IP Core Multichannel Sound Controller by Research Centre Module

Product Description

Multichannel sound controller for consumer
electronics applications
· Support S/PDIF and 4-channel I2S interfaces
· Sound buffers of arbitrary size in external memory
· Relaxed requirements for interrupt handling
· ALSA & OSS drivers

Technical characteristics
· S/PDIF (IEC 60958-3) Capabilities:
--Multichannel compressed audio: AC-3, DTS, MPEG-2 AAC,
MPEG-4 AAC
--Mono & stereo PCM audio: 24 kHz-192 kHz frequency, 16,
20, 24 bit samples. Both big- and little-endian formats
supported
· I2S Capabilities:
--Up to 4 stereo channels
--16 and 24 bit PCM input buffers
--Up to 44 kHz output frequency

Interfaces
· 4-channel I2S interface
· digital S/PDIF interface
· AMBA AXI Master
· APB Slave for configuration
· Linux drivers are available

List of Deliverables
· Verilog source code
· Verilog test bench and Verification environment
· Software driver for Linux OS
· Example synthesis scripts
· Documentation

Configuration options
· System could be configured to use internal or
external memory buffers for sound
· S/PDIF and I2S can be used independently of each
other

IP Core Multichannel Sound Controller

Market Segment(s)

• Home

Target Platform(s)

• Linux

ARM Processor(s)

• ARM1176JZ(F)-S

System IP

• Interconnect Fabric