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News Release from: Frontier Silicon | Subject: Venice 4.0 FS2024
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2005
DAB module extends battery life
The new Venice 4.0 FS2024 DAB/FM/RDS module enables battery powered radios to operate in DAB mode for over 100 hours using standard alkaline batteries.
Frontier Silicon has launched the latest in its range of DAB modules The new Venice 4.0 FS2024 DAB/FM/RDS module, to be shown for the first time at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair, consumes only one-quarter of the battery power used by competing modules and enables battery powered radios to operate in DAB mode for over 100 hours using standard alkaline batteries
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company expects the performance and cost of its new Venice 4.0 module to help extend its leadership position in the DAB market, which currently stands in excess of 70%.
The module is electrically and mechanically compatible with previous versions of Frontier Silicon's Venice series, allowing manufacturers to upgrade their existing designs and offer new DAB radios with significantly improved battery life.
By using the latest Apollo silicon tuner from Frontier Silicon, a high level of integration has been achieved on the RF front end of Venice 4.0.
Apollo combines Band III DAB capability with Band II for FM/RDS while using minimal external components.
To maximise battery life Apollo uses innovative near zero IF techniques making it the most energy efficient DAB/FM tuner on the market.
The baseband of Venice 4.0 also benefits from high integration through the use of Frontier Silicon's market-leading Chorus multimedia processor, allowing the module to implement all of the processing functions required in an advanced DAB/FM/RDS radio, including state of the art features such as Electronic Program Guide, without the need for an external microprocessor.
To further reduce system cost Venice 4.0 offers the options of a software FM/RDS function, eliminating the need for a separate FM tuner chip.
Venice 4.0 is a turnkey solution that can be used as a stand-alone DAB/FM receiver, or it can be integrated with other audio components using external microprocessor control via industry standard communications protocols.
As a stand-alone receiver, the only additional components required to create a fully-featured digital and FM/RDS radio are a power source, antenna, LCD and keypad.
The module has a combined Band III and Band II input connector for DAB and FM so that only a single antenna input to the module is needed.
The Venice 4.0 DAB/FM/RDS module measures 100 x 40 x 8mm and will be available in mass production volumes by the end of 2005.
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