October 7th, 2018
Future signs global deal with Tempo Semi Read More
April 12th, 2018
Radio Magazine Announces 2018 “Best of Show” at NAB Winners Read More
April 12th, 2018
Radio World Announces 2018 “Best of Show” at NAB Winners Read More
April 12th, 2018
Headphones that pick up FM on iPhone have sales posted for May
Headset with active FM chip is on display at the NAB Show 2018. For now the sale is scheduled for May. Read More
April 12th, 2018
New FM receiver headsets
Blackloud, working with design partners Tempo Semiconductor and Silicon Labs are launching Soundot AF1 (for iPhones and iPads using the Lightning interface) and CF1 (for devices with USB-C/USB Micro interfaces). Read More
April 11th, 2018
Blackloud SounDot AF1 earphones offer FM reception for iPhones
Headsets Deliver FM to Mobile Devices, No Chip or Internet Required Read More
April 8th, 2018
Collaboration brings FM radio to phones without Internet
Blackloud’s SOUNDOT AF1 and CF1 headsets provide lossless sound and free global FM radio access for smartphones without an embedded FM chip or internet access. Read More
April 8th, 2018
Headsets Deliver FM to Mobile Devices, No Chip or Internet Required
April 6th, 2018
New Blackloud Headset Has its Own FM Tuner Chips For Use With iPhones, Android Phones
iPhones may not (or may) have unactivated FM chips inside, but a new headset aims to address that with its own FM tuner chip controllable with an iOS (or Android, for other phones) app. Read More
April 6th, 2018
Silicon Laboratories : Blackloud, Tempo Semi & Silicon Labs Collaborate to Announce Industry’s First Headsets Offering FM Radio without Internet Connectivity or Smartphone FM Chips
Blackloud, working with design partners Tempo Semiconductor Inc. (TSI) and Silicon Labs (SLAB) who provided turnkey audio design solutions, will announce its SOUNDOT AF1 (for iPhones and iPads using the Lightning interface) and CF1 (for devices with USB-C / USB Micro interfaces) headsets at the NAB Show (booth N6220) being held in Las Vegas April 7 12. Read More
April 5th, 2018
Blackloud’s SOUNDOT CF1 Earbuds Play FM On Any Android Phone
Blackloud has taken to this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show to reveal a new set of earbuds that should let just about any Android handset play FM radio. Read More
April 5th, 2018
Blackloud, Tempo Semi & Silicon Labs Collaborate to Announce Industry’s First Headsets Offering FM Radio without Internet Connectivity or Smartphone FM Chips
Blackloud SOUNDOT AF1 & CF1 allow consumers to listen to their music or FM radio on smartphones or tablets even without embedded FM chips Read More
April 5th, 2018
Blackloud Headsets Include Their Own FM Reception Chip.
Electronic products manufacturer Blackloud is launching a new series of headsets that includes dedicated iOS and Android apps and their own FM reception chip. Its Soundot AF1 for iPhones and iPads will be introduced at the NAB Show in Las Vegas next week. Read More
April 5th, 2018
Are These New Earbuds The Best Bud For iPhone FM Access?
With Apple apparently unrelenting in its refusal to include an activated FM chip in its iPhones, a Southern California wireless technology company has seemingly delivered to the nation what Silicon Valley has been a bit reluctant to roll out: a way to access FM radio on an iOS-powered mobile device. Read More
April 5th, 2018
Blackloud’s SOUNDOT CF1 Earbuds Play FM On Any Android Phone
Blackloud has taken to this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show to reveal a new set of earbuds that should let just about any Android handset play FM radio. That’s thanks to the one-of-a-kind inclusion of an embedded FM Reciever with RDS and an associated SOUNDOT App that controls FM tuning. Marketed as model number CF1 for Android devices, they should additionally provide great sound for listening to non-FM audio. However, the FM capabilities won’t depend on a data connection or any other such nonsense either, so that is certainly going to be the key selling point here. Read More
April 4th, 2018
DES ÉCOUTEURS POUR SMARTPHONES AVEC UNE PUCE FM INTÉGRÉE
Alors que les fabricants de smartphones refusent, notamment Apple, d’intégrer une puce FM à leurs appareils, un fabricant d’écouteurs est sur le point de présenter un produit intégrant cette technologie, compatibles iPhone et USB-C. Les puristes applaudissent des deux mains. Read More
March 28th, 2018
Digital Radio FM Insider
Chipless FM Radio on Mobile Devices
Terrestrial radio reception without smartphone FM chip. Read More
March 27th, 2018
Blackloud Delivers Radio on Mobile Devices Without FM Chip
The new product debuting at NAB Show may make the chip/no chip debate a moot point Read More
March 27th, 2018
Blackloud Delivers Radio on Mobile Devices
April 21st, 2017
The TSCS25xx CODEC is featured on the newly released SiLabs CP2615-EK Evaluation Kit which is available for purchase from Mouser.com today.
Sample quantities of the CP2615 – USB to I2S Digital Audio Bridge Controller are from SiLabs directly (powered Mouser.com).
Prototype / Pre-Production level quantities of the TSCS25xx CODEC (in either T&R or Tray) as well as the SiLabs CP2615 USB to I2S Digital Audio Bridge Controller are also both available for purchase from Mouser.com. The CP2616 – USB to I2S Digital Audio Bridge Controller is also available for purchase from Avnet and Digikey.
November 21st, 2014
Another new startup, Tempo Semiconductor, has completed the acquisition of IDT’s audio product line.