Support libraries, good application notes, and worked examples from a manufacturer can really help speed us on our way in making cool stuff with new parts. Espressif Systems has been doing a good job ...

Ideas on how to go about the process? I have tried to search for information, but to no avail. Plenty of companies selling decoder libraries, as well as people giving them away for free. But little in ...

This application note describes the procedure to port the open source Helix MP3 decoder algorithm onto Microchip’s PIC32MX 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The source code provided with this document ...

In the SoC design and integration methodology of a MPEG1/2 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) decoder chip, a top-down integration flow, combined with a focus on constraint-driven timing analysis, modular simulation ...

Makes Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine Ideal for Portable Devices SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 16, 2007 – Tensilica, Inc. today announced that it has optimized the MP3 decoder for its Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio ...

Primed for the portable multimedia device markets, the MAS 35x5G MIDI and MP3 decoder/encoder family is based on the company’s MAS DSP platform and provides wavetable-based MIDI synthesis and MP3 ...

Princeton Technology recently launched an MP3 decoder and 8-bit micro-controller unit (MCU), aimed at the market for MP3 players, PDAs (personal digital assistants) and digital reading pens and radios ...

STMicroelectronics has announced an MPEG layer 3 audio decoder chip that also includes an embedded ADPCM (adaptive differential pulse code modulation) codec to allow voice recording and playback.

I don't know anything about them, but it could be worth it for some older computers that actually have trouble playing MP3's. However, most newer computers have no problem playing them at all, even ...