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Qualcomm® BlueCore™ 5 Multimedia External
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BC57E

Fully Compliant Single-chip from CSR's Connectivity Centre

The BlueCore®5-Multimedia External is a single-chip radio and baseband IC for Bluetooth 2.4GHz systems. BlueCore5‑Multimedia External interfaces up to 32Mb of external flash memory. When used with the CSR Bluetooth stack, it provides a fully compliant Bluetooth v3.0 specification system for data and voice.

BlueCore5‑Multimedia External contains the Kalimba DSP coprocessor with double the MIPS of BlueCore3‑Multimedia External, supporting enhanced audio applications. BlueCore5‑Multimedia External is designed to reduce the number of ext...

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Features

  • Fully compliant Bluetooth v3.0 specification system
  • On-chip charger for lithium ion/polymer batteries
  • 64MIPS Kalimba DSP coprocessor
  • 16-bit internal stereo codec: 95dB SNR for DAC
  • Low-power 1.5V operation, 1.8V to 3.6V I/O
  • Integrated 1.5V and 1.8V linear regulators
  • Integrated:
    • Switch-mode regulator
    • Channel filters
    • Battery charger
  • Logic for forward error correction, header error control, access code correlation, CRC, demodulation, encryption bit stream generation, whitening and transmit pulse shaping
  • USB, I²C and UART with dual-port bypass mode to 4Mbits/s
  • Supports up to 32Mb of external flash memory (8Mb typical requirement)
  • Multi-configurable I²S, PCM or SPDIF interface
  • Enhanced audibility and noise cancellation
  • Support for IEEE 802.11 coexistence
  • Green (RoHS compliant and no antimony or halogenated flame retardants)
  • Bidirectional serial programmable audio interface supporting PCM, I²S and SPDIF formats
  • User space on processor for customer applications
  • 10-bit ADC and 8-bit DAC available to applications
Specifications
CPU
Clock Speed
Up to 32 MHz
DSP
Name
Qualcomm® Kalimba™
Bluetooth
Specification Version
Bluetooth® 3.0
Maximum Output Power (typical)
Up to 8 dBm
Receiver Sensitivity (Basic Rate, typical)
Down to -90 dBm
Audio
Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology support
Qualcomm® aptX™ Audio
Qualcomm® cVc™ Echo Cancelling and Noise Suppression (ECNS) technology support
Qualcomm® cVc™ Echo Cancelling and Noise Suppression
Charging
Maximum Current
150 mA
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