Mobile TV Reference Design Platform - BCM92724 - Broadcom

Broadcom announced the availability of the BCM92724 mobile TV reference design platform that includes the Broadcom mobile and multimedia chip and software solution. Featured within the BCM92724 platform is Broadcom's BCM2724 VideoCore mobile multimedia processor, the BCM2124 GPRS/GSM baseband processor and the BCM2045 Bluetooth transceiver.

The Broadcom BCM2724 VideoCore processor performs multimedia processing that delivers crisp video images combined with the best power performance in the industry, while the Broadcom BCM2124 baseband processor provides GPRS and GSM connectivity to the cellular network. Also featured within the BCM92724 mobile TV platform is the Broadcom BCM2045 single-chip Bluetooth solution.

Through pre-integrated software, handset makers can easily adapt the reference design into a full-featured multimedia phone product. The reference design itself is very small and designed to accommodate the slim, compact form factors of today’s popular handsets.

The BCM92724 mobile TV reference design supports the terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) standard (a digital radio transmission system for sending multimedia to mobile devices) at the mobile television front-end. Using Broadcom's mobile TV middleware, the current design can be easily adapted to other mobile broadcast standards, such as DVB-H, by substituting an appropriate front-end tuner/demodulator.

The BCM2724 VideoCore multimedia processor transforms a mobile phone into a multi-functional media device with the ability to display high quality video on handheld LCD screens. The VideoCore processor also features MPEG-4 VGA or H.264 CIF video encoding/decoding at 30 frames per second and TV output.

The BCM2124 GPRS/GSM baseband processor contains all of the analog and digital GSM and multi-slot GPRS processing functions for connecting to a cellular network in a small, single-chip footprint that supports a range of mobile devices.

The BCM2045, with EDR technology, single-chip Bluetooth device for mobile handphones, mobile handsets,  PC, notebook, PDAs and wireless peripherals equipped with the BCM2045 transceiver provide superior wireless multimedia capabilities, such as streaming audio and video.

Bluetooth is expected to be a key component of the mobile TV experience, allowing users to listen to accompanying audio on wireless stereo or mono headsets, or to potentially stream video to larger displays. The BCM2045 is compliant with Version 2.0 of the Bluetooth specification and is upgradeable to Version 2.1

The BCM92724 mobile TV platform also includes CellAirity mobile handset software, a cellular software,  including advanced multimedia, web browsing, messaging and Java games.

Source: Broadcom