GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The SAA5360; SAA5361 is a single-chip multi page 625 line world system teletext decoder with a high-level command interface, and is SAFARI compatible.

FEATURES

• Support for 50 or 60 and 100 or 120 Hz and progressive scan display modes

• Complete 625 line teletext decoder in one chip reduces printed-circuit board area and cost

• Automatic detection of transmitted fastext links or service information (packet 8/30)

• On-Screen Display (OSD) for user interface menus using teletext and dedicated menu icons

• Video Programming System (VPS) decoding

• Wide Screen Signalling (WSS) decoding

• SAA5360 supports Pan-European, Arabic and Iranian character sets

• SAA5361 supports Pan-European, Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic character sets

• High-level command interface via I2C-bus gives easy control with a low software overhead

• High-level command interface is backward compatible to Stand-Alone Fastext And Remote Interface (SAFARI)

• 625 and 525 line display

• RGB interface to standard colour decoder ICs; current source

• Versatile 8-bit open-drain Input/Output (I/O) expander; 5 V tolerant

• Single 12 MHz crystal oscillator

• Single power supply: from 3.0 V to 3.6 V

• Operating temperature: −20 to +70 °C

• Automatic detection of transmitted pages to be selected by page up and page down

• 8 page fastext decoder

• Table Of Pages (TOP) decoder with Basic Top Table (BTT) and Additional Information Tables (AITs)

• 4 page user-defined list mode.