SDI/ASI Video-over-IP Development Kit, featuring Altera Stratix III FPGA
Target Applications
- Bridging of DBV-ASI sources using video-over-IP
- SDI video cameras
- Remote monitoring of a DBV-ASI TS using video-over-IP
- Digital Video Recorder's
- Video switches
- Video editing systems
Overview
Microtronix bundles an HDMI Receiver/Transmitter Daughtercard, a Triple-rate SDI card and a suite of HD SDI/ASI video reference designs with the Altera Stratix 3SL150 Development Kit 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.
The kit hardware includes:
- Altera Stratix III 3SL150 Development Kit
- National Semiconductor SDALTEVK SD/HD/3G SDI Adapter daughterboard
- Microtronix HDMI Receiver / Transmitter HSMC Daughtercard, P/N: 6256-00-00
Key Features
Altera Stratix III Kit- Altera Stratix III EP3SL150 C2 speed grade FPGA
- DDR2 SDRAM: 1-GByte DIMM and 16-MByte discrete devices
- 64-MByte flash memory
- Dual HSMC expansion connector
- Triple-speed Ethernet PHY
For a full product description see Altera website
Microtronix HDMI Receiver/Transmitter Daughtercard
- HDMI v1.1 Receiver & Transmitter
- Analog YCrCb video receiver
- Supports 480i / 720p / 1080i /1080p @ 50/60 Hz
- 2 SD/HD/3G SDI serializer & cable driver
- 1 SD/HD/3G SDI deserializer & equlizer
- 1 Multi-format video sync separator
- Multi-rate video clock generator with genlock
Included Suite of Microtronix IP Core*
- Avalon Multi-port DDR2 Memory Controller IP Core
- I2C Master Controller IP Core
- UDP and RTP IP cores supporting Video-over-IP
Quartus HD Video Reference Designs
The supplied Quartus HD Video Reference Designs are based on Altera's Avalon-ST Video Framework, ASI and VIP suite of cores and leverage the high bandwidth memory efficiency of the Microtronix Avalon Multi-port DDR2 Memory Controller for building high-resolution video systems.
Video-over-IP:
The Video-over-IP reference design supports transmission of a MPEG transport stream video stream between two DVB-ASI endpoints using video-over-IP on an Ethernet network. The design demonstrates monitoring of a DVB-ASI transport stream from a PC using an Ethernet IP connection.
Triple-rate SDI Broadcast Designs:
The SDI interfaces support Standard Definition SMPTE 259M (SD-SDI) interface, High Definition SMPTE 292M (HD-SDI) interface, and 3G SMPTE 424M (3G-SDI) video streams. Reference designs demonstrate the transport of 480i, 720p, 1080i and 1080p video from/to the HDMI ports over a looped SD, HD and 3G SDI interface.
Picture-in-Picture In-line Processing:
This design is based on Altera's Video IP suite and demonstrates in-line processing of a SDI video stream. It supports:
- Graphics overlay
- HD Video Frame capture
- Dynamic scaler
*Note: Microtronix provides a one year OpenCore Plus license for the included suite of IP.
