A
ASP DTS Controller for Portable Radio
AP915-003
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Table of Content
1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 BLOCK DIAGRAM.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
5 KEYBOARD LAYOUT............................................................................................................................................................ 8
5.1 JUMPER SETTING OPTION .................................................................................................................................................... 8
5.1.1 Model selection Option (Model).................................................................................................................................. 8
5.1.2 Frequency Selection (A0,A1, FMStep and AMStep).................................................................................................... 9
5.1.3 Search tuning method Option (SMODE0, SMODE1) ............................................................................................... 10
5.1.4 Clock enable Option (Clock EN) ............................................................................................................................... 11
5.1.5 Power On Switch Option (Pow_Key) ........................................................................................................................ 11
5.1.6 Number of memory Option (5 MEM) ........................................................................................................................ 11
5.1.7 LCD BIAS Option (BIAS) .......................................................................................................................................... 11
5.1.8 Reserve Jumper ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
5.2 KEY BUTTONS .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
6 LCD LAYOUT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
6.1 MODEL 0 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 13
6.2 MODEL 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 13
7 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION........................................................................................................................................ 14
7.1 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATING .......................................................................................................................................... 14
7.2 RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITION ........................................................................................................................... 14
7.3 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS......................................................................................................................................... 14
8 APPLICATION DIAGRAM .................................................................................................................................................. 15
8.1 APPLICATION CIRCUIT ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
8.2 APPLICATION CIRCUIT EXAMPLE – MODEL 0 WITHOUT CLOCK, TACT SWITCH ON/OFF, 1/8 IF ........................................... 16
8.3 RADIO MODULE CIRCUIT EXAMPLE – 1/8 IF ....................................................................................................................... 17
8.4 APPLICATION CIRCUIT EXAMPLE - MODEL 1 WITH CLOCK, SLIDE SWITCH ON/OFF, FULL IF .............................................. 18
Table of figures
Figure 1 Block Diagram of AP915..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Figure 2 Pad Ring................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Figure 3 Keyboard Layout ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Figure 4 Level Detect - active low example...................................................................................................................................... 10
Figure 5 Level Detect - active high example..................................................................................................................................... 10
Figure 6 Envelop Detect - active low example................................................................................................................................. 10
Figure 7 Envelop Detect - active high example ................................................................................................................................ 10
Figure 8 IF Count - Full IF example ................................................................................................................................................. 11
Figure 9 Model 0 LCD layout ........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Figure 10 Model 1 LCD Display....................................................................................................................................................... 13
Figure 11 Application circuit example – Model 0............................................................................................................................. 16
Figure 12 Radio module circuit example – 1/8 IF............................................................................................................................. 17
