I have no particular reason for building this amp other that I have about 10 of these chips I picked up in a lot I baught off ebay.
I need some help from those who might understand the datasheet better than I.
I have never seen this chip before, and I am a little puzzled by the mute and stby pins, and how to implement them. I also could use some advice on the output part (zobel values and such).
Here is the datasheet:
toshiba datasheet
And here is my design so far:
I need some help from those who might understand the datasheet better than I.
I have never seen this chip before, and I am a little puzzled by the mute and stby pins, and how to implement them. I also could use some advice on the output part (zobel values and such).
Here is the datasheet:
toshiba datasheet
And here is my design so far:
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slackman said:Mute control:
Pin 25 of chip must be pulled up with a resistor (5...10 k) to positive voltage. Then with a transistor you have to switch pin 25 as shown in page 5 of the datasheet. If the transistor gets active high on its base he will mute the circuit.
Michael
Ok, I am not sure I understand how that works, but If I want it never to be muted, can I simply put a 10K resistor between VCC and pin 25? Also, do I need to do anything with pins 1(SMOOTHING) and 10(RIP).
Are you sure about that? I read it as it needs to be pulled up for "on" and down for "off/stby" , so if I had it connect to gnd the amp is in stby and if it is connected to V+ it is on.slackman said:Standby control:
same as mute but reversed: pin 2 has to be pulled DOWN with a resistor and if pin 2 gets high, amp will go into standby (page 3 of datasheet)
Michael
slackman said:aaaah! Error!
Sorry: '...must NOT be pulled up'
for never mute leave the mute pin unswitched, for mute switch it to low.
So for never mute do you think I can simply leave pin25 connected to nothing (neither pulled up or down)?
slackman said:yepp!
(see page 7, note on the lower end of the page)
Michael
Ahhh! great! So I imagine then I should also leave pin 1 open too.
Now I wish I knew what to do with pin 10.
I did parralel because the amps look like they are already bridged (based on the datasheet). Also, because I only need 2 channels. 
I will only be driving 4ohm speakers, I figured a little extra current couldn't hurt.
I wouldn't mind trying a BP configuration, but I am not sure where to start.
I will only be driving 4ohm speakers, I figured a little extra current couldn't hurt.
I wouldn't mind trying a BP configuration, but I am not sure where to start.
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