GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The SAA5360; SAA5361 is a single-chip multi page 625 line world system teletext decoder with a high-level command interface, and is SAFARI compatible.

FEATURES
• Support for 50 or 60 and 100 or 120 Hz and progressive scan display modes
• Complete 625 line teletext decoder in one chip reduces printed-circuit board area and cost
• Automatic detection of transmitted fastext links or service information (packet 8/30)
• On-Screen Display (OSD) for user interface menus using teletext and dedicated menu icons
• Video Programming System (VPS) decoding
• Wide Screen Signalling (WSS) decoding
• SAA5360 supports Pan-European, Arabic and Iranian character sets
• SAA5361 supports Pan-European, Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic character sets
• High-level command interface via I2C-bus gives easy control with a low software overhead
• High-level command interface is backward compatible to Stand-Alone Fastext And Remote Interface (SAFARI)
• 625 and 525 line display
• RGB interface to standard colour decoder ICs; current source
• Versatile 8-bit open-drain Input/Output (I/O) expander; 5 V tolerant
• Single 12 MHz crystal oscillator
• Single power supply: from 3.0 V to 3.6 V
• Operating temperature: −20 to +70 °C
• Automatic detection of transmitted pages to be selected by page up and page down
• 8 page fastext decoder
• Table Of Pages (TOP) decoder with Basic Top Table (BTT) and Additional Information Tables (AITs)
• 4 page user-defined list mode.