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    • josephchrzempiecJ
      josephchrzempiec
      last edited by josephchrzempiec

      The amps are mono. Single input, Single output. Was trying to do Stereo for left and right. Yes into a handeld the wii u case.

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      • monstermadeofmanM
        monstermadeofman
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        They should only be mono if you mad them that way. Even though the Gameboy zero build outputs mono on the speaker (literally cause the left and right channels are wired to the same line. The headphone jack has stereo sound.

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        This should help you build a new amp that does left and right channel for stereo.

        The ones you've build will put put mono even with 2 speakers.

        Not all those who wander are lost

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        • josephchrzempiecJ
          josephchrzempiec
          last edited by

          You are correct i have a left and right channel speakers but each channel has it's own amp. It is in Stereo. Not mono. But the audio is not the problem. The problem is controlling the volume while in the game sense there is no volume controls on the amp.

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          • monstermadeofmanM
            monstermadeofman
            last edited by

            What I'm saying is you don't need individual amps for Left and Right. If you follow this guide it will give you a single filter/amp for both channels and enable you to put a volume control pot on this that will allow to control the volume in analog as apposed to digital. Meaning you have volume control whenever.

            Not all those who wander are lost

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            • josephchrzempiecJ
              josephchrzempiec
              last edited by

              Oh I'm totally sorry i didn't understand. Now i get what you meant thank you. I do have one pot a left and right i got from radioshack a while back i never used Click here

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              • monstermadeofmanM
                monstermadeofman
                last edited by

                It's fine dude no problem. Those pots are fine I've used them in my GBZ build

                Not all those who wander are lost

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @josephchrzempiec
                  last edited by cyperghost

                  @josephchrzempiec At least and as I always say ... use I2S rather then PWM. The PWM sound lacks of clearness and it always brittles with hisses and pops. And you don't need two speakers because the Adafruit I2S mixes stereo channels down to own speaker output. So you have left and right audio channel together in one speaker.

                  I made good experince with my little foldable Popeye Pie.

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                  • monstermadeofmanM
                    monstermadeofman @cyperghost
                    last edited by

                    @cyperghost I was under the impression that Pi zero doesn't have I2S that you can access without using the USB.

                    I've gone for PWN audio as I'm using the USB to wire the controls in.

                    Not all those who wander are lost

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost @monstermadeofman
                      last edited by cyperghost

                      @monstermadeofman You can use I2S even on a Pi Zero :) You just have to use the Hifiberry overlay and you are ready to go. The sound is more powerfull and 100% clear. You just hear one pop if the AMP is gonna activated and deactivated. In idle (in the ES game selection menu) is 100% NO noise! Follow the link to my build I made for month. In the last posting is a picture of the wired I2S DAC.

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                      • monstermadeofmanM
                        monstermadeofman
                        last edited by

                        Ahh i see. I'm doing a GBZ build and there is no room in there for that haha.

                        I'm PWM audio and to take out the hissing the board I'm waiting on has the filtering plus some nice little ferrite beads to take away a lot of noise

                        Not all those who wander are lost

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                        • cyperghostC
                          cyperghost @monstermadeofman
                          last edited by

                          @monstermadeofman Sorry I didn't get you. The I2S device from adafruit got the same size as the common PWM amps :)

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                          • monstermadeofmanM
                            monstermadeofman @cyperghost
                            last edited by

                            @cyperghost

                            I'm waiting on this little beauty for my controls, sound and power distribution :)

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                            Not all those who wander are lost

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                            • cyperghostC
                              cyperghost @monstermadeofman
                              last edited by

                              @monstermadeofman Haha ... Okay :) Size matters. Were did you get this? Looks awesome!

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                              • monstermadeofmanM
                                monstermadeofman @cyperghost
                                last edited by

                                @cyperghost Audi mod forum. I haven't got mine yet but a guy called helder over there designs them and sells them.

                                Not all those who wander are lost

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