Circuit Descriptions, Abbreviation List, and IC Data Sheets
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9.
Figure 9-10 Control and compute subsystem
The Control and compute subsystem consists of the main
processor, control peripherals and the memory system.
The MIPS 4KEc is a 32-bit MIPS RISC core. It has direct
access to connectivity peripherals to support system features
via PCI, I
2
C, UART or General Purpose I/O. A JTAG interface
provides processor software debug capabilities.
The Memory Control Unit (MCU) is a 32-bit DDR2 SDRAM
interface supporting DDR2-533 with an address range of
128 MB (max.).
The PCI/XIO interface supports PCI Rev2.2 and can be used
to access 8/16-bit external NAND-Flash memory.
The Conditional Access Interface supports direct control and
communication to the PC-Card attached to a PCMCIA
interface. The interface supports the DVB CI-CA and
CableCard specification.
9.7
Back-end
Refer to figures “9-1 Architecture of TV522/92 platform” earlier
in this chapter for details. Refer also to block diagrams B05,
B05, B06 and AB.
In HD sets (50 / 100 Hz), the output signal coming from the
PNX85xx is fed to the PNX5100 and then to the Spartan-3
FPGA for driving the AmbiLight units. The PNX5100 3 also
generates the pulse-width modulated signal needed for the
“Dimming Backlight” feature, which ensures additional motion
sharpness. As some displays require an analogue signal to
switch the LCD, a multiplexer is added to transform the pulse
width modulated signal. An additional signal, coming from the
PNX85xx, makes the selection between analogue and pulse-
width modulation, depending on which display is used.
Scanning back light displays require an analogue signal, and
all other displays a pulse-width modulated.
Refer to figure “9-11 PNX5100 Detailed Video Block diagram”.
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PCI/XIO
PCI/XIO
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UART1
2-wire
UART2
MIPS
MTI-4KeC
System
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I2C-4
UART-3
PWM’s
GPIO’s
CAI
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I2C-1
I2C-Slave
E-JTAG
E-JTAG
DMA