BCM2037 - Bluetooth® 2.0 EDR Wireless Audio Processor

Bluetooth® 2.0 EDR Wireless Audio Processor

The BCM2037 enables low-cost, low-power stereo audio solutions making it ideal for stereo headsets, plug-and-play USB adapters, and analog line-in adapters. Used in conjunction with a high quality external stereo codec, the BCM2037 solution delivers end-to-end streaming digital stereo at near CD audio quality. In addition, support for the remote control profile (AVRCP) allows a stereo headset to control a variety of remote music sources.

The BCM2037 is capable of transmitting using enhanced data rate (EDR) permitting lower power, increased robustness, and lower latency as compared to BT1.2-based audio solutions. Additional bandwidth of EDR enables complex Bluetooth environments with multiple active Bluetooth devices and provides support for multiple simultaneous stereo links.

  • Single-chip Bluetooth 2.0 transceiver supporting enhanced data rate (EDR), backward compatible to BT 1.2 and BT 1.1
  • High performance ARM7TDMI processor with 120 KB of on-chip SRAM eliminating need for external DSP
  • BT2.0 EDR enables lower power consumption, multilink stereo, increasingly complex BT systems, lower latency and improved robustness
  • 1.8V operation provides longer play and talk time