Cannot get Teensy Audio shield line out to produce sound

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Jeroen

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Trying to get some sound out of my audio shied using the wavfile playing Arduino example.

Works fine through the headphones jack. And I have heard it play via the connected amp Adafruit MAX 98306.
Maybe i broke something maybe i did some bad wiring (see pics) but now there's only silence (headphones still work and sound very good).

I tried several small speakers 4 and 8 ohms.

I'm pretty new to electronics, maybe I wired it wrong? I did check that the amp gets 4.77 Volts. But on the outputs terminals I measure super small voltage. Hope I'm measuring it correctly but it fluctuates between 0.05 and 0.7 volts.

Have I made the right connections? I don't know how to further debug this issue...

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L+ and L- is the left differential input.
Connect it this way:
L- -> GND
L+ -> Teensy Line out L
R- -> GND
R+ -> Teensy Line out R
 
Trying to get some sound out of my audio shied using the wavfile playing Arduino example.

Works fine through the headphones jack. And I have heard it play via the connected amp Adafruit MAX 98306.
Maybe i broke something maybe i did some bad wiring (see pics) but now there's only silence (headphones still work and sound very good).

You've not shown your code.

Have you called "sgtl5000_1.lineOutLevel();" or similar to configure the line outs? Have you checked
there's a signal on the line outs using AC volts setting of multimeter between gnd and L/R outs?
 
Here's the code:

I have changed the wires as per your suggestions (thanks!)

Code:
// Simple WAV file player example
//
// Three types of output may be used, by configuring the code below.
//
//   1: Digital I2S - Normally used with the audio shield:
//         http://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy3_audio.html
//
//   2: Digital S/PDIF - Connect pin 22 to a S/PDIF transmitter
//         https://www.oshpark.com/shared_projects/KcDBKHta
//
//   3: Analog DAC - Connect the DAC pin to an amplified speaker
//         http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/gui/?info=AudioOutputAnalog
//
// To configure the output type, first uncomment one of the three
// output objects.  If not using the audio shield, comment out
// the sgtl5000_1 lines in setup(), so it does not wait forever
// trying to configure the SGTL5000 codec chip.
//
// The SD card may connect to different pins, depending on the
// hardware you are using.  Uncomment or configure the SD card
// pins to match your hardware.
//
// Data files to put on your SD card can be downloaded here:
//   http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_AudioDataFiles.html
//
// This example code is in the public domain.

#include <Audio.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>
#include <SerialFlash.h>

AudioPlaySdWav playWav1;
// Use one of these 3 output types: Digital I2S, Digital S/PDIF, or Analog DAC
AudioOutputI2S audioOutput;
//AudioOutputSPDIF       audioOutput;
//AudioOutputAnalog      audioOutput;
AudioConnection patchCord1(playWav1, 0, audioOutput, 0);
AudioConnection patchCord2(playWav1, 1, audioOutput, 1);
AudioControlSGTL5000 sgtl5000_1;

// Use these with the Teensy Audio Shield
#define SDCARD_CS_PIN 10
#define SDCARD_MOSI_PIN 7
#define SDCARD_SCK_PIN 14

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);

  // Audio connections require memory to work.  For more
  // detailed information, see the MemoryAndCpuUsage example
  AudioMemory(8);

  // Comment these out if not using the audio adaptor board.
  // This may wait forever if the SDA & SCL pins lack
  // pullup resistors
  sgtl5000_1.enable();
  sgtl5000_1.volume(0.5);
  sgtl5000_1

      SPI.setMOSI(SDCARD_MOSI_PIN);
  SPI.setSCK(SDCARD_SCK_PIN);
  if (!(SD.begin(SDCARD_CS_PIN)))
  {
    // stop here, but print a message repetitively
    while (1)
    {
      Serial.println("Unable to access the SD card");
      delay(500);
    }
  }
}

void playFile(const char *filename)
{
  Serial.print("Playing file: ");
  Serial.println(filename);

  // Start playing the file.  This sketch continues to
  // run while the file plays.
  playWav1.play(filename);

  // A brief delay for the library read WAV info
  delay(5);

  // Simply wait for the file to finish playing.
  while (playWav1.isPlaying())
  {
    // uncomment these lines if you audio shield
    // has the optional volume pot soldered
    // float vol = analogRead(15);
    // vol = vol / 1024;
    // sgtl5000_1.volume(vol);
  }
}

void loop()
{
  // playFile("JOINED.WAV"); // filenames are always uppercase 8.3 format
  // delay(500);
  playFile("SDTEST2.WAV");
  delay(500);
  playFile("SDTEST3.WAV");
  delay(500);
  playFile("SDTEST4.WAV");
  delay(1500);
}

Still no sound. How exactly do I measure the voltage?

