COACH 9
Digital Camera Processor
Coach 9 innovative features and integrations offer competitive performance and picture quality for digital cameras. The COACH 9 family enables platforms from entry-level to high end cameras including high quality digital video camcorders.
COACH 9 Family
COACH 9m (part # ZR36470BGCG) - Entry-mid range line,
12-bit color depth. Pin-to-pin compatible with COACH 7m and
COACH 8m
COACH 9p (part # ZR36472BGCG) - Performance line,16-bit
color depth, embedded timing generator & HDMI interface
COACH 9s (part # ZR36473BGCG) - Digital Still Capture line, with JPEG/Motion JPEG only
COACH 9MCM - Multichip package for space-saving boards for ultra-slim cameras
All products support up to 16M pixels of image resolution, are firmware compatible,
and share a majority of the system configuration allowing for easy migration
Feature List
Up to 16M Pixels image capture resolution
Click to click performance of 3 frames/sec at 7MP resolution
16-bit image processing for highest quality, includes multiple Zoran proprietary (patent pending) technologies.
Image enhancement and manipulation effects for better viewing and printing quality
Capable of WMV MPEG-4, video capture and playback of VGA resolution at 30 frames/sec including audio and 20
frames/sec at SVGA resolution
File formats including ASF, DivX, AVI and MOV can be supported
MPEG-4 encoding uses I, P and B frames for true video quality
Digital Video Motion Stabilization technology (patent pending) to compensate for unwanted camera movement during video capture
Capable of several Audio codecs including: WMA; Dolby Digital AAC; ADPCM; MPEG1
On-chip HDMI transmitter for native HD display support
Rich color on-screen display (OSD) with transparency levels
Picture-in-Picture with blending support in hardware
Direct output to TV monitor, on-chip encoder and video D/A
Digital video interface to LCD. Includes on-chip programmable controller for multiple LCD vendors
32-bit MIPS CPU provides ease of development and porting of SW applications
Direct interface to resident flash memory (NAND or NOR type) and/or removable memory card support (CompactFlash (CF),
SmartMedia (SSFDC), Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), High Speed MMC (HSMMC) xD, Memory Stick, Memory
Stick Pro (MS-Pro) and SDRAM storage
Direct interface to ATA-6 (or subset) hard disks.
16-bits data DDR-SDRAM interface supporting sizes of 64Mbit, 128Mbit, 256Mbit, 512Mbit and 1Gbit
On-chip High Speed USB 2.0 OTG interface
CCIR-601 input port for capturing from an external TV decoder.
Generic serial port for interfacing with peripheral HW units
Firmware Highlights
Embedded host control (HCE) software architecture enables customer creation of DSC applications with minimal effort
Backward compatibility with previous COACH software API set
Open firmware architecture for easy customer modification
All standard camera operation modes
Image playback allows up to 16x digital zoom, accelerated playback and image rotation
Advanced GUI support including rich OSD, bitmaps, picture in picture and more
Resizable, multicolor fonts
Optional audio annotation of pictures
Playback and recording of sound in AVI clips
Sound effects, including shutter effects
Dictaphone feature
- Variety of protocols for USB interface supported including:
- PC Video Capture mode, for capturing real time video (MJPEG compressed) to PC
- WIA, Twain, and Twain 2 protocol for direct retrieving of images and live video
- Bulk-Only Mass Storage, for representing camera as a PC drive. No drivers required for most operating systems
- PTP
- Pictbridge, for direct printing to all printers supporting Pictbridge interface
COACH 9 Block Diagram
COACH 9 Package
