Input/Output Interfaces

5.8.3 HD Audio Codec

The HD Audio Codec provides pulse code modulation (PCM) coding and decoding of audio information as well as the selection and/or mixing of analog channels. As shown in Figure 5-12, analog audio from an external microphone, tape, or internal CD can be selected and, if to be recorded (saved) onto a disk drive, routed through an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The resulting left and right PCM record data are muxed into a time-division-multiplexed (TDM) data stream (SD IN signal) that is routed to the audio controller. Playback (PB) audio takes the reverse path from the audio controller to the audio codec as SD OUT data and is decoded and either routed through an equalizer or applied directly to the digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The codec supports simultaneous record and playback of stereo (left and right) audio. The sampling rate used by the Sample Rate Controllers (SRC) may be set independently for the ADCs and the DAC. The integrated analog mixer provides the computer control-console functionality handling multiple audio inputs.

Audio

Format

Front Mic Audio In

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rear Mic Audio In [1]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD Audio In

 

Mux

 

REC

 

 

 

 

Gain

 

Line Audio In

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC Beep In

 

 

Mux/Gain

 

 

 

 

Line Audio Out

PB

 

 

 

 

HP Audio Out

Gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PB

 

 

 

 

 

Gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

The audio codec includes two ADCs. However, only one is typcially used.

All audio lines represent both left and right channel information. [1] CMT form factor only.

 

 

 

L/R

 

 

 

ADC

Audio In

w/SRC

 

 

 

 

SDI

 

 

 

 

 

 

RST#

 

 

 

HD

 

 

 

HD Audio

BCLK

 

 

Link Bus

Audio

 

 

 

 

to/from

Interface

 

 

 

 

Audio

 

 

 

 

Controller

 

 

SYNC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SDO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L/R

DAC

 

Audio Out

w/SRC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 5-12. ALC262 HD Audio Codec Functional Block Diagram

All functions are controlled through index-addressed registers of the codec.

 

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