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STi5211
Low-cost HDTV satellite set-top box decoder for Microsoft VC-1,
H.264 and MPEG-2
Data brief
Features
Microsoft VC-1, MPEG-2 and H.264 support
ST40-300 CPU running at 450 MHz, high
performance for Linux, Windows CE and OS21
based systems
DVB-S2 and DVB-S front-end integrated
demodulators with a fully featured SD
advanced decoder system-on-chip (SoC)
Flexible ST231 based advanced video decoder
ST231 audio decoder at 450 MHz supporting
WMA9, AC3, DD+, AAC, AAC+ with SPDIF
output
SD display: 2 video, 3 graphics planes and
background color with high quality filtering
HDMI/HDCP output with standard definition
(SD) component and composite output
Unified DDR2 16-bit interface operating at up
to 333 MHz
Programmable transport interface (PTI) and
transport stream (TS) merger with up to 2
(2 channels)
Digital PCMout
S/PDIF
Analog Stereo
YPrPb SDTV
HDMI
CEC
digital external TS inputs, 2 internal inputs from
internal demodulators and one TS from
memory for network client
USB 2.0 to support network interface and
feature enhancement
External memory interface (EMI) with Nand-
Flash, Nor-Flash, PCI, peripherals support
10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet MAC with media
independent interface (MII) and reduced MII
(RMII)
Advanced security, SVP compliant, WM DRM
compliant
Dual smartcard, 4 x UART, 3 x synchronous
serial controllers (SSC), soft modem and DAA
interface, IR blaster and receiver, UHF Rx
digital input
DiSEqC 2.0 and FSK modem supported
4 x 4 matrix key front panel switch scanner
FSM with key de-bounce
27 x 27 mm package, 65-nm technology
PCI
NOR/NAND
FLASH
DDR-2
SDRAM
Audio
Audio
decoder
ST231
SAT FE core
DVB-S2+DVB-S
demodulator
CPU
FE0 FE1
DiSEqC 1/FSK
DiSEqC 0
Audio I F
DAC
TSmerger
Video out
VDP main
(DEI-SD + IQI)
SWTS
TSin
2 x serial
or 1 x parallel
Peripheral
COMMS
MAFE, SC...
Memory
Padlogic
EMI/PCI
Ethernet
GMAC
int I2C
MII/RMII
Padlogic
LMI
USB 2.0
Host
PHY
USB-bus
SD DACs
HDMI
Video output
Compositor
GDPx3
cursor
alpha
Transport/SEC Video
PTI
CPU DMA
ST40-4/300
PDES3
SD DACs
DENC
VDP aux
STBus system interconnect
FDMA
CPU
MailBoxes (x2)
(x2)
SSCs, PWM
PIOs, UARTs
ClockGen/
Service
(JTAG, ICE..)
Video
decoder
H.264/VC-1 SD
ST231
Blitter display
JTAG
IRQs
resets
clocks
June 2010 Doc ID 14550 Rev 2 1/4
For further information contact your local STMicroelectronics sales office.
www.st.com
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Description STi5211
1 Description
The STi5211 is a standard definition, full back-end processor for satellite set-top boxes,
compliant with ATSC, SMPTE VC-1, DVB-S2, DIRECTV, DCII and ARIB BS4 specifications.
It provides very high performance for low-cost SD systems. With its enhanced performance
compared to the STi5202, the STi5211 includes both VC-1 and H.264 video decoders for
new, low bitrate applications.
The main platform target for the STi5211 is the DVB-S2 zapper. Alternatively, the device can
be used in a client box through IP over Ethernet, Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) or
WiFi.
Figure 1. STi5211 applications
2 x 128 MB
DDR2-333 MHz
16
Ethernet
Plug
Coax
plug
USB 2.0 host plug
PSTN
V92 SW modem
27/30MHz
STb6110
Discrete and
power circuitry
27/30MHz
STb6110
Discrete and
power circuitry
Ethernet PHY
MoCA PHY
FE0 - DVB-S2
27/30MHz
DiSEqC0
FE1 - DVB-S1
DiSEqC1
Si3062
MII
USB 2.0
DAA
ST8024
IR Rx
UHF Rx
STi5211
Key scanning
EMI/PCI
NOR/NAND
flash
(no front panel micro-ctrl)
PIOs
L
R
S/PDIF
Analog
YPbPr
HDMI TMDS 1.48GHz
CVBS/YC
2
I
C
plug
Buffer filter
CEC / DDC
Buffer filter
EEPROM
WiFi
VCR
Smart card
socket interface
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