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QUICK START GUIDE
Class D Audio Team
March 2019
EVAL_AUDIO_MA12040
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Product overview and features
Overview
The demonstration board EVAL_AUDIO_MA12040 is an evaluation and demonstration
board for MERUS™ audio MA12040. It contains analog inputs and a variety of output
and setup/selection features. It also contains two on-board power supply generators (5 V
and 3.3 V buck-converted) so only one external power supply (PVDD) is necessary. The
board can be used for evaluating or demonstrating key features/advantages of the
MERUS™ technology:
> Energy efficiency: Power losses at typicalaudio listening levels / Idle power loss
> Adaptive power management system
> Minimum output filter components: Significant cost and size reduction.
> THD performance and audio quality
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› General features and audio performance
Idle consumption @ PVDD=18V
%
Figure 1. Overview of EVAL_AUDIO_MA12040 evaluation board
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Board description
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> Recommended operation conditions
Parameter Part Nr Minimum
Maximum Unit
PVDD MA12040 5.5 18 V
Output peak current MA12040 6.0 A
AC Analog input level
MA12040 6.0 Vpk
Parameter Conditions Typ Unit
Output power p/channel (peak)
40 W
Output power p/channel (peak)
20 W
Total harmonic distortion + noise
1 W, RL = 4 Ω 0.008 %
Total harmonic distortion + noise
20 W, RL = 4 Ω 0.010 %
Efficiency*
2×40 W, 4 Ω , PMP = 0 87 %
Efficiency*
2×20 W, 8 Ω , PMP = 0 91 %
> Typical audio and electrical specifications
(BTL default configuration; Power Mode Profile = 0)
USB control
interface
Speaker
output
terminals
Power supply terminals
Device
enable/
mute
Output
configuration
jumpers
I2C
address
selection
3V3 / 5 V internal supply with
measurement and enable
jumpers
Power input
measurement
jumpers
Error and clipping
reading outputs
I2C
serial
clock
and data
Figure 2. Top board view of EVAL_AUDIO_MA12040
0B
GND
0A
1A
GND
1B
Analog
audio input
(non p versions)
I2S digital
audio input
(p versions only)
* Efficiency values do not take into account the 5 V and 3V3 board power supplies’ consumption.
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Default configuration for a quick start
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Bridge tied load (BTL)
outputs
Slides 4 and 5 describe the start up and quick start
operation procedures with the following configuration:
Single ended audio sources
Verify that the jumpers are set in the following positions:
Jumper State Picture
Jack input = all jumpered
Balanced input = use individual
pints.
Do not Jumper
Figure 3. Bridge tied load (BTL) configuration with single ended inputs for MA12040
Note: Please refer to the manual for other Input/Output configurations. Typically
balanced/differential inputs should be used to obtain optimum audio performance.