pins are board-internal fixed resources.
// Ignore Usermod pin dropdown values and bypass WLED PinManager.
I2SSource::initialize(
33, // WS / LRCK
14, // SD / DIN
34, // BCLK
0 // MCLK
);
}

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The previous maintainer objections to this source still apply.

A past review asked why a second ES7210 source is needed and rejected adding fixed pins and the initialize() override to the AudioReactive usermod. The current code keeps CoreS3ES7210Source with hard-coded pins 33/14/34/0 and managePins = false. Address the objections before this can proceed: either reuse the existing ES7243/ES8388-style source pattern with configurable pins, or move the CoreS3-specific pin ownership into the CoreS3_Audio usermod.

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In `@usermods/audioreactive/audio_source.h` around lines 436 - 481, Resolve the
duplicate ES7210 implementation by reusing the existing configurable
ES7243/ES8388-style source pattern, or move CoreS3-specific pin ownership and
initialization into the CoreS3_Audio usermod. Remove the hard-coded pin override
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Comment on lines +69 to +71
#if defined(WLED_M5STACK_CORES3_AUDIO)
extern "C" bool coreS3AudioReactiveSourceReady();
#endif

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Align all coreS3AudioReactiveSourceReady() guards with its definition.

If WLED_M5STACK_CORES3_AUDIO is defined without CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3, the declaration and calls compile, but audio_reactive.cpp omits the definition. The linker then fails. Add && defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3) to the guards at lines 69, 429, and 529.

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call sites near lines 69, 429, and 529, to require both
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Comment on lines +137 to +153
void neutralizePersistedGpio0Button()
{
if (PinManager::getPinOwner(AUDIO_MCLK_PIN) == PinOwner::Button) {
PinManager::deallocatePin(AUDIO_MCLK_PIN, PinOwner::Button);
}

for (auto& button : buttons) {
if (button.pin == AUDIO_MCLK_PIN) {
button.pin = -1;
button.type = BTN_TYPE_NONE;
button.pressedBefore = false;
button.longPressed = false;
button.pressedTime = 0;
button.waitTime = 0;
}
}
}

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Duplicate GPIO0 button-release logic in two usermods. Both files contain the same routine: release PinOwner::Button on GPIO0 and reset every matching entry in the global buttons array. The two copies can drift, and both mutate shared button state at different times during startup. The header of CoreS3_Audio.cpp already declares GPIO0 ownership for CoreS3_Audio, so the logic belongs in one place.

  • usermods/CoreS3_Audio/CoreS3_Audio.cpp#L137-L153: keep this as the single implementation and expose it, for example through an extern "C" helper next to coreS3AudioCodecReady().
  • usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp#L236-L254: delete coreS3ReleaseMclkButtonOwnership() and call the exposed CoreS3_Audio helper from the dmType == 7 paths at lines 1612 and 1739.
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and expose it through an extern "C" helper near coreS3AudioCodecReady(). In
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Comment on lines +248 to +250
// Allow a usermod to defer this rebuild until the old LED output is safe.
// The weak default returns false, preserving standard WLED behavior.
if (!coreS3PowerShouldDeferBusReinit()) {

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A board-specific weak hook in the core loop is not an acceptable integration point.

coreS3PowerShouldDeferBusReinit() names one usermod inside the core loop. Maintainer feedback on earlier commits raised this same objection on Lines 31 and 250. Two concrete consequences remain:

  1. The core now owns a symbol whose only strong implementation lives in usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp. Any other usermod that needs the same deferral must reuse a CoreS3-named API.
  2. When the usermod defers, doInitBusses and configNeedsWrite stay asserted, so the reboot gate at Line 289 and the config write at Line 266 both depend on usermod state machine progress.

Use a board-neutral mechanism instead. Options: a generic UsermodManager query such as UsermodManager::deferBusReinit(), or a generic core name such as usermodDeferBusReinit() with the weak default kept in the core. Please also document the contract, including the requirement that a deferring usermod must eventually release the gate.

