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PNX8550

High Definition LCD TV Reference Design

 

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Overview

 

THDP-PNX8550-I is the first version of system solution based on PNX8550 from Tenhz.  The Nexperia PNX8550 Home Entertainment Engine is targeted for mid- to high-end analog/digital TVs and server products. It provides built-in LCD support and advanced features such as 100-Hz progressive scan, decoding, and display of one HD or two SD streams simultaneously, robust picture enhancement algorithms, and scaling.

THDP-PNX8550-I offers a standardized hardware platform for building high-end analog/digital televisions supporting NTSC and ATSC standards (SD and HD resolutions), as well as state-of-the-art picture improvement processing.   It enables rapid system development of advanced IP and dual-functionality (IP and broadcast) set-top boxes. It leverages the power and flexibility of the PNX8550 home entertainment engine and the latest AV codecs, including H.264 and WMV9, to support advanced features such as video telephony, picture improvements, time-shift recording, DVD playback, storage, personal video recording, network connectivity, and even voice over IP.

THDP-PNX8550-I is specially suitable for applications such as high/medium end LCD TV, DSTB, meeting demonstration system, out-door advertisement device, personal game machine, digital video recorder, media center computer, information publishing platform, high definition digital firm cinema, multimedia entertainment terminal, DVB-T/S/C STB, family cinema system and so on.

THDP-PNX8550-I is an all-inclusive development platform, its available peripherals include: DDR SDRAM, NAND Flash, USB Host, networks, PCI, 1394, IDE, SATA, ITU656/TS, I2S, Smart card, LCDS LCD, A/V display, AC'97, audio amplifier, MemoryStick, IrDA and etc.  It also provides Tenhz Linux 2.0 and winCE.net 5.0 development environment, and speed up customer's time-to-market.

   
 

Feature

 

Function Unit

Interface/Feature

Description

Note*

Mini-system

CPU

PNX8550@266MHz

 

NAND Flash

64MB by default

 

DDR SDRAM

DDR-I@400MHz, 64/128/256MB128MB by default

 

JTAG

20-Pin EJTAG

 

PCI

Network

10/100M Ethernet

10/100M Ethernet

98Mbps

USB

USB 2.0

Four USB 2.0 ports

 

USB 1.1

Two USB 1.1 Ports

 

SATA

Serial ATA

Two SATA ports, support double 160G SATA HD.

 

PCI

Standard PCI

Two standard PCI slots, 33MHz, 3.3V

 

miniPCI

miniPCI

One miniPCI slot, 33MHz, 3.3V

 

System

Interface

 

 

AC’97

Headphone-Out

44.1KHz, stereo double-channel

 

Micphone-In

Single-channel

 

LINE-In

Analog line-in

 

Audio Amplifier

2.5W speaker output

 

Video

LVDS

18-bit/24-bit, support 35-42" LCD

 

S-Video

S-Video TV-OUT

 

Composite

Video-Composite TV-OUT

 

Other

COM

Two RS-232 Serial UARTs

 

RTC

Real Time Clock

 

Power

DC Input

12V/2A2.1mm Power Socket

 

Reset

One system reset button

 

Consumption

3W average

 

Size

-

200mm x 170mm

 

 

                * Note: For reference only. Storage device's performance is based on READ speed.
   
 

Development Kit

 

  THDP-PNX8550-I board

  Bootloader Software

  Tenhz Linux 2.0 SDK for PNX8550, including completed cross-development toolchains, root filesystem and software development manual (Linux kernel and driver source codes are further charged)

  WinCE 5.0 APP SDK (WinCE 5.0 BSP source codes are further charged)

  Board schematics (PDF)

  THDP-PNX8550-I hardware development manual

  THDP-PNX8550-I accessories: RS-232 Serial Cable, 12V DC Adapter

   
 

Document

 

  THDP-PNX8550-I Product Brief

  Tenhz Linux 1.0 SDK Product Brief

  NXP PNX8550 CPU Product Brief

   
 
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