Ubicom, Ralink Launch Connected Multimedia Reference Designs

Ubicom and Taiwan-based Ralink Technology Corpo. have announced general availability of turnkey reference designs for several consumer multimedia products. The reference designs combine Ubicom's networking and advanced multimedia capabilities of the IP7500 family of 32-bit processors, and Ralink's Wi-Fi expertise through its RT3070 802.11-b/g/n chipset. The solutions are being demonstrated at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011.

The Ubicom-Ralink Wi-Fi DLNA Audio Player solution delivers consumer electronics manufacturers a turnkey hardware and software solution enabling the quickest time to market for DLNA-compliant wireless audio products. The design is targeted at a wide range of products including AVRs, Mini-Micro systems, wireless Audio clients, iPod docks, and wireless speakers. Ubicom's software platform is pre-certified for DLNA 1.5, UPnP and Microsoft's Windows 7 ecosystem, and the Ralink Wi-Fi module is Wi-Fi Alliance certified for WPA, WPA2, WMM, WMM-PS and WPS.

The Ubicom-Ralink Internet Audio Player Reference Design enables customers to rapidly add streaming audio capability to existing products or develop tabletop internet radio products. Thousands of radio stations and Internet-based music services such as Pandora, Shoutcast and Aupeo are accessible through the reference design. Multimedia content can also be accessed automatically through the platform's DLNA media client and via local storage, and it can be combined with other media sources such as iPod, iPhone or iPad, as well as FM radio into a single product.

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