CSR releases RoadRunner2 Bluetooth Automotive Hands-Free Development Platform

CSR has announced the availability of RoadRunner2, a development platform to
build automotive hands-free devices. RoadRunner2 is powered by CSR’s
BlueCore5-Multimedia Bluetooth chip, and it offers Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR
(Enhanced Data Rate) for automotive applications. RoadRunner2 includes CSR’s CVC
(Clear Voice Capture) echo cancellation algorithm to provide high audio quality
in noisy environment.

CSR’s RoadRunner2 Bluetooth Automotive Car Kit Hands-Free Development Platform

CSR’s RoadRunner2 receives audio signal from mobile phones, MP3 players, SD
Card or an audio jack-In, then transmit to the speakers or via FM to the car
stereo system. RoadRunner2 also supports FM radio when the hands-free is streamed to
the car radio.

About RoadRunner2 Bluetooth Automotive Car Kit Hands-Free Development
Platform, Rafik Jallad, CSR said:

BlueCore5-Multimedia is an exceptionally flexible and powerful chip… By
using this chip to its full potential, customers will be in a position to
produce highly competitive and compelling products. We have already launched
RoadTunes, a reference design for easily adding Bluetooth functionality to
PNDs and factory-fit car multimedia systems. We confidently expect RoadRunner2
to be every bit as successful as its predecessor, driving a new standard of
performance and feature set into the growing aftermarket car kit hands-free
market.

CSR’s RoadRunner2 supports Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP), which allows
exchange of phone book entries between supported devices. Example of
application: using PBAP enables car kit to display the name of the incoming
mobile phone caller. RoadRunner2 can also retrieve phone book entries from
mobile phones that do not support PBAP by storing the phone book entries in a
Serial Flash memory.

RoadRunner2 package includes CSR’s BlueLab configuration software which
allows developers to easily alter elements of their final product including PIO
assignment to buttons, flash parameters, ring tones and MMI (Man Machine
Interface). In addition the CSR’s BlueCore5-Multimedia Bluetooth chip can also control a
screen and a rotary input for added functionality.

Resources:

• Press release: CSR launches the RoadRunner2 automotive car kit development
  platform (http://www.csr.com/pr/pr358.htm)