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I'm not sure what is the intention of "the old led output is safe"? Ws2812b is a write-only protocol. If leds are switched off, I don't see why waiting for frame output completion is needed. Same for reconfiguration of outputs: if the new setup has fewer leds, it has fewer leds. The main loop task is one task, so there is not possibility that strip.show() runs in parallel, or did I miss something? In any scenario I can imagine, waiting until ! strip.isUpdating() should close any possible gap before the bus driver gets deleted / restarted in a new setup.

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@softhack007, you are correct about main-loop concurrency. The gate is not required to prevent a parallel strip.show() call.

I missed the important case in the CoreS3 state machine: a physical strip can still contain LEDs beyond the new configured count. When the configuration shrinks, those trailing WS2812B LEDs retain their last latched color. The new bus configuration does not send them an OFF command.

!strip.isUpdating() only confirms completion of a transfer that was already submitted. It does not transmit BLACK to the old physical range.

The current usermod uses the old bus before strip.finalizeInit() removes it. It sends BLACK through handleOverlayDraw(), waits for the final transfer with strip.waitForIt(), and then allows the rebuild. That sequence explains the need for deferral.

I withdraw the implication that this is primarily a concurrent-output or transfer-completion problem. The remaining concern is only API scope: the core hook is named for one board although it provides a usermod lifecycle point. That concern should not require changing the BLACK-frame behavior.

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Learning: In WLED CoreS3 runtime LED-bus shrink handling, `!strip.isUpdating()` only confirms that an already-submitted asynchronous LED transfer completed. It does not clear physical WS2812B LEDs that remain connected but fall beyond a reduced configured bus length, because those LEDs retain their last latched color. `usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp` therefore keeps the old bus until it sends BLACK through the complete old logical range, waits for that final output, and then permits `wled00/wled.cpp` to call `strip.finalizeInit()`.

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Learning: In WLED code that computes per-LED transmission time for strip update wait timeouts (especially for clockless LED protocols), do not hardcode assumptions like 30µs/LED or 24 bits/pixel. Those constants are only valid for WS281x-style 3-channel RGB at 800kHz; other strip types (RGBW/SK6812, RGB-CCT, 6-channel, and “400Kbps” variants such as APA106/TM18xx/UCS890x) can use different bits-per-pixel and/or run at 400kHz/600kHz, changing the per-LED time substantially. The correct approach is to derive timing from the actual bus configuration by querying the strip’s bit clock (e.g., 800kHz vs 600kHz/400kHz) and the true bytes-per-pixel/bits-per-pixel via BusManager/bus_wrapper.h instead of using fixed constants. Use bus_wrapper.h’s per-strip bit/byte counts and clock rates for the protocol; only consider a conservative worst-case (e.g., ~80–100µs/LED) if you truly cannot determine the exact timing from the bus data.

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The current usermod uses the old bus before strip.finalizeInit() removes it. It sends BLACK through handleOverlayDraw(), waits for the final transfer with strip.waitForIt(), and then allows the rebuild. That sequence explains the need for deferral.

This appears to be quite a hack, if the objective is only to send BLACK before reconfiguring the leds count.

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@softhack007, agreed. The BLACK-frame requirement is valid, but this implementation is still a workaround.

The usermod must retain the old bus, inject BLACK through handleOverlayDraw(), wait for the output, and then release a board-specific core-loop gate. That makes a single pre-reinitialization action into a multi-loop usermod state machine.

A cleaner design would give usermods a board-neutral pre-reinitialization lifecycle point. The core could then:

  1. Notify usermods before it destroys the old buses.
  2. Let a usermod request and complete the required final output.
  3. Rebuild the buses after the usermod reports completion.

That design keeps doInitBusses ownership in the core. It also avoids a CoreS3-named hook in wled00/wled.cpp.

I used the prior clarification about trailing WS2812B LEDs retaining their latched state when I assessed this sequence.

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File: wled00/wled.cpp:248-250
Timestamp: 2026-09-05T15:04:23.279Z
Learning: In WLED CoreS3 runtime LED-bus shrink handling, `!strip.isUpdating()` only confirms that an already-submitted asynchronous LED transfer completed. It does not clear physical WS2812B LEDs that remain connected but fall beyond a reduced configured bus length, because those LEDs retain their last latched color. `usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp` therefore keeps the old bus until it sends BLACK through the complete old logical range, waits for that final output, and then permits `wled00/wled.cpp` to call `strip.finalizeInit()`.

