Orange Pi Hi-Fi Hat

Name: Orange Pi Hi-Fi Hat
SKU: 21862
Price: 20.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Orange Pi Hat with Hi-Fi audio capabilities

Designed by Sonocotta in Poland

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Orange Pi Hat with Hi-Fi audio capabilities

What is it? This is Orange Pi Hi-Fi Hat, that adds Hi-Fi audio capability to your Pi. It uses native I2S output of Orange Pi together with Texas Instruments' fantastic PCM5100 Hi-Fi DAC. Why did I bu…

What is it?

This is Orange Pi Hi-Fi Hat, that adds Hi-Fi audio capability to your Pi. It uses native I2S output of Orange Pi together with Texas Instruments' fantastic PCM5100 Hi-Fi DAC.

Why did I build it

I want to bring modern hobbyist technologies to the world of classic speakers and amps gear. I build systems that keep that old-school ish look, but add online streaming and smart remote capabilities. I build this project as a possible core of such solution, where small but much capable box with Orange Pi in it drives large Pro-sized and Pro-sounded audio

Why Hi-Fi Hat?

It is a simple yet powerful solution that adds audio capabilities to your Orange Pi based project. Audio quality complies with Hi-Fi standards, which means it is suitable for high quality audio streaming, just like Big Pi

Why Orange Pi?

It's capable and reasonably priced, and great value for money. But most notably, Raspberry's availability is nil at the moment of writing. Orange Pi is not a perfect alternative, not nearly as good support level as Big Pi. But in terms of audio quality it is no compromise, and that what matters most

Key features

PCM5100A 32bit DAC
Up to 384 kHz sampling rate
-100 dB typical noise level
Triple ultra-low-noise voltage regulator for audio interface
Single mini-jack output
Dual RCA output

How to use

Orange Pi runs Armbian, Volumio and Mopidy, but before any of them can utilize Hi-Fi DAC, it needs to be configured.

Setting up an external DAC is not a trivial task, therefore Ansible playbooks were provided to set-up your Pi in the matter of 2 clicks.

Optional playbooks will install Mopidy and Spotify smart speaker suite onto your Pi.

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Most of the packages are sent the next business day in the morning CET time. Delivery time varies wildly, but typically it is 1-2 weeks within EU and 3-4 weeks outside EU due to delays in customs. If the package does not show up after 8 weeks, please reach out for a replacement or refund.

Currently, Poczta Polska does not ship to Israel, and a few more countries due to a lack of airline operations. As soon as they will lift the restrictions, I'll restore shipments.