i.MX21 Portable Media Player Reference Design

i.MX21 Portable
Media Player
Reference Design
Freescale Semiconductor
introduces the i.MX21 Portable
Media Player (PMP) reference
design kit based on Freescale’s
i.MX21 multimedia applications
processor and the Microsoft®
Windows® CE 5.0 operating
system. This robust hardware
and software development kit
is designed to be compliant
with Microsoft’s Portable Media
Center (PMC) standard while
allowing user customization
through broad I/O support.
Portable media players are
handheld devices that play
recorded TV, movies, home
videos, music and photos.
The Freescale i.MX21 PMP
reference platform eliminates
months of design time and
provides a robust hardware and
software environment to develop
a form factor PMP. The i.MX21
multimedia applications
processor, based on an
ARM926EJ-S™ processor core,
is at the heart of the design,
driving rich video and high-fidelity
audio performance in a
Freescale’s Conceptual Implementation of the i.MX21 Portable Media Player Reference Design
power-efficient package.
i.MX21 PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER REFERENCE DESIGN BOARD
Example implementation includes:
> Freescale i.MX21 multimedia
applications processor
> 15/20/30 GB 1.8" HDD support
> 64 MB Flash, 64 MB SDRAM
> 3.6" 320 x 240 16-bit color LCD
> Push-button U/I
> Stereo headphone output
> USB 2.0, Ethernet and UART support
> Four hours of video playback
> WinCE®/PMC
> Industrial design case
> TV out
> Compact Flash
> SD/SDIO
In addition to enabling your development
using the Microsoft PMC platform, Freescale
offers portable media player platforms based on
Linux® OS.
The i.MX21 multimedia applications
processor is at the heart of the
system and:
> Supports open operating systems,
including, but not limited to, Microsoft
Windows CE .NET®
> Drives high-end video resolution
and quality
> Enables excellent system performance,
without wasting power due to
unnecessary wait states, because of
its superior memory subsystem
> Allows extensive customization of the
reference design through the broad
I/O capabilities built into the portable
media player
Bring consumers the cinema quality
video they demand—and don’t ask them
to give up any of the other functions they
depend on. Start your media player or
other device design using Freescale’s
For more information and to order your i.MX21
Portable Media Player reference design kit, call
your Freescale sales representative, or visit
www.freescale.com/imx.
i.MX21 Portable Media Player reference
design. The work we’ve done for you can
help get your mobile media device with
the Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 OS
to market much sooner.
The complete reference design kit,
available free of charge, contains:
> Schematic (OrCAD or PDF)
> Bill of materials
> Layout files
> i.MX21 Windows CE 5.0/PMC board
support package
> Performance data
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