SupraTV 150 Family

Integrated Digital Tv Processors

The SupraTV family of highly integrated digital TV processors for Free-To-Air and Pay TV Set-Top Boxes (STBs) and integrated digital TVs combines the key functions required to support standard definition digital television systems.
 

The SupraTV processor enables products with enhanced flexibility and performance to be developed at low system costs. The use of programmable DSP-based technology allows for product differentiation, while a high performance MIPS processor provides access to industry standard middleware, including MHEG-5 and MHP. With a comprehensive set of software drivers, proven tool kit and reference platforms, the SupraTV family keeps product development times to a minimum.

The ZR39150 family includes the following SupraTV ICs:

  •  ZR39140 - designed for use in Free-To-Air and Pay TV Set-Top Box applications (without Macrovision)
  •  ZR39151 - designed for use in applications that require Macrovision
  •  ZR39152 - designed for use in UK Free-To-Air terrestrial markets, including Cabot’s Aurora DVB middleware, which supports MHEG- 5 and over-air download (without Macrovision)
  •  ZR39153 - designed for use in UK Free-To-Air terrestrial markets, including Cabot’s Aurora DVB middleware, which supports MHEG- 5 and over-air download (with Macrovision)

    SupraTV 150 Development Platform

    A comprehensive development platform is available for the SupraTV 150 family, including evaluation boards for digital terrestrial, satellite and cable-based products. An Integrated Development Environment includes a proven windows based GNU tool kit, Zoran’s SiliconSoftware® registration drivers, and additional applications that add functions such as flash memory burning, high performance code download, software protection, a sophisticated GUI development tool (Embedded Wizard), and an automatic code generator. The SupraTV 150 platform will significantly reduce the time taken to develop feature rich digital television and Set-Top Box products. The SupraTV 150 evaluation board supports all needed peripherals and is available with a COFDM, QPSK or QAM front-end. Single and dual tuner Digital Video Recording capabilities can be achieved by adding a hard drive, Zoran DVR Software, additional memory, and a second front end (for dual tuner DVR).

    • MIPS 32 CPU with MMU

  • 8K I-cache, 8K D-cache
  • 195 MHz, Main CPU & programmable DSP operating speed
  • ≥230 Dhrystone MIPS, total performance

    • Programmable multi-stream transport demultiplexer

  • DVB descrambling
  • Support for PVR based applications

    Dual SmartCard interfaces with integrated protection and control

    Integrated two-slot DVB-CIM controller

    MPEG-2 video decoder, ISO/IEC13818-2 (MP@ML)

  • Support for bitrates up to 15Mbits/sec

    High performance graphics subsystem

  • 2D graphics accelerator function supporting six planes
  • 4, 8 bit CLUT, 16bit RGB with OSD, Antiflicker filtering
  • Flexible down/up-scaling of video

    Integrated PAL/NTSC Video Encoder

  • VBI reinsertion (Teletext, WSS, CC)
  • Simultaneous Component, S-Video and RGB output

    Audio support:

  • Programmable audio DSP for MPEG layers 1 & 2, MP3 & WMA
  • Two-channel audio output using I2S
  • SPDIF output
  • Two-channel audio input for decoded analog TV audio

    Unified SDRAM memory architecture (64Mbit
  • 256Mbit)

    • CCIR-601 digital video support

  • Input for decoded NTSC/PAL/SECAM signals

    Guestbus with glueless interface to peripheral devices

  • ATAPI, 8 or 16 bits flash memory, USB/LAN bridge

    Support for V.22bis soft modem

  • Integrated codec and DAA interface

    Set-Top Box interfaces including: UARTs, I2C, IR, GPIOs

    Single crystal

  • Integrated digital timing oscillator replacing external VCXO

    256-pin PQFP package

    • SupraTV 150 Family System Block Diagram

    SupraTV 150 Family System Block Diagram (GIF)

    SupraTV 150 Family Reference Design

    SupraTV 150 Family Reference Design (JPG)