#Khadas tone2 pro android#
#Khadas tone2 pro software#

The Tone board provides a USB C connector and includes a braided USB C to USB A cable in the box. The board can be powered via the USB connector or via any 5V external power supply, for which there are onboard connection pads should you wish to directly connect a 5V power supply and integrate the DAC fully into custom equipment or a more traditional case.

#Khadas tone2 pro android#

Class compliance means that mOST operating systems are supported including Windows, Mac, Linux and Android systems, and iOS too with a suitable connection cable. To that end, it connects to everything else via a class-compliant USB connection and XMOS XU208 controller. Its hat functionality is intended to be used with a Khadas SBC. Where the Tone Board differs from most hats however is in the ability to use it externally. Pinouts for the connectors are at the time of publication available Here. There is also an I2S connector, an extension connector for the XMOS microcontroller and provision for an OLED display. The 20-pin header is used for debugging the Tone Board and updating the firmware of the XMOS microcontroller. There are also an additional 20-pin header and the requisite standoffs, nuts and other mounting hardware required to stack the Tone Board with an SBC for an integrated media streaming solution. The вЂgenericвЂ™ edition Tone Board arrives with provision for the header and the connector provided in the box for you to solder yourself. Physically the Tone Board resembles a typical SBC hat that is, a board designed to stack on top of an SBC and interconnect via its GPIO (general-purpose input and output) header, or custom headers available on some SBCs. More impressive still is that the DAC is no afterthought or box-ticking accessory, but a real high-end board with a specification the equal of commercial products many times its cost. Yet as far as I know they remain one of the only SBC manufactures to produce a dedicated hi-fi DAC. Though their main business is in OEM and ODM product manufacture, they offer a product range under their name available to the open-source community and the commercial industry alike. вЂKhadasвЂ™ being rooted in the word вЂKhataвЂ™ which is a traditional ceremonial Tibetan scarf symbolising purity and compassion. On the hardware front, a great many accessories have been developed specifically for audiophile use including DAC hats from HiFiBerry and IQAudio among others.Д¬hinese-founded Khadas, owned by Shenzhen Wesion Technology Co Ltd manufacture SBCs primarily targeted towards streaming media players.

#Khadas tone2 pro software#

The Raspberry Pi is, without doubt, the most popular and has been widely adopted by the audiophile community to run streaming servers and clients in conjunction with dedicated software such as Volumio, MoOde, PiCore and Roon et al. Single-board computers (hereafter SBCs) have been instrumental in the ever-growing success of DIY streaming platforms.