Adafruit Audio BFF Add-on for QT Py and Xiao

SKU: ADA5769 Brand: Adafruit

Our QT Py boards are a great way to make very small microcontroller projects that pack a ton of power - and now we have a way for you to turn many QT Py...

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$12.32 AUD, exc GST

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Adafruit's QT Py boards are a great way to make very small microcontroller projects that pack a ton of power - and now Adafruit have a way for you to turn many QT Py boards into powerful audio play projects that are super small!

This BFF comes with a MicroSD card slot that can address up to 64 GB of storage and a I2S 3 Watt amplifier, for high-quality audio playback, that can fit on the back of your miniature dev board. All together uses the SPI port plus 4 GPIO pins for card CS, and I2S data, clock and left-right select.

Adafruit call this the Adafruit Audio BFF - a "Best Friend Forever". When you were a kid, you may have learned about the "buddy" system; well, this product is kinda like that! A board that will watch your QT Py's back and give it more capabilities.

This PCB is designed to fit onto the back of any QT Py or Xiao board, it can be soldered into place or use pin and socket headers to make it removable. Onboard is a MAX98357 audio amplifier and picoblade-compatible connector for plugging in a 4 or 8 ohm speaker. Adafruit use A2 for the audio data, A2 for wordselect clock, and A3 for bitclock. The SD card connects over the SPI port: MOSI, MISO and SCK plus A0 for card select.

This pinout will work with ESP32 series, nRF52840, and RP2040 chipset boards. It won't work with the ATSAMD21 'original 'QT Py because those pins on the SAMD21 are not I2S capable. However, you could cut and rewire the traces to connect to the I2S pads if desired - personally, Adafruit recommend just upgrading to an RP2040 QT Py instead.

Adafruit include some header that you can solder to your QT Py. You can also pick up an Itsy Bitsy short female header kit to make it removable but compact, you'll just need to trim down the headers to 7 pins long.

Comes as an assembled and tested PCB
For any QT Py or Xiao boards
Contains a MAX98357 3 Watt audio amplifier pre-configured for 'stereo' mix output and 9 dB gain which will work great for any project.
Use any micro SD card that supports SPI mode with one CS pin.
Connect to the speaker output with a picoblade-compatible 2-pin cable. Adafruit recommend this 3W 4 ohm speaker
There are various Arduino / CircuitPython / MicroPython libraries can be used to talk to the SD card and I2S amplifier.
Guide for the Adafruit Audio BFF Add-on available.

Speaker, microSD memory card, and QT Py are not included.

Technical Details

Product Dimensions: 21.0mm x 17.7mm x 5.0mm / 0.8" x 0.7" x 0.2"

Product Weight: 1.6g / 0.1oz

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