Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors) | Subject: TDA10030
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 December 2001
Transceiver passes interoperability tests
Philips Semiconductors has successfully completed interoperability tests on its DVB-RC/DAVIC transceiver solution for set top box manufacturers
Philips Semiconductors has completed interoperability tests that prove worldwide Digital Video Broadcasting - Return Channel (DVB-RC) and Digital Audio-Video Council (DAVIC) interactive set-top box (STB) compatibility. The tests were performed on the TDA10030 part of Philips Semiconductors' DVB-RC/DAVIC transceiver solution.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 December 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Interoperability is critical as users increasingly expect more services and greater interactivity, such as web-browsing, email and e-commerce, to be available on television sets via STBs, regardless of the underlying network standard.
As the first company to perform the STB tests at the EuroCable Labs, Philips Semiconductors is providing its customers with a verified STB solution.
The company offers STB manufacturers a full package of hardware and software, and these tests enable manufacturers to achieve a faster design phase and a reliable, cost-effective solution.
"These interoperability tests are another step in the deployment of the Philips Semiconductors cable transceiver portfolio", said Olivier Harquin, product marketing manager of channel products at Philips Semiconductors.
"Our DVB-RC/DAVIC transceiver solution - the TDA10030 IC and incorporated media access control (MAC) software - offers a level of qualification that enables STB manufacturers to reduce dramatically their time-to-market".
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The interoperability tests were performed in October 2001 at the EuroCable Labs, in Braunschweig Technical University (Germany), for both out-of-band (OOB) and in-band (IB) modes.
Both modes provide an efficient online connection for interactive video services and TCP/IP data transfers for email and web-browsing.
Based on the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) ES 200-800 and DAVIC specifications, the Philips Semiconductors' TDA10030 STB transceiver provides the hardware and software for interactive TV solutions.
This ensures that customers have the interoperability they need in order to secure STB development.
The TDA10030 is a single-chip solution for cable modems and interactive STBs.
Built around an ARM7 processor and including a variety of analogue functions (including D/A and A/D conversion), the TDA10030 accounts for both the physical and the MAC layers.
Based on the DVB/DAVIC return channel specification, its features have been extended to cope with other systems using the OpenCable specification or an ITU-T J.83 Annex B downstream.
Featuring both OOB and IB channels, the TDA10030 is able to carry broadcast TV, MAC and interactive application data.
Highly programmable filters are provided on both channels, with application data filtering of up to 16 Virtual Path/Virtual Channel (VP/VC) in ATM/OOB mode and 16 MPEG Sections Datagrams in IB mode.
Linked to the IC, Philips Semiconductors is providing, as a full package, the MAC software and all the drivers to control the device.
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