Final

Design Report
EEL 4924 Electrical Engineering Design

Wireless Speakers

Team Members:

Lawrence Pham lpham6@ufl.edu

Baotung Tran baotung@ufl.edu

Project Abstract
Our project is to design and construct a 2.4 GHz wireless system, to transmit stereo audio from a
3.5 mm jack to play on a pair of speakers. The transmitter will convert the audio from analog to digital
with an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) and transmit this digital data via a 2.4GHz transmitter. The
receiver will receive the digital data with minimal loss, and reconstruct the analog signal with a Digital-
to-Analog Converter (DAC). The receiver will pass this audio signal through an audio equalizer to control
the frequency response of the low, mid and high bands. A power amplifier will then be used to amplify
the audio signal and play it though passive speakers. The project will also include an audio visualizer
synchronized with the audio signal. The audio visualizer will be controlled via bandpass filters in series
with peak detectors for each band of the audio visualizer. The receiver system will be stationary while
the transmitter will be aimed for portability.

Table of Contents
Project Abstract ............................................................................................................................................ 1
Project Features/Objective .......................................................................................................................... 3
System Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Schematics ................................................................................................................................................. 10
Project Responsibilities .............................................................................................................................. 15
Projected Timeline ..................................................................................................................................... 15
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Future Work ............................................................................................................................................... 16

List of Tables and Figures

Figure 1 - Transmitter Design ....................................................................................................................... 4

Figure 2 - Overall receiver design ................................................................................................................. 5

Figure 3 - Visualizer Design .......................................................................................................................... 8

Figure 4 - Voltage Regulator Schematic ..................................................................................................... 10

Figure 5 - Wireless Schematic .................................................................................................................... 10

Figure 6 - Audio Codec ............................................................................................................................... 11

Figure 7 - Equalizer Schematic ................................................................................................................... 12

Figure 8 - Power Amplifier ......................................................................................................................... 13

Figure 9 - Audio Visualizer .......................................................................................................................... 14

Figure 10 - Project Responsibilities ............................................................................................................ 15

Figure 11 - Gnatt Chart ............................................................................................................................... 15

Project Features/Objective
The purpose of this project is to allow the wireless transmission of stereo audio from a 3.5mm
source, (ie. mp3 player, phone, computer, etc) to a pair of passive speakers. This project will also include
an audio equalizer to boost/cut low, mid, and high bands of the audio to match the frequency response
of the speakers, and the users personal tastes at the receiver. The receiver end of the wireless speakers
will also include an audio visualizer rendered in real time and synchronized with the audio played
through the speakers.

The main objectives for this project are:

- Effectively transmit and receive high quality audio (128 kbps) from a 3.5mm jack and play
through speakers wirelessly
- Low power transmitter so that it can be powered with 9V battery and be small and portable
- Design an audio equalizer that can weaken and strengthen low, mid and high frequency bands
by at least +/-10 dB, by passing the audio signal through 3 parallel active filters and then a
summer to restore the audio signal.
- Produce enough power to speakers to have loud music while limiting noise and distortion
- Design an audio visualizer that will be controlled by the MSP430 using analog band pass filters
and peak detectors.

System Overview
The system will first convert the analog music to digital using a stereo audio codec
(TLV320AIC3204). This data will be transmitted wirelessly to the receiver. The receiver will then convert
the digital data back to an analog signal. The low, mid and high frequencies will be adjusted by a 3 band
equalizer and passed in parallel to the power amplifier and visualizer, so that adjustments in the audio
can be heard and seen simultaneously.

Transmitter

Low Noise Voltage

Device with 3.5 mm jack Regulator

ADC (Stereo) Transmitter Module Range Extender

TLV320AIC3101 CC8520 CC2590

F IGURE 1 - T RANSMITTER D ESIGN

 Receiver

Bass, Mid, Treble

Low Noise Voltage Control
Regulator

Range Extender Receiver Module DAC (Stereo)

Audio Equalizer
CC2590 CC8520 TLV320AIC3204

Power Amplifier

Speakers

MSP430
Audio
Visualizer

F IGURE 2 - O VERALL RECEIVER DESIGN

Wireless Link:

The wireless link between the transmitter and receiver will use Texas Instruments
PurePath Wireless Audio Solution. The transmitter and receiver will use TIs CC8520
System-on-a-Chip (SoC) to stream stereo audio to speakers. Other possible solutions to
wireless stream audio are Nordic Semiconductors nRF24Z1 or Xbee RF modules. The TI
solution was chosen based on its higher range and faster streaming capabilities.

