austriamicrosystems' Power Management and Audio Unit Powers Falk F-Series Portable Navigation Device

(Product News, 7 Jan 2008)

Portable navigation devices (PNDs) provider Falk has selected austriamicrosystems' AS3654 Power Management Unit for its latest F-Series, successfully launched in the fourth quarter of 2007.

The AS3654 power management IC is an ultra-flexible, highly integrated smart power management unit that includes high performance voltage regulators, a lighting management unit, step down battery charger, stereo audio DAC, housekeeping functions and an audio amplifier featuring sophisticated ground noise cancellation to improve sound quality in the car. The AS3654 is particularly suited for portable navigation devices, media players and a broad range of other handheld electronics.

Mango Research, a long-term co-operation partner of austriamicrosystems based in Taiwan, was responsible for the system design of the Falk F-Series.

The AS3654 power management unit offers a full range of advanced features for power monitoring, battery management and charging. The IC is controlled via a serial interface and integrates all necessary system functions such as clock, reset and interrupt generation as well as voltage and temperature monitoring.

austriamicrosystems will demonstrate the AS3654 at the 2008 International CES in Las Vegas, where the AS3658 Power Management Unit will be launched as the latest addition to the successful product family. Both AS3654 and AS3658 are offered in BGA packages and are fully software compatible.

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