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Headset Reference Design v1.0

3 Hardware description

3.1 nRD24V1 Radio module

The radio module is a complete system for telephone quality wireless headset applications intende d for
Vo IP. It can be used in a headset, or in an audio module for connection to a PC audio outlet. There are 6
GPIOs for buttons or LEDs on the radio module.
The radio module is mounted on a 25 x 12 x 0.8 mm, 4-layer FR4 cir cuit board, with components on one
side.
Figure 5. nRD24V1 radio module

3.1.1 Audio Codec

The audio codec is a XE3005 from Semtech that receive s a 4.096 MHz master clock from the micro con-
troller. The micro controller configures the codec through the SPI interface. The 8 ksps audio samples are
transferred on the I2S interface, where the micro controller is the bus master.
The microphone input has a 1.1 VDC bias for driving the microphone.
The loudspeaker outputs are a differential class D output and need some external filtering components.
1 RF crystal 4 Audio codec
2 nRF24L01 5 MCU crystal
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