Atmel Introduces an Ultra Low Power MP3 Decoder for Mobile Phone Applications
New Chip Provides Mobile Phone Manufacturers With More Functionality While Reducing System Size and Cost
NANTES, France, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today the availability of the AT89C51SND2C, a new MP3 decoder, which combines in a single package all features needed in a mobile phone to play MP3 ring tones and to convert a cell phone into a pen drive.
The AT89C51SND2C has been specially developed to handle the MP3 ring tones in mobile phones. Integrated in a mobile phone, the AT89C51SND2C can easily replace sound generators, while offering MMC/SD card reader capability, MP3 music decoding and USB connection to PC. This provides mobile phone manufacturers with more functionality while reducing the system size and costs.
Derived from the AT89C51SND1C, a fully integrated standalone hardwired MPEGI/II Layer-3 decoder, with an 8-bit microcontroller core, handling dataflow and MP3-player control, the AT89C51SND2C offers 64 Kbytes of Flash memory, an embedded MP3 decoder, host communication (serial, parallel, USB) and a Multi Media Card interface. It also includes a high quality stereo DAC with a 50 mW earphone power amplifier, and a 500 mW speaker power amplifier.
The AT89C51SND2C has versatile functionality apart from generating MP3 tones. It can play MP3 music from the mobile phone Flash through UART or SPI or from the Flash card (DataFlash(R), NAND Flash, MultimediaCard, Xd-Picture Card, Secure Digital, CompactFlash). It can also upload/download files into the mobile phone NAND Flash or NOR Flash, upload files from the MMC to the mobile phone NAND or NOR Flash.
"For just one dollar more, the AT89C51SND2C allows the mobile phone manufacturers to get rid of the MIDI sound generator while offering to the market a product with extended functionality," said Bernard Bancelin, Marketing Manager of Audio Line at Atmel. "With its compact package, and low power consumption down to 35 mA while playing music at 2.7V, the AT89C51SND2C offers longer battery life with optimized space," he added.
The AT89C51SND2C is available in a BGA100 (9x9mm) package in industrial temperature. Pricing for 500,000-unit quantity per year is $6.00. A masked ROM version is available for low cost application at $4.50 for 500,000 units.
A complete development package is available to help designers develop their new applications. It includes an emulator, a development board (AT89DVK-04) and a remote MP3-reference design (AT89RFD-08). All boards come with complete MP3-player firmware, schematics and host drivers.
Footnote
DAC: Digital -to-Analog Converter
MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MMC: MultimediaCard
SD: Secure Digital
About Atmel
Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions. Focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets, Atmel ICs can be found Everywhere You AreSM.
NOTE: Atmel(R), logo and combinations thereof and DataFlash(R), are registered trademarks, and Everywhere You AreSM is the trademark of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be the trademarks of others. MPEG Layer-3 coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson Multimedia.
Information: Further information about Atmel's AT89C51SND2C product may be retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?PN=AT89C51SND2C
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