Date: 13/09/2008

National Semiconductor comprehensive 3G-SDI development kits

National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced the industry's first triple-rate (3G/HD/SD) serial digital interface (SDI) and video clocking daughter card development kits, SDALTEVK and SDXILEVK. The new kits maximize system performance and simplify the design of new broadcast video equipment.

Features of the daughter cards are explained below,

1. The two daughter cards are compatible with development kits from Altera and Xilinx and include synthesizable FPGA source code and the entire SDI signal path and video clocking solution together on one board.
2. Both daughter cards support industry-standard 270 Mbps, 1.485 Gbps and 2.97 Gbps data rates, enabling transmission of digital video broadcasting-asynchronous serial interface (DVB-ASI), standard-definition (SMPTE 259M-C), high-definition (SMPTE 292M) and the new 3G-SDI standard (SMPTE 424M) for uncompressed serial transmission of 1080p50/60 signals over a single link of coaxial cable.
3. SDALTEVK daughter card plugs directly into Altera's Cyclone III development board via a high-speed mezannine connector (HSMC),
4. SDXILEVK daughter card plugs directly into the Xilinx Spartan-3A development board via Avnet's EXP expansion module.
5. Each daughter card supports a complete 3G-SDI signal path consisting of adaptive cable equalizer (LMH0344), deserializer with reclocked loop through (LMH0341) and serializer with integrated cable driver (LMH0340).
6. A multi-rate sync separator LMH1981 and clock generator LMH1982 deliver ultra-low-jitter reference clocks to the host FPGA.
7. LP3878 LDO independently powers the daughter cards. The SDALTEVK includes LM20242 adjustable-frequency synchronous buck regulator.

Price: $ 399

For more details visit: http://www.national.com/sdaltevk
http://www.national.com/sdxilevk