Co-organized by

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America Hong Kong Electronics Association
System Solution and Innovation
for IC Applications Seminar
Nov. 30, 2002

• Co-organized by
• The IC Design and Applications Sub-com of HKEIA
  and
• The Software and Chipset Solution Group of AHKEA

Speaker Mr. Victor Ng Micom Tech Ltd.
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Presentation Flow

• System solution of some end products will be
  presented
• Focus on the technology and system design
• Covering chipset/IC and embedded software
• Five categories of products
• Personal Equipment
• Telecom
• Audio/Video
• Toys and ELA
• Wireless PC Peripheral

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Personal Equipment / PDA

• A 32bit/64bit RISC-based PDA solution
• To build a system with an appropriate OS and all
  basic essential I/O elements to allow achieving
  features by software IP
• Audio I/O Mic, Speaker, Headset
• Text I/P Pen-based and HandwritingDisplay
  O/P Text, Graphic and Audio/Voice
• Peripheral I/O USB1.1, UART, IrDA
• Phone Jack/built in MODEM
• Expansion PCMCIA Slot

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Personal Equipment / PDA

• All features being implemented by software
• Software MODEM (V.34bis at 33.6kbps)
• MP3 Player (Software MP3 IP)
• Speech Synthesizer (Software IP)
• Digital Voice Recorder (Software IP)
• Internet Access Protocol PPP, TCP/IP, http
• Email Writer SMTP/POP3
• Browser HTML, WML
• Handwriting Recognitions (Chinese characters)
• Speaker Dependent Voice Recognition
• Other PDA functions

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Personal Equipment / PDA

• Block Diagram

32/64 bit RISC
LCD Module
ASIC
USB Socket
Flash Storage
Touch Panel
PCMCIA Slot
Analog Front End
Speaker
UART
MIC
SDRAM 64M bit
Switch / Keys
DAA
ROM 64M bit
DC / DC Converter
Vcc
IrDA
Telephone Circuit
PHONE LINE
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Personal Equipment / PDA

• Areas that can be integrated into the ASIC
• External Logics
• Inputs/Outputs
• RTC/Watch-dog
• USB
• NAND Flash Interface
• Companion Chip
• ADC/DAC

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Personal Equipment / Digital Voice Recorder

• DSP solution for record/playback
• CELP technology is used with typical 4.8Kbps data
  rate
• Block Diagram

CELP Vocoder DSP
MCU
LCD
SPEAKER
MIC
KEYS
NAND FLASH
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Personal Equipment / Digital Voice Recorder

• More innovation is needed for more functions
• PC link?
• Integrating the DSP with the MCU for cost saving
• Sharing the Flash Storage with other devices (as
  a Flash disk?)
• Flash memory cost becomes the dominated item as
  longer speech length is needed

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Telecom / Email Phone

• Integrating the following products/functions into
  one product
• Display Phone
• Caller ID Phone
• Email Writer
• Digital Answering Machine
• Fax Machine
• SMS Terminal (optional)
• Organizer

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Telecom / Email Phone

• Based on 32bit/64bit RISC
• With the powerful RISC processing power, the
  followings will be achieved by software IP
• Software Data MODEM
• Software Fax MODEM
• Software Caller ID MODEM
• Software Voice Vocoder (for digital answering
  machine)
• Internet Protocols PPP, TCP/IP, SMTP/POP3
• Fax Protocol
• Caller ID protocol
• SMS protocol

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Telecom / Email Phone

• Block Diagram

32/64 bit RISC
LCD Module
ASIC
USB Socket
Power Supply
Flash Storage
Analog Front End
Keys
Ear Piece
DAA
SDRAM 32M bit
Telephone Circuit
Phone Line
ROM 16M bit
Dialer
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Telecom / Internet Terminal

• Based on 32/64bit RISC platform
• No PC required
• Low cost solution for full Internet functions by
  proprietary ISP service
• A product combining service eCommerce?
• Profit through the income of the service, thus
  allowing a very low price for the unit

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Telecom / Internet Terminal

• Block Diagram

32 / 64 bit RISC
LCD Module
ASIC
USB Socket
Flash Storage
Analog Front End
Speaker
Keyboard
MIC
Mouse
DAA
SDRAM 64M bit
Telephone Circuit
ROM 64M bit
PHONE LINE
Power Supply
Vcc
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Telecom / Wireless Headset

• 2.4G digital link
• Gross 1Mbps with effective data rate of
  600/700kbps
• The high data rate will allow for multi-users
  using the same channels at the same time without
  interference
• Bluetooth compatible is the current main stream
• Non-bluetooth compatible is another alternative
  choice for a lower cost solution

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Telecom / Wireless Headset

• Block Diagram

RF MODEM 2.4G
ASIC
MCU Baseband
Audio Codec
Ear Piece
Key
ASIC
MCU Baseband
RF MODEM 2.4G
Portable Phone
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AV / MP3

• Flash-based MP3 Player
• Multi-lingual, display shows songs and singer
  name
• USB1.1 (12Mbps) PC link for fast MP3 songs
  download
• Digital voice recorder mode using the Flash
  storage
• The superior audio quality for voice provides the
  opportunity to configure a MP3 player as a
  Language Learning Centre
• More innovation can come out with more ideas
• LSI integration is needed

