Si4703 Radio Tuner Development Board

Description:

The new version has a surface mount headphone jack. This is an evaluation board for the Silicon Laboratories Si4703 FM tuner chip. Includes an amp and a headphone jack, and that’s everything you need to get up and running!

Beyond being a simple FM radio, the Si4703 is also capable of detecting and processing both Radio Data Service (RDS) and Radio Broadcast Data Service (RBDS) information. The Si4703 even does a very good job of filtering and carrier detection. It also enables data such as the station ID and song name to be displayed to the user. 

Using this board you are able to pick up multiple stations just as good as with a standard FM radio. The board breaks out all major pins and makes it easy to incorporate this great chip into your next radio project. Also, by plugging headphones into the 3.5mm audio jack, you effectively use the cable in your headphones as an antenna! Therefore, this board does not require an external antenna if using headphones or a 3.5mm audio cable longer than 3 feet.