Hi-Fi Sound Card HAT for Raspberry Pi (with speakers) by Waveshare - The Pi Hut

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

Name: Hi-Fi Sound Card HAT for Raspberry Pi (with speakers)
Brand: Waveshare
SKU: WAV-15668
Price: 20.50 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.3333 (9 reviews)

WaveshareSKU: WAV-15668

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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)

Pinout

Pin	RPi BCM	RPi Board	Description
5V	5V	5V	5V
GND	GND	GND	Ground
SDA	P2/SDA	3	I2C Data Input
SCL	P2/SDA	5	I2C Clock Input
CLK	P18	12	I2S Bit Clock Input
LRCLK	P19	35	I2S Frame Clock Input
DAC	P21	40	I2S Data Output
ADC	P20	38	I2S Data Input
Button	P17	11	Configurable

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Stephen S

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

Works perfectly Delivered on time What more could you ask for.

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2 months ago

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Chris P

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

Marvellous product which reproduces and emits good quality audio.

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1 year ago

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Daniel B

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

Really good speaker solution, worked well with the Rpi 4 after a little setup (the wiki is very straightforward). Be sure to change your audio output source because I didn't and spent 30 minutes messing around before I realised! The speakers are nice and chunky with clear audio, surprisingly good for the size.

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3 years ago

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Stuart G

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

Good value. The speakers provide a quality sound that is surprisingly loud for a 1watt as they are properly encapsulated. Worked first time using a clean Raspian OS install for a youtube video jukebox

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3 years ago

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Brian F

Northwich, United Kingdom

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

Nice item -well packed and works well. Docomentation on-line was a bit sparse and necessitated a good deal research online.

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4 years ago

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Ben S

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

Makes for a quick and easy way to set up an AirPlay speaker on a PiZero.

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4 years ago

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Anonymous

Harrow, United Kingdom

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

This is a really nice piece of kit. the on-board mics are good and multiple options for sound output useful. It also uses very few pins and so will be compatable with other HATs once you figuire out the pinout. The only reason I have not given 5 stars is that support for this board from Waveshare and elsewhere in terms of user manuals and code examples is extremely limited and can be challenging (such as telling users to use Vim to edit .conf files, hardly the easiest option). Also, the overlay for this device was only added to the Raspberry Pi firmware in January 2021, so many struggled before this to make it work.

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4 years ago

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Andy B

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

Excellent sounding card for the Raspberry Pi at a reasonable price. The speakers are ideal for use in projects but do not do the card justice from an audio perspective. Use the other outputs in to an amp or powered speakers to fully appreciate. Setup within Linux is simple enough with the provided instructions. Pass through GPIO pins are great if you have a fan setup although I have not tried stacking another HAT. Fully satisfied with mine.

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5 years ago