Digital volume control circuit.
MAX5486.
A two channel digital volume control circuit based on IC MAX5486 is shown here. MAX5486 is a 40K dual digital volume / balance controller that has a pushbutton interface. The IC has a built in bias voltage source that eliminated the need of an external circuitry for the same purpose and thereby by reduces external parts count. The IC also has an LED status indicator driver circuit which can be used for driving the status indicator LEDs which indicates the volume level and balance level. The IC can be operated from a single or dual power supply and is available in 24 pin TSSOP package. The volume control circuit based on MAX5486 can be applied in a lot applications like personal audio systems, hand held audio devices, home theatre systems, car audio systems, computer audio systems etc.
Circuit diagram.
Circuit description.
The right channel input is applied to the pin8 (high terminal (HR) of first internal digital potentiometer of the IC) and left channel input is applied to the pin17 (high terminal (HL) of the second internal digital potentiometer of the IC). Low terminals (pin 9 and 6) of the internal potentiometers are shorted and connected to the mid bias voltage output (pin11) of the IC. The right channel output is available at the buffered wiper terminal (pin10) of the first internal potentiometer and left channel output is available at the buffered wiper terminal of the second internal potentiometer of the IC. A 1uF capacitor is connected from the bias generator bypass (pin12) to ground. The purpose of this capacitor is noise bypassing. The purpose of capacitors C4 and C5 are to bypass noise from the VDD and VLOGIC sources. This improves the overall stability and performance of the circuit.
LEDs D1 to D5 are the status indicator LEDs which indicates the current volume and balance levels. R1 to R5 limits current through the corresponding LEDs. 1M resistor R6 is meant for activating the status indicator LED drivers. LED D6 represents the current operation mode of IC. When it glows, the IC is in balance control mode and when it is off, the IC will be in volume control mode. Resistor R7 limits the current through LED D6. In the volume control mode the status LEDs work just like a bar graph display indicating the current volume. In the balance control mode, the centremost LED alone glows when there is a centred balance. In the mute mode, all status indicator LEDs remain OFF.
Push button switches S1 to S4 are used for controlling the circuit. Pressing S1 will push the IC into mute mode. Push button S4 can be used for selecting between volume control mode and balance control mode and LED D6 indicated it. Push button S2 and S3 are used for increasing and decreasing the volume in the volume control mode and shifting the balance to left and right in the balance control mode. The Vss pin of the IC is grounded because single supply operation is employed in this circuit. Shutdown pin (pin6) is tied to the VLOGIC source for disabling the shutdown function. Connecting the shutdown pin to the ground will drive the IC to the shutdown mode.
The output of the MAX5486 is sufficient enough to drive standard high impedance headphones. For driving low impedance headphones or speakers an amplifier stage must be added to the output. The maximum power dissipation of MAX5486 is 675mW and consider this point while selecting the loads.
Notes.
- The circuit must be assembled on a good quality PCB.
- Use 5V DC for powering the circuit (both VLOGIC and VDD).
- The power supply must be well regulated and free from noise.
- Switches S1 to S4 are used for controlling the circuit.
- LED D1 to D5 are status indicators.
- An additional amplifier stage is required for driving low impedance loads.
19 Comments
Is any equivelent number to replace MAX5486, incase if the particuler are not found?
Is any equivelent number to replace MAX5486, incase if the particuler are not found
How does this circuit reach 0 volume with no grounding for the audio signal?
What is vlogic?
V logic is the voltage used for logic portion of the chip. The volume control will work as all are internally connected to take care of ground/common etc.
thank u for all things u learned me
plse sir cn you tell me the equivalent circuit that contain ic other than ic max 5486 becaus here in rwanda you can not find that ic plse help me to get more information thx
You can try to use TDA7313, TDA7309D, CS3310, MAS9116, WM8816, Sanyo LC7537 and 2nos DS1669 for stereo use.
plse sir can your tell me the simplified circuit that contain the other ic that replace ic max5486 bcse it is not found here in RWANDA
in my country this ic cost about 14 eur.
can u tell me 3 channel (stereo + subwoofer output) tone control ic. Plz tell some simillar I.C.s
becuse where i live, ic availability is less. Only industrial ic are available.
Sir, can u tell me 3 channel (stereo + subwoofer output) tone controle ic. Plz tell me more than one ic. bcoz where i live , only popular and industrial i.c. Are available. So there will be alternatives if i cant get some ic.
@devendra,
the cost of the ic in south indian market is INR: 30/-
thanks to “circuitstoday” for such best and good workinf=g circuits.
i just wanna say 2 things,
viz.
1) how can we add a remote control fpr this circuit??
2) where in Nepal can we get these components?? most are not available..
can anyone tell me where i can get max5486 ic on online sites.
Sir can you tell me how much max5486 ic will cost approx. ?
And also can you tell me any indian website where i can buy these components.
Thanks,
It cost $2.62 here in the USA. Go to mouser.com.
itz good for remote control application. & also digital result low noise.
better one
the nice one circuit. i like it.