ES3210

The ES3210 Video CD processor is a highly integrated, high quality and cost-effective single-chip solution for Video CD players. Based upon ESS's Programmable Multimedia Processor (PMP) architecture, the ES3210 integrates MPEG1 video and audio processing and a full MPEG system stream parser. The ES3210 is fully programmable and incorporates a RISC-based 32-bit processor as an onchip video controller (VC) and a supporting 64-bit processor core that functions as an on-chip video processor (VP).

The VC module can be used as a microcontroller to provide system and user interface controls, while also being able to support embedded systems applications. The VP module performs MPEG audio and video processing operations such as arbitrary scaling, video standards conversion and video filtering. The MPEG1 system layer bitstream is decoded at up to 9 Mb/s at Standard Intermediate Format (SIF) resolution with a picture rate of 30 f/s. Two channels
of MPEG layer 1 or audio layer 2 are decoded simultaneously.

The ES3210 includes SmartScale^TM technology for advanced scaling techniques, SmartStream^TM technology for video error concealment, and SmartZoom^TM technology for enabling in/out zooming of a particular area of a still picture. Additional features include DiscScan, TrackScan, QuickScan, On- Screen-Display (OSD), Karaoke, Playback Control (PBC) for Video CD 2.0, Smart Art and entertainment game software.

The incoming MPEG1 bit stream from a video CD is passed to the ES3210 through its five-wire TDM serial bus, parses the system layer and demultiplexes the video and audio channels. Video is decoded and output as YUV or RGB digital pixels to an NTSC or PAL video DAC/encoder, then to the screen. Audio is decoded and passed to the speakers via the audio serial bus, then to an audio DAC. The ES3210 also has general-purpose auxiliary pins and an integrated audio Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) interface to reduce the need for external audio glue logic.

When coupled with the ES3207 Video CD Companion Chip, echo cancellation and vocal reverb are also supported. The echo cancellation feature removes unwanted acoustic reflection from the audio output, while the vocal reverb feature simulates a theater acoustic environment.

The ES3210 is available in an industry-standard 100-pin Thin Quad Flat Pack (TQFP) device package.