USB sound card for GBZ?

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USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by lellek » Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:27 am

Hey guys,
don't know if i'm blind or not, but i can't find an existing guide/topic for this one.
So here's my n00b problem:
I bought this USB sound card: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B008KG ... UTF8&psc=1
its similar to the card thats mentioned in the wiki under 'working'.
i already soldered the GameBoy's headphone jack to the speaker,
but what exactly do i do now with the sound card? where should i connect it with the headphone jack?
the amplifier in wermy's guide is something completely different... :?
thats the sound card opened:
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I'm thankful for every response!

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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by Fleder » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:32 am

Hi,

this only works if your USB DAC has 5 pins, not 3.
Otherwise you will not be able to shut off the speaker when headphones are plugged in.

Here is a complete wiring diagram I created a while ago:
[spoiler="wiring"]Image[/spoiler]
This might help you to find a place for the USB DAC.
The DAC is the top left part with those pads for the audio jacks.
Which pin is which, you would have to measure with a DMM to be sure.

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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by lellek » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:02 pm

Thanks!

Your diagram helps me a lot. I'll try it with the USB DAC,
if everything goes wrong I'll buy something else.

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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by Fleder » Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:15 am

lellek wrote:Thanks!

Your diagram helps me a lot. I'll try it with the USB DAC,
if everything goes wrong I'll buy something else.
I guess you are from germany, so here are the two USB DACs I bought and that did work for me.
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B016CU ... UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0167P ... UTF8&psc=1

I prefer the first one (with a small cable), since you do not have to desolder the USB Port from the DAC Board, which can be pretty annoying.

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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by Frandsen » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:47 am

Hi :-)
You can use this kind of sound card.
I have used it in my build and worked ok.
I say worked as I had to put a new card into my build today as the old one died.
I do not know why it died but the new one I have put in is the same as the old.
Hope it will work for a long time :-)
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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by deductivemonkee » Tue Apr 18, 2017 6:41 pm

Fleder wrote:
Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:15 am
lellek wrote:Thanks!

Your diagram helps me a lot. I'll try it with the USB DAC,
if everything goes wrong I'll buy something else.
I guess you are from germany, so here are the two USB DACs I bought and that did work for me.
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B016CU ... UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0167P ... UTF8&psc=1

I prefer the first one (with a small cable), since you do not have to desolder the USB Port from the DAC Board, which can be pretty annoying.
Can you show the pinout for the first link? I have purchased the same usb dac.

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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by Fleder » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:38 am

deductivemonkee wrote:
Tue Apr 18, 2017 6:41 pm
Can you show the pinout for the first link? I have purchased the same usb dac.
What pinout are you looking for exactly?

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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by deductivemonkee » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:44 pm

Fleder wrote:
Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:38 am
deductivemonkee wrote:
Tue Apr 18, 2017 6:41 pm
Can you show the pinout for the first link? I have purchased the same usb dac.
What pinout are you looking for exactly?
The pinout for the audio jack, like which ones should go to l and r on my amp. Does this dac do stereo or just mono?

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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by Fleder » Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:22 am

deductivemonkee wrote:
Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:44 pm
The pinout for the audio jack, like which ones should go to l and r on my amp. Does this dac do stereo or just mono?
This is a stereo DAC. You would struggle to find a mono one.
Here is one guide for audio in general:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=701

And this one is for audio wiring with amplifier and audio jack:
http://s20.postimg.org/m4mkgyqsd/audio_wirings.png (Use version B)

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Re: USB sound card for GBZ?

Post by deductivemonkee » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:11 pm

Fleder wrote:
Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:22 am
deductivemonkee wrote:
Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:44 pm
The pinout for the audio jack, like which ones should go to l and r on my amp. Does this dac do stereo or just mono?
This is a stereo DAC. You would struggle to find a mono one.
Here is one guide for audio in general:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=701

And this one is for audio wiring with amplifier and audio jack:
http://s20.postimg.org/m4mkgyqsd/audio_wirings.png (Use version B)
On this dac there are 3 pins, on that diagram which ones are those?

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