The Phoenix HD-SDI range offers low latency capture from uncompressed 8-bit and 10-bit Serial Digital Interface (SDI) and High Definition Serial Digital Interface (HD-SDI) video sources. All variants support the SMTPE 292M standard and can capture from 270Mbit/s and 540Mbit/s standard definition SDI sources, as well as up to 1.484Gbit/s HD-SDI sources. Supported video formats include 525 NTSC, 625 PAL 720p and 1080i resolutions. In addition the Phoenix D20HDSDI models offer simultaneous capture from SDI or HD-SDI inputs and the entry level D10HDSDI has a single channel capability. The range is available for single lane PCI Express systems or for demanding applications the D20HDSDI offers a four lane PCI Express interface which supports bandwidths in excess of 750Mbytes/sec.
In the specialist image-grabbing market, Active Silicon is probably one of the most respected innovators of leading edge vision technologies. The well established Phoenix and LFG products provide high quality yet affordable image capture solutions for a variety of video sources. Both the Phoenix and LFG products are supported worldwide and compatible with all the most popular (and many specialist) operating systems, including Windows XP and Linux (both 32-bit and 64-bit variants) …plus XPe, DOS, VxWorks, Solaris, Mac OS X and QNX. Along with traditional form factors such as PCI and PCI Express, Active Silicon is renowned for supporting more specialist interfaces such as PC/104-Plus, PMC and CompactPCI.
Other advantages include an easy to use Software Development Kit which allows integrators to develop applications quickly and simply, together with a range of built-in third-party image analysis software drivers for packages such as Common Vision Blox, Streampix, MATLAB and LabVIEW. Support is also provided for DirectShow and QuickTime interfaces. Best of all, customers will have direct access to Active Silicon for machine vision system advice, consultancy and system integration work to ensure successful completion of end-user applications.