Pros:

Faster streaming rate

Has an longer range with increased transmit power and sensitivity from FEM
Made for streaming audio frequency hopping, bit error correction, coexistence with other 2.4
GHz standards
Can operate autonomously lower cost and less real estate on board design
The CC8520 can communicate through SPI or I2C to the stereo audio codec, ADC/DAC, (TLV320AIC3204)
and generate the clocks for the I2S protocol to stream the audio.

ADC/DAC

The TLV320AIC3204 is used to convert the audio into digital and back again. The audio codec also has a
built in headphone amplifier, so we can use this to create an extra pair of wireless headsets.

The audio codec uses the I2S protocol to transfer the music signal. The left channel is sent on the low of
the WCLK and the right channel is sent on the high of the WCLK.

The TL1936A-33 is used as the voltage regulator for both the transmitter and receiver. The low noise
and ability to use a high input voltage (+20V) is needed, because the power amplifier requires a large
voltage.

Audio Amplifier:

The audio amplifier is constructed using a chip amplifier. The chip amplifier produces the best sound per
area. The goals of the amplifier are to provide sufficient power to 8 ohm speakers.

TDA 1517
o Pros: Simplicity (few external components), single rail low power
requirement, small heat sink requirement, reasonably low THD
o Cons: Little flexibility, low power output (6W), high THD at max output
The layout of the audio amplifier required special attention to the signal paths and the grounding, noise
can be easily introduced.

Audio Equalizer

The audio equalizer is made with active bandpass filters and a summer to
boost/cut the low, mid, and high frequencies. There is an input buffer to
increase the stability and the boost/cut is adjusted with a potentiometer
(knob). The rotational potentiometer is chosen because it will give a more
intuitive feel for adjusting the frequencies and seeing them on the
visualizer versus a digital one with buttons. A sliding potentiometer was
also considered, but it is redundant with the visualizer.

Audio Visualizer

The audio visualizer design will not consist of a LCD but a 7 column LED panel. We plan on using the
MSGEQ7 IC, which detects peaks of 7 different frequency bands and outputs a DC representation of the
amplitude to a multiplexer that is strobed. We used the MSP430 to send the strobe and reset signals to
the MSGEQ7. We then used the MSP430 to trigger darlington pairs to turn on different LED drivers at
different times to display each band. Below is a overview of the design.

F IGURE 3 - V ISUALIZER D ESIGN

The main gripe that we had about the visualizer design was how we were turning on the LEDS.
I would of liked to use the darlington pair array to turn on certain LED segments each clock, but the
LED drivers were diretly connected to the anodes of the LEDs, which made it impossible to turn on the
LED segments individually. Therefore, we had to turn on the LED drivers individually, which added an
extra 6 ICs to the schematics. This design was very inefficient and drew a lot more current. There was
also additional leakage current which made the LED segments flicker quite a bit. Overall though, the
performance of the visualizer worked out well, and displayed all the frequencies correctly.

MSGEQ7:

Schematics

F IGURE 4 - V OLTAGE R EGULATOR S CHEMATIC

VCC
VCC

R1 *
Res1 19 28
10k GND GND
18 27
GND GND
17
D1 VCC
16 26
LED0 VBAT AD2
SCL 15 25 DIN
SCL AD1
SDA 14 24 DOUT
SDA AD0
13 23 WCLK
GPIO12 WCLK
12 22 BCLK
GPIO13 BCLK
11 21 MCLK
PAEN MCLK
10 20
EN RSTN
VCC
GND GND
XANTN
XANTP

