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PAM8403 6W STEREO AMPLIFIER TUTORIAL

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This instructable will guide you through the steps of using the PAM8403 CLASS D DC
STEREO AMPLIFIER.

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Step 1: BASICS
THIS TINY AMPLIFIER OPERATES ON 5V DC AND PRODUCES AN OUTPUT OF 6W (
2X3W).

This is one of the cheapest and most powerful stereo amplifier, provided with
proper wiring and power sources.

The IC does not require a heat sink, so this will be perfect for your custom speaker
project.

This amplifier costs about 80 cents in the U.S and around 50 Rupees in India.

The dimension of this board is 2cm x 2cm only !!!

DON'T SHORT THE GROUNDS OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT AUDIO OUTPUTS
WITHOUT USING A . There will be a schematic below if you want to attain common
ground for making headphone amps.

AVOID PROVIDING MORE THAN 6 Volts.

I WILL DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMEND YOU TO BUILD THIS ON A BREADBOARD,

THE DISTORTION RATES ARE HORRIBLE !!!

USE CO-AXIAL CABLES FOR THE DC INPUT AND AUDIO INPUT. FAILING TO DO
SO WILL RESULT IN HORRIBLE RF INTERFERENCE AND BAAAD AUDIO OUTPUT.

THE AMPLIFIER BOARD COMES IN TWO VERSIONS, ONE WITH VOLUME

CONTROL AND ONE WITHOUT. There's a schematic below to add your own volume
control.

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 Step 2: THE CONNECTION

The board basically has every connection labels imprinted so you don't need to go through
rocket science for the connections.

Anyways, as i had mentioned earlier, use a shielded cable for the inputs. Normal
wiring can be done for the outputs.

Find yourself a aux cable or any cable with a male stereo pin.

NOTE : SHORT THE GROUNDS OF THE AUDIO INPUT AND THE VOLTAGE IN

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Step 3: FOR TRS PINS ( 3 Leads)

You will find three wires in basic aux cables, two of them are signal wires and one is the
ground, usually the black or yellow wire is the ground.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH WIRE IS CONNECTED TO WHICH LEAD:

1) GET A MULTIMETER AND SWITCH IT TO CONTINUITY MODE

2) Connect one cable of the MM to the bottom lead of the pin and the other cable to any
wire

3) IF you hear a beep then it means that those two terminals are connected to each other.

4) Do the same for the signal pins. Anyways you can interchange left and right signal
inputs, it doesn't make any difference to the circuit.

SOLDER THE WIRES TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PADS.

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Step 4: FOR TRRS PINS ( 4 Leads)

In this case, there will be four wires, two for signal, one for ground and one for +ve voltage
in, this wires is basically for the inbuilt microphone of your earphones/headphones.

You will require only the SIGNAL AND GROUND PINS.

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Step 5: THE USB CABLE

Ok so you will see four wires, +ve V, -Ve V, Data -ve and Data +ve .

You need only the +ve and -ve V wires.

Solder them to onto the respective pads on the board.

You will usually find aluminum shielding below the first plastic layer, strip that off, then you
will find aluminum wires surrounding the four colored wires,, strip them off too.

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Step 6: CONNECT YOUR SPEAKERS

This amplifier is capable of driving any speaker! In my test i had it connected to two 8 Inch
subwoofers rated 8ohms 100Watts each. But yeah, it won't be spitting out it's peak output
power and you won't be satisfied with it if you use huge speakers! ...

SO THE SPEAKERS TO GO WITH THIS AMPLIFIER IS :

Any FRS rated 4- 8 ohms 10 Watts

or any other speaker with an impedance of 4-8ohms and 10watts power...

BEST RESULTS CAN BE ATTAINED USING 4 Ohms 3 Watts speakers.

NOTE : DON'T SHORT THE GROUNDS OF THE SPEAKERS, THIS WILL DAMAGE
THE IC. FOLLOW THE CIRCUIT BELOW TO ATTAIN COMMON GROUND

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Step 7: VOLUME CONTROL

1) Get a 10 K ohms Audio taper stereo potentiometer ( in simple words, two

potentiometers with single knob resulting in same output)

2) Connect the left output to the top left pin of the pot

3) Connect the negative of a 10 uf electrolytic cap to the top middle pin of the pot and
connect the positive of the cap to the amplifier's left input.

4) Connect the top right pin of the pot to the amplifier's ground.

5) Connect the right output to the lower left pin of the pot

6) Connect the negative of a 10 uf electrolytic cap to the lower middle pin of the pot and
connect the positive of the cap to the amplifier's right input.

7) Connect the lower right pin of the pot to the amplifier's ground

NOTE: IN THE SCHEMATIC, THERE ARE TWO POTENTIOMETERS , DON'T GET

CONFUSED, IT's TO DEPICT THE STEREO POTENTIOMETER ( 2 in 1 Pot ) .

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Step 8: COMMON GROUND

IF you are looking forward to make a headphone amplifier, you can't directly short the
ground pins of the output, please follow the above circuit.

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 Step 9: TEST IT OUT
Connect the power supply

It's normal to hear slight humming from your speakers before connecting your audio cable.

Connect your audio cable, now the humming should have disappeared.

That's it!!! Play your track and comment below if you have any issues with the amplifier
and i will try solving it :D

Thanks and stay tuned :D

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Question 4 weeks ago on

KenC155 Introduction

Hi, I’ve bought 5 PAM8043 boards from China, sorry for my ignorance but on wiring the input I’m
bamboozled by the L.G.B. And how to connect (as per attached image. ). Can you advise what LGB
means please? I’ve scoured internet and various forums but failed.

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TinglerAP 6 months ago on Step 5

I have to pam8403 amplifiers and 4 speakers. I've connected 2 speakers to each board. When I
connect the left, right and (t) of both the boards to get her with the help of a aux pin, only the left
speakers of both the boards work while the right ones remain silent. But when i connect only 1 board
with the aux, the left and right speakers of that board works. I cannot get the problem behind this.
Please solve my problem.
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LaxmanK13 Question 5 months ago on Step 1

How to connect valume button

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Qasim ali g 4 months ago on Introduction

Sir Mara Pam 8403 ic circuit heat hota hai is ka kya solution hai
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jeffrey77x Question 4 months ago on Step 9

My name is jeff, I have a few questions. 1. What do you mean when you use the word pot 2.what is a
10uf electrolytic cap and where can I get this from and any other parts I may need. I do have 5
PAM8403 just need the other parts. You probably realize I am a novice when it comes to electronics. I
do this as a hobby and are really enjoying it. Thanks
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FarihaK3 9 months ago

It works fine with 80% volume but when i turn my phone's volume to 100%, the bass mixes up with
sound and audio is very noisy. What should i do? i am using it with usb powered charger with
2.1Ampere of output current with 5V.
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JayadevT 4 months ago on Step 9

Music is coming but voice coming with very less sound

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sukhadev Question 5 months ago

PCB layout diagram.

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AaminH 10 months ago

How to connect a mic in this circuit.

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