USB & Multichannel Audio

Our flexible microcontrollers are ideal for rapid product design and innovation in the professional multichannel audio and consumer Hi-Res USB audio markets. Whether you require audio playback, recording, or a combination of both, our multichannel and USB audio solutions enable on-time bit-perfect audio from multiple inputs.

OVERVIEW

The xcore.ai multichannel audio platform provides a scalable and flexible hardware and software solution for a wide range of consumer and professional audio products.

The multichannel audio platform is based on the xcore.ai family of multicore controllers, which includes high performance AI, DSP, I/O and control in a single device. The guaranteed real-time performance of xcore technology always ensures lowest latency bit perfect audio streaming to and from the USB host.

Supported by royalty-free software, our XTC development tools and purpose-built evaluation platform.

PRODUCT BRIEF USB AUDIO FUNDAMENTALS WHITEPAPER

Click here for information on the XCORE-200 Multichannel USB Audio platform.

APPLICATIONS

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

USB Compliant

High-speed USB 2.0 compliant device with low loopback latency.

Bit-perfect audio transfer

Up to 32 simultaneous channels of audio.
High resolution audio playback delivered through PCM up to 384kHz, 32 bits.
Local clocking, asynchronous USB audio transfer and PLL clock recovery ensures low jitter, high quality audio capture and playback.
Support for mixing and general audio processing.

Rapid development

Source code reference software and integrated suite of development tools mean royalty-free deployment and a fast time to market.
Flexible, deterministic and responsive processing power, easily customisable to meet specific product requirements.

Flexible I/O

Supports multiple audio formats, including PCM, S/PDIF and ADAC, over more than 8 channels
Simultaneous record and playback through multichannel streaming to and from host.
MIDI and GPIO interfaces for system integration.

LET’S GET STARTED

Getting started is easy – simply purchase the dev kit and download the software!
Click the button below and follow the instructions.

DEVELOPER

TESTIMONIALS

“Using XMOS we were able to replace three separate development systems, saving us over 6 months in development time. All our new products now use xcore^®.”

Meridian

“Our sister brand AMR was one of the first premium Hi-Fi brands to adopt xcore^® microcontrollers back in 2011, and quickly realised that XMOS USB performance levels were far higher than other vendors. Since then we’ve used xCORE processors and their USB audio solutions across our range of award-winning, high-end audio products.”

Thorsten Loesch, Director of Technology

iFi Audio

“XMOS devices are at the heart of USB audio products from respected brands such as Arcam, Meridian, Sony and Sennheiser, all of which use asynchronous operation.”

EDN

“Since we first started using USB audio in 2011 with the DAC Magic Plus, XMOS has enabled us to offer a USB solution that was tailored to specialist audio markets, providing high-end performance that could be matched with our own high-quality offerings. The support has been good, and the ability to expand on the functionality has allowed us to integrate the chipset into many different products.”

Nick Brown, Engineering Manager

Cambridge Audio

BUY

PART NUMBER	DATASHEET	BUY
XU316-1024-TQ128-C24	DATASHEET
XK-AUDIO-316-MC-AB	HARDWARE MANUAL