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# LCD mux bus is destroyed
# - prevents stale LCD peripheral ownership across runtime bus rebuilds
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# The script patches the NeoPixelBus source downloaded by PlatformIO under

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This seems to be a patch for a temporary situation. NeoPixelBus has known issues in esp-idf v5.x builds. If the patch suggested here is generic (= not specific for the "M5Stack Core3" board) then it's better to make a PR in upstream NeoPixelBus.

Furthermore we plan to replace Neopixelbus with our own code in the near future, see #5704.



def _patch_rmt(target: Path) -> None:
'''Apply the already validated ESP32-S3 RMT DMA1024 production patch.'''

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"already validated production patch" ? What do you mean?

print(f"[CoreS3 RMT DMA1024] patch already present: {target.name}")
return

destructor = f''' ~NeoEsp32RmtMethodBase()

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@DedeHai @willmmiles this seems to be the "core" of the suggested NPB patch. What do you think? Is there something we can learn from it?

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It's not a new idea to me, at least. The S3 can feed a single RMT from a DMA engine with IDF >5, which will not be subject to the interrupt latency problems the tiny buffers give. The trouble (as always) is resource management -- this patch limits you to only one RMT channel at a time. I'm not 100% sure the IDF driver behaviour: either it will fail to initialize any other channels, or it will force them to operate in sequence (eg. channel 2 needs to wait for channel 1 to complete before it even starts).

@ToshihiroMakuuchi In any event, patching open source libraries at build time is unacceptable. If you think your contributions are valid and necessary, you should fork the NeoPixelBus repo and PR your contributions upstream. You can point your environments at your fork while you go through the upstream PR process to keep working in the mean time.

//
// ES7210 codec configuration itself remains owned by CoreS3_Audio.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#if defined(WLED_M5STACK_CORES3_AUDIO) && defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3)

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I'm sorry but this modification to the audio reactive core usermod is not acceptable.
Honestly I don't even understand why it is needed.

If the user has assigned the same PIN to a button and to the MCLK Signal, it's a user configuration problem, but the suggested auto-fix can make things worse.

static constexpr int8_t CORES3_AUDIO_MCLK_PIN = 0;

static void coreS3ApplyFixedAudioPins(
int8_t& sdPin,

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Passing an integer by reference is often a code smell, because it breaks locality. The complete function might actually belong to another file scope.


// audio source parameters and constant
#if defined(WLED_M5STACK_CORES3_AUDIO) && defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3)
constexpr SRate_t SAMPLE_RATE = 16000; // Hardware-verified CoreS3 ES7210 sample rate

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If you need to sample at 16khz, it means your es7210 configuration is wrong.

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Please revert all changes you added in this file - none of them is necessary.

If the es7210 is properly initialized, a new switch case in setup() should be sufficient.

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@coderabbitai please compare the initialization code that is suggested in this PR to the existing intialization sequence for ES7243 and ES8388. What are the differences? Would it be possible to initialize ES7243 and ES7210 with the same I2C commands?

Please also compare to datasheets, to verify that the sequence suggested here is correct.

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@softhack007 I compared the three paths and the device documentation.

Result

The ES7210 sequence in this PR is correct for the CoreS3 configuration.

It is an exact copy of the CoreS3 ES7210 register table in M5Unified, apart from the PR’s added 1 ms delay, I2C error handling, and register read-back verification.

The ES7210 and ES7243 cannot use the same register sequence.

They can share an I2C transport helper only. They need separate codec drivers and separate register tables.

ES7210 sequence in this PR

usermods/CoreS3_Audio/CoreS3_Audio.cpp performs these operations:

  1. It accesses the CoreS3 codec at I2C address 0x40.
  2. It writes 0x00 = 0xFF to reset the codec.
  3. It waits 1 ms.
  4. It applies the M5Unified CoreS3 microphone profile.
  5. It enables MIC1 and MIC2.
  6. It powers down MIC3 and MIC4.
  7. It verifies 0x01, 0x43, 0x44, 0x4B, and 0x4C by reading them back.
  8. It configures I2S1 for stereo, standard I2S, 16-bit PCM, 16 kHz, and 256 × Fs MCLK.

