ESP8266 Community Forum

- Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:00 am #3167 You may want to google "wifi module i2s" and "i2s specification"
The I2S standard is intended for audio streams. Some small WiFi modules support it. The ESP8266 does not, even though since the chip itself has a hardware SPI transceiver, custom firmware may be able to use it for audio (I2S is similar to SPI).

- Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:40 am #3169 If I choose ESP8266 for other solutions, I will use another external MCU . I need some power to manage over TCP/UDP protocols
(rtsp , rtp , ntp) , dma , etc. ESP8266 can't do the trick alone here
But it's cost less and If it could handle the bandwidth I need by modifying the baudrate , I can go with it.
an STMFx MCU is at 2$ + 2$ ESP8266.
CC3200 is difficult to get at a good price in low quantity but from a board space point of view , it's the winner !