ReSpeaker 4 Mic Array for Raspberry Pi

The ReSpeaker 4 Mic Array is a HAT(Hardware attached on top) for the Raspberry PI. There are 4 Microphones mounted on and 12 LEDs for visual feedback. The 12 LEDs can emit light in nearly every RGB color and they can be addressed directly. With a tool like Hermes Led Control.

Thanks to the 4 microphones you can also find the direction from where the sound comes the microphone recognizes.

Assembling

After you unpack it you can stack it directly on the Raspberry Pi.

Installing driver

Before you can use it you need to install the driver for the AC108 mounted on the ReSpeaker.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
git clone https://github.com/respeaker/seeed-voicecard.git
cd seeed-voicecard
sudo ./install.sh  
reboot

Please check if seeed-4mic-voicecard is listed in this command:

arecord -L