The relevant table is at usermods/CoreS3_Audio/CoreS3_Audio.cpp, Lines 253-281.

Datasheet consistency

ES7210 register PR value Datasheet function Assessment
0x00 0xFF, then 0x41 Reset control Valid reset followed by CoreS3 operational state.
0x01 0x1F, then 0x14 Clock enable and disable control Valid staged clock bring-up. The final value enables the required MIC1/MIC2 path and leaves the unused MIC3/MIC4 path disabled.
0x02 0xC1 Main clock control Consistent with the 4.096 MHz MCLK / 16 kHz LRCK clock relationship.
0x04, 0x05 0x01, 0x00 LRCK divider Encodes divider 0x100 = 256. With 16 kHz LRCK, this gives 4.096 MHz MCLK.
0x07 0x20 ADC oversampling ratio This is the documented single-speed setting. 16 kHz is in the ES7210 single-speed range of 8–48 kHz.
0x08 0x10 Mode configuration This is the standard CoreS3 profile value from M5Unified.
0x09, 0x0A 0x30, 0x30 Chip initialization timing Valid initialization timing configuration.
0x11 0x60 Serial data format and word length Standard I2S with 16-bit PCM. This matches I2S_COMM_FORMAT_STAND_I2S and I2S_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_16BIT in CoreS3ES7210Source.
0x200x23 0x0A, 0x2A, 0x0A, 0x2A ADC high-pass filter controls This matches the upstream CoreS3 profile.
0x40 0x42 Analog-system control Valid analog-system setup for the M5Unified profile.
0x41, 0x42 0x70, 0x70 MIC1/2 and MIC3/4 bias control Valid bias configuration. The CoreS3 profile configures both bias registers, then powers MIC3/4 down.
0x43, 0x44 0x1B, 0x1B MIC1 and MIC2 PGA gain Valid equal gain configuration for the two installed microphones.
0x45, 0x46 0x00, 0x00 MIC3 and MIC4 gain Harmless because MIC3 and MIC4 remain powered down.
0x470x4A 0x00 Per-microphone low-power control Valid normal-power configuration.
0x4B 0x00 MIC1/2 power-down control Powers up the MIC1/MIC2 signal path.
0x4C 0xFF MIC3/4 power-down control Powers down the unused MIC3/MIC4 signal path.

The ES7210 datasheet specifies:

  • I2C address format 10000 AD1 AD0.
    0x40 is valid when AD1=0 and AD0=0.
  • I2C operation up to 400 kHz.
    The PR uses 400 kHz.
  • Standard I2S output support.
  • 16 kHz operation in the single-speed range.
  • Standard audio-clock ratios including 256 × Fs.

References:

Differences from ES7243

The existing ES7243 sequence is at usermods/audioreactive/audio_source.h, Lines 544-550.

Area ES7243 CoreS3 ES7210
Device type Stereo ADC Four-channel ADC
I2C address Default 0x13 in WLED 0x40 on CoreS3
Configuration writes 6 writes 30 writes after reset
Reset model 0x00 = 0x01 0x00 = 0xFF, then 0x00 = 0x41
Audio format The code configures a right-channel input and comments that 0x01 = 0x00 selects 24-bit output Standard I2S stereo 16-bit output via 0x11 = 0x60
Microphone path Board-dependent single/right-channel path CoreS3 MIC1 and MIC2 dual-microphone path
Clock configuration ES7243-specific clock-manager registers ES7210-specific main-clock, LRCK divider, and OSR registers
Error handling Logs failed I2C writes but continues Stops on the first failed write and verifies critical read-back values
Bus ownership Uses global Wire Uses the M5GFX-owned I2C_NUM_1 bus without reinitializing it

The register numbers overlap, but their meanings do not.

For example:

  • ES7243 0x00 = 0x01 controls the ES7243 reset and state-machine fields.
  • ES7210 0x00 = 0x01 has unrelated reset-control semantics.
  • ES7210 0x43 is MIC1 PGA gain.
  • ES7243 does not use 0x43 as a corresponding microphone-gain register.

Therefore, sending ES7243 commands to ES7210 is not safe. The inverse is also not safe.

