AUDIOPHONICS ReceiverPi Pro SPDIF HDMI Interface Receiver User Guide

: June 13, 2024
: AUDIOPHONICS

Table of Contents

AUDIOPHONICS ReceiverPi Pro SPDIF HDMI Interface Receiver User Guide
A.Introduction
B. Highlighted Features and Specifications
C. Layout and Dimensions (in mm)
D. Getting start with StationPi pro
E. Works without a StationPi Pro
A full system configured of a high quality audiophile DAC
F. Works as a S/PDIF FIFO or HDMI FIFO
G. Connectors
J6: MCLK output in u.fl coaxial cable socket
J11: Music sources selector
40 pin GPIO connectors
I2S/DSD outputs in u.fl
J3: Optional independent DC power input
A.LED indicators
B. Application notes
1. How to setup the auto S/PDIF selection function?
2. How to upgrade or remove the S/PDIF isolation transformer?
3. How to use independent DC power supply?
About the possible software control
Please note:
C.Pictures ReceiverPi Pro
A.History of revising
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AUDIOPHONICS ReceiverPi Pro SPDIF HDMI Interface Receiver User Guide

A.Introduction

**** ReceiverPi Pro is designed for Raspberry Pi based DACs or streamers to extent the ability of playing digital music from multiple sources additional to RPi itself, such as CD/DVD player/transport, TV, TV box, Mac, PC, USB streamer and so on. ReceiverPi can take digital music signals from four inputs: RCA (S/PDIF coaxial), OPT(S/PDIF Toslink), HDMI (I2S/DSD lvds) and GPIO of RaspberryPi.
ReceiverPi Pro can be integrated seamlessly with StationPi Pro and the optional touch screen controller.

B. Highlighted Features and Specifications

RCA (75 ohm coaxial cable) S/PDIF input up to 192KHz, isolated
Optical S/PDIF input up to 192KHz
I2S/DSD over HDMI input up to 768KHz PCM and DSD1024
I2S/DoP input from RPi GPIO up to 768KHz and DSD1024
Can be automatically switched to selected S/PDIF source if valid signal is present
Reserved GPIO port for possible Linux/Web based software control
Can run RPi DACs or external DACs even without a RPi (RPi free mode)
Can be easily configured as S/PDIF FIFO by integrating together with FifoPi and TransportPi
Can be easily configured as HDMI transport by integrating with HDMIpi or TransportPi
Possible to have independent DC power input
Optimized for StationPi pro
DIY friendly and plug and play

C. Layout and Dimensions (in mm)

D. Getting start with StationPi pro

1. Upside down the ReceiverPi Pro and then plug it into J1 and J10 of the StationPi pro.
2. Build the rest of the system
3. Control the ReceiverPi Pro by the StationPi touch screen controller or manually from J14 on the StationPi Pro.

E. Works without a StationPi Pro

Make sure your RPi DAC stack is working and playing music normally. Power off before going to next step.
Install the ReceiverPi Pro onto the GPIO port of the RaspberryPi. And then install the rest of your system
(FifoPi or DAC HAT and so on) on top of ReceiverPi Pro through GPIO port. Make sure all other connectionsare connected as same as before. Power on your system as usual.
Note: Please don’t try any master mode DAC with ReceiverPi Pro. By principle, no master mode DAC canwork with S/PDIF music and external I2S/DSD streamer. They can only work with the music source that thecontrol software is running at, which is one of the disadvantages of all this kind of DACs.
Select correct music source by J11 or J4.
. Enjoy the music.Please Note: With FifoPi installed in the system, OPT and RCA will have no difference in sound quality. However,

OPT has better isolation performance, while RCA is better for high Fs.

A full system configured of a high quality audiophile DAC

RaspberryPi
ReceiverPi Pro
FifoPi
ShieldPi
ESS9038Q2M dual mono DAC
Transformer I/V stage

Note: LifePO4 power supply with ultra capacitor conditioner upgraded is highly recommended for best possible sound quality

F. Works as a S/PDIF FIFO or HDMI FIFO

Install a FifoPi Q3 on top of the ReceiverPi pro
. Install a TransportPi MKII on top of the FifoPi Q3 and connect the MCK u.fl cable
Power FifoPi Q3 with a digital 5V power supply and a clean 3.3V power supply

G. Connectors

U4: Optical S/PDIF input
Have to leave the Pin17 of the multi-function connector J4 open (default) to select this optical input as the S/PDIF source. U4 is a standard TOSLINK optical connector.
J5: RCA coaxial S/PDIF input
Have to bridge the Pin17 and Pin18 (GND) with a shunt jumper on the multi- function connector J4 to select this
RCA input as the S/PDIF source.
J10: I2S/DSD over HDMI input
ReceicerPi Pro takes I2S/DSD over HDMI in PS audio configuration

J6: MCLK output in u.fl coaxial cable socket

This MCLK is enabled only when valid S/PDIF is in receiving. Lock LED should be lit at same time. FifoPi doesn’t need this MCLK signal to function. So normally we don’t need J6. It is just for optional

J11: Music sources selector

Music source selection	1-2	3-4	5-6
GPIO (RPi)	OPEN	X	SHORT
HDMI	SHORT	X	SHORT
RCA S/PDIF	X	SHORT	OPEN
OPT S/PDIF	X	OPEN	OPEN

J4: Optional music sources selector

Pin to pin equivalent to J11. Can install a right angle DIP connector or solder the control wires directly to.

