Venice 4.3 is a fully-featured DAB/FM-RDS receiver module suitable for
incorporation in a wide range of fixed and portable audio and HiFi systems.
It is electrically and mechanically compatible with all previous modules in
the market-leading Venice series, and offers superior DAB performance with
low power consumption. Venice 4.3 uses the Frontier Silicon Apollo/Chorus 1 chipset for advanced features and a low component count.
The module supports reception of Band-2, Band-3 and L-Band DAB, and
incorporates optional Software FM/RDS, which reduces overall system cost
by removing the need for a separate FM tuner subsystem.
The RF front-end is based on Frontier Silicon’s Apollo tuner. This device
uses near-zero IF technology to make it the lowest-power DAB tuner on the
market.
The baseband is based around Frontier Silicon’s powerful multithreaded
baseband processor Chorus 1. This performs demodulation of DAB and FM,
as well as the protocol stack in a digital radio. With its integrated display
controller and general purpose I/O pins, Chorus 1 implements a complete
digital radio user interface with no external MCU. With additional software,
advanced radio features can also be implemented, including a DAB Electronic
Program Guide (EPG), rewind/record and MP3 playback.
Venice 4 Product Brief
