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News Release from: Frontier Silicon | Subject: Roadster
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 April 2005
Automotive DAB module set to hit the
streets
Frontier Silicon has revealed that three first tier automotive manufacturers have selected its Roadster automotive DAB module for integration into car audio and telematics systems.
Frontier Silicon has revealed that three first tier automotive manufacturers have selected its Roadster automotive DAB module for integration into car audio and telematics systems And at the same time the company - in conjunction with a number of its customers - has successfully completed road trials in Central Europe using the module
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The first European car using Frontier Silicon's Roadster module is scheduled to roll off the production line at the end of 2005.
The Roadster module, launched last year, is based on the market leading and award winning DAB technology already in use in over 70% of DAB radios on the market today.
The module allows OEM (original equipment manufacturer) fitting of DAB into integrated head units in the car, enabling the normal benefits of DAB such as excellent audio performance and wide choice of services.
In addition it supports telematics features such as Traffic Message Channel (TMC), TPEG and other emerging traffic data services at the full DAB decode rate.
It is a vertically mounted, fully shielded, self-contained complete system module featuring Eureka 147 DAB receiver, dual band (Band III and L-band) high performance RF front end, baseband processor, power supply, Flash memory for program and data storage, additional random access memory and a full suite of firmware.
Roadster operates from a single 3.3V supply consuming just 800mW while decoding DAB, and also includes a phantom antenna power supply to support active antenna arrangements.
The module measures only 55 x 37 x 13mm to mount inside a DIN-format radio/CD player.
Steve Evans, VP Sales, Frontier Silicon, said: "The automotive infotainment market is an exciting area and a natural extension of the consumer DAB radio market which we have successfully helped to grow over the last three years".
"The key factors that enabled our Roadster module to be successful in winning the design slots with these manufacturers are its RF performance, power consumption and small size as well as the robust and feature-rich firmware that we are able to supply alongside the module".
"The ability to support TMC on the module was also considered an advantage".
He added: "We are looking forward to seeing the first production cars later this year with DAB functionality enabled by the Roadster module".
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