And another question: can the Teensy and the AMP share the same ground?
 
I tried measuring the voltage on the L+ and GND using my multimeter on V~ 200V (there is no lower setting) but it says 0.
 
I tried this, no change

Code:
// Simple WAV file player example
//
// Three types of output may be used, by configuring the code below.
//
//   1: Digital I2S - Normally used with the audio shield:
//         http://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy3_audio.html
//
//   2: Digital S/PDIF - Connect pin 22 to a S/PDIF transmitter
//         https://www.oshpark.com/shared_projects/KcDBKHta
//
//   3: Analog DAC - Connect the DAC pin to an amplified speaker
//         http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/gui/?info=AudioOutputAnalog
//
// To configure the output type, first uncomment one of the three
// output objects.  If not using the audio shield, comment out
// the sgtl5000_1 lines in setup(), so it does not wait forever
// trying to configure the SGTL5000 codec chip.
//
// The SD card may connect to different pins, depending on the
// hardware you are using.  Uncomment or configure the SD card
// pins to match your hardware.
//
// Data files to put on your SD card can be downloaded here:
//   http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_AudioDataFiles.html
//
// This example code is in the public domain.

#include <Audio.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>
#include <SerialFlash.h>

AudioPlaySdWav playWav1;
// Use one of these 3 output types: Digital I2S, Digital S/PDIF, or Analog DAC
AudioOutputI2S audioOutput;
//AudioOutputSPDIF       audioOutput;
//AudioOutputAnalog      audioOutput;
AudioConnection patchCord1(playWav1, 0, audioOutput, 0);
AudioConnection patchCord2(playWav1, 1, audioOutput, 1);
AudioControlSGTL5000 sgtl5000_1;

// Use these with the Teensy Audio Shield
#define SDCARD_CS_PIN 10
#define SDCARD_MOSI_PIN 7
#define SDCARD_SCK_PIN 14

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);

  // Audio connections require memory to work.  For more
  // detailed information, see the MemoryAndCpuUsage example
  AudioMemory(8);

  // Comment these out if not using the audio adaptor board.
  // This may wait forever if the SDA & SCL pins lack
  // pullup resistors
  sgtl5000_1.enable();
  sgtl5000_1.volume(0.5);
  sgtl5000_1.unmuteLineout();
  sgtl5000_1.lineOutLevel(21);

  SPI.setMOSI(SDCARD_MOSI_PIN);
  SPI.setSCK(SDCARD_SCK_PIN);
  if (!(SD.begin(SDCARD_CS_PIN)))
  {
    // stop here, but print a message repetitively
    while (1)
    {
      Serial.println("Unable to access the SD card");
      delay(500);
    }
  }
}

void playFile(const char *filename)
{
  Serial.print("Playing file: ");
  Serial.println(filename);

  // Start playing the file.  This sketch continues to
  // run while the file plays.
  playWav1.play(filename);

  // A brief delay for the library read WAV info
  delay(5);

  // Simply wait for the file to finish playing.
  while (playWav1.isPlaying())
  {
    // uncomment these lines if you audio shield
    // has the optional volume pot soldered
    // float vol = analogRead(15);
    // vol = vol / 1024;
    // sgtl5000_1.volume(vol);
  }
}

void loop()
{
  // playFile("JOINED.WAV"); // filenames are always uppercase 8.3 format
  // delay(500);
  playFile("SDTEST2.WAV");
  delay(500);
  playFile("SDTEST3.WAV");
  delay(500);
  playFile("SDTEST4.WAV");
  delay(1500);
}
 
I tried measuring the voltage on the L+ and GND using my multimeter on V~ 200V (there is no lower setting) but it says 0.

You need a more useful meter I'm afraid, with millivolts AC (!)

Where's the call to lineOutLevel(13)?:
Code:
  // Comment these out if not using the audio adaptor board.
  // This may wait forever if the SDA & SCL pins lack
  // pullup resistors
  sgtl5000_1.enable();
  sgtl5000_1.volume(0.5);
  sgtl5000_1

      SPI.setMOSI(SDCARD_MOSI_PIN);
  SPI.setSCK(SDCARD_SCK_PIN);
 
OK thanks. I just hooked up another amp and that works.

Can't imagine I already smoked by my new Adafruit amp... seems weird, that's not easy to do I don't think..

FYI, these lines can be removed, I still get sound

Code:
sgtl5000_1.unmuteLineout();
sgtl5000_1.lineOutLevel(21);
 
The MAX98306 is a CMOS chip, so will be fragile w.r.t. static.
The Adafruit breakout for it has no schottky protection diodes on the chip inputs so its vulnerable to this (same
issue with the Teensy Audio Shield I'm afraid).
 
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