I2S

I2S Raspberry Interface (4)

More work today. Some wires got loose and I did some experiments with .asoundrc and ALSA settings. I added a 39 Ω ballast resistor on SDIN and SDOUT lines and put a ferrite core on both wires. The radio node works as expected, absolutely no issues with one exception, a periodic pop that is audible […]

I2S Raspberry Interface (3)

Update July 11, 2025 Some thoughts and tasks today. The project is the same I2S interface.

A Si5351 DIY oscillator project

I have some Si5351 chips that I never used for any projects. I purchased them from Mouser, I believe for an APRS project, long-standing and overdue. That APRS project I started some time ago but I never completed and maybe I should strongly consider to complete. But this is another topic.

Significant Svxlink power consumption

While testing my I2S project I ran into some boot issues on the Raspberry Pi 4 host. For what seemed to be some unknown reasons the boot process was completely chaotic, sometimes running well, sometimes hanging. I banged my head for some time looking for a solution until it came to my mind to change […]

I2S Raspberry Interface (2)

Update September, 2024. Activities and notes while developing the I2S interface for my radio node.

I2S interface for Raspberry Pi (1)

Today I managed to connect the Digilent Pmod I2S2 to a Raspberry Pi 4 and have all frequencies generated. This is part of an older project that I left abandoned for a while: a radio node built on Raspberry Pi and using Svxlink. As known, Raspberry boards do not have a proper audio interface and […]