hi
i just bought a speaker pHat from maplin i did the soldering i check continuity everything fine, i install the software i test with the test.py script the Vu meter work but the speaker didn’t. on booting process i heard a crackling noise from the speaker but nothing more, i try to see if it was detect on the i2c bus with i2cdetect cmd but no address for the pHat
thx
Matt
The test.py script doesn’t test audio, just the LEDs IIRC.
Try something like speaker-test -c 2 -t wav
What do you see if you run aplay -L and aplay -l?
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Software setup looks sensible. Could you post a photo of your soldering?
Hmm, try:
speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -D hw:0,0
If the speaker is crackling it’s getting power, the soldering looks okay, and the software setup looks okay.
There are a couple of joints on your header that could do with a slight retouch. Perhaps go over it carefully reheating the joints until they flow into little cones without adding any new solder.
i think i will try with a fresh install of raspbian jessie lite
That “Device or resource busy” error is Pulse Audio.
Try: sudo systemctl pulseaudio stop
Then: speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -D hw:0,0
i just reinstall a fresh copy of rasbian jessie lite, did the setup but still received the same msg « device or resources busy.
but i try something else i went in the file speakerphat and i try the cmd aplay test.wav and the vumeter and the speaker was working but with the mp3 file its a big fail :/
thx
Sorry it should be:
sudo systemctl stop pulseaudio
I keep getting systemd and systemv argument order mixed up!
Hello, I am new to the forum.
I have a similar problem: I have two raspberry pie zeros and two Speaker pHat boards.
The one is soldered on directly, the other is distanced a bit, by only using short wires for the 7 connections. The two pies run the same raspbian image, and the phat works fine one Pie one, with sound and light. On pie 2, I can sometimes when I boot, get a little light, that disappears again.
I get a really weak distorted audio, and no lights.
I started with a rather thin wires, and have now changed to thicker wires and re-soldered them twice.
I tried a different speaker, with same result.
I tried adding power to both USB ports to make sure it was not under-powered.
Since the two pies are the same, and the OS/installation is the same, then it must either be;
I don’t know how to solve this. Does anyone know which of the 7 wires that would be susceptible to bad soldering/noice?
Thanks,
Jacob
It seems that I can not upload movies, and only one picture
