Aaustriamicrosystems is supplying it’s the processor chips AS3525 and AS3524 for XM Satellite Radio’s line of portable satellite radio devices. XM Satellite Radio is North America’s digital satellite radio service with more than six million subscribers, offering 160 channels of commercial-free music plus premier sports, information and entertainment programming. The AS3525 single-chip media player solution contains a complete ARM9-based processor subsystem with on-chip RAM and ROM, a CD-quality audio front-end as well as a smart power management and lighting unit. The AS3525 which comes in a compact 13x13mm BGA package drives the Samsung Nexus digital music player. This portable device conforms to XM Radio’s “Connect and Play”platform with interfacing as the XM digital receiver module, the Passport, is contained in the player’s docking station. Music streamed via the XM radio network can be stored on the device and played back together with MP3 and WMA music uploaded by the user via the device’s USB link. In addition, end users can tag songs for later purchase through the XM+Napster service.
The AS3524, similar to the AS3525, works with a designed analog front-end which is optimized for the requirements of portable satellite radio applications. The chip comes in a 10x10mm BGA package and can be found in the brand-new Pioneer Inno and Samsung Helix portable satellite radio devices. These models offer full XM music player functionality plus a complete stand-alone satellite radio receiver and appealing high resolution color LCD for easy navigation in one very compact device. |
