Phat DAC no audio

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I had a phat dac where I can’t get any sound out of either. I was luckily able to exchange for another one and used the “lazy” method of soldering the new one and now the dac I have works great.

pHAT header soldering the lazy way

here are some pics of the pHATs soldered the lazy way. By lazy, I mean that only some of the pins were soldered. For simplicity (or added strength), sometimes I included some pins unnecessary for functionality. a basic rule of thumb, if you’re not sure what is needed, is to solder 6 pins (2x3) at both ends, then check http://pinout.xyz for any additional pins needed for operation. It’s sometimes possible to tell what pins are in use by examining the circuit board (on both sides!), and if you’d …