Highly integrated DTV front-end, with IEEE 1394/Device Bay transport stream output

In the fast moving digital broadcast market, where TV and PC technologies are converging, the high performance IEEE 1394 bus is now the established high-speed, real-time true plug-and-play serial bus system. As its popularity grows, it is becoming the accepted standard for connecting a variety of digital consumer electronics equipment to each other, as well as to multimedia PCs and workstations. Drawing on Philips Semiconductors’ acknowledged expertise in digital TV systems and IEEE 1394 interface devices, this reference design combines these technologies in the emerging Device Bay format, creating a simple high performance DTV receiver for PC and other IEEE 1394-based applications.

Highly featured board
• Outputs a DTV transport stream over IEEE 1394 or Device Bay connections
• Reference design laid out according to Device Bay physical specifications
• Single-chip TDA8960 ATSC-compliant 8-VSB demodulator and decoder front-end
• PDI1394P11 IEEE 1394-1995 Physical layer controller supports data transfer at up to 200 Mbits/s
• PDI1394L11 IEEE 1394-1995 A/V Link layer controller with hardware support for IEC61883
• TDA9829 IF downconversion for VSB

Applications
• Digital ATSC-compliant terrestrial reception
• Personal computers with digital television capabilities
• Modular digital home entertainment systems