The ES7243 code also contains an explicit uncertainty at Line 548 about its 24-bit setting. That uncertainty does not apply to the ES7210 path. The ES7210 path explicitly configures 16-bit data and the I2S driver uses 16-bit stereo frames.

Reference:

Differences from ES8388

The existing ES8388 sequence is at usermods/audioreactive/audio_source.h, Lines 606-664.

ES8388 is a codec with ADC, DAC, mixer, line-output, and headphone-output functions. ES7210 is an ADC-only microphone front end.

Area ES8388 CoreS3 ES7210
I2C address Default 0x10 0x40
Main purpose Record, playback, bypass, analog routing Microphone ADC capture
Initialization Configures chip power, ADC, DAC, line output, mixers, optional ALC, and output volume Configures ADC clocks, serial output, MIC bias, MIC gain, and MIC power
Output hardware May enable DAC, line outputs, and headphone paths No DAC or output mixer path
Audio source configuration Mono left-channel capture in WLED Stereo capture followed by software downmix to mono
Verification No read-back verification Verifies critical ES7210 register values

The ES8388 sequence broadly follows the ES8388 user guide startup ordering. It is still a board-specific sequence because it configures output routing and mixer values for the relevant AudioKit or LyraT hardware.

Its commands cannot initialize ES7210. In particular, ES8388 register 0x2B configures its DAC-related LRCK behavior. ES7210 uses register 0x2B for a different function or does not use it in this profile.

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Recommended design

Keep the current separate codec-specific paths.

A shared helper can safely provide these operations:

bool writeCodecRegister(uint8_t address, uint8_t reg, uint8_t value);
bool readCodecRegister(uint8_t address, uint8_t reg, uint8_t& value);

Do not share the reset values, register tables, power sequencing, I2S format values, or verification registers.

One small documentation correction is appropriate. The comments in the ES7243 and ES8388 paths state “First route mclk, then configure ADC over I2C.” The actual code calls _es7243InitAdc() or _es8388InitAdc() before I2SSource::initialize(), which is where MCLK routing occurs. This does not affect the CoreS3 ES7210 sequence, but the comments do not describe the current execution order.

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8. It configures I2S1 for stereo, standard I2S, 16-bit PCM, 16 kHz, and 256 × Fs MCLK.

@coderabbitai is it possible to configure es7210 for 22050hz mono(I2S_CHANNEL_FMT_ONLY_LEFT), so it bevhaves the same as other audiosources?

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@softhack007 Yes. The ES7210 supports 22,050 Hz.

The ES7210 datasheet specifies 8–48 kHz in single-speed mode. The existing I2S_MCLK_MULTIPLE_256 configuration gives:

MCLK = 22,050 × 256 = 5,644,800 Hz

That clock ratio is supported by the ES7210.

Do not change the CoreS3 path to I2S_CHANNEL_FMT_ONLY_LEFT as the first approach.

The ES7210 is configured as a two-slot standard-I2S source. The current CoreS3 source uses:

_config.channel_format = I2S_CHANNEL_FMT_RIGHT_LEFT;
i2s_set_clk(..., I2S_CHANNEL_STEREO);

This preserves the 16-bit left/right frame structure that the codec expects. I2S_CHANNEL_FMT_ONLY_LEFT configures mono mode in the ESP-IDF legacy I2S driver. It is not only a request to discard the right slot. It can change peripheral framing and clock generation.

The safe configuration is:

  1. Set SAMPLE_RATE to 22050.
  2. Keep I2S_CHANNEL_FMT_RIGHT_LEFT.
  3. Keep I2S_CHANNEL_STEREO in i2s_set_clk().
  4. Read stereo frames.
  5. Copy only stereoSamples[i * 2U] into the mono FFT buffer.

For example, the existing conversion in CoreS3ES7210Source::getSamples() can select the left microphone instead of averaging both microphones:

const int32_t left = stereoSamples[i * 2U];
const float mono = left * _sampleScale;

This gives AudioReactive one mono sample per frame, like the other audio sources. The current implementation already has this external mono behavior. It currently creates the mono sample by averaging MIC1 and MIC2.

