The CSRB5341™ and CSRB5342™, part of the CSR BlueCore® range, will provide developers with turnkey solutions for wireless gaming controllers and HID applications from a single device.
“CSR is committed to helping OEMs create exciting new functionality for the next generation of low-energy wireless gaming devices,” says Anthony Murray, Senior Vice President, Business Group at CSR. “With the CSRB534x series we are delivering a powerful, flexible and feature rich platform that can be used with multiple operating systems.”
The CSRB534x software development kit will enable MFi® licensees developing accessories to bring products to market ahead of the competition with the CSR MFi v4.0 SDK add on. The CSRB534x series integrates much of the game controller system, enabling cost effective designs and fast time to market for developers.”
Dual mode Bluetooth 4.1 design for optimized power consumption
The first of the new series, the CSRB5341 and CSRB5342, gaming system-on-chips are Bluetooth Smart v4.1 qualified, allowing developers to create next generation gaming accessories with optimal battery life. The new CSR platforms make use of a highly efficient baseband, ensuring that system level power consumption is minimized, giving optimized performance with minimum development effort.
Peripheral rich with large memory for more customer applications
The new gaming controller platforms come with an extensive list of fully configurable digital or analogue I/O and physical interfaces for design flexibility including direct LED drive. The CSRB5342 offers further standalone features such as embedded USB battery charging for lithium cells and digital microphone support. With embedded ROM, RAM and the option for memory expansion with the SQI Flash memory interface the new platforms provide greater flexibility and an environment intended for more innovative and feature rich designs.
Cost effective and fast development
By offering dual mode Bluetooth capability, integrating the microcontroller, battery charging capability and much of the analogue and power management there is a significant bill of materials (BOM) saving over traditional wireless gaming controller system designs, making the platforms extremely cost effective. In order to help developers bring new products to market quickly, the new CSRB534x series launches with a dedicated software development kit (SDK) and development board for fast evaluation and system development. The CSRB534x SDK will allow developers to get hands-on with the new platform and accelerate the development of new low power connected gaming controller products. The SDK supports SPP and GATT and enables flexible data transfer including HID over GATT.
The CSRB534x development kit is now available from selected CSR distributors from $149.
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