DAC request master list

[tmigone]

This is an up to date list of untested and unsupported DACs:

• Untested DACs need testing before being promoted to supported DACs.
• Unsupported DACs will probably need investigation and patching balenaOS before being able to be utilised for this project.

If you want to contribute by testing an untested DAC or by adding support for an unsupported DAC please read our DAC section on our official docs to learn how.

Supported DACs

List can be found here: https://sound.balenalabs.io/docs/audio-interfaces#dac-boards

Untested DACs
Note that dtoverlay values here might be incorrect and require testing.

DAC	Comments
audioinjector zero / stereo / octo / ultra / pro / isolated etc..
merus audio / infineon amp	See #383 (comment) for details
justboom-both	(allows the justboom dac or amp to be used simultaneously with the digi)
allo boss2 / digione / katana / piano / piano plus	- Piano 2.1 DAC: allo-piano-dac-plus-pcm512x-audio
IQaudIO	- DAC+ dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus - DAC PRO dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus - DigiAMP+ dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,unmute_amp or dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus,auto_mute_amp - Codec Zero dtoverlay=iqaudio-codec
hifiberry boards	see https://www.hifiberry.com/docs/software/configuring-linux-3-18-x/ for dtoverlay values
pifi 40
Fe-pi dac
apple-pi / pecan pi dac
audiosense pi
Audiophonics I-Sabre ES9028Q2M
terraberry dac
various suptronics dacs	- Suptronics x920: dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus
super audio board
bassfly / bassfly-mic
max98357a
pibell	can't find link for this
mbed-dac	can't find link for this
audu7002-simple
picap
Google AIY voiceHAT v1/v2
phat dac / phat beat / picade hat / speaker phat	these will already work but no longer in production so not a huge amount of point
dionauadio dacs / amps
raspiaudio dac range
osa dacberry one / pro	- DACBerry AMP+: dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus
nanosound dac
pi 2 design 502 / 502 pro / 503
mamboberry dac
HifiBox dac
generic rpi-dac
rpi-cirrus-wm5102	discontinued so maybe no point
red rocks audio digidac1 - rra-digidac1-wm8741-audio

Unsupported DACs

DAC	Comments
bassowl
tau dac
raspidac3
WM8960 Audio HAT	#264
Adafruit Voice Bonnet	I believe this is almost identical to the WM8960 from waveshare (above) and the seeed respeaker 2 and keyestudio respeaker (below)
respeaker 2 / 4 linear / 6 circular	#166
keyestudio respeaker 2	#166
sabreberry32
hifibunny q2m

Some other useful info for future:

• balenaOS v2.67 PR
• volumio DAC list
• Tinkerboard dacs
• odroid dacs
• beaglebone capes
• list of dacs with chip type listed

[tonydrabeck]

Please add support for the Audiobox USB 96

[kbftech]

I2S Interface Pifi DAC PCM5122 DAC + HiFi DIGI Digital Audio Card Analogue Output Signal for Raspberry Pi B+ / 2 Model B / 3B (64-bit)

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08HSYTD4F/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Quite the name, thanks Amazon! Super cheap DAC. I tried all the dt_overlay options that mentionned the chip 5122 or 512x. Although I got the soundcard recognized according to the console, there is no sound output from the RCA nor the line-out.

I bought it based on the review saying it worked with Volumio when using "hifiberry DAC plus". Although the "hifiberry-dacplus" didn't work, the "hifiberry-dac" did get the dac recognized:

No sound though. Also, I get these warnings, but since I get them with my other DAC (which works) I guess it doesn't matter much:

 audio  W: [pulseaudio] main.c: This program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified).
 audio  W: [pulseaudio] server-lookup.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
 audio  W: [pulseaudio] main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11

[kbftech]

By the way, the other one that works is the following (If you want to add it to the list):
https://www.amazon.ca/Raspberry-Expansion-Board-PCM5122-24-bit/dp/B07MM4VP5C/ref=d_pd_sbs_sccl_4_1/147-2367878-6664069?pd_rd_w=g8qF9&content-id=amzn1.sym.e09d3028-5638-44d6-a6a2-f832afb24084&pf_rd_p=e09d3028-5638-44d6-a6a2-f832afb24084&pf_rd_r=YRCWKX75CHDPETPX6PZ4&pd_rd_wg=xrzOV&pd_rd_r=bcf59abb-d021-4e31-94c8-0dd5adc718c1&pd_rd_i=B07MM4VP5C&psc=1
Raspberry Pi Expansion Board Raspberry Pi HiFi DAC+ HD Audio PCM5122 24 bit Expansion Board for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B 2B B+ A+ Raspberry Pi Zero W

BALENA_HOST_CONFIG_dtoverlay = "allo-piano-dac-pcm512x-audio"