Si4827-DEMO

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Rev. 0.1

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.

Figure 1. Si4827-DEMO Board Top Side in Time Mode

Figure 2. Si4827-DEMO Board Bottom Side