VS1001 - MP3 Audio Decoder Circuit (Discontinued)

• MPEG audio layer 3 (MP3) decoder chip (ISO11172-3)
• Supports MPEG 1 & 2, and 2.5 extensions, all their sample rates and bit rates, in mono and stereo
• Supports PCM input
• Supports VBR (variable bitrate)
• Can be used as a slave co-processor
• Operates with single clock 12 - 13 MHz or 24 - 26 MHz
• Low-power operation
• On-chip high-quality stereo DAC with no phase error between channels
• Stereo earphone driver capable of driving a 30­ ohm load.
• Separate 2.5 - 3.6V operating voltages for analog and digital
• 4 KiB On-chip RAM for user code
• Serial control and data interfaces
• New functions may be added with software
• Not recommended for new designs; superseded by VS1003