Figure 13 Application circuit example – Model 1............................................................................................................................. 18
1 General Description
The AP915 is a single chip digital tuning controller for portable radio. It supports nearly all the world wide radio system of FM
and MW (AM) bands.
Features
• Two models with different features selected by diode option
• 10/5 Preset memories (diode option) for each AM and FM band
• Last channel memory. One station for each band
• Manual tuning and seek tuning.
• Flexible configurations through diode jumper option
• 14 segments x 4 commons LCD display driver
• Selectable 1/2 or 1/3 bias
• Built-in voltage regulator and voltage doubler for generating stable LCD supply voltage
2 Block Diagram
VDD
F M IN A 1/2
1/15 or S w allow P rogram m able
MUX
C om parator
1/16 C ounter C ounter
P hase
A M IN A
DO
GND
IF IN A IF C ounter R eference D ivid er
MUTE
X IN
XOUT
RO M
RESET B
CPU Core
TEST
HO LD
RAM
A la rm
JUM PER
BASS
14 segm ents x 4
BAN D_Z V oltage
G eneral P urpose I/O com m ons L C D
V _ R A D IO R egulator
D river
BAND
VEE
K I5 - K I0
COM1 - COM4
SEG 1 - SEG 14
C1
C2
K O 3 -K O 0
VLCD
STEREO
MONO
PAD NO. PAD NAME. X-coordinate Y-coordinate PAD NO. PAD NAME. X-coordinate Y-coordinate
1 VEE -1282.5 -766 27 PA4 672.5 766
2 C1 -1167.5 -766 28 PA5 557.5 766
3 C2 -1052.5 -766 29 PA6 442.5 766
4 VLCD -937.5 -766 30 PA7 327.5 766
5 SEG14 -822.5 -766 31 MUTE 212.5 766
6 SEG13 -707.5 -766 32 K0 97.5 766
7 SEG12 -592.5 -766 33 K1 -17.5 766
8 SEG11 -477.5 -766 34 K2 -132.5 766
9 SEG10 -362.5 -766 35 K3 -247.5 766
10 SEG9 -247.5 -766 36 T0 -362.5 766
11 SEG8 -132.5 -766 37 T1 -477.5 766
12 SEG7 132.5 -766 38 T2 -592.5 766
13 SEG6 247.5 -766 39 T3 -707.5 766
14 SEG5 362.5 -766 40 T4 -822.5 766
15 SEG4 477.5 -766 41 T5 -937.5 766
16 SEG3 592.5 -766 42 TEST -1052.5 766
17 SEG2 707.5 -766 43 HOLD -1167.5 766
18 SEG1 822.5 -766 44 DO -1282.5 766
19 COM4 937.5 -766 45 VDD -1322 410.4
20 COM3 1052.5 -766 46 AMIN -1322 295.4
21 COM2 1167.5 -766 47 FMIN -1322 180.4
22 COM1 1282.5 -766 48 GND -1322 65.4
23 PA0 1132.5 766 49 IFIN -1322 -49.6
24 PA1 1017.5 766 50 RESETB -1322 -164.6
25 PA2 902.5 766 51 XIN -1322 -279.6
26 PA3 787.5 766 52 XOUT -1322 -394.6
5 Keyboard Layout
K [0 ] K [1 ] K [2 ] K [3 ] T [0 ] T [1 ]
T [2 ]
CLK_EN M odel Pow_Key 5 M EM B ia s R e s erv e
P A [6 ]
M EM /
U P /H R D N /M IN CKADJ BAND M ONO HO LD
T [3 ]
O N /O F F SLEEP
ALARM M .U P M .D N BBS
SLEEP O N /O F F
T [4 ]
M 1/M 6 M 2/M 7 M 3/M 8 M 4/M 9 M 5/M 10 S n o o ze
T [5 ]
Model Feature
0 Model 0 features
1 Model 1 features
See the following sections for other differences between Model 0 and Model 1 features.
Model 0
Area Band A0 A1 AM Step FM Step Receiving Step (Hz) Ref Freq. (Hz) IF Freq (Hz) M1 M2 M3 M4 M5
Frequency (Hz)
x 0 87.5M - 108.1M 200k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.1
FM
x 1 87.5M – 108.0M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.0
0 0
0 x 520k - 1710k 10k 5k 450k 520 610 1000 1400 1710
AM
1 x 522k - 1620k 9k 3k 450k 522 612 999 1404 1620
USA
x 0 87.3M – 108.1M 100k 25k 10.7M 87.3 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.1
FM
x 1 87.5M – 108.0M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.0
0 1
0 x 520k - 1720k 10k 5k 450k 520 610 1000 1400 1720
AM
1 x 531k - 1611k 9k 3k 450k 531 612 999 1404 1611
x 0 87.5M – 108.0M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.0
FM
x 1 87.3M – 108.1M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.3 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.1
1 0
0 x 522k - 1629k 9k 3k 450k 522 612 999 1404 1629
MW
1 x 530k - 1610k 10k 5k 450k 530 610 1000 1400 1610
Europe
x 0 87.5M – 108.0M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.0
FM 65.0M – 74.0M
x 1 50k 25k 10.7M 65.0 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.0
1 1 87.5M – 108.0M
0 x 531k - 1611k 9k 3k 450k 531 612 999 1404 1611
MW
1 x 530k - 1610k 10k 5k 450k 530 610 1000 1400 1610
Model 1
Area Band A0 A1 AM Step FM Step Receiving Step (Hz) Ref Freq. (Hz) IF Freq (Hz) M1 M2 M3 M4 M5
Frequency (Hz)
x 0 87.5M - 108.1M 200k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.1 98.1 106.1 108.1
FM
x 1 87.5M – 108.0M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.0 98.0 106.0 108.0
0 0
0 x 520k - 1710k 10k 5k 450k 520 600 1000 1400 1710
AM
1 x 522k - 1620k 9k 3k 450k 522 603 999 1404 1620
USA
x 0 87.3M – 108.1M 100k 25k 10.7M 87.3 90.0 98.0 106.0 108.1
FM
x 1 87.5M – 108.0M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.0 98.0 106.0 108.0
0 1
0 x 520k - 1720k 10k 5k 450k 520 600 1000 1400 1720
AM
1 x 531k - 1611k 9k 3k 450k 531 603 999 1404 1611
x 0 87.5M – 108.0M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.0 98.0 106.0 108.0
FM
x 1 87.3M – 108.1M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.3 90.0 98.0 106.0 108.1
1 0
0 x 522k - 1629k 9k 3k 450k 522 603 999 1404 1629
MW
1 x 530k - 1610k 10k 5k 450k 530 600 1000 1400 1610
Europe
x 0 87.5M – 108.0M 50k 25k 10.7M 87.5 90.0 98.0 106.0 108.0
FM 65.0M – 74.0M
x 1 50k 25k 10.7M 65.0 90.0 98.0 106.0 108.0
1 1 87.5M – 108.0M
0 x 531k - 1611k 9k 3k 450k 531 603 999 1404 1611
MW
1 x 530k - 1610k 10k 5k 450k 530 600 1000 1400 1610
IFIN
IF IN
IF IN
IF IN
5.1.3.3 IF Count:
Search radio stations by counting the intermediate frequency (I.F.) on the IFIN pin.
