Date: 31/10/2009

New Video Over IP add-on kit from Microtronix for FPGA development boards

Microtronix has released a new Video Over IP add-on kit for Altera's Cyclone III and Stratix III FPGA development boards. The kit provides the hardware, software, and IP required to implement a bi-directional bridge between DVB-ASI interfaces and RTP-UDP/IP over Ethernet.

The IP core accepts a video transport stream and encapsulates it for transmission over an Ethernet network using user datagram protocol (UDP)/IP network encapsulation, with real-time transport protocol (RTP) encapsulation. Pro-MPEG Code of Practice #3 (CoP3) forward error correction (FEC) is available as an option. The core supports full-duplex 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps Ethernet connections and can process up to 256 individual video streams. By using hardware encapsulation, the core can achieve line-rate gigabit Ethernet performance with minimal transmission latency.

The kit bundles Gigabit Ethernet PHY / HDMI 1.3 Transmitter HSMC Daughtercard, National Semiconductor SDALTEVK SD/HD/3G SDI Adapter Daughtercard and Quartus Reference Designs to provide a complete video over IP development solution. The Quartus Video Over IP reference design implements a system that bridges between MPEG transport stream (TS) video data and Ethernet based Internet protocol (IP) networks.

"By supporting existing as well as new Cyclone III and Stratix III FPGA development platforms, the Video Over IP Add-on Kit enables designers to maximize their investment and knowledge in Altera Quartus tools and their existing FPGA development platforms." said Norman McCall, president of Microtronix. "Using the supplied reference designs with the supporting Microtronix and Altera's IP cores, customers can significantly reduce their design risk and time to market."

The suggested applications for Video Over IP add-on kit include SDI video cameras, bridging of DBV-ASI sources using video-over-IP, remote monitoring of a DBV-ASI TS using video-over-IP, digital video recorder's, video switches and video editing systems.

Microtronix says the reference designs can easily be tailored to specific application or onto other FPGA development platforms containing a HSMC header.

Availability: Now

For more details visit www.microtronix.com