40 pin GPIO connectors

pin numbers

| ****

J2

40 PIN GPIO connector to board below (Normally Raspberry Pi)

| ****

J1

40 PIN GPIO connector to HAT on top (FifoPi or DAC or other audio board)

---|---|---
1,17| 3.3V from preceding board| 3.3V from preceding board
2,4| 5V from preceding board| 5V from preceding board
6,9,14,20,

25,30,34,

39

| ****

GND

| ****

GND

Note: All input/output signals on the GPIO connectors are in LVTTL (3.3V) logic level except power and ground.

I2S/DSD outputs in u.fl

J7: SCK
J8: LRCK/DL J9: DATA/DR
Note: I2S/DSD outputs in u.fl have better signal quality. So u.fl coaxial cables are highly recommended to connect to external digital audio devices.

J3: Optional independent DC power input

If don’t want to take power from GPIO, you can connect a 5V DC / 100mA (minimum) power supply to this 2-pin 5.0mm terminal J3. MAINTAINING CORRECT POLARITY!!! Low noise linear 5V power supply will be good for ReceiverPi Pro. Direct-connected 3.3V ultra capacitor / LifePO4 battery power supply can also be used.

J3 was not installed by default. L1 (at bottom side of the PCB) needs to be removed if you don’t want new DC power being connected to GPIO. No need to remove L1 if ReceiverPi Pro works independently without plugged into GPIO.

A.LED indicators

D4: Power indicator, indicating that ReceiverPi Pro is powered
D7: Lock indicator, indicating that valid S/PDIF is received and locked. Either OPT or RCA D9: OPT indicator, indicating that valid S/PDIF signal in OPT is received and switched to D8: RCA indicator, indicating that valid S/PDIF signal in RCA is received and switched to
D6: RPi indicator, indicating that ReceiverPi Pro outputs are currently switched to RPi GPIO input D5: HDMI indicator, indicating that ReceiverPi Pro is currently switched to HDMI I2S/DSD input

B. Application notes

1. How to setup the auto S/PDIF selection function?

ReceiverPi Pro can work in auto S/PDIF selection mode. In this mode, when selected S/PDIF source, such as a CD player is turned on and playing music, the ReceiverPi Pro’s will be automatically switched to the S/PDIF source. To enable this auto S/PDIF mode, you need short S1..

2. How to upgrade or remove the S/PDIF isolation transformer?

The S/PDIF transform T1 is installed by default for additional safety and ground isolation.
S/PDIF signal quality can be improved if better transformer is used. To upgrade this transformer you just need to remove T1 and then solder a better one to the PCB. Please make sure the orientation is correct.
Note: With FifoPi installed in your system, finial sound quality may not have business with the transformer.

3. How to use independent DC power supply?

The ReceiverPi Pro was designed to take 5V power from GPIO. With FifoPi installed in the system, ReceiverPi Pro’s power supply may not affect the finial jitter performance. However real listening test shows that better power supply before FifoPi can still make slightly improvement to the finial sound quality. Because of the overall EMI noise can still have chance to be reduced when good power supply is used.

To use independent DC power, you will need:

Solder the supplied DC connector to the position of J3.
Remove FB L1 at bottom side of PCB if you don’t want this power supply to be connected to
Feed a good 5V linear/ultra capacitor voltage rail or a 3V LifePO4/ultra capacitor rail to J3.

About the possible software control

ReceiverPi Pro can use three reserved GPIO pins for possible Linux/Web based software control.
To do so, you will need short R34, R35 and R36 with 0 to 50 ohm 0805 resistors or just jumper wires. The GPIO pin numbers and control logic are listed as below:

GPIO pin number	Signal name	Resistor	Control logic
GPIO27	PCM or S/PDIF	R36	High: to select S/PDIF sources

Low: to select PCM sources

GPIO17| S/PDIF selection| R35| High: OPT is selected as S/PDIF input

Low: RCA is selected as S/PDIF input

GPIO4| PCM selection| R34| High: RPi GPIO is selected as PCM input

Low: HDMI is selected as PCM input

Please note:

No any official control software is provided so Users need to write code by themselves or use the possible third party software.
J4 and J11 have to leave open after R34, R35 and R36 are

C.Pictures ReceiverPi Pro

A.History of revising

Apr. 8, 2022 Ver. 2.0 released© 2022 Ian Jin. The firmware code embedded in the ReceiverPi Pro is the property of Ian Jin. You are granted a
non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable, royalty-free right to use the ReceiverPi pro board solely for your own, non-commercial purposes. You may not distribute, sell, lease, transfer, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, prepare derivative works of, decompile, or disassemble the software provided. All rights reserved.