APLUS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INC.
APR6016
Voice Recording & Playback Device
16 Minute Duration
Features
• Multi-level analog storage
• Single 3V power supply
• Low power consumption
- High quality audio recording and playback
• Dual mode storage of analog and/or digital data
- Eliminates the need for separate digital memory
• Advanced, non-volatile Flash memory technology
- Playback operating current: 15 mA typical
- Standby current: 1 uA maximum
- Automatic power-down
- No battery backup required
• SPI interface
• Multiple package options available
- CSP, PDIP, Bare Die
- Allows any commercial microcontroller to control
the device
• On-board clock prescaler
- Eliminates the need for external clock dividers
• Automatic squelch circuit
• Programmable Sampling Clock
- Allows user to choose quality and duration levels
- Reduces background noise during quiet passages
General Description
Figure 1 APR6016 Pinout Diagrams
The APR6016 offers non-volatile storage of voice and/or data
in advanced Multi-Level Flash memory. Up to 16 minutes of
audio recording and playback can be accommodated. A max-
APR6016
imum of 30K bits of digital data can be stored.
devices can be cascaded for longer duration recording or
greater digital storage. Device control is accomplished
through an industry standard SPI interface that allows a
microcontroller to manage message recording and playback.
This flexible arrangement allows for the widest variety of
messaging options. The APR6016 is ideal for use in cellular
and cordless phones, telephone answering devices, personal
digital assistants, personal voice recorders, and voice pag-
ers.
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process. Each memory cell can typically store 256 voltage
APR6008 voice to
levels. This allows the
reproduce audio
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signals in their natural form, eliminating the need for en
ding and compression which can introduce distortion.
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