Product Summary

The CIMAX-SP2 is a CableCARD. and DVB Common Interface Controller Chip capable of supporting one or two OpenCable. or Common Interface slots of digital TV receiver devices or Digital Cable-Ready TV sets. The CIMAX-SP2 supports serial and/or parallel interface at tuner and MPEG-decoder level as well as standby mode for power consumption reduction.

Features

CIMAX-SP2 features: (1)2 full independent modules capability; (2)Common Interface Standard compliant - DVB-CI (CENELEC EN-50221); (3)OpenCable specification compliant - SCTE 28 2003; - DAVIC v1.2 (CA0 interface); (4)Memory PCMCIA compliance (R2)- 8-bit data access; - 26-bit address Memory Card; (5)Attribute Memory access (CIS, Tupple); (6)High speed capability - Up to 20Mbits/s on Command Interface; - Up to 100Mbits/s on Transport Stream; (7)Polling and Interrupt modes; (8)Hot Insertion (Automatic and Reset VCC handling); (9)3.3V or 5V I/O buffers; (10)PQFP 128 package; (11)Host microprocessor Interface; (12)Universal Control Signal Generator (UCSG)- PC Card control signals generation; - Supports PowerPC, ARM, ST20, 68xxx, TMS, LSI 64008, TC81220F, IDTR3041 host microprocessors; (13)I2C port - CIMaX SP2 Set-up - Slot selection - Cascade mode management (up to 4 CIMaXSP2); (14)Chip Select bank and Interrupt facilities; (15)3.3V or 5V I/O buffers; (16)Digital Video Stream Interface; (17)MPEG II Transport Stream compliant; (18)Parallel or Serial Transport Stream; (19)3.3V or 5V I/O buffer for direct interface with FEC and DEMUX ICs; (20)Standby mode.

Diagrams

CIMAX-SP2 block diagram