The acceptable I.F. range for AM band is 450 +/- 0.3kHz
The acceptable I.F. range for FM band is 10.7 +/- 0.02MHz for Full IF and 1.3375 +/- 0.0025MHz for 1/8 IF
97.95M H z 98.0M H z 98.05M H z 98.1M H z
IFIN
10 .6 8M H z 10 .6 9M H z 10 .7 0M H z
Name Description
DN/MIN When radio is on, it is used to tune down the station frequency
When radio is off and clock adjust is enable, it is used to adjust the minute time
ON/OFF Button turn on / turn off the Radio (Used only when POW_KEY JUMPER is present)
6 LCD Layout
6.1 Model 0
S EG 11
S EG 10
COM 4
COM 3
COM 2
COM 1
S EG 9
S EG 8
S EG 7
S EG 6
S EG 5
S EG 4
S EG 3
S EG 2
S EG 1
D ot
D igit 1 D igit 2 D igit 3 D igit 4 D igit 5 D igit 6 D igit 7
6.2 Model 1
COM4
COM3
COM2
COM1
S 10
S9
S8
S7
S6
S5
S4
S3
S2
S1
a
S te re o B ass A la rm S le e p LOCK M
+ 5 f b
PM
Fo r AM
R adio kH z g
M W /A M
FM MHz
e c
7 Electrical Specification
8 Application Diagram
The application circuits in this section is for reference only. Modifications may be needed to suit particular applications.
ST
FM
AM MHz
kHz 0.1U 0.47U
PM
C3 C1
COM1
COM2
COM3
COM4
S10
S11
0.1U
C2
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
IFIN
VT
MUTE
75kHz
Y RADIO_PWR L:RADIO OFF H:RADIO ON
VEE
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
S13
S14
COM1
COM2
COM3
COM4
VLCD
C2
C1
BAND L:FM MODE H:AM MODE
C4 C5 C6 STEREO L:STEREO RECEIVED H:MONO RECEIVED
XOUT 15P 15P 300P POWER
XIN FMIN
RESETB AMIN
AP915V3
C11
IFIN C12 GND Use either BAND or BAND_Z pin depending
IC1
JUMPER
STEREO
BUZZER
BAND_Z
MONO
MUTE
HOLD
BAND
0.1U
BASS
0.01U
TEST
BUZZER
KO0
KO1
KO2
KO3
DO
KI0
KI1
KI2
KI3
KI4
KI5
C7
22K MONO L:MONO MODE H:STEREO MODE
1U
C8
R3 BASS L:BASS OFF H:BASS ON
39K
KO[0]
KO[1]
KO[2]
KO[3]
KI[0]
KI[1]
KI[2]
KI[3]
KI[4]
KI[5]
R1 T1
1MEG
R2
C9
T2
0.1U
100K
I_440
100K
R14
T5
10K
100K
R13
R12
SW SW SW SW SW SW
SLEEP Alarm M.Up M.Dn OnOff BASS
SW SW SW SW SW SW
M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 Snooze
8.2 Application circuit example – Model 0 without clock, tact switch on/off, 1/8 IF
Model 0 without CLOCK with Power key use tact switch
1/8 IF count, 10 memory in each band, LCD 1/3 bias
ST
FM
AM MHz
kHz 0.1U 0.47U
PM
C3 C1
COM1
COM2
COM3
COM4
S10
S11
C2
0.1U
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
IFIN
VT
MUTE
75kHz
Y RADIO_PWR L:RADIO OFF H:RADIO ON
COM1
COM2
COM3
COM4
VEE
C2
C1
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
S13
