Silicon Laboratories Si4827-DEMO User Manual page 2

Si4827-DEMO
2. Overview
This manual describes the operation of the Silicon Labs Si4827-DEMO board Rev1.1, January 22, 2013. The
Silicon Laboratories Si4827-DEMO board is designed with the 16-pin SOIC packaged Si4827 chip, the
revolutionary single chip AM/FM/SW receiver that integrates everything from antenna input to audio output and
allows use of common and economical potentiometers to do the frequency tuning. It provides a complete portable
analog tune analog display AM/FM/SW radio design. The LCD displays the tuning information. The Si4827-DEMO
is designed with 1-layer PCB, allowing the lowest cost without sacrificing the RF performance. The DEMO board
works with two AAA batteries and working voltage down to 2.0 V.
3. Description
Figure 1 and Figure 2 shows the physical layout of the board with key components indicated.
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Figure 1. Si4827-DEMO Board Top Side in Time Mode
Figure 2. Si4827-DEMO Board Bottom Side
Rev. 0.1