The signal arrives at the first DSP either on the SPDIF I2S DATA line from the digital inputs or on ADC DATA 3.3V for analogue inputs. The SPDIF chip generates the clocks for its interfaces, and the master clocks as it is the system master. The ADC generates its own bit clock and word clock from the master clock it receives from the ADC. When the ADC is in use the master clock is generated by an 11.2896MHz crystal attached to the SPDIF receiver (IC803).

The audio data is passed between the two DSPS in a time domain multiplexed form on the DSP_AUD0 line. The clocks for this line are on DSP1_SCLK and DSP1_LRCLK. As six channels are passed between the two DSPS the interfaces works at 3x the normal I2S speed. (3x stereo channels equal to six channels).

Audio data passes out of the second DSP IC IC702 to the four DAC’s via the serial terminators on pins 41 40 39 and 3. At this point the audio data is in I2S format. The DSP generates clocks for this audio data on pins 43 and 42 these are re-clocked and buffered by IC1102 and IC1100.

A system clock is passed to the DSP via pin30. This clock is multiplied inside the DSP chip using a phase locked loop. The phase locked loop filter (PLL) is made up of the components on pins 33 and 32. A smoothed supply is provided for the PLL via the ferrites L701 and L700.

Control of the DSPs from the micro-controller is via an SPI (serial peripheral interface) and uses pins 6,7,18,19,20. SPI is a Serial interface with clock (pin 7) and chip select (pin 18) in this implementation the read (pin 6) and write (pin19) lines are independent and pin 20 is the interrupt line.

Chips IC704 to IC708 are the SRAM and SRAM interface. IC704 is a level shifter from the 2.5V out of the DSP’s to the 3.3V of the SRAM The components IC705 IC706 IC707 are the address latch. The address from the 8bit port on the DSP is latched through these three chips to form a 19 bit address for the SRAM chip. IC708 is the SRAM chip. The SRAM interface is used to provide the lip-sync function within the DSP.

SPDIF

Refer to circuit diagram L896 Sheet 8

The SPDIF receiver decodes the in coming SPDIF data into an I2S stream and extracts the clocks from the signal.

The SPDIF signal arrives at the input through the coupling cap C824. The SPDIF signal is BIPHASE decoded to extract the data and a PLL is synchronised to the left right preamble to generate the system clocks. In the absence of an input signal the chip switches over to the crystal oscillator on pin 21 this assumes that the input is now coming from the ADC. In this situation the only clock generated is the master clock, which is used by the ADC to generate the clocks for its I2S interface and by the DSPs to generate clocks at their outputs. If the system is in Stereo bypass mode (i.e. pure stereo operation) OMCLK STOP is used to shut down the crystal oscillator to reduce noise in the box.

The phase locked loop filter is made up of C820, C821 and R820. The supply for the PLL comes from P5VD via the local inductor to give a local smooth supply.

The SPDIF chip is controlled via an SPI interface on pins 1,28,27,2,19. Data is received on pin 27 CDIN, transmitted on pin 1 CDOUT, the clock is on pin 28 CCLK, Chip select is on Pin 2 and the interrupt line is on pin 19.

SPDIS EMPH indicates weather the incoming signal has emphasis or not. (Low = emphasis)

SPDIF RST This is the reset signal, at power up it is held low to keep the device in reset until the power is stable.

IC802 is the master clock buffer and fans out the master clock to the other chips inside the product. Each line is series terminated to reduce reflections on the line.

Microprocessor

Refer to circuit diagram L896 Sheet 9

This sheet contains the circuits for the H8S micro-controller. The micro-controller has control of all the system functions via its I/O ports.

UARTS

The RS232 port is connected to one (TXD1 RXD1) of the three UART interfaces the other two are used for the serial VFD display updates (TXD0, SCK0) and the control of the DSP chips (TXD2, RXD2, SCLK2).

RS232 input is buffered via IC902, which generates and receives the levels required for RS232 communication (+/- 12V)

INTERUPTS

Pins 33,34,37,38 are used as interrupts to the micro-controller. Pin 33 is the SPDIF interrupt, Pins 34 and 37 are the interrupts from the two DSP chips and 38 is the power fail interrupt.

RESET

The chip reset is formed using the Schmitt trigger inverters in IC907 and the RC delay formed of C936 and R921. This is used to latch the information on the program button through the d- type flip-flop IC908A. The reset is further delayed by the RC C903 R916 then used to release the reset on the Micro- controller. This is so that the micro-controller mode (Program or normal run) is set up before the reset is released on the micro.

DSP Clock

The clock for the DSP is generated from the Micro-controller clock and is output on PF7/0.

This output is at 24.576MHz. The 24.567MHz clock is divided by two by the D type Flip Flop IC908B. A 74LV74 is required to provide sufficient speed to generate a 12.288MHz signal to the DSPs. This output is under micro-controller control and is shut off when the DSPs are not being used. (I.e. stereo bypass mode and standby).

Static Port expanders

IC904 and 905 provide static control lines for the noise sensitive parts of the circuit, the DACs and ADC. They are serial programmed via a bit bashed SPI type interface. Q900 generates a output enable low signal from the reset signal.

Buffers

IC900 is a level shifting buffer between 5V signals and the 3.3V tolerant inputs on the micro.

EEPROM

A 8k EEPROM is used to store the configuration information this is IC906 it is addressed using a bit bashed I2C interface.

Connectors

The three main control connectors are also on this sheet and connect to the video SK900 audio SK902 and front panel SK 901 PCBs.

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Arcam AV8 service manual Spdif, Microprocessor Refer to circuit diagram L896 Sheet

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