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VersaLogic announces ultra-fast PC/104-Plus embedded computer with Intel Core 2 Duo CPU

vl_epm-35_lo.jpgSan Jose, California — At the Embedded Systems Conference today VersaLogic Corp., a Eugene, Oregon-based embedded computer company, announced the "Leopard", an ultra-fast PC/104-Plus embedded computer. Leopard brings the power of a 2nd generation Intel® Core™2 Duo processor (SP9300) to a compact PC/104-Plus form factor.

Leopard is designed for applications which require extreme CPU and video processing performance in a compact 4.2" x 3.8" (107 mm x 96 mm) package. The SP9300 Core 2 Duo CPU is combined with the GS45 Graphics Memory Controller Hub and ICH9M I/O Controller Hub to form an extremely high-performance system. This powerful embedded computer is ideally suited for compute-intensive high-end applications such as flight navigation, guidance systems, and medical scanning/imaging. Leopard is qualified to MIL-STD-202G shock and vibration standards for use in harsh environments.

"VersaLogic's new Leopard is the premium, high-performance PC/104-Plus embedded solution for applications requiring high-speed processing and extreme graphics capabilities," said Len Crane, President of VersaLogic. "Quickly advancing technology requirements in the high-end OEM markets are driving the need for higher performance and increased processing power in a small package. That's what this board really delivers."

The Leopard owes its ability to pack extreme CPU and video performance into a PC/104-sized card to a new Core 2 Duo package. The small form factor (SFF) micro-FCBGA package uses 0.5 mm pitch balls to fit 956 connections in very little space. Intel's GS45 + ICH9M chipset offers graphics core speeds up to 533 MHz for high-end graphics, advanced 3D rendering, high-definition video playback, and media acceleration for video CODECs. Analog VGA and LVDS flat panel video interfaces support flexible display configurations including Extended Desktop, Clone, and Twin display modes.

Available in full industrial (-40º to +85ºC) and commercial (0º to +60ºC) temperature versions, the Leopard can run at speeds of 2.26 GHz with typical mid-range power consumption of only 21 watts. Standard on-board I/O includes two gigabit Ethernet ports, six USB 2.0 ports, five serial ports, dual SATA interface, LPT interface, and HD audio. Leopard has an SO-DIMM socket for up to 4 GB DDR3 RAM as well as several high-reliability flash storage options, including a latching MiniBlade socket and an eUSB interface. The GS45 chip supports both analog VGA and LVDS video interfaces for Extended Desktop, Clone, and Twin video display modes, as well as 3D video acceleration. Leopard provides both PCI and ISA stackable expansion buses. An additional interface for SPX™ expansion modules provides add-on I/O for cost-effective, enhanced system scalability.

As with other VersaLogic embedded computer products, the Leopard features Phoenix Technologies' Embedded BIOS® with OEM enhancements. The field-reprogrammable BIOS supports custom defaults and the Firmbase™ software developers kit (SDK) for security, remote/network booting, and other application functions. Leopard is compatible with a variety of popular operating systems, including Windows, Windows Embedded, Linux, VxWorks, and QNX.

The Leopard is customizable, even in low OEM quantities. Customization options include, but are not limited to, manufacturing to Class 3 specifications, conformal coating, BIOS customization, revision locks, custom labeling, high-G shock and vibration treatment, and custom testing and screening. The Leopard is fully RoHS compliant.

VersaLogic will begin shipping Leopard in April of 2010 in OEM quantities.

Added on (Monday, 26 April 2010)

 

New from Sensoray, H.264 High Definition Video Capture, Compression and Playback

sensoray2226The Sensoray Model 2226 is a USB 2.0 HD/SD H.264 capture device, and configurable as Encoding or Decoding device. It supports many different NTSC or PAL video inputs/outputs including SDI, Composite Video, and S-Video in/out. The video formats include HD 1080i, HD 720p, and SD 480i/576i.
For the need of combining audio capturing/decoding, the Model 2226 provides different audio inputs/outputs including stereo/mono AudioJack input, XLR3 microphone input, stereo/mono Line-in/out audio input/output, and stereo headphone audio output. A single +5V power supply through a Molex 43650-0403 connector is required to power
the board.

The 2226 is a USB 2.0 A/V (Video & Audio) capture device. The 2226 supports multiple video input formats including 1080i, 720p, 480i, & 576i. The 2226 outputs MPEG2-TS with H.264 High Profile MPEG encoding for HD and H.264 Main Profile for SD. It is capable of decoding the encoded 2226 H.264 stream back to the HD & SD SDI outputs as well as the composite SD outputs. HD video is encoded in H.264/AVC High Profile Level 4.0 while SD video is encoded in H.264/AVC Main Profile Level 3.0.

A/V Multiplexing
The 2226 performs synchronization of the audio/video streams in hardware. The resulting H.264 stream is perfectly synchronized with no noticeable lip flap or delay between the video and audio.

Inputs
The 2226 video inputs/outputs include HD/SD SDI, Composite video, and S-Video. The 2226 supports stereo/mono line in/out, XLR3 microphone input, and headphone output.

Uncompressed Capture
The 2226 is capable of outputting an uncompressed video stream through the USB port of the host pc. This reduces the visual latency and the load on the host CPU when displaying video. HD video streams are downscaled to comply with the bandwidth limitations of the USB 2.0 bus.

Video Overlay
The 2226 supports full screen HD image/logo overlay at 16 bit color. The 2226 allows up to 8 hardware managed overlapping images, or an unlimited number of user defined full screen bitmaps to be added to the video stream. The video with overlay is compressed for storage on the host PC, as well as passed through to the video outputs of the 2226.

