Teardown: Kinect Xbox 360 add on has PrimeSense, Marvell, TI, ST parts
Keywords:Kinect? motion gaming? teardown? design?
Microsoft is estimating that it will sell 5 million Kinect units by Christmas, a boost for PrimeSense, Marvell, TI, ST and the system's other component suppliers, UBM TechInsights said.
Kinect is Microsoft's initial foray into motion gaming, a category popularized and dominated by Nintendo Co.'s Wii. Sony Corp. also recently threw its hat into the ring with a $99 bundle for its PlayStation 3, Sony Move.
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Kinect main board (Click on image to enlarge.) |
Here are the major parts found by UBM TechInsights within Kinect:
* PrimeSense PS1080-A2!PS1080 SoC image sensor processor (works with CMOS
image sensor and an IR light source)
* Marvell 88AP1-BJD2!Possible Marvell camera interface controller
* Elpida E5116AJBG-6E-E!70nm DDR2 SDRAM (SI#18324)
* (2) Marvell G39 00A1P
* H1025519 XBOX1001 X851716-006 GEPP!Serial EEPROM for Marvell controller
* Fairchild Semiconductor FDS8984!N-Channel PowerTrench MOSFET
* NEC uPD720114 USB 2.0 hub controller
* (2) Wolfson Microelectronics WM8737G stereo ADCs with microphone preamp (one for every two microphones)
* STMicroelectronics 25P16V6G!M25P16!16Mbit, low voltage, Serial Flash memory with 50MHz SPI bus interface
* STMicroelectronics H28A 9017
* WT245!Texas Instruments SN74AVC4T245RGYR 4-bit noninverting dual-supply bus transceiver
* Texas Instruments 70530-08T-AVF4 -TPS3705-30 Processor Supervisory Circuits with Power-Fail
* Texas Instruments TAS1020B universal serial bus (USB) peripheral interface device
* Kionix KXSD9 3-axis accelerometer
* (2) Analog Devices AD8694 op amp
* TI ADS7830I!8-Bit, 8-Channel sampling ADC with I2C interface
* Allegro Microsystems A3906 low voltage stepper and single/dual DC motor driver
* STMicroelectronics M29W800DB!8Mbit (1Mb x8 or 512Kb x16) NV Flash Memory
- Dylan McGrath
EE Times
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