For 22.05 kHz, also remove the CoreS3-only 16 kHz configuration in usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp:

  • Change SAMPLE_RATE from 16000 to 22050.
  • Change FFT_MIN_CYCLE from 30 to the standard 21.
  • Remove or update static_assert(SAMPLE_RATE == 16000, ...).
  • Use the standard 22.05 kHz FFT band mapping instead of the CoreS3 16 kHz mapping.
  • Update the CoreS3 status strings that report 16kHz.

The ES7210 I2C register table does not need a sample-rate-specific change for this case. Registers 0x04 = 0x01 and 0x05 = 0x00 keep the codec at the 256×Fs ratio. The ESP32-S3 I2S driver must then generate the corresponding MCLK, BCLK, and LRCK clocks.

I recommend a hardware test before replacing the validated 16 kHz profile. Check:

  • I2S initialization succeeds.
  • MCLK is near 5.6448 MHz.
  • LRCK is near 22.05 kHz.
  • A 1 kHz input appears near FFT bin 23 (1000 / (22050 / 512)).
  • The selected left microphone has no channel swap.
  • No I2S DMA underrun or watchdog events occur.

References: ES7210 datasheet and ESP-IDF legacy I2S API documentation.

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// Reserve the master clock pin if provided
// Reserve the master clock pin if provided.
// CoreS3 internal audio pins are fixed board resources and intentionally
// bypass WLED PinManager; generic AudioReactive sources keep the

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Sorry, this is a no-go for merging your PR. Pin allocation should always go through the WLED PinManager. No exceptions, even when the pin numbers are fixed for your specific board.

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  • LED-count shrink protection during runtime bus rebuilds

@ToshihiroMakuuchi can you explain why this seems necessary for the M5Stack core3 board?

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  • Bidirectional synchronization between the CoreS3 UI and WLED Web UI

@ToshihiroMakuuchi can you explain what this is? I could not see anything in the code that is related, maybe I've missed something?


; Current WLED pioarduino / ESP-IDF 5 build family.
platform = ${esp32_idf_V5.platform_pioarduino}
platform_packages = ${esp32_idf_V5.platform_packages_pioarduino}

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Why use pioarduino and not the default tasmota platform?

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The built-in ES7210 and CoreS3 microphones are used.

The Audio usermod initializes ES7210, while Audio Reactive owns I2S1 / PCM / FFT processing.

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This is technically not correct - audioreactive always use I2S0, so I2S1 remains available for leds output or HUzb75 DMA driver.


```text
Codec ES7210
I2S I2S1

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??

```text
Codec ES7210
I2S I2S1
Sample Rate 16000 Hz

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Why 16kHz and not 22Khz?

Codec ES7210
I2S I2S1
Sample Rate 16000 Hz
Format Stereo / 16-bit

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Why use stereo, when audio reactive FFT can only handle 1 channel? Also audio reactive is optimised for 24bit audio input, so why use 16bit not 24bit?

├─ CoreS3_Power/
├─ CoreS3_Display/
├─ CoreS3_Audio/
└─ audioreactive/

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This is not core S3 specific. Or at least it should not be, otherwise owners of other audio hardware might be very disappointed....

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### CoreS3_Audio

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I think this specific usermod is not needed, if a generic ES7210 audiosource would be added in the audioreactive usermod.


### audioreactive

Adds CoreS3 built-in microphone / I2S1 integration.

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See above. Especially the "I2S1 integration" requires clarification.

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See previous comment - this information is only useful for out-of-tree usermods.

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@coderabbitai please check for remaining Serial.print() style statements. Generally we don't allow direct Serial printing (exception require justification). DEBUG_PRINTxx macros must be used, to keep Serial output clean in non-debug builds.

Please check if you should add a specific learning to emphasise this requirement.

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  usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayHardwareBackend.cpp \
  usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp \
  usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp \
  usermods/audioreactive/audio_source.h \
  wled00/wled.cpp
do
  if [ -f "$file" ]; then
    printf '\n--- %s ---\n' "$file"
    rg -n -C 3 '\b(Serial|Serial0|Serial1|Serial2)\s*\.\s*(print|println|printf|write)\s*\(' "$file" || true
  fi
done

printf '%s\n' '=== DEBUG_PRINT macro definitions and current usage examples ==='
rg -n -C 2 '#\s*define\s+DEBUG_PRINT(?:LN|F|LN?F)?\b|DEBUG_PRINT(?:LN|F|LN?F)?\s*\(' \
  wled00 usermods/CoreS3_Audio usermods/CoreS3_Display usermods/CoreS3_Power 2>/dev/null \
  | head -n 300 || true

Length of output: 66373


@softhack007 I found direct serial output throughout the new CoreS3 code. These calls have no local justification for output in non-debug builds.