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AV / MP3

• Block Diagram

SOCKET
NAND FLASH
USB
ASIC /MCU
MP3 DSP
AUDIO AMP
Speaker /Earpiece
KEYS
DC/DC CONVERTER
LCD
Vcc
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AV / Digital Video Recorder

• PVR(Personal Video Recorder)/DVR(Digital Video
  Recorder)
• MPEG2 for video encoding/decoding
• Hard-disk for video/audio storage
• Digitally record without videotape
• Allow user to pause and instant rewind of live TV
  without interrupting the recording of the live
  broadcasting
• DSP-based with high-speed ASIC for video
  encode/decode and simultaneous hard-disk
  read/write access
• Typical recording time (40G HDD)
• 2Mbps (Standard) 45 hours
• 4Mbps (Medium) 22 hours

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AV / Digital Video Recorder

• Block Diagram

MPEG2 Encoder
Video Decoder Audio ADC
Video IN Audio IN
ASIC
MCU
IDE HDD
IR Receiver
Display Panel
USB
Control Panel
IEEE 1394 LINK / PHY
MPEG2 Decoder
Digital Audio AMP
AUDIO OUT
Power Supply
Vcc
VIDEO OUT
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AV / Digital Video Recorder

• Two types of DVR
• PVR STB
• New opportunities for broadcasters and Pay-TV
  operators
• More a service than a product
• The Hand-disk enabled STB acting as local
  storage device
• Video-on-demand (VOD) function
• Works with the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG)
• Standalone DVR
• Works as a replacement of VCR with lots of new
  functions

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AV / Portable AV Player

• MPEG4 Recorder/Player for video/audio
• DSP-based and powered by software IP
• Audio MP3, AAC, G.723/G.726
• Video MPEG4
• Photo JPEG
• LCD resolution 320 X 240 (fine), 176 X 144
  (normal)
• Frame rate From 6 to 15 frames

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AV / Portable AV Player

• Block Diagram

USB
DSP MPEG4
Control Panel
HOST MCU
Video ADC
VIDEO IN
AUDIO IN
AUDIO CODEC
CMOS Camera
SPEAKER
LCD MODULE
DC/DC Converter
Vcc
FLASH Storage
SDRAM
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Toys and ELA / Robot Dog

• An intelligent robot dog with 16 motors (12 are
  servo motors) so that it can do all kinds of
  motion tricks
• Built-in a proprietary multi-tasking real-time
  OS, so that each motor control is one of the
  software task
• Using a 16bit CPU platform running at 27MHz

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Toys and ELA / Robot Dog

• Block Diagram

MAIN CHIP
Analogue Multiplexer
Optical System
Servo Motor feedback X 12
IR IN
IR OUT
Motor Drivers X 16
Bi-directional Motors X 16
Direction Detector
SOUND IN
ROM
Voice Recognition DSP
Switch / Sensors
UART
Power Supply
Vcc
Expansion Cartridge
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Toys and ELA / Magic Toys

• Virtual Electronic Pet
• With low cost RFID object recognition technology
  and touch sensor technology
• Object Recognition
• No IC tag/battery for the object Up to 8 objects
  (LC only)
• Touch Sensor
• For human touch, not by pressure sensing
• 1-chip solution

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Toys and ELA / Magic Toys

• Toy Cash RegisterUsing the low cost RFID object
  recognition technology
• The object (LC) stay behind the barcode label
• Up to 13 Ids for 13 different objects or 13
  different price
• 1-chip solution including LCD driver

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Toys and ELA / Magic Toys

• Playset
• Work with tradition playset configuration
• Use the multi-reader/multi-object
• recognition technology
• Max six readers (locations) and supports up to 8
  cars
• 1-chip solution

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Toys and ELA / eBook ELA

• Using proprietary mutli-position/multi-object
  recognition solution
• Recognize up to 30 positions
• Recognize up to 8 objects
• Supports a magic pen for input
• Using CELP speech of 4.8Kbps
• Book expandable
• Multi-lingual/mutli-subjects
• 2-chip solution

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Wireless PC Peripheral

• Wireless Dongle for supporting multi-devices
• Wireless Keyboard
• Wireless Mouse
• Wireless Gamepad
• Using proprietary 2.4G digital technology with
  1Mbps gross data rate (600Kbps effective data
  rate)
• The high data rate allows many users to use the
  wireless keyboards/mouse/gamepads in a small area
  without noticeable signal interference/collision

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Wireless PC Peripheral

• Block Diagram of Keyboard System

Dongle
RF MODEM
ASIC
Baseband MCU
USB
PC
Keyboard
ASIC
RF MODEM
Baseband MCU
Keyboard
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Wireless PC Peripheral

• Block Diagram of Mouse System

Dongle
RF MODEM
ASIC
Baseband MCU
USB
PC
Mouse
Baseband MCU
Mouse
ASIC
RF MODEM
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End of Presentation

• Thank You!