PRELIMINARY
VS1063a Prog. Guide
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DEFINITIONS
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Definitions
Application
Standalone application that takes over the normal functionality of VS1063a. See
Chapter 6 for details.
ABR
Average BitRate. Bitrate of stream may vary locally, but will stay close to a given number
when averaged over a longer time.
B
Byte, 8 bits.
b
Bit.
CBR
Constant BitRate. Bitrate of stream will be the same for each compression block.
Ki
“Kibi” =
2
10
= 1024 (IEC 60027-2).
Mi
“Mebi” =
2
20
= 1048576 (IEC 60027-2).
Plugin
A piece of software that works in tandem with the VS1063a operating system. See
Chapter 5 for details.
SCI
Serial Control Interface, an SPI bus for VS1063a control.
SDI
Serial Data Interface, an SPI bus for VS1063a bitstream data.
VBR
Variable BitRate. Bitrate will vary depending on how difficult the source material is to
encode.
VS_DSP
VLSI Solution’s DSP core.
VSIDE
VLSI Solution’s Integrated Development Environment.
W
Word. In VS_DSP, instruction words are 32-bit and data words are 16-bit wide.
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