Inputs and Outputs

3.3.5Inputs and Outputs

The TI Plug-N-Play Audio Amplifier Evaluation Platform is equipped with several standard conectors for audio inputs and outputs.

3.3.5.1Inputs

In most cases, audio signals enter the platform through either a pair of RCA phono jacks (J3 and J5) or a miniature (1/8) stereo phone jack (J4). Certain signal conditioning and amplifier EVMs, however, may have additional signal input connectors mounted on the module circuit board.

The platform audio signal input jacks (J3, J4, and J5) are of the closed-circuit type, grounding the signal input lines when no plugs are inserted.

3.3.5.2Outputs

Amplified audio output signals leave the platform through left and right RCA phono jacks (J7 and J9), left and right pairs of compression connectors for stripped speaker wires (J8), and optionally, through a miniature (1/8) stereo phone jack (J10), for headphones.

The audio output lines from the power amplifiers are separate all the way to the edge of the platform (output jacks J7, J8, and J9) Ð the OUT± lines from the power amplifier sockets are not tied to each other or to platform ground. This allows the TPA311 power amplifier EVMs to operate in the highly-efficient bridge-tied load configuration.

The headphone jack (J10) is capacitively coupled to source select switch S3, which connects J10 to the output lines of either the headphone amplifier socket or the power amplifier sockets (Figure 3±5). When the TPA311 output signal is routed to J10 by S3, signals output via J10 are returned to platform ground when a plug is inserted (Figure 3±7), requiring single-ended operation of the power amplifiers.

Figure 3±7. Typical Headphone Plug

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Texas Instruments TPA 311 manual Inputs and Outputs