ZR36460 - Zoran Corporation

COACHTM 8

Digital Camera Processor

Tel 408.523.6500

Fax 408.523.6501

www.zoran.com

ZR36460

Product Brief Zoran Corporation

1390 Kifer Road

Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305

Feature List

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• Up to 16M Pixels image capture resolution

• Click to click performance of 3 to 4 frames/sec at 5MP resolution

• 16-bit image processing for highest quality, includes multiple Zoran

proprietary (patent pending) technologies.

• Image enhancement and manipulation effects for better viewing

and printing quality

• Capable of WMV MPEG-4, video capture and playback of VGA

resolution at 30 frames/sec including audio

• File formats including ASF, DivX, AVI and MOV can be supported

• MPEG-4 encoding uses I, P and B frames for true video quality

• Digital Video Motion Stabilization technology (patent pending) to

compensate for unwanted camera movement during video capture

• Capable of several Audio codecs including: WMA; Dolby Digital

AAC; ADPCM; MPEG1

• On-chip HDMI transmitter for native HD display support

• Rich color on-screen display (OSD) with transparency levels

• Picture-in-Picture with blending support in hardware

• Direct output to TV monitor, on-chip encoder and video D/A

• Digital video interface to LCD. Includes on-chip programmable

controller for multiple LCD vendors

• 32-bit MIPS CPU provides ease of development and porting of SW

applications

• Direct interface to resident flash memory (NAND or NOR type)

and/or removable memory card support (CompactFlash (CF),

SmartMedia (SSFDC), Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard

(MMC), High Speed MMC (HSMMC) xD, Memory Stick, Memory

Stick Pro (MS-Pro) and SDRAM storage

• Direct interface to ATA-6 (or subset) hard disks.

• 16-bits data DDR-SDRAM interface supporting sizes of 64Mbit,

128Mbit, 256Mbit, 512Mbit and 1Gbit

• On-chip High Speed USB 2.0 OTG interface

• CCIR-601 input port for capturing from an external TV decoder.

Fir mware Highlights

• Embedded host control (HCE) software architecture enables

customer creation of DSC applications with minimal effort

• Backward compatibility with previous COACH software API set

• Open firmware architecture for easy customer modification

• All standard camera operation modes

• Image playback allows up to 16x digital zoom, accelerated

playback and image rotation

• Advanced GUI support including rich OSD, bitmaps, picture in

picture and more

• Resizable, multicolor fonts

• Optional audio annotation of pictures

• Playback and recording of sound in AVI clips

• Sound effects, including shutter effects

• Dictaphone feature

• Variety of protocols for USB interface supported including:

- PC Video Capture mode, for capturing real time video (MJPEG

compressed) to PC

- WIA, Twain, and Twain 2 protocol for direct retrieving of images

and live video

- Bulk-Only Mass Storage, for representing camera as a PC

drive. No drivers required for most operating systems

- PTP

- Pictbridge, for direct printing to all printers supporting Pictbridge

interface

COACH 8 Famil y

• COACH 8m (part # ZR36460BGCG) - Entry-mid range line,

12-bit color depth. Pin-to-pin compatible with COACH 7m

• COACH 8p (part # ZR36462BGCG) - Performance line,16-bit color

depth, embedded timing generator & HDMI interface

• COACH 8s (part # ZR36463BGCG) - Digital Still Capture line, with

JPEG/Motion JPEG only

• COACH 8MCM - Multichip package for space-saving boards for

ultra-slim cameras

Description

COACH 8 is an application specific digital signal processing IC,

which constitutes the heart of a digital camera for capturing still

images and video. It provides a complete, integrated, low power and

low cost solution for digital camera manufacturers. Coach 8

innovative features and integrations offer competitive performance

and picture quality for digital cameras. The COACH 8 family enables

platforms from entry-level to high end cameras including high

quality digital video camcorders.

*All products support up to 16M pixels of image resolution, are firmware compatible,

and share a majority of the system configuration allowing for easy migration

ZR36460/2/3

COACHTM 8

Digital Camera Processor

ZR36460

Product Brief

Driving the Digital Lifestyle

For more infor mation, contact Zoran's Sunnyvale of fice or the of fice nearest you:

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Block Diagr am

User I/F

Buttons

User I/F

LEDs

Image

Sensor

(CCD or CMOS)

Flash

Bulb

Circuit

RS-232C

USB

Connector

COACH 8

64/128

Mbit

SDRAM Audio

Codec

LCD Module

Analog or Digital

Flash - resident and/or cards

- Compact Flash

- Secure Digital

- Smart Media

- Nand & Nor ICs

to TV

Lens

COACH 8 Package

17cm x 17cm

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