Data Sheet

Order No. MD192

August 31, 1998

MFC1000

Device Set

The Conexant™ MFC1000 Device Set hardware consists of the Conexant

MFC1000 Controller and a Conexant MONOFAX Modem device. This

device set, along with the supporting firmware and evaluation system,

comprises a complete Multifunctional Peripheral system–needing only a

power supply, scanner, and printer mechanism components to complete the

machine. The models available are listed in Table 1. A system-level block

diagram using the MFC1000 Engine is shown in Figure 1.

Integrated MFC1000 Controller

The Integrated MFC1000 controller provides the majority of the electronics

necessary to build a plain paper based MFP integrated into a one-chip

solution. An ARM7 CPU, 1284 parallel port interface, Flash memory/DRAM

controller, resolution conversion, inkjet data formatter, and external inkjet or

laser printing interface allows full printer functionality. In addition, the

controller performs primary facsimile control/monitoring and

compression/decompression functions, interfacing with major fax machine

components like the scanner, modem, motors, and operator control panel.

The ARM7TDMI embedded processor provides an external 48 MB direct

memory accessing capability. An integrated Pipeline ADC combined with

Rockwell Image Processing Scheme (RIPS

image processing performance on both text and half-tone images.

The MFC1000 Engine provides the hardware and software necessary to

develop a Multifunctional Peripheral including architecture for printing,

faxing, scanning, and copying. It also supports many of these operations

occurring simultaneously.

Two configurations were analyzed for concurrency capabilities as following

Printing

Fax

Scanning

Concurrency

360x360

dpi

Mono Inkjet

7ppm

14.4 Kbps

MMR

300 dpi

8 bit/pixel

Full Dual

Access

720x720

dpi

Mono Inkjet

7ppm

14.4 Kbps

MMR

400 dpi

8 bit/pixel

Full Dual

Access

Dual access defined as the ability to receive a fax while

performing any single function

MONOFAX Modems

Several MONOFAX modems are available for use with the MFC1000

controller. Each is dependent on the communication applications desired.

The FM209 and FM214 modems support V.29 and V.17 facsimile

transmission and reception respectively. These modems also support

integrated digital answering machine functions by including a voice codec

that yields up to 24 minutes of voice storage per 4 Mbits of memory. These

modems also optionally support full-duplex speakerphone features for hand-

free applications using an external Integrated Analog (IA) device. The

FM336 modem supports Group 3 facsimile send and receive speeds up to

33600 bps using V.34 half-duplex mode.

Distinguishing Features

•
   

− 

   



−

  
!  " 

−

#$  % &

#

− '( 

−

) ) ) )

)   * 

    (

+
) ( 
)  

* ,

−

-./& (  &) 0./& 

&

− * 

−

+
1  +
) ,

 

−

1  1

−

10  ( *

−

1  ##

−

+  2 1-/13

−

* 

−

0 4  *

−

0./&$ *  ! 5* 6- *

 * 5$

−

5/5$  , 5* 7

*#

− 


−

5 &" 5* ##& &"

!

−

  0.
 &" 

−

+! 2 ) 8  0./&

−

1   #  

−

$ &" * 5* 

&$ 5

−

+$ 1/&/1 * 



−

,  # 



− 971
#$ 

−

::  :+/$  

−

  -
 :+ 971 ##$

− 
 

−

'*   
 *

 ;%;. )  +) 

 #   ##$

−

'( 
 * 
 *

-