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2.8 Digital Audio interface
2.8.1 Guidelines for digital audio circuit design
I
2
S digital audio interfaces can be connected to external digital audio devices for voice applications.
Any external digital audio device compliant with the configuration of the digital audio interface of the
TOBY-L3 series cellular module can be used, given that the external digital audio device must provide:
The opposite role: slave or master role, as TOBY-L3 series modules may act as master or slave
The same mode and frame format: PCM / short synch mode or Normal I
2
S / long synch mode with
o data in 2’s complement notation, linear
o MSB transmitted first
o data word length = 16-bit (16 clock cycles)
o frame length = synch signal period:
17-bit or 18-bit in PCM / short alignment mode (16 + 1 or 16 + 2 clock cycles, with the Word
Alignment / Synchronization signal set high for 1 clock cycle or 2 clock cycles)
32-bit in Normal I
2
S mode / long alignment mode (16 x 2 clock cycles)
The same sample rate, i.e. synch signal frequency, <I2S_sample_rate> parameter:
o 8 kHz, 16 kHz, 48 kHz
The same serial clock frequency:
o 17 x <I2S_sample_rate> or 18 x <I2S_sample_rate> in PCM / short alignment mode, or
o 16 x 2 x <I2S_sample_rate> in Normal I
2
S mode / long alignment mode
Compatible voltage levels (1.80 V typ.), otherwise it is recommended to connect the 1.8 V digital audio
interface of the module to the external 3.0 V (or similar) digital audio device by means of appropriate
unidirectional voltage translators (e.g. TI SN74AVC4T774 or SN74AVC2T245, providing a partial power
down feature so that the digital audio device 3.0 V supply can be also ramped up before V_INT 1.8 V
supply), using the module V_INT output as 1.8 V supply for the voltage translators on the module side.
An appropriate specific application circuit must be implemented and configured according to the particular
external digital audio device or codec used and according to the application requirements.
Examples of manufacturers offering compatible audio codec parts are the following:
Maxim Integrated (as the MAX9860, MAX9867, MAX9880A audio codecs)
Texas Instruments / National Semiconductor
Cirrus Logic / Wolfson Microelectronics
Nuvoton Technology
Asahi Kasei Microdevices
Realtek Semiconductor
Figure 57 and Table 44 describe circuits for the digital audio interfaces, considering these scenarios: