MM6555x

HiQVideo  Series
Multimedia Daughter Card
(Fab Rev. B) PCB Design
Documentation

User’s Guide
Revision 0.4

August 1996

P R E L I M I N A R Y

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Revision History

Revision History

Revision Date By Comment

0.1 9/14/95 KK/lc First Draft - Internal Review
0.2 1/4/96 SP/lc Removed Confidential markings, updated FAX number.
0.3 4/29/96 LC Updated text to include 65550 and 65554. Added numbered sections.
Updated figure 2-1.
0.4 8/5/96 DJ/bjb Changed title pag e to reflect 6555x instead of 65550.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1.0 PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .....1

2.0 FEATURES ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 1

3.0 INSTALLATION ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 3

4.0 CONFIGURATION SWITCHES ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 3

5.0 JUMPERS ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..3

6.0 CONNECTORS ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................... 3

7.0 FUNCTIONS................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 4

8.0 DAUGHTER CARD CONNECTOR ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................... 4

9.0 BUS INTERFACE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 6

10.0 UTILITIES AND DRIVERS ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ....6

11.0 NTSC/PAL COMPOSITE VIDEO INPUT ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 6

12.0 VOLTAGE GENERATION AND POWER MEASUREMENT ................................ ................................ .............. 6

13.0 TROUBLESHOOTING ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 7

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HiQVideo Series Multimedia Daughter Card

(Fab Rev. B) PCB Design Documentation

1.0 PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

The CHIPS HiQVideo  Series controllers (65550/554) are single chip flat panel/CRT GUI accelerators which provide
a video interface that can accept YUV video data in the 4:2:2 format. The 65550/554 controller resides on the
65550/554 daughter card which is plugged into either the DK-65550-VL or DK-65550/554-PCI board. To perform
the live video capture on a flat panel or a CRT, the 65550/554 controller must interface with video sources such as TV
tuners and video decoders. The 65550/554 Multimedia daughter card connectors provide the video data from the
video devices resident on the 65550/554 Multimedia board to the 65550/554 controller chip. The video data comes
directly from the on-board tuner or from video appliances (such as VCRs and laser disk players) through the CVBS
connector for display on a CRT or flat panel, through the 65550/554 chip.
Figure 1 shows the layout of the daughter card.

2.0 FEATURES
• Works with DK65550-VL, DK65550-PCI, or DK65550/554 GUI Accelerator CRT/Flat Panel board
• NTSC and PAL/SVIDEO inputs for video capture
• On-board TV tuner module using Philips F1236 device
• On-board stereo audio decoder
• 5-pin audio phone jack input and output connectors
• Composite video input RCA connector
• On-board regulators for supplying power to the on board devices
• Audio subwoofer output

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Figure 2-1: MM65550 Multimedia Daughter Card Layout

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3.0 INSTALLATION
1. Unpack the 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card and visually inspect for any damage that may have occurred
during shipping.
2. Read this User’s Guide to become familiar with the board operation.
3. Power down the host system and plug MM65550 Multimedia Daughter Card onto the DK65550-VL (or DK-
65550/554-PCI) board. Please make sure that the cable on J6 of DK65550-VL board is unplugged.
4. Power down host system and plug the DK65550-VL (DK65550/554-PCI) into an available VL (PCI) slot on
motherboard. Note that VL versions of this DK board do not support ISA bus.
5. Connect the speakers to the audio phone jack connector (J6). Connect the VCR or laser disc player
composite video out to RCA jack (J3). Connect the SVIDEO OUT of the VCR or laser disc player to the
SVIDEO connector (J4). For the DK65550-VL or DK65550/554-PCI board installation, please refer to the
DK65550-VL or DK65550/554-PCI User’s Guide.
6. Turn on the system and observe the sign on message. If the sign on message does not appear, turn off the
system and follow the instructions in the troubleshooting section.
7. Load the proper driver and utilities to activate the 65550 Multimedia daughter card. Refer to the Software
User’s Guide for the 65550 Multimedia board for instructions on software installation.

4.0 CONFIGURATION SWITCHES

The 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card does not have any configuration switches. The driver and software perform all
programming through the I 2C-bus.

5.0 JUMPERS
The 65550 Multimedia daughter card does not have any jumpers. Users do not need to change anything on the 65550
Multimedia Daughter Card before installing it onto the DK board.

6.0 CONNECTORS
Table 6-1 describes the functions of each connector for the Multimedia Daughter Card.

Table 6-1: Connector Functions

Connectors Function
J1, J2, & J5 MM65550 Multimedia Daughter Card connector
J3 RCA JACK IN connector for VHF/UHF input
J4 SVIDEO connector for chroma and composite lumina input
J6 AUDIO PHONE JACK OUT connector
J7 AUDIO PHONE JACK IN connector for pass through to audio out
JP3 AUDIO SUBWOOFER PIN HEADERS (Output from audio decoder
chip)

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7.0 FUNCTIONS
The 65550/554 single chip LCD/CRT controller provides a low power, high performance, and minimal component
video subsystem solution. The DK65550-VL and DK65550/554-PCI evaluation boards are video adapter card s
implementing the 65550/554 single chip LCD/CRT controller. The 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card design works
with either the DK-65550-VL or DK65550/554-PCI board by plugging directly onto the DK board to display the
“LIVE” video pictures on the CRT or flat panel.
The 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card has three major video/audio components, manufactured by Philips
Semiconductors:
SAA7110-video decoder
F1236-TV tuner module
TDA9855-stereo audio decoder
To communicate with these components, Philips developed a simple bi-directional two-signal bus called the I 2C-bus.
The I2C-bus interface has two signals, “serial data” and “serial clock”, to communicate with most other Philips’ parts.
The 65550/554 controller uses this I 2C-bus interface to initialize and program these three components. Even though
the 65550/554 controller does not have two designated signals specifically for the I 2C-bus interface, the 65550/554
controller can still communicate with these components by using two of the three General Purpose Input Output
(GPIO) pins on the chip. To properly use the 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card, the user must set two GPIO pins for
the “serial data” and the “serial clock” by removing and adding some resistors on the DK65550 board. Please refer to
the DK65550 board schematics for details.
After properly configuring the hardware, the user can load t he software to initialize the registers and to activate the
multimedia functions of the 65550/554 controller and the 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card .

8.0 DAUGHTER CARD CONNECTOR

The multimedia devices reside on the 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card for the convenience of board layout, and for
debugging and verifying the 65550/554 chip. The 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card connects to the DK65550-VL or
DK65550/554-PCI board through the DK board connectors composed of three two-row pin header-socket type
connectors: 6x2 (J9), 13x2 (J8), 13x2 (J10).

Figure 8-1, Figure 8-2, and Figure 8-3 on the following page shows the pinout and pin assignments for each
connector.

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MULTIMEDIA DAUGHTER CARD CONNECTORS

J9

2 4 6 8 10 12

1 3 5 7 9 11

1 GND 2 +5V 3 GND 4 +5V

5 GND 6 +12V 7 GND 8 +12V
9 GND 10 -12V 11 Chassis GND 12 Not connected

Figure 8-1: Pin Assignment for J9: 6x2 Connector

J8

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25

1 GND 2 Y0 3 GND 4 Y1
5 GND 6 Y2 7 GND 8 Y3
9 GND 10 Y4 11 GND 12 Y5
13 GND 14 Y6 15 GND 16 Y7
17 GND 18 HREF 19 GND 20 VREF
21 GND 22 LLC2 23 GND 24 GND
25 GND 26 Not connected

Figure 8-2: Pin Assignment for J8: 13x2 Connector

J10

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25

1 GND 2 UV0 3 GND 4 UV1

5 GND 6 UV2 7 GND 8 UV3
9 GND 10 UV4 11 GND 12 UV5
13 GND 14 UV6 15 GND 16 UV7
17 GND 18 SDA 19 GND 20 SCL
21 GND 22 Reserved 23 GND 24 Reserved
25 GND 26 Not connected

Figure 8-3: Pin Assignment for J10: 13x2 Connector

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9.0 BUS INTERFACE

The two bus interfaces are used between the 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card and the DK65550 -VL or
DK65550/554-PCI are the YUV-bus and the I 2C-bus. The I2C-bus has already been discussed in section 7.0 of this
user’s guide. The YUV-bus transmits and receives video data. The 65550/554 design only works in the direction of
the YUV data flow from the video subsystem to the 65550/554 controller. The YUV data from the 65550 Multimedia
Daughter Card brings some other control signals (like HREF, VREF, and LLC2) to the 65550/554 controller to latch
and synchronize the YUV data.
The YUV-bus consists of 8 bits of digital luminance signals Y7 to Y0, and 8 bits of digital chrominance signals UV7
to UV0. The 65550/554 receives the YUV data from the SAA7110 video decoder, through the 16-bit “VAFC style”
interface. The SAA7110 decode s either the CVBS or SVIDEO analog signals from the TV tuner module, or external
devices.

10.0 UTILITIES AND DRIVERS

The utilities diskette contains several tools to initialize the 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card and to enable the
multimedia features of the 65550/554 chip. Refer to software operation on 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card for
detailed instructions.

11.0 NTSC/PAL COMPOSITE VIDEO INPUT

The 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card provides video decoding to change the composite sync signal generated by the
video appliance, into the YUV digital data. The SAA7110 video decoder converts and decodes the CVBS analog
signal into the YUV digital signals. The 65550/554 incorporates this SAA7110 video decoder to convert the analog
composite signal (coming either from the RCA phone Jack or the SVIDEO connector) to the RGB signals. The 65550
Multimedia Daughter Card provides a composite NTSC video input connector (J3) and an S-Video connector (J4).

12.0 VOLTAGE GENERATION AND POWER MEASUREMENT

The 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card has three on-board voltage regulator s. These regulators convert the +12V
supply voltage coming from the DK65550 board to the required voltages listed below:

Regulator Voltage Components

VR1 +5V Analog Devices
VR2 +8V Audio Decoder
VR3 +5V Tuner Module

The 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card design has an option to use either through hole or SMT regulators. For the
digital device like part of the circuitry in the SAA7110, the digital +5V must be separated from the analog +5V. The
65550 Multimedia Daughter Card uses the +5V provided from either the DK65550-VL or DK65550/554-PCI board to
supply the digital +5V power.

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13.0 TROUBLESHOOTING
1. Check that the 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card and DK65550/554 board are properly connected.
2. Ensure an antenna is connected to the TV tuner module in U1.
3. Verify a cable connects the CVBS connector (J3) or the SVIDEO connector (J4) to the video appliance.
4. Verify all other parts in the system function properly by testing a known working VGA board with the
system.
5. Make sure the DK65550/554 board works before plugging in the 65550 Multimedia daughter card.
6. If the 65550 Multimedia Daughter Card still does not work with DK65550VL or DK65550/554 board,
contact your CHIPS representative.

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Title: MM6555x Multimedia Daughter Card
(Fab Rev. B) PCB Design Documentation
Publication No.: UG158.3
Stock No.: 050158-003
Revision No.: 0.4
Date: 8/5/96