Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Wed, December 17, 2008
Tue, December 16, 2008 Cypress and Legend Silicon Debut World s First USB TV Dongle Reference Design to Bring High-Resolution TV to PCs and Laptops
SAN JOSE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY), the market leader in USB, and Legend Silicon Corp., a leading provider of semiconductor solutions for terrestrial digital TV (DTV), today introduced a reference design for a DTMB (Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast – a DTV standard) USB dongle. The Legend MoBLTV™ reference design includes the resources to quickly develop a high-performance DTMB dongle that brings television signals to PCs and laptops. It leverages Cypress's EZ-USB® FX2LP high-speed USB controller to drive Legend Silicon's LGS-8GL5/LGS-8G75 demodulator.
The DTMB standard covers both fixed and mobile terminals and is targeted to eventually serve more than half of the television viewers in the People's Republic of China. The RF tuner of the Legend MoBLTV™ DTMB dongle selects the appropriate frequency to pass along television signals to the LGS-8GL5/LGS-8G75 demodulator, which converts the signals to an MPEG2-TS transport stream. The EZ-USB FX2LP device controls the demodulator and tuner via an I2C bus, and carries an MPEG2-TS stream to the PC or laptop for viewing. The Legend MoBLTV™ reference design includes hardware schematics, Gerber files, firmware, Broadcast Driver Architecture (BDA) driver, demo software, and Microsoft certification.
"The Legend MoBLTV™ reference design offers a DTMB dongle that is ready for mass production to bring television to the rapidly growing number of laptop and desktop PCs in China," said Vikas Dhurka, product marketing manager for Cypress's high-speed USB products. "Legend Silicon's demodulator provides a perfect blend of low-power consumption and reception flexibility."
"In addition to the high quality and ease-of-implementation of the design, Cypress and Legend Silicon have teamed to offer strong customer technical support," said Stephen Wang, Director of Marketing at Legend Silicon. "Cypress's industry-leading USB controller technology delivers fast, reliable data transfer, and powers the design by controlling the tuner and demodulator."
Availability
The Legend MoBLTV™ DTMB USB Dongle Reference Design is available now through Legend Silicon's worldwide sales channels. Interested parties can also request a live demo from their local Cypress or Legend Silicon sales representative.
About EZ-USB FX2LP
The EZ-USB FX2LP is the world's lowest power fully integrated programmable peripheral controller, including an 8051 microprocessor, a serial interface engine, a high-speed USB 2.0 transceiver, on-chip RAM and FIFO and a General Programmable Interface (GPIF). It handles all basic USB functions, enabling the host system's microprocessor to focus on application-specific functions and ensuring sustained high-speed data transfer rates. Featuring a data rate of 480 Mbps, 16 Kbytes of on-chip memory, and up to 40 programmable I/Os, the EZ-USB FX2LP solution provides complete design flexibility. There are several package options, including a 5mm x 5mm VFBGA package, ideal for use in small form-factor mobile applications. The CY3684 EZ-USB FX2LP Development Kit is available to facilitate the design process and speed time-to-market.
About Legend Silicon
Legend Silicon Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that develops technology and application specific semiconductor products (ASSP) for digital broadcasting and broadband transmission. The company's products enable broadband transmission and reception with bandwidth utilization and resilient signal reception. Legend Silicon's products are designed for usage in television sets (high definition and standard definition), set top boxes, portable media players (PMPs), video-enabled cell phones and wireless network interface adapters for PCs. Legend Silicon is headquartered in Fremont, California, and has operations in Shanghai and Beijing, China, where it also maintains a joint DTV Research Center with Tsinghua University in Beijing. To learn more about Legend Silicon, visit [ www.legendsilicon.com ].
About Cypress
Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the PSoC® programmable system-on-chip, USB controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity technologies ranging from its CyFi™ Low-Power RF solution, to West Bridge® and EZ-USB® FX2LP controllers that enhance connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, and industrial. Cypress trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at [ www.cypress.com ].
Cypress, the Cypress logo, PSoC, West Bridge and EZ-USB are registered trademarks, and CyFi is a trademark of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
