H.264/MPEG-2 HDTV Decoder
Solutions for satellite, terrestrial and cable HDTV Receivers
The MB86H61 is a fully featured HD
decoder SoC incorporating all the
processing functions required by next
generation HDTV receivers including
advanced security for CI+ and
embedded CAS and a low-power
stand-by controller - ideal for set-top
boxes, PVR and car TV receivers. It
incorporates the high performance ARM
processor 1176JZF-STM featuring an
integrated memory management unit
(MMU), a floating point co-processor,
ARM's Jazelle® technology and Thumb®
instruction set extensions for compact
code.
The ARM11 provides all the processing power needed to enable a
whole host of middleware software.
This cost-effective, low power, high
definition media processor is able to
decode MPEG-2, H.264/AVC, AVS and
VC-1 compressed video up to HD
resolution. HD video can be provided
either via the copy-protected HDMI
output, analogue component outputs or
the digital RGB interface. The chip
features a de-interlacer for converting
interlaced standard definition video
signals up to 1080p50/60.
Simultaneously, the video signal can be
scaled-down and offered in SD
resolution.
The integrated audio processor can
decode a wide variety of audio
standards required by the broadcast
market such as MPEG-1/2 Layer 1, 2,
3, MPEG-4 HE-AAC. Furthermore,
support for Dolby® Digital and Dolby®
Digital Plus is planned. Available audio
outputs are four I2S, S/P-DIF and stereo
analogue outputs.
Advanced connectivity is provided by
two USB 2.0 interfaces, a 10/100
Base-T Ethernet MAC and a SATA II
interface for connecting an internal or
external HDD. Each USB controller can
operate either as host or function.
Integrated peripherals include two serial
ports, two ISO7816 smart card
interfaces, two I2C controllers, frontpanel
and keypad controller, IR
receiver, two SPI outputs, four PWM
outputs and 96 GPIOs. The number of
usable GPIOs depends on the system
configuration since they are shared
among other I/O functions.
For evaluating the device and starting
software development, Fujitsu offers
the MB86H61 development kit. It
comprises the evaluation board,
documentation, schematics and a
comprehensive software package
including drivers, sample applications,
tools, an operating system and more.
ARM1176JZF-S is the trademark of ARM Limited. Dolby is a registered trademark
of Dolby Laboratories. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the
property of their respective owners.
The MB86H61 is available in the
following main variations:
- MB86H610 Standard version of
Free-To-Air STB/PVR including support
for CI+
- MB86H611 Embedded CAS version for
PayTV applications
- MB86H615 Shrunk version with
reduced features set and QFP256
package
- MB86H618 Extended temperature
version, AEC-Q100 compliant
SmartGo-HD
The comprehensive Set-Top-Box software SmartGo-HD is also available for reducing the development time of your DTV products. A lot of features of a today's HD PVR are already included, e.g. EPG, PVR and file browser with an image viewer. The software is an excellent starting point for your own development of an HDTV receiver including PVR functionality. With regard to software layers, SmartGo-HD sits on top of the decoder chip drivers (FAPI) and Fujitsu's RTOS. It integrates drivers for the various available front-ends and ported 3rd party software components. The picture illustrates an overview of the different layers of the SmartGo-HD software system.