RMI Alchemy™ Au1200™ Personal Media Player Reference Design
Get to market quickly with advanced PMP capabilities
The RMI Alchemy™ PMP Reference Design is a complete
tool for developing advanced Personal Media Player (PMP) systems to drive audio, video, pictures, and more. This
versatile and powerful design also supports Digital Media Broadcast (DMB) and Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)
formats and Global Positioning System (GPS) requirements.
 The RMI Alchemy PMP Reference Design is designed to provide a total "go to market" solution that addresses
current market requirements. Based on the proven capabilities of RMI Alchemy™ Au1200™ processor
technology, the Reference Design offers high performance, low power consumption, and flexible features to shorten
your design cycles and help deliver new products for rapidly emerging PMP markets.
Product Description
The RMI Alchemy PMP Reference Design's features are what you need to create products for today's demands. Optimum power
management helps deliver long battery life and operating flexibility. High integration offers the versatility to create small form factor
products to deliver exceptional media playback. Expandability means you can add extra capabilities such as DMB, DVB, and GPS.
No Need for DSP's
The RMI Alchemy Au1200 processor incorporates an integrated Media Acceleration Engine optimized for video to eliminate the
need for DSP's and specialized coding. This means less overall power consumption and a simplified design.
Leveraging Proven PMP Processor Power
The RMI Alchemy PMP Reference Design is designed around the proven performance of the RMI Alchemy Au1200 processor, which brings true System-on-Chip (SoC) simplicity to PMP designs. Eliminating the need for DSP, the Au1200 processor can provide complete stand-alone support for digital media playback, including MPEG 2/4, DivX, and WMV9/VC-1, and deliver full DI resolution
without the need for transcoding. The Au1200 is designed to enable your PMP to download media quickly and generate DVD-quality
video with full-frame rates.
Designed for Today's Emerging PMP Markets
Design specialists at RMI centers understand specific needs of the PMP markets in the emerging regional design and production centers. The RMI Alchemy PMP design provides functionality and advanced capabilities to address virtually every PMP requirement.
Features Overview
The RMI Alchemy PMP Reference Design has a variety of features to help you design, develop, and produce new PMP designs with short cycle times and powerful functionality.
Processor
RMI Alchemy Au1200 processor
Memory
Embedded controllers
- 64/128 MB DDR2 SDRAM
- 2 to 16MB NOR Flash
Operating Systems
- Linux 2.6
- WinCE 5.0 (low cost core version)
Graphic User Interface
- GUI custom interfaces developed by RMI and 3rd parties
Optimized for Wide Screen LCD Panel
IDE HDD Interface
Video Playback
- Uses on-chip media acceleration engine (MAE) hardware
- MPEG2 - 720 x 480 up to 10mbps
- MPEG4 - 720 x 480 up to 2mbps
- WMV9/VC-1 - 720 x 480 up to 2mbps
- DivX - 720 x 480 up to 2mbps
- XviD - 720 x 480 up to 2mbps
Audio Playback
Photo Viewer
Optional RF Module
- TDMB Digital TV Receiver (Korea)
- FM Transmitter (87.5-108MHz)
- FM Receiver (76-108MHz)
External 3rd Party Options
- WiFi (SDIO 802.11g)
- GPS (USB 2.0)
- GUI/Middleware
- Macromedia Flash
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video codec
- BASC audio codec
- PIM, browser, e-mail, games
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