Archive : 9 November 2007 год

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a reference design platform optimised for integrated Digital Television (IDTV) designs, combining the hardware functions and interfaces required for an LCD-TV with Aurora middleware by Cabot Communications enabling a feature-rich digital media solution. The reference design combines an ALPS tuner and front-end with single-stream standard definition decoding as well as the sound-interface, AV interfaces to matrix switch, colour-decoder and scaler functions required to support the functions of an LCD-TV system.

 These functions combine with the capabilities of Toshiba’s “Donau-LC” System on Chip (SoC) for consumer digital media applications. Developers can also take advantage of integrated solutions to powerful-but-expected features of modern LCD-IDTVs, including Dolby ProLogic, Virtual Dolby, SRS True Surround and Common Interface, IDE interface for PVR support, and USB2.0 host. The platform is built around the TC90408FG ‘Donau-LC’ digital media SoC, which combines Toshiba’s Media embedded Processor (MeP) architecture with the Toshiba TX49 L3 64-bit embedded RISC processor with unified file system as host. It provides a four-plane video and graphics engine capable of progressive scan conversion with pixel-accurate on screen display (OSD) at panel resolutions up to 1080p (Full-HD panels).

 The MeP modules support dual-stream MPEG-2 video decoding as well as three-stream audio decoding to AAC, MPEG and AC-3 standards, allowing developers to quickly implement differentiating features such as audio description or bi-lingual audio decoding. All necessary demodulation circuitry, interfaces and controllers are also integrated on-chip, including an on-board COFDM (coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexer) demodulator for DVB-T applications that meets international specifications including ETSI 300 744 (DVB-T), NORDIG-II, NORDIG-Unified and DTG. The reference platform is offered complete with an optimised PCB design, enabling a compact solution capable of supporting up to 64Mbyte DRAM and up to 16Mbyte NOR Flash.

 The Aurora XT middleware stack meets European-wide DTV standards, country- and region-specific profiles and local receiver specifications, and supports multiple languages, Electronic Program Guides (EPGs), parental ratings, channel ordering, sub-titles and software update mechanisms. At the operating system level, the Emerald IDTV reference platform runs on Linux, delivering advantages for developers including a robust and mature kernel, integrated connectivity features and the proven standard Linux file system, as well as royalty free use and the availability of free tool chains.

Linear Technology Corporation introduces a family of single, dual, quad, and octal voltage monitors that guarantee operation across -40°C to +125°C. The LTC2910, LTC2912, LTC2913 and LTC2914 all feature a threshold accuracy of ±1.5% over the automotive temperature range, allowing them to accurately monitor single channel point-of-load or multi-channel applications. These voltage monitors are all offered in tiny leaded and leadless packages and draw very little quiescent current. Set via external resistors, the entire family includes power supply glitch filtering that ensures predictable reset operation without false triggering. Each monitor also includes an adjustable reset timer and reset output that signals an undervoltage (UV) or overvoltage (OV) condition.

 The LTC2910 monitors eight low voltage adjustable UV inputs and the LTC2914 monitors four adjustable inputs for OV, UV or negative voltages. Both the LTC2910 and LTC2914 draw just 70uA and are available in 16-lead SSOP and 5mm x 3mm DFN packages. The LTC2913 monitors two input channels for OV and UV conditions, draws only 60uA, and is offered in 10-lead MSOP and 3mm x 3mm DFN packages. The LTC2912 monitors a single supply for OV and UV conditions, with only 40uA of supply current, and is offered in 8-lead TSOT and 3mm x 2mm DFN packages. The LTC2910, LTC2912, LTC2913, and LTC2914 automotive grade voltage monitors are all available today. Pricing begins at $1.97 for 1,000-piece quantities.

Evervison Electronics completed it’s industrial TFT portfolio with the 7.0“ TFT VGG804805-6UFLWA. The WVGA resolution with 800 x 480 dots is requested by market segments like industrial, medical and metrology. This type has a wide viewing polarizer and an anti glare surface. The LED backlight provides a brightness of 350cd/m². A touch panel version is optionally available. The module construction has 4 drill holes for a solid assembly. The mechanical outline of 166.6x107.0x10.0mm and the 3 x 8 Bit RGB Interface is as far as possible compatible to the Japanese standard.