GPIO1
GPIO2
GPIO3
MOSI
SCLK

MISO

VCC R3
CSN

Res3
P1 1K
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

1 2
3 4 CC8520 Module
CSN SCLK RSTN
5 6
RSTN MOSI
7 8
MISO
MOSI
SCLK
MISO

9 10
CSN

RST

Prog

GND

F IGURE 5 - W IRELESS S CHEMATIC
 VCC

C1 C2 Cio

DOUT
Cap SemiCap SemiCap Semi

DIN
10u 1u .1u

WCLK
MCLK
BCLK

DOUT/MFP2

SCLK/MFP3
DIN/MFP2
GND

OVIDD
IOVSS
WCLK
MCLK
BCLK
VCC
VCC

AUDIO CODEC scl_pup

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
VCC VCC Res3 sda_pup
10K Res3
32 9 10K SCL
GPIO/MFP5 SCL/SSZ
RST 31 10 SDA
/RESET SDA/MOSI
30 11
LDOSELECT MISO/MFP4
29 12 C4
DVDD SPI_SELECT
28 13 IN_L
DVSS IN1_L
27 14
HPR IN1_R Cap Semi
26 15
LDOIN IN1_L 1u
25 16
HPL IN2_R
C5 C6
Cap Semi
Cap Semi
MICBIAS

10uF 1u C7
IN3_R
IN3_L
AVdd

AVss

IN_R
LOR
LOL

REF
HP_R
HP_L

Cap Semi
DVDD_C 1u
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17

Cap Semi tlv3204

10u

CAvdd C9 REF_C GND

Cap Semi Cap Semi Cap Semi
10u 1u 100pF
R or L
Res3
0
GND GND
GND SGND GND
GND

F IGURE 6 - A UDIO C ODEC



F IGURE 7 - E QUALIZER S CHEMATIC

P9 IS NOT A HEADER SCHEM PART , ITS OWN CUSTOM MADE SCHEM PART


EQ_OUT1

low1
Volume Control C1
100k

Cap2 TDA1517
22u
1
2 C2
3
4 Cap2 VCC
5 2200u
S_GND
6
7
8 C3 C4
EQ_OUT2
9 C5 C6 Cap2 Cap2
low1 VCC TDA 1517 Cap2 Cap2 100u 1u
Volume ControlC72 GND S_GND 1000u 1000u
100k GND GND
S?
Cap2
22u SW-PB
C8 GND GND
Cap2
10u
LS? LS?
S_GND Speaker Speaker
GND

F IGURE 8 - P OWER A MPLIFIER

F IGURE 9 - A UDIO V ISUALIZER

Project Responsibilities
The following breaks down project responsibilities for the team.

Lawrence Pham Baotung Tran

PCB Design 70% 30%
Audio Amplifier 80% 20%
Audio Equalizer 70% 30%
Audio Visualizer 20% 80%
Assembly and Construction 50% 50%
Testing and Debugging 50% 50%
Housing 20% 80%

F IGURE 10 - P ROJECT R ESPONSIBILITIES

Projected Timeline
The following is a tentative schedule for the project

F IGURE 11 - G NATT C HART

 Cost of Project
The total cost of the materials of the project is 50 dollars.
- LEDs: 5 dollars

- RF Module: 5 dollars
- Housing: 10 dollars
- Amplifier/OpAmps: 5 dollars
- Discrete Components (R,C,etc) : 15 dollars

Conclusion

Project completed successfully

Not very user friendly, need to adjust volume on both amplifier and audio source
accordingly

Equalizer is spotty, need to adjust design

Extra boards (old)+ headphone amplifier so also have wireless headphones

(extra boards have a small spur problem so a little bit extra noise)

Visualizer has some leakage current going from breadboard to pcb. Slight dim of
LEDs that are not supposed to be on.

Future Work

Use of CC853X for 2.1 or quadrophonic audio streaming

Use CC2591 (FEM) to increase sensitivity and range

Use of differential line audio output on TLV320AIC3204

Use rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries

4 layer pcb design with better layout and use of audio detect pins
Use of different method for driving LEDs. Very inefficient the way the design is
currently implemented.