If music be the food of love, play on. But make sure you use this super little DAC to get the best out of your Raspberry Pi audio!

This pHAT provides a super affordable high-quality DAC for your Raspberry Pi. It pumps out 24-bits at 192KHz from the Raspberry Pi's I2S interface on its 2x20 pin GPIO header.

Use pHAT DAC to build a tiny, lush-sounding streaming music device, or use it with Scroll pHAT to make a beautiful spectrum analyser!

Features

• 24-bit audio at 192KHz

• Line out stereo jack

• Optional landing for dual RCA phono connector

• PCM5102A DAC over the Raspberry Pi's I2S interface

• pHAT DAC pinout

• Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W

• Female header requires soldering 

Software

pHAT DAC doesn't require a Python library like most of our other HATs and pHATs, but does require configuration to work properly. We've put together a slick one-line installer to get everything set up just right. See the tutorial below for more details.

Our software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.

Technical details

Part List