OEMs unveil first Dual DRM and DAB Receivers at IFA in Berlin

Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) standard, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and RadioScape have announced that multiple companies attending IFA in Berlin demonstrated product prototypes developed around TI's DRM350 digital baseband and RadioScape's RS500 module.
Continuing to accelerate DRM’s rollout, TI and RadioScape will enable products from consumer brands to appear on store shelves within the year.
"The RS500 module from RadioScape using TI’s DRM350 has enabled us to develop working DRM/DAB receiver prototypes in less than three months," said Gerry Thorn, Product Director, at Roberts Radio. "TI and RadioScape continue to provide the innovations we need, allowing us to focus on key product features, creating new markets for digital radio and enhancing the user listening experience."
TI's DRM350 enables developers to create cost-effective dual DRM/DAB-based devices with a single chip and easily implement enhanced features on the integrated programmable DSP, such as digital content playback of MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) files. RadioScape's RS500 module, a complete DRM solution, is based on TI's DRM350 and includes all of the hardware and software necessary to support any combination of DRM, DAB, FM-RDS and AM.
Cutting down significantly on the development time and resources needed from manufacturers to develop multi-standard receivers, applications include table-top radios, CD boom boxes, micro hi-fis and tuners.
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