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HifiBerry don't work

Jeje D.

January 24, 2014 08:16

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Hello,

I received my Hifiberry Rev 1.4 yesterday. I soldered correctly componants and P5 header. I tested good continuity and short circuit with a multimeter.

I start with Rapsperry Rev B + Volumio 1.0 Beta and enable I2S drivers. After rebooting, I see this log:

bcm2708-dmaengine bcm2708-dmaengine: BCM2708 DMA engine driver
snd-rpi-pcm5102a snd-rpi-pcm5102a.0: pcm5102a-hifi <-> bcm2708-i2s.0 mapping ok

Everything is OK, but I hear nothing. What is the problem?

Thank you for your help.

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43 comments

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  HiFiBerry team March 09, 2014 08:22

  Dear Peter,
  
  did you upgrade the kernel? Check out this guide:
  http://www.hifiberry.com/products/dac/hifiberry-dac-software/
  
  If it still does not work, post the output of the check-system script that you can also find under the link above.
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
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  Holger Wernecke March 10, 2014 08:45

  Hi Daniel,
  
  I soldered a cable as requested and the hifiberry works fine.
  Thx for your support.
  Holger
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  Jennifer Johnson March 13, 2014 20:02

  Hey Daniel! We have our DAC, and it's not outputting any signals. We used a logic analyzer to test the signals coming from the raspberry pi to the DAC, and they are working fine.
  
  Our C12 has a 3.3 V, its supposed to be 5V, correct? Our C10 has 3.3 V as well. Our connections to the P5 header from DAC are good.
  
  We tested R4 and R5 resistors, and they connect to the P5 header. We don't know how to test the R3 resistor because we're not sure where it connects, it seems to go into the DAC chip.
  
  You mention we can string a short cable from the P5 to the I2S, do you mean every pin? Which one? It seems to work for people.
  
  Thanks for your help!
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  Neil Hall March 13, 2014 20:43

  I have the same problem with DAC not working. Voltage is 3.7 for C10 and C12. Soldering looks very good, DAC was factory soldered, small header on Pi looks good. Aplay -l shows HiFiBerry. Modules show HiFiBerry, Amixer command shows internal output. Aplay with WAV outputs through Pi analog, on board connection. I've disabled analog onboard (BCM2835) within modules, after reboot Alsamixer shows HifiBerry but aplay with .WAV give screen error of "unable to install HW params"
  
  Need help, shall I send it back for look/see
  
  
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  James Donnelly March 13, 2014 21:53

  Hi,
  
  Trying my hifiberry dac on the latest Volumio with i2s enabled, but aplay -l doesn't find the card.
  
  It looks like I have the modules, but dmesg shows the device can't be found:
  
  [ 17.765216] snd-hifiberry-dac snd-hifiberry-dac.0: pcm5102a-hifi <-> bcm2708-i2s.0 mapping ok
  [ 17.928907] wm8804 1-003b: Failed to read device ID: -1
  [ 17.936796] wm8804 1-003b: ASoC: failed to probe CODEC -1
  
  I have 4.71v on c12, and 3.3v on c10
  
  Do you have any suggestions?
  
  Many thahks.
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  Jennifer Johnson March 14, 2014 00:39

  Hey! Figured out my problem! I am using the DAC underneath my Pi Board, so I was aligning the Pin 1 on the DAC to the Pin 1 on the Raspberry Pi. (Assuming Pin 1 on the P5 headers was the square around the pin.)
  
  Turns out you cannot match the square on the Raspberry Pi to the square on the DAC, they aren't the same pin. Once I figured that out, I Flipped over the HiFiBerry, and everything works perfectly. Hopefully, that might help a few of you out if you're having the same problem.
  
  
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  Neil Hall March 14, 2014 15:19

  Got it working! Sounds great! Set up a clean installation of Wheezy, installed recommended modules, found Squeezelite-armv6hf via Windows 7, transferred to Wheezy via Filezilla (/usr/bin), made it executable, listed devices for squeezelite-armv6hf, picked out HiFiBerry and it works.
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  James Donnelly March 15, 2014 00:16

  Having failed with a fresh Volumio (see above post from me). A fresh Raspbian installation got the card detected, and the check-system script is now playing the test tone. Seems like things are working. Not sure what's up with Volumio 1.2.
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  HiFiBerry team March 19, 2014 14:15

  In Volumio there are 2 drivers enabled by default. You can comment out the "HiFiBerry Digi" driver in /etc/modules. However, it should also work without this. You have to select the card in the settings and enable "I2S sound card".
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  Eric AUGIER March 25, 2014 14:42

  Hi Daniel,
  
  Did you have time to look for the module i send you back (order #1738) ?
  
  Thank's
  
  Regards.
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  HiFiBerry team March 25, 2014 19:38

  Hi Eric,
  
  we didn't have the time yet to check it, but sent a replacement end of last week.
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
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  Keith Dunn April 05, 2014 15:26

  Got my hifiberry some time ago and I am starting to get concerned that my skills are not equal to getting it working. :(
  
  First raspberry pi I soldered in the P5 on the Pi. Checked the connections between the P5 on the pi and the hifiberry. Installed and got Volumio 1.2 working on the built in but it refused to play when I select the l2s and reboot. :(
  
  Installed raspian and followed the troubleshooting but it refused to recognise the hifiberry. So I figured my soldering failed. I bought a new raspberry pi and l2s connector and tried again. Same result. I also tried upgrading the power supply to a full 2A one. No dice. Volumio just sits and refuses to play and raspian wont recognise the hifiberry.
  
  Could I have botched the soldering of the L2S P5 on the Pi again?
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  Keith Dunn April 05, 2014 15:59

  Yay. Plugged it into a new USB cable so I could work on it at my pc and hey presto works perfectly.
  
  Seems I had a dodgy USB cable I think. :D
  
  Typical a few minutes after bothering you guys on this forum...
  
  Sounds excellent btw folks. Its cranking out AC/DC atm. :)