DSP Third Party Spotlight Archive: ATEME
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Thunder

Baseline Solution for IP Set Top Box for OEMs & Developers

Solutions for video/imaging products based on TI DSPs provide developers the flexibility to design a wide range of products. By leveraging the DSP programmability, processing performance, video specific peripherals, and support for all of the major multimedia codecs, developers can design differentiated products with customized features to meet changing market needs.

For developers of internet protocol set top boxes, ATEME has developed a TI DSP based solution to reduce time to market and minimize risk with its Thunder.

ThunderThe Thunder is a cost-effective programmable hardware and software solution based on an open platform with a fully programmable computing core, which allows a new and innovative, development kit concept for OEMs. Its re-usable, cost optimized dual-core computing board featuring a TI TMS320DM642 DSP and a General Purpose Processor (Host CPU) is connected to a companion connector’s board, which allows a range of I/O that can be easily adapted for a specific end-product. The TI DM64x DSP provides superior video performance and flexibility. Immediately start developing multi-channel, multi-format digital media applications or other future-ready high-performance video solutions.

   

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Solution Benefits

  • Create flexible set top box products that support multiple standards
  • Customize functionality via programmable DM642 DSP and quick porting of GPP resources
  • Provide outstanding broadcast quality audio-video with D1 resolution and up-to-date audio and video codecs

Target Applications

  • Satellite/Cable/IP Set Top Box
  • Personal Video Recorders
  • Multimedia Players
  • Video Conferencing
  • Interactive multimedia applications

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Functional Description

Component Selection

Hardware Materials

Processors

  • DM642 TI DSP @600 MHz (or 720 MHz)
  • MPC5200 (Power PC) @400 MHz

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Memory

  • 16 MB DSP + 64 MB GPP SDRAM
  • 32 MB FLASH
  • 128 kB Boot Flash

Operating System

  • Linux OS

IDE/UDMA Port

  • IDE/UDMA part for 2 drives (HDD and DVD)
  • Hard Disk Drive (30 GB)

A/V Interfaces (PAL/NTSC Video)

  • Analog video output
  • Analog stereo audio output
  • Digital audio output (SPDIF)
  • Analog video input
  • Analog stereo audio input

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Peripherals Interfaces

  • 10/100 BaseT Ethernet
  • USB 1.1 Host (ISO 7816 SC option)
  • RS-232
  • CAN Bus

Dimensions

  • Black metal case matching consumer professional application

Others

  • Other I/O for specific application can be added on request

Software blocks

Video Decompression

  • MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (ISO 14496 part 10)
  • Windows Media® Video 9
  • MPEG-4 SP/ASP (ISO 14496 part 2)
  • Nero Digital™
  • DivX 3.11 to 5.x, MSMPEG-4, XviD
  • MPEG-2
  • MPEG-1

Audio Decompression

With advanced video decoders it is recommended that audio decompression be performed on the CPU to offload the DSP.

  • MPEG-4 LC/HE AAC
  • MPEG Audio (incl. MP3)
  • AC-3 (option)
  • Windows Media® Audio

System Layers (Transport)

  • RTP/RTSP (ISMA)
  • MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS)
  • ASF (Advanced Streaming Format)
  • Descrambling (AES) (option)

Audio Decompression

  • MPEG-4 LC/HE AAC
  • MPEG Audio (incl. MP3)
  • AC-3

Documented APIs

  • DSP control
  • User Interface (keys/ LED/ IR remote control)
  • OSD and graphics overlay management
  • PVR (Record and Playback)

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Board System

  • Bootloader, Linux Kernel, Distribution
  • Board Support Package (BSP)

Development Tools/Software

Development Tools>

  • Linux Kernel and complete board support packages in source code
  • DSP control API from the Host CPU
  • DSP firmware source code available as option

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ATEME logoContact Information

ATEME
26 Burospace - Route de Gizy
92573 BIEVRES Cedex - France

On the web

www.ateme.com

Questions before sale

sales@ateme.com

Questions/support

support@ateme.com

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