Hi-Fi Sound Card HAT for Raspberry Pi (with speakers)

This is a Hi-Fi Sound Card HAT designed for the Raspberry Pi, a great option for anyone wanting to record or play high-quality audio from their Raspberry Pi.

The HAT comes with a pair of 5W speakers and features low power consumption, Hi-Fi playing/recording, stereo encoding/decoding and can directly drive speakers to play music. There's also a button on the board tied to GPIO 17 which you can use in your project.

The onboard high-quality MEMS silicon microphone supports left/right channel recording, whilst the 3.5mm jack allows headphone playback if preferred for your project.

Features

• Standard Raspberry Pi 40-pin GPIO extension header
• Integrates WM8960 low power stereo CODEC, communicates via I2S interface
• Integrates dual high-quality MEMS silicon Mic, supports left & right double channels recording
• Onboard standard 3.5mm earphone jack, play music via external earphone
• Onboard dual-channel speaker interface, directly drives speakers
• Supports sound effects such as stereo, 3D surrounding etc
• Programmable button on GPIO 17
• Online development resources and manual (python demo code for playing/recording)
• Compatible with all 40-pin Raspberry Pi bioards

Package Contents

• 1x WM8960 Audio HAT
• 1x 8Ω 5W Speaker
• 1x RPi screws pack (2pcs)

Raspberry Pi not included

Resources

• Product Wiki and user guide

Specifications

• CODEC: WM8960
• Power supply: 5V
• Logic voltage: 3.3V
• Control interface: I2C
• Audio interface: I2S
• DAC signal-noise ratio: 98dB
• ADC signal-noise ratio: 94dB
• Earphone driver: 40mW (16Ω@3.3V)
• Speaker driver: 1W per channel (8Ω BTL)

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