

The EVAL-MELODY-8 board is a platform that allows users to evaluate Analog Devices, Inc., products intended for decoding high quality, digital audio signals.
The EVAL-MELODY-8 board includes a Blackfin® ADSPBF524 processor for system control and a SHARC® ADSP-21569, which is a SHARC+® single core, high performance, digital signal processor for audio decoding. The evaluation board also includes the ADV7625 High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI®) transceiver with high bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) 1.4 technology. To order the EVAL-MELODY-8 board, the user must be licensed for the HDCP 1.4 technology.
Full specifications for the ADSP-21569 are listed in the ADSP-21569 data sheet. Full specifications for the ADSP-BF524 are listed in the ADSP-BF524 data sheet. Consult the data sheets in conjunction with this user guide when using the EVAL-MELODY-8 board.