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News Release from: Cypress Semiconductor | Subject: EZ-USB FX2LP USB controller
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 December 2007
USB controller drives H.264 reference
designs
The new Crusher and Crusher-Capture reference designs accelerate the H.264 video encoding process up to 5x faster than real time.
Cypress Semiconductor and Mobilygen have introduced two reference designs to convert any video file to H.264 format in mobile devices The new Crusher and Crusher-Capture reference designs use Cypress's EZ-USB FX2LP USB controller and Mobilygen's MG1264 H.264 codec to accelerate the H.264 video encoding process up to 5x faster than real time
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Crusher reference design provides a hardware-accelerated drag-and-drop interface and faster than real-time operation for quick and easy creation of high-quality H.264 video.
Crusher's innovative system partitioning uses the personal computer to perform video decoding and audio transcoding and send raw component (YUV) video via the EZ-USB FX2LP USB 2.0 controller to the MG1264 codec.
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The Crusher Capture reference design adds to Crusher the ability to capture and encode full resolution D1 video and stereo audio from analogue sources.
Application software controls the mode of operation, allowing users to easily switch between real-time capture and conversion from file modes without requiring buttons or switches for configuration.
"The complete, ready-to-manufacture Crusher and Crusher-Capture reference designs make it simple to implement high-quality H.264 video over high-speed USB in portable electronics applications", says Bassil El-Kadi, Marketing Manager for Cypress's high-speed USB products.
"The low-power and performance of the EZ-USB FX2LP controller is an ideal match for the rapidly growing market for H.264 video applications".
"With video-capability proliferating in so many electronics applications, the ability to convert video to a common high-quality format is a must", adds Brian Johnson, Director, Technical Marketing at Mobilygen.
"The outstanding encoding capability of these video reference designs takes full-advantage of Cypress's industry-leading USB technology to enable fast and easy conversion to the H.264 format".
The Crusher and Crusher Capture video reference designs include production-proven schematics, Gerber files, and layout files enabling customers to modify the physical PCB design if desired.
A complete software development kit provides optimised drivers, a sample GUI-based application and source code that can be used to develop products for Windows, Mac and Linux.
The Crusher and Crusher Capture video reference designs are available now through Mobilygen's worldwide sales channels.
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