Bug Labs has announced the availability of BUGsound, the first of the five BUGmodules announced last month at CES.

BUGsound is an audio module, providing a flush-mount 20-mm speaker and omnidirectional microphone with hardware stereo codecs and four 3.5-mm stereo jacks for third-party inputs, outputs, headphones and microphones.

Use BUG as a portable music player, speakerphone, audio processor, and more.

BUGsound features

  • Speaker
    • Built-in mono micro-speaker, 20mm diameter.
    • Impedance is 8O ±15% at 1.5kHz 1V.
    • Input power is 0.5W nominal, 1.0W handling capacity.
    • Sound pressure level is 82dB/w ±3 dB.
  • Microphone
    • Built-in electret microphone (mono).
    • Sensitivity: -45 ±4 dB (0dB=1V/Pa, 1kHz).
    • Omnidirectional.
    • 20-16,000 Hz.
    • > 58dB SNR.
  • Stereo Codec
    • DAC SNR 102 dBA.
    • ADC SNR 92dB, THD -89dB (48ksps, 1kHz, 0dB PGA gain, -2dB full-scale input).
    • On-chip Headphone driver, 30mW per channel into 16O / 3.3V SPKVDD.
    • 16/20/24/32-bit data.
    • Data rates from 8 kHz to 96kHz.
    • 3-D/Bass/Treble/EQ/De-Emphasis effects.
    • Serial data bus supports I2S, left/right-justified, DSP, and TDM modes.
    • ADC with programmable preamp gain or Automatic Gain Control (AGC) for record.
    • Programmable filters for audible noise reduction.

BUGsound is available for purchase now for $99 USD.

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