FASTFRAME-CB PCMCIA BOARD
Alacron introduces the FastFrame-CB. Available in both analog, digital, and camera link configurations for greater flexibility and cost savings. The FastFrame-CB uses the Nexperia (formerly TriMedia) PNX1302 microprocessor from Philips Semiconductors.
The Philips PNX1302 Processor
The Philips developed PNX1302 is a high-performance programmable single-chip processor that delivers real-time processing of audio, video, graphics, and communications datastreams. The TriMedia TM1302 employs a typical Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) architecture capable of 720 MFLOPS/900 MIPS peak and has a 32-bit CPU that connects instruction and data caches at rates of 4 GB/sec and 1100MB/sec peak. By incorporating the TriMedia processor into Alacron’s new FastImage, customers and developers can significantly increase their processing power enabling them to work more efficiently and cost effectively.
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FastFrame-CB Features
- PCMCIA board with one TriMedia processor with 16 MB of dedicated high speed (572MB/s) SDRAM, capable of over 720 MFLOPS of computational power
- Collects NTSC/PAL/SECAM data from up to four digital cameras
- Digital capture, 32 data bits (RS-422, LVDS) with control and clock
- One 85 MHz Camera Link (Channel Link) inputs
- Programmable FPGAs for I/O interface configuration
- 32 bit cardbus
- Supported by standard software development tools, including fully optimized microcoded signal and image processing libraries (FOIL)
- Optional TriMedia software development environment (SDE) for Windows® 9X/NT/2K and Solaris™ and Linux
Technical Specifications
 Block Diagram |
| NTSC/PAL Composite Video Capture (1 channel/4:1 Mux) | |
| Input levels | 1V peak-to-peak nom., 0.3 to 1.2V peak-to-peak max. |
| Input impedance | 75 Ohms |
| Channel crosstalk | -50 dB max. |
| Resolution | 8 bits |
| Formats supported | PAL BGHI, PAL N, PAL M, NTSC M, NTSC N, NTSC 4.43, NTSC-Japan, SECAM |
| Digital Video Capture | |
| Common mode input range | -5V
to +5V (0 to 2.4V with LVDS option) |
| Input sensitivity | 250mV
differential (100mV with LVDS option) |
| Input hysteresis | 50 mV typical |
| Max. clock rate | 80 MHz |
| Max. input data width | 32 bits |
| Formats supported | ITU-R
BT.656 (4:2:2 interlaced color), 8/10-bit mono. variable/line scan, 8/10-bit raw data, 8/10-bit RGB,16-bit raw at 20 MHz (40 MB/sec.) |
| Input Levels | RS-422, LVDS signaling |
| Camera Control | |
| Serial port | Asynchronous RS-232, 600-19,200 Baud |
| Frame/line start outputs | 2 RS-422 |
| Exposure control out. | 2 RS-422 |
| Master clock out. | 2 RS-422 programmable in 0.07 Hz steps up to 40 MHz |
| General purpose out. | 4 RS-422 |
| Pixel clock inputs | 2 RS-422 |
| Line/frame valid in. | 4 RS-422 |
| External trigger in. | 2 RS-422 |
| Gen. purpose in. | 4 RS-422 |
| Power | No camera power provided by card; use an external supply |
| RS-422 input | RS-422, LVDS signaling |
| PCI Interface | |
| Clock rate | 33 MHz max. |
| Data width | 64/32 bits |
| Peak DMA rate | 256/132 MB/sec. |
| Standards compliance | PCI Rev. 2.1 |
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