Affected files include:

  • usermods/CoreS3_Audio/CoreS3_Audio.cpp, for example Lines 166-184 and Lines 331-462.
  • usermods/CoreS3_Display/CoreS3_Display.cpp, for example Lines 1584-1607, Lines 1999-2418, and Lines 7883-7961.
  • usermods/CoreS3_Display/M5StackDisplayHardwareBackend.cpp, for example Lines 241-264 and Lines 478-504.
  • usermods/CoreS3_Power/CoreS3_Power.cpp, for example Lines 254-276 and Lines 1068-1113.

Please replace:

  • Serial.printf(...) with DEBUG_PRINTF(...).
  • Serial.println(...) with DEBUG_PRINTLN(...).
  • Multi-part serial output with the equivalent DEBUG_PRINTxx calls.

wled00/wled.h defines these macros. They compile to no output when debug output is disabled. This keeps normal serial interfaces clean.

The commented-out Serial.print() in usermods/audioreactive/audio_source.h is pre-existing and does not require a change.

I agree that this requirement merits a specific learning. 🐇


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Is there a technical reason that I2S#0 can't be used?


extern "C" bool coreS3PowerInitializationComplete()
{
return coreS3PowerInitializationCompleteState;

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@ToshihiroMakuuchi please try to find a better way than "sneaking out" local state from a single usermod scope. @willmmiles I think you mentioned there are better ways to export "getter" functions?

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No, this is pretty much the correct approach: declare some function or method that the other module calls. extern "C" is unnecessary noise, though; it's perfectly valid to link C++ functions and objects.

On a practical level, I've generally recommended having one usermod expose a public .h file that's #included by the other. (If your usermod declare another as a dependency, it can include headers from it.) In the in-tree modules we've done it by exposing the static Usermod object, and having the remote calls be public methods on that object - see the way PWM_fan depends on either Temperature or sht. Free functions work just fine too; that's what I did in wled-motion_reactive -- in that design, the "consumer" module declares a function that the "producer" module is expected to implement.

Long term I'm hoping to have a sensors framework where sensor that produce common data types like "temperature" can be registered using a REGISTER_SENSOR() call at build time, similar to REGISTER_USERMOD(), and have a common API for reading the data back, but that's not anywhere close to being ready.

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Thank you very much for taking the time to review this PR in detail and for all the feedback.

I have gone through the comments, and I understand that several parts of the current implementation are too CoreS3-specific and should be reworked to fit the existing WLED architecture more naturally.

I will not rush the changes. I would like to review and address the feedback step by step, while keeping the implementation as simple and generic as reasonably possible.

My current plan is to:

  • minimize or remove CoreS3-specific changes from the WLED core
  • rework the ES7210 integration to follow the existing AudioReactive architecture and WLED PinManager rules
  • investigate using I2S0 and the standard AudioReactive sampling path instead of introducing CoreS3-specific handling where it is not required
  • remove the build-time NeoPixelBus patch from this PR and investigate an upstream/fork-based solution for the RMT/GDMA issues instead
  • fix the usermod CI configuration and build issues
  • clean up the documentation and remove development/testing notes that are not useful for WLED users
  • keep CoreS3-specific code only where the hardware genuinely requires it

Some of the current implementation was added to solve issues that I observed and reproduced on physical CoreS3 hardware, particularly around LED bus reconfiguration, audio initialization, and power handling.

However, I understand that solving a hardware-specific issue does not necessarily mean that the workaround belongs in the WLED core or in a generic usermod. I will therefore re-evaluate those parts and try to use existing WLED mechanisms wherever possible.

For areas where I am not sure about the best WLED-native integration point, I may ask for guidance before making larger architectural changes.

Thank you again for the detailed review and suggestions. They are very helpful.

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