Hardware and software connections:
- Desk top or laptop PC running
Windows 7. Open PPC3 GUI.
- Connect 14.4 VDC PSU to TAS6424E-Q1 EVM
- Connect speakers or resistive
loads to TAS6424E-Q1 EVM
- Connect USB micro cable from
PC to the EVM
- Set the switches (SPDIF,
STANDBY, MUTE) to up positions
- Turn on the PSU
- Audio source: This can be a
DVD player with optical SPDIF cable or Windows Media Player from PC
- At this point, 3.3 V LED,
USB-LOCK LED and SPDIF-LOCK LED (if optical SPDIF is used) are on.
- If the SPDIF LED is not on, the default I2S input is the USB
audio source.
- On the PPC3 window, launch
TAS6424E EVM application
- The audio can be streamed now
to the speakers. Go to the GUI and click on “Device Monitor & Control”
box. Click on play button located on the top right of the window.
- The following sections
describe in detail the register settings of TAS6424E-Q1.