Oki Semiconductor Introduces New ARM9-Powered Microcontroller for Hard Drive-based Audio Appliances
The 6500 Series features the industry standard ARM946E™ core, as well as high-speed USB 2.0 and Ultra-DMA66 ATA interfaces, and a 16-bit audio Codec. Additional features include 128 KB of internal SRAM, 8KB of D and I Caches, and an interface that will allow for the connection of external FLASH, SRAM, and SDRAM. The ML69Q6500 also features 512KB of built-in FLASH memory.
Targeted at the portable hard disk-based MP3 device market, available middleware includes MP3 encode/decode, WMA™ decode, equalizer and tempo control functions, as well as SRS WOW surround sound libraries. Also available are the USB mass-storage drivers, and a FAT16/32 file system.
"Oki's 6500 Advantage Microcontroller delivers a comprehensive solution for next-generation, high-performance MP3 devices in an industry-standard format that is easy to integrate." said David Pelavin, director of marketing, Oki Semiconductor. "It offers designers an excellent upgrade path from previous proprietary and ARM-based solutions."
Key features of the 6500 microcontroller include:
- High-performance ARM946E-S RISC CPU
- USB2.0 high-speed device controller
- Ultra-DMA66 ATA Interface
- 128 KB on-board SRAM, 16 KB internal Boot ROM, and up to 512 KB Flash ROM
- Up to 120 MHz operating frequency
- SIO, UART, I2C serial ports
- FLASH, SRAM and SDRAM external interface
About Oki Semiconductor
Building on Oki's century-long commitment to communications technologies and markets, Oki Semiconductor designs and markets a broad line of advanced integrated circuits for telecommunications, network, automotive, computer and consumer products. Oki's product lines include telecommunications, RF, laser, networking, speech synthesis, ASIC, microcontroller and memory devices, offered in a variety of creative packages. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Oki Semiconductor is a division of Oki America Inc., which is a subsidiary of Oki Electric Industry Co, Ltd. Oki has ISO-9000-certified manufacturing facilities in Japan and Thailand. Information on Oki Semiconductor and its products is available at www.okisemi.com/us.
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