High-Quality Wi-Fi Audio Rendering Board
Integration of network control, streaming hardware and software with a dedicated Audio DSP, the module can be easily integrated into wireless speakers, Soundbars, AV Receivers and Hi-Fi Systems.
- Audio Streaming Protocols supported: Airplay, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct/Miracast
- Wi-Fi connectivity: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n with PHY rates up to 72Mbps
- Limited AP, Wi-Fi Direct with concurrent mode, Client Mode with DHCP, WPS 2.0
- Security: 802.11i, WPA/2-Personal and Enterprise, legacy WEP, TLS
- Wi-Fi sub-system meets worldwide regulatory and Wi-Fi Alliance certification requirements
- External antenna interface
- Streaming of high bit rate uncompressed or compressed multi-channel audio streams. 24-bit resolution audio to sampling rates of 96kHz are supported
- Separation of Network related functions (connection and processing) from Digital Audio processing (DSP) allows highest quality audio rendering to be performed
- An Embedded High Performance Blackfin ADSP-706 DSP performs all audio codec and DSP functionality
- Codecs currently supported include: MPEG2 – Layer 3 (MP3), MPEG-4 AAC-LC, MPEG-4 HE AAC, ALAC, FLAC and Ogg Vorbis. Other Codecs can be specified for inclusion by customer
- Proprietary Audio DSP functionality can be specified for inclusion by customer
- Digital Audio can be transferred with Wi-Fi Module acting as either Clock Master or Clock Slave
- Industry standard interfaces: I2S Digital Audio and SPI control allow easy connection to Audio DAC and system microcontroller
- Single 5V power supply required to power module
- All firmware is field upgradeable
