NEC Electronics Europe has now made available a complete cost and power consumption optimized manufacturer’s kit based on NEC Electronics EMMA™3SL/P MPEG-4 digital TV processor, which drastically reduces the time to market of MPEG-4 HD hybrid STBs. The design is based on NEC Electronics 3rd generation MPEG-4 decoder IC, EMMA3SL/P (Enhanced MultiMedia Architecture). The reference design enables HD dual tuner MPEG-4 Pay TV or FTA STB-applications (DVB-S2 or Dual DVB-T implemented) from simple low cost to mid range with optional features such as:

• Embedded conditional access
• NAND flash for data storage
• DVR ready
• Ethernet connectivity with Wake-on-LAN support
• Front and rear USB2.0 ports
• HDMI output
• Optical audio output via SPDIF

The reference design implements the advanced security features of the EMMA3SL/P digital TV processor that have been defined to meet the most stringent security demands of Conditional Access Companies. Furthermore the reference design uses NEC Electronics second generation DVB-T channel decoder and a microcontroller (78K0 series) for remote control, ultra-low power stand by, and CEC control. Therefore, the combination offers outstanding performance, low-power consumption and low-cost for STB applications. By including the 78K0 microcontroller for low power standby control, this reference design further enhances NEC Electronics reputation for low power solutions and enables manufacturers to meet the EU 2012 ecodesign target for standby power. EMMA powered STBs also remain cool during full operation due to the low power dissipation offered by NEC Electronics' EMMA3SL/P decoder IC. The solution’s primary purpose is to give manufacturers the flexibility to balance time to market, R&D and product function costs according to the manufacturers priorities. This is achieved by making different combinations of hardware and software packages (including a full Linux distribution) available directly from NEC Electronics or via its design partners.