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The [[Nokia N900|N900]] FM receiver allows the reception of broadcast FM radio signals using the headset/headphones as an antenna.

==Hardware==

The FM radio is part of the [[N900 Hardware Bluetooth|Bluetooth chip]]. It receives FM radio signals using the headset or earphones plugged into the 3.5 mm socket as an antenna (actually arbitrary headset/headphones, or any other cable, for this purpose).

The audio output of the FM radio is connected to the audio codec chip.
This can be routed directly to the headphones - but possibly not the speaker due to concerns about speaker damage due to the speakers not being able to handle bass.

The existing software that uses the radio passes the audio through the CPU, implementing a software filter for speaker protection when the speakers are enabled.

==Software==
===Kernel===
The FM receiver is implemented as a video4linux radio device by the [http://mxr.maemo.org/fremantle/source/kernel/drivers/media/radio/radio-bcm2048.c bcm2048] module. 
This controls the receiver over the [[N900 Hardware Bus I2C]].

It appears as device /dev/radio1.

v4l2-ctl --all -d /dev/radio1
 Driver Info:
  Driver name   : bcm2048
  Card type     : Broadcom bcm2048 FM Radio Recei
  Bus info      : I2C: 0x22
  Driver version: 1
  Capabilities  : 0x00050400
   Tuner
   Radio
  Video input : 0
 Frequency: 1518400 (94.900000 MHz)
 Video Standard = 0x00000000
 Streaming Parameters Video Capture:
  Frames per second: 25.000 (25/1)
  Read buffers     : 0
 Tuner:
  Name                 : FM Receiver
  Capabilities         : 62.5 Hz stereo 
  Frequency range      : 87.5 MHz - 108.0 MHz
  Signal strength/AFC  : 0%/0
  Current audio mode   : stereo
  Available subchannels: stereo

The module is only loaded when the radio is used.

It is also exposed under sysfs.
<pre>
/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-3/3-0022# ls
audio_route               fm_rssi                   rds_data
bus                       fm_search_mode_direction  rds_pi
dac_output                fm_search_rssi_threshold  rds_pi_mask
driver                    fm_search_tune_mode       rds_pi_match
fm_af_frequency           modalias                  rds_ps
fm_best_tune_mode         mute                      rds_rt
fm_carrier_error          name                      rds_wline
fm_deemphasis             power                     region
fm_frequency              power_state               region_bottom_frequency
fm_hi_lo_injection        rds                       region_top_frequency
fm_rds_flags              rds_b_block_mask          subsystem
fm_rds_mask               rds_b_block_match         uevent
</pre>
The sysfs interface allows configuration of region (which affects frequency ranges and other parameters).

===User===
The only (?) userspace application that uses the FM receiver is [http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras_free_armel/fmradio/2010.03.20/ FMRadio].

[[Category:N900 Hardware]]

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 ==Software==
 ===Kernel===
+The FM receiver is implemented as a video4linux radio device by the [http://mxr.maemo.org/fremantle/source/kernel/drivers/media/radio/radio-bcm2048.c bcm2048] module.
+This controls the receiver over the [[N900 Hardware Bus I2C]].
-The FM receiver is implemented as a video4linux radio device by the [http://mxr.maemo.org/fremantle/source/kernel/drivers/media/radio/radio-bcm2048.c bcm2048] module. This controls the receiver over the [[N900 Hardware Bus I2C]].
+It appears as device /dev/radio1.
-It appears as device <code>/dev/radio1</code>.
+ v4l2-ctl --all -d /dev/radio1
-<pre>
+ Driver Info:
-v4l2-ctl --all -d /dev/radio1
+  Driver name   : bcm2048
-Driver Info:
+  Card type     : Broadcom bcm2048 FM Radio Recei
- Driver name   : bcm2048
+  Bus info      : I2C: 0x22
- Card type     : Broadcom bcm2048 FM Radio Recei
+  Driver version: 1
- Bus info      : I2C: 0x22
+  Capabilities  : 0x00050400
- Driver version: 1
+   Tuner
- Capabilities  : 0x00050400
+   Radio
-  Tuner
+  Video input : 0
-  Radio
+ Frequency: 1518400 (94.900000 MHz)
- Video input : 0
+ Video Standard = 0x00000000
-Frequency: 1518400 (94.900000 MHz)
+ Streaming Parameters Video Capture:
-Video Standard = 0x00000000
+  Frames per second: 25.000 (25/1)
-Streaming Parameters Video Capture:
+  Read buffers     : 0
- Frames per second: 25.000 (25/1)
+ Tuner:
- Read buffers     : 0
+  Name                 : FM Receiver
-Tuner:
+  Capabilities         : 62.5 Hz stereo
- Name                 : FM Receiver
+  Frequency range      : 87.5 MHz - 108.0 MHz
- Capabilities         : 62.5 Hz stereo
+  Signal strength/AFC  : 0%/0
- Frequency range      : 87.5 MHz - 108.0 MHz
+  Current audio mode   : stereo
- Signal strength/AFC  : 0%/0
+  Available subchannels: stereo
- Current audio mode   : stereo
- Available subchannels: stereo
-</pre>
 The module is only loaded when the radio is used.
@@ Line 63: / Line 61: @@
 ===User===
+The only (?) userspace application that uses the FM receiver is [http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras_free_armel/fmradio/2010.03.20/ FMRadio].
-There are 3 userspace application that uses the FM receiver:
-[http://maemo.org/packages/view/fmradio/ FMRadio],
-[http://maemo.org/packages/view/qradio/ QRadio]
-and
-[http://maemo.org/packages/view/cfmradio/ C FM Radio]
 [[Category:N900 Hardware]]