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News Release from: EtherWaves | Subject: CSM1
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 September 2003
DAB-ready radio design runs on budget
Blackfin DSP
The CSM1 DAB-ready digital radio reference design breaks the DAB module cost barrier of $25, enabling digital radio manufacturers to advance towards high-performance cost-effective products.
The CSM1 DAB-ready digital radio reference design breaks the DAB module cost barrier of $25, enabling digital radio manufacturers to advance towards high-performance, cost-effective products This achievement has been made possible by Sonarics' unique technology for implementing the radio in software on a low-cost general-purpose DSP
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sonarics Labs has released a new version of ClearSignal offering the industry's first DAB integrated software capable of displaying a photo album and DAB MOT slide shows on a colour TFT LCD.
The chip used in the CSM1 is from the Analog Devices Blackfin DSP family and sells for less than US $5.
Sonarics software enables key radio features required by modern electronic device consumers, including DAB Band III and L-Band reception, MP3 playback from MMC and digital sound recording.
"We are excited to be part of the digital radio revolution by enabling the transition from early-adopter market to mass-market", commented Ben Gagin, Sonarics' President and CEO.
"The current version of CSM1 is already raising a huge interest among the manufacturers of digital radios", he added.
Sonarics' new reference design is aimed at manufacturers of the next generation of low-cost, high-performance digital radios.
It enables swift engineering and production cycle.
The CSM1 reference design is available now.
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