My latest taobao toy....
Posted 2nd September 2013 at 02:55 AM by abraxalito
Updated 5th September 2013 at 06:51 AM by abraxalito
Updated 5th September 2013 at 06:51 AM by abraxalito
Its a TDA1543 SDcard player. Not hooked up yet to my amp but looks to be a really simple and quick way to get analog-like digital sound on the cheap.... The digital part is a dsPIC, it would have been better if it were an ARM (much lower power) but this looks to be a good start. Can't argue with a price of 150rmb, considerably cheaper than the QA550 and it does have an I2S output connector 
For those who prefer to do their own DAC, the vendor also looked to be selling the pre-programmed dsPIC for 40rmb.
Update - I tried powering this up and no sound
. There's most likely a problem with the format or type of SDcard I'm using. There's no I2S signal being sent to the DAC which suggests the dsPIC hasn't recognised what's on the card. But there is activity on the card pins so its definitely attempting to read it.
Update 2 - had a chat on QQ with the designer/seller and he mentioned that the .wav files must be placed into directories and I was trying with just a single file in the root directory. So have a hope now that this might be fairly easily fixable.... Stay tuned!
Update 3 - This was indeed the problem - it won't play files unless they're in a folder one level down from the root. Enjoyable sound now
For those who prefer to do their own DAC, the vendor also looked to be selling the pre-programmed dsPIC for 40rmb.Update - I tried powering this up and no sound
. There's most likely a problem with the format or type of SDcard I'm using. There's no I2S signal being sent to the DAC which suggests the dsPIC hasn't recognised what's on the card. But there is activity on the card pins so its definitely attempting to read it.Update 2 - had a chat on QQ with the designer/seller and he mentioned that the .wav files must be placed into directories and I was trying with just a single file in the root directory. So have a hope now that this might be fairly easily fixable.... Stay tuned!
Update 3 - This was indeed the problem - it won't play files unless they're in a folder one level down from the root. Enjoyable sound now
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