Pi 2 Design – PI2AES-LITE
Hardware Reference Manual – P0.1 - 5/23/2022
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4.1
OVERVIEW
The PI2AES-LITE interfaces to the RPi via the 40-Pin GPIO Connector. This section
describes in detail the devices located on the PI2AES-LITE.
4.1
PI2AES-LITE I2C BUS DEVICES
The following table describes the CPU I2C Bus usage of the PI2AES-LITE. Most of
these addresses are set by the startup script supplied by Pi2Design. Refer to the
respective device documentation for more detail.
I2C
Bus
7-Bit I2C
Address
Description
I2C
0x3B
WM8804 SPDIF Transmitter
Table 2 – PI2AES-LITE I2C Bus Devices
4.1
WM8804 SPDIF TRANSMITTER
At the core of the PI2AES-LITE is the Cirrus Logic WM8804 AES Digital Audio
Transmitter. This device interfaces to the Raspberry Pi via I2S and I2C. The signals
used to interface with the WM8804 are shown in the following table.
WM8804
Signal
RPi
Signal
Description
MCLK
-
Unused
BCLK
BCLK
I2S Bit Clock Output to Pi
LRCLK
LRCLK
I2S Word Clock Output to Pi
SDIN
SDOUT
I2S Serial Audio Data Input from Pi
SCL
SCL
I2C Clock from Pi
SDA
SDA
I2C Data to/from Pi
XIN
GPIO5
1 = Select 22.5792Mhz Input Clock for 44.1Khz,
88.2Khz and 176.4Khz Frame Rates
XIN
GPIO6
1 = Select 24.576Mhz Input Clock for 48Khz,
96Khz and 192Khz Frame Rates