AML6210DPA/VProcessorUserGuideVersion0.4
6/7/2010 4/24 AMLOGICProprietary
1Introduction
TheAML6210DPA/Vprocessorisacompleteintegratedsystemtargetingthedigitalpictureframemarket.
ThedevicecombinesasuperfastJPEGdecoder,alldigitalLCDdrivers/TCONsignals,USBandcard‐reader
I/Osanda32‐bithostCPUinasmall144pinpackage.
Theembedded32‐bitscoreCPUhandlesallsystemrelatedapplicationsoftware.ItexecutesAVOS,thebase
operatingsystemforAML6210DP.AllapplicationsanddriversrunontopofAVOS.DriversincludingUSB
drivers,card‐readerhardwaredriver,andvideoandotherhardwarerelatedprogramminginterfacesare
providedbyAVOS.Applicationsincludegraphicaluserinterfacesandfilesystemsub‐systemarealso
included.Developerscanaddadditionalapplicationstocustomizeforeachplatform.
ThecoreCPUinterfacestothevideoandaudioprocessinghardware.Itperformsadvanceddigitalaudio
decoding.Itprovidessupportforallexistingaudioformatsanditalsohasenoughflexibilitytoaccommodate
newaudiostandards.PopularaudioformatslikeMPEGLayerI/II/III,LPCM,MP3,WMA,AACandWAVcan
besupported.
JPEGpicturesareprocessedbydedicatedpicturedecodinghardwareandtheflexiblePictureAMRISCTM
engine.ThehardwareandmicrocodecombinationiscapableofdecodingJPEGpictureswithnolimitsin
pictureresolution.Oncedecoded,theoutputpicturesarepassedtoasophisticatedvideosub‐systemthat
performsimageanalysis,enhancementandscalingfunctions.Contrastenhancement,hueadjustment,video
scaling,videointerpolation,andzoomarealsosupported.Thehigh‐resolutionscalarsupportsbothup‐
scalinganddown‐scalingofimagesandvideo.ThescalarcanalsomixinmultiplegraphicsandOSDlayersfor
thefinaldisplay.TheintegratedvideoencodersupportsalldigitalLCDpanelresolutionsthrutheon‐chip
triplepanelDACs.Inaddition,aprogrammabledigitalLCDTCONisincludedfortheAML6210DPtointerface
todigitalLCDpanelsdirectly.
TheAML6210DPalsointegratedaUSB2.0HighSpeedOTGcontroller/PHYandcard‐readercontroller.The
card‐readercontrollercansupportSD/SDHC,MS/MS‐Pro/MS‐Duo/MS‐ProDuo,MMC,xDandCFcards.FAT
andFAT32filesystemsaresupported.TheUSBcontrollercanbeconnectedtoUSBharddisk,FLASHdrive,
digitalcamerasandMP3players.TheAVOSdriversandapplicationsforAML6210DPfirmwareincludesthe
basicUSBdevicedriver,USBprotocolstackstosupportbulkandINTRtransfer,Hub,Mass‐Storage(MS)class
andPictureTransferProtocol(PTP).TheAVOSUSBfirmwarealsosupportsmultiplefilesystemsand
includesflexiblefiletransferfunctionsbetweenUSBdevices.
AML6210DPA/Vprocessorhasasetofveryflexibleclockingcircuitsthatimplementtheadaptive
AMPOWER‐IIpowerreductionalgorithms.ThechipworksinconjunctionwiththeAVOSsoftwaretoreduce
totalpowerconsumptionbasedonprocessingload,typeofmediastreamsbeingprocessedandtheoutput
requirements.WithAMPOWER‐II,thesystemcanreducepowerconsumptionforportableapplicationsand
helpsconsumerelectronicstoachievetheEnergyStarrating.Inaddition,AMPOWER‐IIalsoprovideshigher
performancewithinsmaller,thermallyconstrainedenvironments.