Micronas announced the MicStickTMD, a production-ready reference design which enables watching and controlling live DVB-T broadcasts on any USB 2.0-equipped desktop and notebook PC. The design is built around a Micronas DRX 3975D COFDM (coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) demodulator, a Microtune MicroTunerTM MT2060 digital TV tuner and a Cypress EZ-USB FX2LPTM controller. OEMs can put this reference design into production immediately.

The MicStickD tuner and capture driver is compliant with the Microsoft Broadcast Driver Architecture (BDA) standard for Windows. This ensures optimum performance and compatibility with PC software applications, such as CyberLink PowerCinema.

The MicStickD reference design comes complete with schematics, Gerber files, Protel design files, a Bill-of-Materials and driver software. MicStickD can be built for around 20 USD in quantities of 100K. This royalty-free MicStickD DVB-T USB design kit is available now.