MB86293 'Coral Q' : FUJITSU EMEA

MB86293 'Coral Q'

2nd Generation Premium Navigation Class Graphics Controller

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Description

The new Coral device family offers an increased internal operating frequency of 166MHz, a 64-bit memory bus, support for six independent layers, advanced alpha blending features and enhanced video input facilities. The increased internal frequency of 166MHz (400MHz for display dot clocks) enables the rendering engine of the devices to achieve factor of 10 improvements in texture mapping and drawing image quality compared to the previous graphic controller devices. The enhanced bandwidth allows a much greater rate of access for graphics elements and delivers improved scanning functions at higher display resolutions. The MB86293 ‘Coral Q’ and MB86294 ‘Coral B’ devices are compatible with host CPU buses including Fujitsu FR, Hitachi SH3 and SH4 and NEC V83 without external glue logic. All devices are binary compatible with previous generation graphic display controllers, i.e. the MB86290A ‘Cremson’, MB86292 ‘Orchid’ and MB86291A ‘Scarlet’ devices. This helps to speed up development work and saves costs because existing software modules (e.g. a map renderer) and drivers can be used without any modifications. 2D drawing functions have been enhanced by the integration of a line depth display feature, which clearly defines the correct respective level of intersecting map lines. In previous devices, additional software was required to achieve this level of refinement. Enhanced hardware design also provides improvements in pattern line performance. All Coral devices can address up to 64MB of external SDRAM or FCRAM memory at 133MHz and are capable of adjusting picture sizes to optimize the available memory space. All layers can have a color depth of 8, 16 or 24 bits per pixel and can be changed in position, size and priority. The maximum logical layer size has been increased to 4096 x 4096 pixels.

MB86293 'Coral Q' Block Diagram

MB86293 'Coral Q' Layer Concept

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Key Features

CMOS 0.18µm technology
Display resolutions up to 1024x768
6 layers of overlay display (windows)
Alpha Plane
Geometry processor
RGB digital output (8bit x 3)
RGB analog output
2D/3D graphics acceleration
Alpha blending, anti-aliasing and chroma-keying
External SDRAM/FCRAM interface @ 133MHz for up to 64MB graphic memory
Configurable CPU-interface for FR30, SH3, SH4, V83x CPUs
Supply voltage 3.3V (I/O), 1.8V (Internal)
QFP-256 Package
Temperature range -40 to +85 °C

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Support

Specifications, Manuals, Errata Sheets, Application Notes, FAQ's

PDF FPT-256P-M09 Specification

PDF Hardware Manual: Rev1.4A (291 pages, 2.3MB)

PDF Errata Sheet: Rev1.02 (5 pages, 62KB)

PDF Software Manual (Graphics Driver Users Manual) (347 pages, 1.3MB)

PDF Software Manual (MB8629x Map Driver Manual) (7 pages, 28KB)

PDF Software Manual (3DGL Scene Drawing API) (159 pages, 600KB)

PDF Software Manual (3DGL Core API) (151 pages, 404KB)

PDF Software Manual (Comparison OpenGL/3DGL) (9 pages, 24KB)

PDF Software Manual (Model Converter for LightWave3D) (51 pages, 215KB)

PDF Application Note (Clock Generation) (7 pages, 202KB)

PDF Application Note (Connecting to Intel's X-Scale Processor PXA250) (10 pages, 219KB)

PDF Application Note (Display Performance) (6 pages, 16KB)

PDF Application Note (Graphics Memory Connection) (1 page, 6KB)

PDF Application Note (Power Consumption) (3 pages, 111KB)

PDF Application Note (Video Capture) (9 pages, 85KB)

PDF FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) Rev1.20 (14 pages, 146KB)

ZIPIBIS Model: Rev1.0 (31KB)

Follow this link to go to the Graphics Controllers 'White Papers / Technology Backgrounders' webpage.

Create new GCC Support Request
E-mail:gcc_info@fme.fujitsu.com

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Development Tools

PCI Board Combination for PC's

A PCI board combination is available for development purposes. Order both boards seperately with your PDF local distributor or contact Fujitsu directly.

PDF Mainboard Documentation (24 pages, 166KB)

PDF Subboard Documentation (12 pages, 62KB)

PDF Mainboard Schematic (4 pages, 1.8MB)

PDF Subboard Schematic (2 pages, 1MB)

Note: The PCI boards are long boards!

A Bitmap Converter tool is available for this Graphics Controller

A Font Converter tool is available for this Graphics Controller

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