BlueCore3-Multimedia / Multimedia Flash

Specification

Radio

  • Common Tx/Rx terminal simplifies external matching; eliminates external antenna switch
  • BIST minimises production test time. No external trimming is required in production
  • Full RF reference designs available
  • Bluetooth® v1.2 Specification compliant
  • Antenna matching and filtering within the IC

Transmitter

  • +6dBm RF transmit power with level control from on-chip 6-bit DAC over a dynamic range >30dB
  • Class 2 and Class 3 support without the need for an external power amplifier or Tx/Rx switch

Receiver

  • Integrated channel filters
  • Digital demodulator for improved sensitivity and co‑channel rejection
  • Real-time digitised RSSI available on HCI interface
  • Fast AGC for enhanced dynamic range

Synthesiser

  • Fully integrated synthesiser requires no external VCO, varactor diode, resonator or loop filter
  • Compatible with crystals between 8 and 32MHz (in multiples of 250kHz) or an external clock
  • Accepts 7.68, 14.44, 15.36, 16.2, 16.8, 19.2, 19.44, 19.68, 19.8 and 38.4MHz TCXO frequencies for GSM and CDMA devices with sinusoidal or logic level signals

Auxiliary features

  • Crystal oscillator with built-in digital trimming
  • Power management includes digital shut down, and wake up commands with an integrated low power oscillator for ultra-low power Park/Sniff/Hold mode
  • 'Clock request' output to control an external clock
  • On-chip linear regulator; 1.8V output from a 2.2‑4.2V input
  • Power-on-reset cell detects low supply voltage
  • Arbitrary power supply sequencing permitted
  • 8-bit ADC and DAC available to applications

Kalimba DSP core

  • DSP co-processor, 32MIPS, 24-bit fixed point core
  • Single cycle MAC; 24 x 24-bit multiply and 56-bit accumulator
  • 32-bit instruction word, dual 24-bit data memory
  • 4kword program memory, 2 x 8kword data memory
  • Flexible interfaces to BlueCore™3 subsystem

Baseband and software

  • Internal 8Mbit Flash for complete system solution
  • Internal 32Kbyte RAM, allows full speed data transfer, mixed voice and data, and full piconet operation
  • Logic for forward error correction, header error control, access code correlation, CRC, demodulation, encryption bit stream generation, whitening and transmit pulse shaping
  • Transcoders for A-law, µ-law and linear voice from host and A-law, µ-law and CVSD voice over air

Physical interfaces

  • Synchronous serial interface up to 4Mbaud for system debugging
  • UART interface with programmable baud rate up to 1.5Mbaud with an optional bypass mode
  • Full speed USB v1.1 interface supports OHCI and UHCI host interfaces
  • Bi-directional serial programmable audio interface supporting PCM, I2S and SPDIF formats
  • Optional I2C™ compatible interface

Stereo audio CODEC

  • 16-bit resolution, standard sample rates of 8kHz, 11.025kHz, 16kHz, 22.05kHz, 32kHz, 44.1kHz and 48kHz (DAC only)
  • Dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio
  • Integrated amplifiers for driving microphone and speakers with minimum external components

Bluetooth stack

  • CSR's Bluetooth protocol stack runs on the on-chip microcontroller in a variety of configurations:
    • Standard HCI (UART or USB)
    • Fully embedded RFCOMM
    • Customised builds with embedded application code

Package options

  • 120-ball VFBGA, 7x7mm