TI's TABLE-TOP DLP Component Sets

Texas Instruments let us know that it is shipping samples of its TABLE-TOP DLP component set family for home entertainment displays a little earlier than planned, if you've been waiting for the gadgets. The new components are designed for TV manufacturers who are developing a large screen, table top TVs and supports ATSC high-definition formats as well as the DVB digital television standard, using either a 0.8 inch or 0.6 inch native wide-screen DMD (Digital Micromirror Device). The component set is supposed to help put HDTVs at price-points of $3,000 and below (much below, I hope). TI says the new DDP1010 ASIC integrates the functionality of several ICs and reduces the number of required ASICs from two to one, along with reducing the amount of external memories twelve-fold. The DDP1010 uses TI's latest DLP technology video and graphics processing algorithms, an integrated system micro-controller, and a media port that supports bit-mapped OSD and alpha blending. A new DAD1000 Waveform Generator is supposed to eliminate 61 discrete components that were required by the first generation component set. Included in the component set is a new version of the Digital Micromirror Device that includes a 12 degree mirror tilt-angle, for brightness and contrast. Also along for the ride is a new LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) interface to the DMD, which both simplifies EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) management for the manufacturer and is supposed to improve image quality. Also included in the TABLE-TOP DLP component set are the SH6742 motor spindle drive ASIC and TMS57128 Advanced Multimedia Display Processor (AMDP). The SH6742 uses SilentSpin technology for quiet color wheel motor drive operation. Dual video channel processing and support of a number of PIP and double-window special modes are provided by the AMDP2 through customer-programmed motion adaptive interlace-to-progressive scan conversion, scaling, and video enhancement algorithms.