Supported Video Formats and Bit Rates

HD: 1920x1080i, 30/29.97/25Hz, 2Mbps to 20Mbps
1280x720p, 60/59.94Hz, 2Mbps to 20Mbps
SD: 720x480i, 29.97Hz (NTSC), 1Mbps to 10Mbps
720x576i, 25Hz (PAL), 1Mbps to 10Mbps

Added on (Tuesday, 13 April 2010)

 

New IP65 PanelPC from Evoc

ev_jpd-1201The new JPD-1201 from EVOC contains a 12.1" wide-temperature high-brightness LCD touch screen monitor with LVDS interface, resolution up to 1024 x 768, wide-temperature modular power supply, SSD and ultra-low-power Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU-based motherboard. JPD-1201 features an ideal combination of low-power, high-performance and ruggednes.
The motherboard is conformal coated and installed inside the rear cover that serves as heat sink. The product also features high protection grade (IP65), sunlight readable and high-brightness LCD screen.
Connections are made through aviation connectors.

Added on (Monday, 12 April 2010)

 

Four Channel PCI/104 Express Frame Grabber from Sensoray

sensoray911Model 911 from Sensoray is a PCI/104 Express 4-channel frame/video capture device designed for applications requiring a high capture rate from multiple input video channels. It supports capturing from NTSC, PAL, SECAM, RS-170, and CCIR video sources. The Model 911 provides four channels of stereo or mono audio capture associated with the four channels of video respectively.

For each video channel, the frame capture rate is up to 30 fps for NTSC and 25 fps for PAL. The total frame/video capturing rate up to 120 fps for NTSC and 100 fps for PAL. The 911 supports the following capture resolutions: D1.N (NTSC), D1.P (PAL), VGA, QVGA, QQVGA, SIF, 2SIF, 4SIF, CIF, QCIF, SQCIF, 4CIF.

Associated with each channel, general digital I/O signals are also provided for control, trigger, or alarm purposes.

A single +5V power supply through the PCI/104 express bus is required to power the board.

Specifications

Video Formats NTSC, PAL, SECAM
Video Inputs 4 input channels, simultaneously: 4 Composite video via a 24-pin connector, 75 Ohms; or 4 S-Video via the same 24-pin connector, 75 Ohms; or combinations up to 4 channels of video in, 75 Ohms
Audio Inputs 4 input channels: associated with 4 separated video channels Stereo or mono for each channel, via four 3.5mm TRS StereoJacsk; Or, break-in stereo/mono signal from a 34-pin connector Signal level: Line-in level, +/- 1.0V
Video Capture Modes Raw: RGB or YUV
Video Capture rate Up to: 120 (30x4) frames/sec for NTSC/RS-170/CCIR 100 (25x4) frames/sec for PAL/SECAM
Audio Sampling Rate Configurable: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, or 48 kHz
Video Encoding Could be done by software: i.e. MPEG1, MPEG2 (MP@ML), MPEG4 (SP), or MJPEG
Resolution Up to Full-D1: NTSC: 720x480 PAL: 720x576Supported: D1.N: 720x480 D1.P: 720x576 D.5: 480x352 SIF: 352x240 2SIF: 704x240 4SIF: 704x480 VGA: 640x480 QVGA: 320x240 QQVGA: 160x112 CIF: 352x288 QCIF: 176x144 SQCIF: 128x96 4CIF: 704x576
Digital I/O 4 inputs + 4 outputs: TTL signals 4 configurable inputs/outputs, via I/O terminals; all 4 inputs + all 4 outputs on breakout 34-pin connector
Bus PCI-Express x1: Compliant of PCI-Express Base Specification (Revision 1.0/1.1) PCI-to-PCI Bridge Specification (Revision1.2)
OS Platform Windows and Linux
Power 6.5W, +5V @ 1.3A
Temperature 0 – 70 C
Board Size 3.775" x 3.55" (96mm x 90mm)

Number of cameras NTSC per channel frames/sec PAL per channel frames/sec
1 30 25
2 30 25
3 30 25
4 30 25

Added on (Monday, 05 April 2010)

 

Intel Atom based Ultra-small Low-power Industrial-grade Fanless Embedded Box PC from EVOC

ev_mec-1003The MEC-1003 from EVOC Intelligent Technology is an ultra-small wide-temperature embedded box PC which supports built-in high-performance PC(I)/104 single board computers with stackable features. Adopting fully-sealed al-alloy rugged chassis that also serves as a heat sink, this box PC is compact and rugged. The product also possesses reasonable structure, dustproof performance, highly-reliable operation, wide-temperature, anti-vibration, anti-shock and excellent EMI performance.

 

 

 

Specifications

CPU Onboard low power Atom™ N270 1.6 Ghz CPU
Memory Onboard 1 GByte
Storage CompactFlash and SATA
Video VGA
Keyboard/Mouse PS/2
COM ports 2 x RS232, one of which supports RS-232/422/485
USB 4 x USB2.0
LAN 2 x 10M/1000Mbps RJ45 port
Digital I/O 8-channel digital I/O
Expansion bus PC/104 bus interface
Reliability MTBF≥50000 hrs
Operating temperature -40 °C ~ +85 °C
Storage temperature -40 °C ~ +85 °C
Power 8 - 32 Volt
Dimensions 49.8mm(H) x 166mm(W) x 152mm(D)

Added on (Tuesday, 30 March 2010)

 
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