Challenges of STB development using STi71xx and STi52xx chipsets from STMicroelectronics
Presented seminar outlines the possible challenges and best practice of Set-top box development using technologies from STMicroelectronics
Challenges of STB development using STi71xx and STi52xx chipsets from STMicroelectronics:
- Brief overview of STi71xx and STi52xx chipset family
- Target device and a choice of chipset: DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, combo
- Software approach: Linux or OS21?
- Software approach: STAPI
- The choice of the GUI library
- Licensing issues
- Evaluation kits, development boards, JTAG adapters
- Tuner and demodulator choices - major suppliers
- Software architecture approach for STB
- Some Linux fast-boot and size optimization techniques
- Summary and points to watch