S14
VLCD
BAND L:FM MODE H:AM MODE
C4 C5 C6 STEREO L:STEREO RECEIVED H:MONO RECEIVED
XOUT 15P 15P 300P POWER
XIN FMIN
RESETB AMIN
AP915V3
C11
IFIN C12 GND
Model 0
IC1
0.1U
GND 47P
FMIN
AMIN
VDD
C14
V_RADIO
STEREO
JUMPER
BUZZER
BAND_Z
MONO
0.1U
MUTE
BAND
HOLD
BASS
TEST
0.01U
KO0
KO1
KO2
KO3
DO
KI0
KI1
KI2
KI3
KI4
KI5
C7
22K MONO L:MONO MODE H:STEREO MODE
1U
C8
R3 BASS L:BASS OFF H:BASS ON
39K
KO[0]
KO[1]
KO[2]
KO[3]
KI[0]
KI[1]
KI[2]
KI[3]
KI[4]
KI[5]
R1 T1
1MEG
R2
C9
T2
0.1U
100K
R4
R5
1MEG
100K
R14
SW SW SW SW SW SW
T.UP T.DN M/CLK BAND MONO HOLD
SW SW SW SW
OnOff Alarm M.Up M.Dn SLEEP BASS
SW SW SW SW SW
M1 M2 M3 M4 M5
C15
D1 D2 D3 D4 C7
1SV101 1SV149 1SV101 1SV149 103
C5 102
3.3K
R5
C6
C1 TC1 C2 TC2 C3 5P C4
10P 4.7U
100K
100K
100K
100K
L1
L3
R1
R2
R3
R4
150P 0.02U L2 100P 470P
L4 C8 1U
C10
C9 C11
1000P 0.1U 0.1U
C27 C26
2.2K
AMIN
R17
2P
FMIN
STEREO
IFIN
2200P
C12
10K
2.2K
R7
Q6 R6
9013
FM_OSC
MPX_IN
AM_OSC
IFREQ
FM_RFO
RF_VCC
OSC_OUT
ST_LED
DET_OUT
AM_RFI
LPF1
LPF2
10K
MUTE
R8 Q5
9013
VT
TA2104B
LOW_CUT
MIX_OUT
IC1
RF_GND
FM_RFI
R_OUT
L_OUT
QUAD
AMIF
FMIF
GND
AGC
VCC
C21
1U
L_OUT
RADIO_PWR
BPF
C22
1U
10.7M R_OUT
0.47U C24 C23
0.1U 0.1U
9012 C13
POWER
100U
10
R12
Q2 C16 4.7U
220
R11
0.1U
2.2K
R10
C14
C25
DC3V
100
450K
CF1
Q1 1N4148 R13
J1
GND 9013
D5
102
C18
T2
I_64
12K
2SK118
R9
1M
R15
C19
47P
T1 330
C2458
C28 C29 CF2
100K 10.7M
104 104
Q3 R14
47U
D6
1N4148
39K
R16
Q4
C17
C2458
ST
FM
AM MHz
kHz 0.1U 0.47U
PM
C3 C1
COM1
COM2
COM3
COM4
S10
S11
C2
0.1U
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
IFIN
VT
MUTE
75kHz
Y RADIO_PWR L:RADIO OFF H:RADIO ON
VLCD
COM1
COM2
COM3
COM4
C2
C1
VEE
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
S13
S14
L:FM MODE H:AM MODE
C4 C5 C6 STEREO L:STEREO RECEIVED H:MONO RECEIVED
XOUT 15P 15P 300P POWER
XIN FMIN
RESETB AMIN
AP915V3
C11
IFIN C12 GND Use either BAND or BAND_Z pin depending
Model 1
IC1
JUMPER
BUZZER
BAND_Z
MONO
MUTE
HOLD
0.1U
BAND
BASS
TEST
0.01U
BUZZER
KO0
KO1
KO2
KO3
DO
KI0
KI1
KI2
KI3
KI4
KI5
C7
22K MONO L:MONO MODE H:STEREO MODE
1U
C8
R3 BASS L:BASS OFF H:BASS ON
39K
KO[0]
KO[1]
KO[2]
KO[3]
KI[0]
KI[1]
KI[2]
KI[3]
KI[4]
KI[5]
R1 T1
R2
1MEG
C9
T2
0.1U
100K
I_440
R14
100K
T5
100K
R13
R12
10K
R5
200K
A0 A1 FMStep AMStep Smode0 Smode1
C16
100U
T3 T4 R11
CLK_EN Model PowKey 5Mem Bias 100K
SW SW SW SW
SLEEP Alarm M.Up M.Dn OnOff BASS
SW SW SW SW SW SW
M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 Snooze