ESS ES8680

ES8680
Phoenix LMX DVD Processor
Product Brief
ESS Technology, Inc.
The Phoenix™ LMX ES8680 family of processors are single-chip DVD processors with an integrated servo controller
and RF amplifier. It provides standard DVD decoding with options to support MPEG-4 ASP decoding and DivX® Home
Theater playback. 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
DivX Home Theater Profile decoding
Displays DivX encoded video at full screen
USB full speed host controller
Enables interface to thumb drives and memory card readers
Advanced memory architecture
Decode DVD and MPEG4 video in 2 MB of SDRAM
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Phoenix LMX ES8680 Based DVD Player Block Diagram
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ES8680 PRODUCT BRIEF
Detailed Features
• Servo
- Built-in RF amplifier and servo controller
- High-performance focusing, sledding, tracking and
CLV/CAV spindle servo control
• System
- 16-bit DRAM interface for up to 128-Mb capacity
- 8-bit EPROM/Flash interface for up to 4 banks x
4 MB
- DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, SVCD, VCD,
CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, CD-DA support
• Video Decode
- DivX Home Theater quality video at full screen (D1) *
- MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile video including
GMC and QPEL support *
- JPEG digital photo support (Kodak Picture CD™
and Fujifilm FujiColor CD™)
- OSD controller supports 256 colors in 8 degrees of
transparency
- Sub-picture Unit (SPU) decoder supports karaoke
lyric, subtitles and EIA-608 compliant Line 21
captioning
- Pixel-adaptive de-interlacer
* Not all features are available with all Phoenix LMX parts.
Refer to the Ordering Information page for additional
details or consult your ESS Sales Representative.
- USB full-speed host controller
- Serial UART port
• Audio Decode
- Dolby Digital, MP3 and WMA
• Video Input/Output
- Six video DACs
- Macrovision protected, NTSC/PAL interlaced, and
progressive scan video output
- BT656 video input and output ports
• Audio Input/Output
- Stereo audio ADC
- SPDIF digital audio input and output
- 6-channel audio DAC
• Package Type
- 208-pin PQFP with lead free leads
Phoenix LMX DVD Development Kit
The Phoenix DVD LMX 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
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written permission of ESS Technology, Inc.
ESS Technology, Inc.
48401 Fremont Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: (510) 492-1088
Fax: (510) 492-1898
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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.
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