ESS Technology, Inc. ES8380 / ES8381 Phoenix HD Enhanced DVD Processor Product Brief The Phoenix™ ES8380/ES8381 family of processors are single-chip HD Enhanced™ DVD processors with an integrated servo controller and RF amplifier. It provides standard DVD decoding with options to support MPEG-4 ASP decoding, DivX® Home Theater/Ultra playback, HMDI transmitter and Class D power bridges. Phoenix incorporates advanced video enhancement features such as an HDTV encoder that can display JPEG pictures at full HD resolution, video up-scaling and de-interlacing to display video at full HD resolution. A USB full-speed host controller is built-in for connection to thumb drives and memory card readers. Features Benefits Integrated servo controller and RF amplifier Simplifies system design while reducing system cost HD video encoder Displays JPEG pictures at full 720p/1080i HD resolution SD→HD video scaler Up converts SD content to HD display resolution DivX Home Theater Profile/Ultra decoding Displays DivX encoded video at full screen MP3 audio encoding Archives favorite CD-DA tracks PWM controller for Class D power bridges Provides high quality and high performance audio at reduced system cost USB full speed host controller Enables interface to thumb drives and memory card readers Host/ATAPI port Interface to network controllers, hard drive or flash memory cards SD Resolution ESS Technology, Inc. HD Resolution SAM0637-032406 1 ES8380 / ES8381 PRODUCT BRIEF Phoenix DVD Development Kit The Phoenix DVD Development Kit comes with a complete set of tools: • DVD reference design • Data sheet and schematics • User Interface software source code • ROM emulator for code development Additionally ESS provides FAE support for: • Customer prototype design • Firmware customization • Servo tuning assistance Applications • Standalone DVD players • DVD/VCR or TV/DVD Combo • DVD receivers and A/V mini component systems SDRAM FLASH MIC-IN SPDIF VFD & REMOTE USB FS Host Phoenix ES8381 256-PQFP CVBS Y/G C Cb/Pb/B Cr/Pr/R Y L&R Ls & Rs C & LFE Class D version only Power Bridges Flash Memory Cards MOTOR DRIVER HDMI TRANSMITTER HDMI Figure 1 Phoenix ES8381 Based DVD Player Block Diagram No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or translated in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, manual, optical, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Technology, Inc. 48401 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 Tel: (510) 492-1088 Fax: (510) 492-1898 2 http://www.esstech.com ESS Technology, Inc. makes no representations or warranties regarding the content of this document. All specifications are subject to change without prior notice. ESS Technology, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any errors contained herein. U.S. patents pending. © 2006 ESS Technology, Inc. MPEG is the Moving Picture Experts Group of the ISO/IEC. References to MPEG in this document refer to the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC29 committee draft ISO 11172 dated January 9, 1992. Phoenix, Vibratto, SmartBright, SmartLogo, SmartColor, and Music Slideshow are trademarks of ESS Technology, Inc. Dolby is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Trusurround, Trusurround XT, SRS, and (o) symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs., Inc. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective companies and are used for identification purposes only. SAM0637-032406