Does the ESP32 support DSD or DSD over PCM, for audio?

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Does the ESP32 support DSD or DSD over PCM, for audio?

Postby KoegLike » Sun Jun 22, 2025 6:02 pm

Does the ESP32 support DSD or DSD over PCM, for audio?

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Re: Does the ESP32 support DSD or DSD over PCM, for audio?

Postby Sprite » Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:38 am

No clue how DSD normally is output (if it's a simple 1-bit stream, then you can abuse I2S for it for sure) but DSD-over-PCM seems to be made to work fine if you use an I2S-to-PCM converter of some kind.

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Re: Does the ESP32 support DSD or DSD over PCM, for audio?

Postby MicroController » Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:39 am

Can't find a specification for DSD ("Direct Stream Digital"), but it appears to be based on PDM which the ESP can do via I2S. Don't know if I2S PDM is compatible with DSD though.

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