Hi,
Anyone have any firsthand knowledge as to the guts in these cheap BT earpieces? Specifically, computational power? I figured I would ask before gutting one...
Thx!
BT earpieces
May 01, 2012
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I'm guessing a broadcom BT chip, which is afaik arm7
-Lasse
I don't know the specifics, but my understanding is that the fancy ones do have a "real" DSP chip in there to perform, e.g., background noise reduction. E.g., here's one from 2007 that claims "120 MIPS DSP" (so perhaps at least 120 MMACs/second?):
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. Presumably newer models would be even faster...
I'm pretty sure that those are probable some OEM core (i.e., http://
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it's exceedingly hard for ordinary mortals like you or me to get our hands on information for things like that.
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Excellent! I was afraid it would be a highly customized/ASIC solution. This is more encouraging. Thanks!
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