VS1003
VS1003 PRELIMINARY
VS1003 - MP3/WMA AUDIO CODEC
Features
Description
• Decodes MPEG 1 & 2 audio layer III (CBR
VS1003 is a single-chip MP3/WMA/MIDI audio
decoder and ADPCM encoder. It contains a high-
performance, proprietary low-power DSP proces-
sor core VS DSP4, working data memory, 5 KiB
instruction RAM and 0.5 KiB data RAM for user
applications, serial control and input data inter-
faces, 4 general purpose I/O pins, an UART, as
well as a high-quality variable-sample-rate mono
ADC and stereo DAC, followed by an earphone
amplifier and a ground buffer.
+VBR +ABR); WMA 4.0/4.1/7/8/9 all pro-
files (5-384kbps); WAV (PCM + IMA AD-
PCM);
General MIDI / SP-MIDI files
• Encodes IMA ADPCM from microphone
or line input
• Streaming support for MP3 and WAV
• Bass and treble controls
• Operates with a single clock 12..13 MHz.
• Internal PLL clock multiplier
• Low-power operation
VS1003 receives its input bitstream through a se-
rial input bus, which it listens to as a system slave.
The input stream is decoded and passed through a
digital volume control to an 18-bit oversampling,
multi-bit, sigma-delta DAC. The decoding is con-
trolled via a serial control bus. In addition to the
basic decoding, it is possible to add application
specific features, like DSP effects, to the user RAM
memory.
• High-quality on-chip stereo DAC with no
phase error between channels
• Stereo earphone driver capable of driving a
30 load
• Separate operating voltages for analog, dig-
ital and I/O
• 5.5 KiB On-chip RAM for user code / data
• Serial control and data interfaces
• Can be used as a slave co-processor
• SPI flash boot for special applications
• UART for debugging purposes
• New functions may be added with software
and 4 GPIO pins
audio
mic
VS1003
L
audio
Mono
ADC
Stereo
DAC
Stereo Ear−
phone Driver
MIC AMP
MUX
R
line
audio
GPIO
output
4
GPIO
X ROM
X RAM
Y ROM
Y RAM
DREQ
SO
SI
Serial
Data/
4
SCLK
XCS
XDCS
Control
Interface
VSDSP
RX
UART
TX
Clock
multiplier
Instruction
RAM
Instruction
ROM
Version 0.92, 2005-06-07
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