VS1000 Audio Module

VS1000 Module provides a quick and low-cost way to add high-quality analog stereo output to a system. It has industrial qualification and long term availability that makes it attractive for many applications.

• Plays audio from micro-SD card or internal SPI Flash (or both)
• Can be customized, both firmware and content
• Can copy audio content and update firmware from micro-SD card to internal Flash
• Triggered via USB, UART or IO pins
• Line-out or headphone stereo analog outputs with SNR>90dB (A-weighted)
• High-performance license-free Ogg Vorbis decoder
• Supports variable bit-rates and many sample rates
• Plays from internal Flash up to 20 mins, play time can be extended to several days by using micro-SD card
• Firmware customization tool VSIDE is available for free
• Single power supply 3.4...5.5V, Note: IOVDD is generated from internal regulators, IO pins are not 5V tolerant!
• Low-power operation
• Industrial temperature range

Default firmware has four functionalities:

• usbmass - makes SPI flash memory visible as USB Mass Storage when USB is connected to PC
• spiplayer - plays music files from SPI FLASH
• sdplayer - plays music (Ogg Vorbis or WAV) from SD card or makes SD card visible as USB Mass Storage when USB is connected to PC
• sdupdate program - updates firmware or content of the SPI FLASH from the SD card
• the player modes are controlled from UART
• source code see VS1000 Audio Module - VSIDE (UART or GPIO)

Variants:

• Default player can be controlled from GPIO pins or SPI instead of UART
• Simplified SPI FLASH player, see VS1000 Audio Module UART Voice Mail - VSIDE

• Unit price 5 Euro (MOQ 100 pcs, default firmware, no audio content)
• Available from VLSI Solution and Distributors

• 0.5 Euro / Unit custom firmware and audio content loading
• Audio content preparation 800 Euro per project
• Custom firmware modification 4000 Euro per project or 800 Euro/day
• Production tester/firmware and content loader 1250 Euro (Manual device)