Audio range gains driver support

Designers of mobile comms devices incorporating Wolfson Microelectronics' audio components now have access to an extensive selection of new software drivers to support five new processor families.

Designers of mobile comms devices incorporating Wolfson Microelectronics' audio components now have access to an extensive selection of new software drivers to support five new processor families.

The drivers have been developed following the formation of a software development team based at the company's HQ in Edinburgh.

Wolfson's new software development team has already created drivers for Microsoft WinCE 3.0, 4.1, 4.2 and Linux to support hardware platforms such as, Xscale, Geode, Alchemy, Crusoe and a variety of x86 processors.

Drivers for Palm OS are currently being developed and are expected to be available shortly.

"Providing software drivers to assist and speed up the design-in process is an important part of the service we provide to our customers", said Wolfson Managing Director, David Milne.

"Many of our customers are designing consumer products so it is vital that they get their products to market as quickly as possible, and by providing these drivers we can help them achieve their targets".

The software development team, headed by Peter Frith, VP of New Product Definition, are experts in developing drivers for the relevant operating systems and hardware platforms.

The intention is to expand the team further throughout this year.

Wolfson's family of low power audio components for mobile comms applications are the first in its range of products to benefit from software driver support.

The WM9705/10 together with the recently launched WM9711/12 audio codec devices use the AC97 audio interface to eliminate hidden extra power consumption, making them ideal for low power portable applications requiring superior audio quality.

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