1. System Solution and Innovation
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.

2. 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

3. 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 Handwriting Display O/P : Text, Graphic and Audio/Voice
Peripheral I/O : USB1.1, UART, IrDA
Phone Jack/built in MODEM
Expansion : PCMCIA Slot

4. 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
Writer: SMTP/POP3
Browser: HTML, WML
Handwriting Recognitions (Chinese characters)
Speaker Dependent Voice Recognition
Other PDA functions

5. Personal Equipment / PDA
Block Diagram
USB
Socket
ASIC
32/64 bit
RISC
LCD
Module
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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. Telecom / Internet Terminal
Block Diagram
USB
Socket
ASIC
32 / 64 bit
RISC
LCD
Module
Flash
Storage
Analog Front
End
Speaker
Keyboard
MIC
Mouse
DAA
SDRAM
64M bit
ROM
64M bit
Telephone
Circuit
Power
Supply
PHONE
LINE
Vcc

14. 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

15. Telecom / Wireless Headset
Block Diagram RF
MODEM
2.4G
ASIC
MCU
Baseband
Audio
Codec
Ear Piece
Key RF
MODEM
2.4G
ASIC
MCU
Baseband
Portable
Phone

16. 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

17. AV / MP3 Block Diagram SOCKET NAND FLASH ASIC /MCU MP3 DSP AUDIO AMP
USB
MP3
DSP
AUDIO
AMP
Speaker
/Earpiece
KEYS
DC/DC
CONVERTER
LCD
Vcc

18. 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

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

20. 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

21. 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

22. AV / Portable AV Player Block Diagram USB VIDEO IN Video ADC DSP MPEG4
HOST
MCU
Control Panel
AUDIO IN
CMOS
Camera
AUDIO
CODEC
SPEAKER
LCD
MODULE
DC/DC
Converter
Vcc
FLASH
Storage
SDRAM

23. 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

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

25. 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

26. Toys and ELA / Magic Toys
Toy Cash Register Using 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. Wireless PC Peripheral
Block Diagram of Keyboard System
Dongle
RF MODEM
ASIC
Baseband
MCU
USB PC
Keyboard
RF MODEM
ASIC
Baseband
MCU
Keyboard

31. Wireless PC Peripheral
Block Diagram of Mouse System
Dongle
RF MODEM
ASIC
Baseband
MCU
USB PC
Mouse
RF MODEM
ASIC
Baseband
MCU
Mouse

32. End of Presentation
Thank You!