Manufacture du Son

Hardware

Hardware design of the Manufacture du Son network player

Hardware

The network player board family

The Manufacture du Son network player is a custom-designed board built around two main chips:

  • An Allwinner f1c200s ARM926EJ-S SoC, which runs Linux and handles audio output, USB and storage.
  • An Espressif ESP32-C3 companion chip that provides Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz, b/g/n) and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 connectivity through the ESP-Hosted framework.

Audio is routed out over SPDIF (digital), making the board well suited to drive an external DAC. A USB-C connector provides power and acts as a USB OTG port for both flashing (FEL mode) and gadget networking with the host.

Sections

  • Specifications — full bill of features and pinout-relevant info
  • Partitioning — SPI NAND layout used by U-Boot and Linux
  • Board design — KiCad sources, schematics, PCB versions and fabrication outputs
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