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Terrestrial STB reference design STB200T
General description
Production-ready set-top boxes for digital terrestrial reception are easy to make with the STB200 DVB-T reference design. It significantly reduces time-to-market and design costs - ideal for bringing low-cost STBs to market quickly and easily, and a perfect starting point for introducing digital TV.
Key features
- Complete hardware and software solution for ultra low cost DVB-T STB
- Nexperia MPEG-2 source decoder PNX8316
- Terrestrial front-end
- terrestrial tuner TD1316
- DVB-T channel decoder TDA10046
- Free-to-Air (FtA) reception
- Antenna pointing (for best indoor reception)
- Fast scan algorithm for easy (re-)installation
- 'Pulse Killer' technology reduces impulsive noise effects (improved reception)
- Fast zapping between TV and radio programs with standard P+ /P- navigation, direct numeric pad access or using favourite channel lists
- Banner for displaying 'Now & Next' and channel (name, date and time) information
- Low operating power consumption (< 7 W)
- Low power, 24-bit stereo audio DAC UDA1334BTS
- SPDIF digital audio output
- Optional USB and Ethernet connectivity
Background information
The STB200 DVB-T reference design is ideal for creating production-ready set-top boxes for the high growth digital terrestrial TV market in Europe. Offered as a complete turnkey solution, it significantly reduces time-to-market and design costs when introducing new STB systems, freeing up your resources to focus on product differentiation and adding value.
The reference solution provides the ideal starting point for introducing customers to digital TV. It is highly programmable and hardware customizable – easing system redesign for STB manufacturers. It also offers the freedom to create products tailored to specific requirements, giving you the flexibility and potential to build multi-market solutions such as combined DVD+RW / DVB systems.
Based around the Nexperia PNX8316 source decoder and world-class TDA10046 DVB-T channel decoder, the STB200 incorporates software stacks including MHEG-5 and GUI applications from established software vendors. The comprehensive package also includes validation board, software (drivers and adaptation layer) and UI customization software.