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Smart Speaker Enclosure Kit

The Satellite1 Smart Speaker Enclosure Kit is a complete kit that includes all the parts necessary to upgrade your existing Satellite1 Dev Kit into a two-way smart speaker. This guide explains how to assemble the kit and even print the enclsoure at home.

Smart Speaker Enclosure Kit Photoshoot
Optional "Charcoal Gray" or "Bone White" color choices

Parts Included in Kit

Smart Speaker Enclosure Kit Parts
Parts inside the Smart Speaker Enclosure Kit
  • 3D printed speaker enclosure
    • Front & back chamber piece (PETG 30% infill)
    • Top plate, LED diffuser & screw-guide tool (PETG 15% infill)
  • 3" Full-range, bass heavy woofer (~20W, 4Ω)
  • 1.2" Neodymium dome tweeter (~20W, 4Ω)
  • 2-Way passive crossover
  • JST-XH cable
  • 2 pcs red 5.3mm speaker cables
  • 2 pcs black 2.8mm speaker cables
  • 1.3M Adhesive sealing foam
  • 24 pcs M3 x 10mm mounting screws
  • Long-handle Hex wrench

Household Tools Required

  • Scissors
  • Small phillips head screwdriver
  • Needle nose pliers

Dev Kit + Enclosure Limitations

Dev Kits are designed for use on your electronics bench, but this enclosure kit pushes the dev kit to it's full potential, though a few limitations apply.

  1. Use the firmware’s temperature & humidity offsets for the most accurate sensor readings.
  2. The enclosure doesn’t support top-mounted mmWave connectors or the luminosity sensor.
  3. At full volume, the wake word may not hear the room well, but this remains our best-performing enclosure yet!
  4. Future expansion boards connecting to the hat's FX23L connectors aren’t supported with this enclosure design.

Watch the Instructional Video

Assemble the Kit

  • Remove Speaker Hole Tab

    Image title Remove the speaker hole tab with a pair of pliers.

  • Apply Sealing Foam

    Image title Adhere the sealing foam around the parameter of the front enclosure piece, tweeter and woofer. Cut any excess foam with scissors and keep for later.

  • Install Speaker Drivers

    Image title 1. Use four (4) M3x10mm hex screws to install the tweeter with the terminals facing north and south.

    1. Use another four (4) M3x10mm hex screws to install the woofer with both speaker terminals facing north.

  • Prepare Crossover Wiring

    Image title Image title 1. Orient the crossover so no blue terminal faces south.

    1. Use a small phillips head screwdriver to connect the supplied JST-XH cable to the east-facing terminal.
    2. On the north and west terminals, secure the 5.3 mm red wires to positive (+) and the 2.8 mm black wires to negative (–).
    3. Optionally use the supplied jumpers to boost bass and/or treble.

  • Install Crossover & Connect Speakers

    Image title 1. Use two (2) M3x10mm hex screws to securely mount the crossover to the front piece. Connect cables to speakers.

    1. We recommend applying sealing foam around the JST-XH cable to ensure an airtight seal at the speaker hole.

  • Insert Screws

    Image title Insert seven (7) M3x10mm hex screws into the front chamber, use the screw guide tool to not drive them in too far. Do not add a screw at the bottom.

  • Mount Back Chamber

    Image title Align the two chamber parts together, making sure the JST wire is not pinched and that the foam forms an airtight seal. Slide the parts together with the front piece moving downward and the back piece moving upward.

  • Fasten All Screws

    Image title Drop the bottom screw into place and use the hex wrench to loosely fasten.

    Image title Evenly tighten all the screws in an alternating pattern until you feel resistance (approx 4-5 turns), be careful to not overtighten the screws.

  • Mount the PCB Dev Kit

    Image title Image title 1. Press the Core and Hat PCBs firmly together (see details here) and connect the JST-XH cable.

    1. Rest the Sat1 on the enclosure's four mounting posts while ensuring the headphone jack is facing the rear. Hand-tighten four (4) hex screws to secure the PCBs to the enclosure.

  • Assemble Top Piece & LED Diffuser

    Image title Image title 1. Snap the LED diffuser into the top piece.

    1. Lightly push the top piece assembly down on the enclsoures 4 ball joints making sure the headphone jack opening is facing the rear.

Congratuations on Assembling your Satellite1 Smart Speaker!

Power up the speaker with the Dev Kit's supplied 30W power USB-C power adapter and follow the necessary steps to connect to Home Assistant, and then stream some music!

The 3D-printable 3MF project files, STL and STEP files are published online for anyone who wants to print or remix the enclosure at home.

Printing Parameters

  • We recommend using 0.4mm nozzle diameter and dry Bambu-grade PETG filament.
  • Use 3 wall perimeter and 30% cubicle infill for the front and back speaker chamber parts
  • Use 3 wall perimeter and 15% cubicle infill for the top, screw guide and diffuser
  • Print the diffuser in transparent PETG or even white PLA for the best results.
  • No supports required!

Compatible Speaker Drivers

The Satellite1 Smart Speaker Enclosure Kit is acoustically and mechanically engineered to work with a specific set of high-quality LG speaker drivers. These drivers were selected for their excellent sound quality, compatibility with the Satellite1 amplifier and crossover, and reliable availability in bulk from trusted suppliers.

Due to packaging and supply-chain complexities during launch, which can result in mismatches between available enclosures and speakers, we do not currently sell the speaker drivers or other electronic components separately. We may offer an “electronics-only” kit after launch.

If you choose to purchase the recommended speaker drivers from third-party online retailers, please be aware that counterfeit or cloned products do exist. Additionally, modifying the enclosure to accommodate alternative speaker drivers may affect sound quality and wake-word performance.

Have fun hacking!

  • Tweeter MLT20-F4-S4830 (Sorry, no reliable supplier links we can confidently recommend.)
  • Woofer MLW78-F4-R6015 (Sorry, no reliable supplier links we can confidently recommend.)
  • Crossover (Sorry, no reliable model number.)