element14 Presents Wolfson Audio Card for Raspberry Pi

atomar — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:31:53 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by atomar on 1/19/2018 4:31:53 PM

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Important Note: Please be aware that the Wolfson Audio Card is only compatible with Raspberry Pis which feature the P5 pads, which can be found on Revision 2 Raspberry Pis onwards.

Overview

Wolfson and element14 introduce an audio card to offer Raspberry Pi users the ability to capture audio alongside their camera, and experiment with stereo digital capture and playback.

Raspberry Pi, whilst doing a fantastic job of being a small and powerful computer, does this by a number of compromises. One of those is the limitations on its audio capabilities. Out of the box, Raspberry Pi provides good quality audio across the HDMI link, lower quality stereo audio by way of its 3.5 mm stereo jack, but no capability to connect microphones or other external audio sources, such as attaching directly to loudspeakers.

The Wolfson Audio CardWolfson Audio Card solves this by providing similar audio flexibility that would be provided by a PC soundcard. Not only this but the Wolfson Audio Card was produced in partnership with Wolfson, the premier audio solutions chip company, to produce superior sound capabilities for the Raspberry Pi.

The Wolfson Audio CardWolfson Audio Card is based on Wolfson WM5102 audio hub codes. The WM5102 is a highly-integrated low-power audio system for smartphones, tablets and other portable audio devices. It combines wideband telephony voice processing with a flexible, high-performance audio hub CODEC. The WM5102 digital core provides a powerful combination of fixed-function signal processing blocks with a programmable DSP. These are supported by a fully-flexible, all-digital audio mixing and routing engine with sample rate converters, for wide use-case flexibility. Two stereo headphone drivers each provide stereo ground-referenced or mono BTL outputs, with noise levels as low as 2.3μVRMS for hi-fi quality line or headphone output. The CODEC also features stereo 2W Class-D speaker outputs, a dedicated BTL earpiece output and PDM for external speaker amplifiers. A signal generator for controlling haptics devices is included; vibe actuators can connect directly to the Class-D speaker output, or via an external driver on the PDM output interface. All inputs, outputs and system interfaces can function concurrently.

Key Applications: Audio applications

More Resources
	Raspberry Pi Group
	More Raspberry Pi Accessories

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Manual	User Manual for Wolfson Audio Card (Updated)
Safety Leaflet	Wolfson Audio Card Safety Leaflet
Product Brief	Wolfson: Product Brief for WM5102 Audio Hub CODEC with Voice Processor DSP
Datasheet	Wolfson: Datasheet for for WM5102 Audio Hub CODEC with Voice Processor DSP

Design Elements

Type	Description
Software	Image File for Wolfson Audio Card
Schematic	Wolfson Audio Card Schematics

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Kit Features

3.5 mm jack (4-pole) for a headset/boom mic combination for gaming or VoIP applications
3.5 mm jack for microphone input
On-board MEMS microphone
3.5 mm jack stereo line input for connection to devices such as digital audio players (iPod etc.) or mobile phones
3.5 mm jack stereo line output for connection to devices such as external stereo amplifiers or powered speakers
Phono jack for electrical (not optical) S/PDIF digital input
On-board class D power amplifier for external speakers, with connection to external power source if needed.
Small pin header for extra functions if they are low cost, already on-chip, and don’t require any further components
Raspberry Pi form factor

Kit Contents

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