- Hi-Res recorder from S/PDIF input to WAV files on microSD card
- Bit resolution: 16bit or 24bit (2ch)
- Sampling frequency: 44.1 KHz, 48.0 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96.0 KHz (, 176.4 KHz, 192 KHz)
- Recording only, no monitoring or playback functions
- Raspberry Pi Pico or Raspberry Pi Pico W (rp2040)
- Raspberry Pi Pico 2 or Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W (rp2350)
- S/PDIF Coaxial or TOSLINK Rx module (DLR1160 or equivalent)
- microSD cards (recommend SD-XC, V30 cards)
| Pico Pin # | GPIO | Function | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | GP15 | DATA | from S/PDIF data |
Note:
- For Coaxial input or switchable inputs between Coaxial and TOSLINK, refer to pico_spdif_rx
| Pico Pin # | Pin Name | Function | microSD Pin Name | microSD Pin # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | GP2 | SPI0_SCK | CLK | 5 |
| 5 | GP3 | SPI0_TX | CMD | 3 |
| 6 | GP4 | SPI0_RX | DAT0 | 7 |
| 7 | GP5 | SPI0_CSn | CD/DAT3 | 2 |
| 8 | GND | GND | VSS | 6 |
| 36 | 3V3(OUT) | 3.3V | VDD | 4 |
Note:
- As for the wire length between Pico and SD card, short wiring as possible is desired, otherwise errors such as Mount error and Write fail will occur.
| Pico Pin # | GPIO | Function | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | GP6 | Input | 16bit/24bit switch |
| 10 | GP7 | Input | Start/Stop button |
- See "Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico"
- Put "pico-sdk", "pico-examples" and "pico-extras" on the same level with this project folder.
- Set environmental variables for PICO_SDK_PATH, PICO_EXTRAS_PATH and PICO_EXAMPLES_PATH
- Confirmed with Pico SDK 2.1.1
> git clone -b 2.1.1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk.git
> cd pico-sdk
> git submodule update -i
> cd ..
> git clone -b sdk-2.1.1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-examples.git
>
> git clone -b sdk-2.1.1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-extras.git
>
> git clone -b main https://github.com/elehobica/pico_spdif_recorder.git
> cd pico_spdif_recorder
> git submodule update -i
> cd ..
- Build is confirmed in Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022 and Visual Studio Code on Windows environment
- Confirmed with cmake-3.27.2-windows-x86_64 and gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10-win32
- Lanuch "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022"
> cd pico_spdif_recorder
> mkdir build && cd build
> cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" .. ; (for Raspberry Pi Pico 1 series)
> cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DPICO_PLATFORM=rp2350 -DPICO_BOARD=pico2 .. ; (for Raspberry Pi Pico 2)
> nmake
- Put "*.uf2" on RPI-RP2 or RP2350 drive
- Build is confirmed with pico-sdk-dev-docker:sdk-2.1.1-1.0.0
- Confirmed with cmake-3.22.1 and arm-none-eabi-gcc (15:10.3-2021.07-4) 10.3.1
$ cd pico_spdif_recorder
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. # (for Raspberry Pi Pico 1 series)
$ cmake -DPICO_PLATFORM=rp2350 -DPICO_BOARD=pico2 .. # (for Raspberry Pi Pico 2)
$ make -j4
- Download "*.uf2" on RPI-RP2 or RP2350 drive
- Serial interface is available from USB port of Raspberry Pi Pico.
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| Space | Recording Start Standby / Recording Stop |
| r | Resolution change 16bit/24bit (default: 16bit) |
| s | Manual split |
| b | Auto blank split on/off (default: on) |
| v | Verbose for monitoring messages |
| c | Clear WAV file suffix to 1 |
| w | Configure Wi-Fi (for Raspberry Pi Pico W only) |
| h | Help |
- Standby recording start while silence and auto start when sound detected
- Auto stop and standby restart when long blank detected
- Auto split of WAV file when short blank detected
- Manual immediate split of WAV file without gap
- Slow blink: Recording is on-going.
- Fast blink: Background file proceses to close previous file and prepare next file are on-going. During this term, no command requests can be accepted.
- Repeated Slow blink and Fast blink: indicating errors (see log on serial console.)
- Due to the limitation of single bit SPI interface driven by Raspberry Pi Pico, even with highest class microSD cards (as of 2024), recording in 24bit 176.4 KHz or 192.0 KHz is challenging. It will sometimes causes the drops of audio sampling data. The bandwidth status can be monitored in Verbose mode.
- The most severe situation for bandwidth is to start suceeeding track recording when previous long-time track more than 20 minutes has to be closed.
- With following recommended microSD cards, recording in 24bit 96.0 KHz will be stable as far as experimentally confirmed.
- Format micorSD card in exFAT with official SD Card Formatter before usage.
| # | Vendor | Product Name | Part Number | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung | PRO Plus 256GB | MB-MD256SA | 24bit/192KHz is worth trying for non-long-time tracks. 24bit/96KHz is stable. |
| 2 | SanDisk | Extreme PRO 256GB | SDSQXCD-256G-GN6MA | 24bit/192KHz is too challenging. 24bit/96KHz is stable. |
- File timestamp is synchronized to NTP if using Raspberry Pi Pico W and connected to Wi-Fi.
- Otherwise, timestamp starts from 0:00 a.m. Jan. 1st, 2024 (UTC+0).
- exFAT format (thus, > 64GB SD-XC cards) is recommended to reflect timezone.
- In case of FAT32 format, timestamp cannot reflect timezone, therefore, it's always shown as UTC+0 time.
- In case of card mount error or fundamental access errors, please confirm with FatFs test
The wav_tagger directory contains a Python tool for post-processing recorded WAV files. It automatically merges or splits WAV files based on album metadata (YAML format) and adds ID3v2.3 tags with UTF-8 encoding. This tool is particularly useful for organizing WAV files recorded with the blank split feature.
For detailed usage and installation instructions, see wav_tagger/README.md.