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SparkFun THAT 1206 InGenius Breakout
The SparkFun THAT 1206 InGenius Breakout Board offers an easy solution to adding a balanced audio input to your circuits. The THAT InGenius technology has been designed for high-grade analog line receiving and offers a low distortion and high common mode rejection in real-world audio applications. Each breakout board combines the THAT 1206 IC, its supporting components, and a ¼" TRS (Tip Ring Sleeve) socket. With these powers combined, you will find it very easy to use the input drivers on breadboards and in projects!
The THAT 1206 InGenius Breakout and its sibling, the THAT 1646 OutSmarts Breakout, perform mirror-image signal conversion. While the OutSmarts is an unbalanced-to-balanced output driver, this InGenius is a balanced-to-unbalanced input receiver. We have made sure to break out each pin you need to utilize the InGenius board, including the unbalanced output (OUT), the positive and negative power supply rails (V+, V-) and, of course, ground (GND). Additionally, adjacent to each leg of the socket are test points for the signal (T, R, S) and normal (TN, RN, SN) contacts.
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THAT InGenius and OutSmarts Breakout Hookup Guide
March 30, 2017
Learn about the benefits of balanced signal transmission, and how to apply the THAT InGenius and OutSmarts breakouts.
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Customer Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Based on 3 ratings:
Worked well for me.
This worked well to receive a balanced pro-line level input from a mixer into an old re-purposed Sony consumer audio amp. It is nice and quiet, and just worked, no problem!
Great addition to any modular synth
I read about this in SoundonSound magazine and immediately ordered. Adding a pair of these to my Synthesizers.com synth was easy and gave me balanced inputs for audio processing loveliness - making integration with a DAW much better. Very easy to use, worked first time and performs perfectly
Very nice board
Have not had the opportunity to use these yet but are for future projects.I will update if any problems occur. Was going to build this circuit but found these boards by happenstance so the convenience of prebuilt is great. All in one place documentation, specifications and videos are useful tools for us experimenters. Sparkfun seems to be a good American company. I really like that. Keep these 1206 and 1646 in stock because I will be needing more down the road.
It would have been handy to route CMout to a pin as well. I think there's an error in the schematic, which says when mounting in a metal chassis to connect J3 to the chassis with a heavy wire. I think that should read J9.
Good catch.
I fixed the schematic note, and pushed it to the GitHub repo. I don't have write access to the file linked above, though.