Data Sheet

PRELIMINARY

VS1063a Datasheet

2 LICENSES

1 Disclaimer

This is a preliminary datasheet. All properties and ﬁgures are subject to change.

This datasheet assumes that the VS1063a Patches package, available at

http://www.vlsi.ﬁ/en/support/software/vs10xxplugins.html , has been loaded and activated.

Additional information is provided in two documents called VS1063a Hardware Guide, and

VS1063a Programmer’s Guide.

2 Licenses

MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

Supply of this product does not convey a license nor imply any right to distribute MPEG Layer-3

compliant content created with this product in revenue-generating broadcast systems (terres-

trial, satellite, cable and/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via Internet,

intranets and/or other networks), other content distribution systems (pay-audio of audio-on-

demand applications and the like) or on physical media (compact discs, digital versatile discs,

semiconductior chips, hard drives, memory cards and the like). An independent license for

such use is required. For details, please visit http://mp3licensing.com.

Note: If you enable Layer II decoding, you are liable for any patent issues that may arise

from using these formats. Joint licensing of MPEG 1.0 / 2.0 Layer III decoding does not cover

all patents pertaining to layer II.

VS1063a contains WMA decoding technology from Microsoft.

This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft and cannot

be used or further distributed without a license from Microsoft.

VS1063a contains AAC decoding technology (ISO/IEC 13818-7 and ISO/IEC 14496-3) which

cannot be used without a proper license from Via Licensing Corporation or individual patent

holders.

VS1063a contains spectral band replication (SBR) and parametric stereo (PS) technologies

developed by Coding Technologies. Both are currently part of the MPEG4 AAC licensing, see

http://www.vialicensing.com/licensing/aac-overview.aspx for more information.

To the best of VLSI Solution’s knowledge, if the end product does not play a speciﬁc format

that otherwise would require a customer license: MPEG 1.0/2.0 layer II, WMA, or AAC, the

respective license should not be required. Decoding of MPEG layer II is disabled by default,

and WMA and AAC formats can be excluded by using the parametric_x.conﬁg1 variable, or with

a microcontroller based on the contents of register SCI_HDAT1. Also PS and SBR decoding

can be separately disabled.

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