SOUNDabout for Renesas’s Bluetooth Audio Products

Renesas is going to release the SOUNDabout Suite, an SDK for use with its 32-bit SuperH Family SH-4A, SH-2A, and SH3-DSP microprocessors. Open Interface North America (OTNA) product, the SOUNDabout will enable the development of CD-quality Bluetooth wireless audio products. Renesas adopted the SOUNDabout Suite to further enhance its SuperH Family of processors, providing solutions especially for Bluetooth applications.

Greg Burns, OTNA, said:

Using Renesas' Bluetooth system-on-chip solutions with the BLUEmagic Bluetooth protocol stack and SOUNDabout Suite, customers can expect shorter development times and faster time to market for Bluetooth audio applications…

Renesas will initially be packaging SDK's for the SuperH family of processors but will be expanding the offering into the SH, H8, and M16 microprocessor families…

Integration of Open Interface North America's SOUNDabout Suite provides Renesas with the following benefits and capabilities:

• The Bluetooth specification stipulates SBC (Subband Codec) as the standard audio coding method. Use of SOUNDabout eSBC (enhance Subband Codec) included in the SOUNDabout Suite enables the achievement of CD-quality sound while maintaining SBC compatibility.
• BLUEmagic 3.0 and SOUNDabout eSBC included in the SOUNDabout Suite have been developed for embedded systems, minimizing CPU load and reducing power consumption in handheld consumer electronic devices.
• An HCI (Host Controller Interface) sample driver program, audio sample driver program, and sample programs corresponding to profiles established by the Bluetooth SIG are provided, together with the source code for individual Renesas products. These sample programs will help to shorten manufacturers' product development times.

Renesas Technology intends to extend the scope of the SOUNDabout Suite software development kit to other Renesas microprocessors, and will continue to expand its lineup of Bluetooth compatible products helping users' product development.

Source: Open Interface North America (OTNA)