MicroMax's Solutions
MicroMax's Solutions
MicroMax's Solutions
SiliconDrive 2.5"
Solid-State Storage
SiliconDrive™ 2.5" Drive is an optimal time-to-market replacement for hard drives and flash cards or in host systems that require low power and scalable storage solutions.
SiliconDrive technology is engineered exclusively for the high performance, high reliability and multiyear product lifecycle requirements of the Enterprise System OEM market. Typical end-market applications include broadband data and voice networks, military systems, flight system avionics, medical equipment, industrial control systems, video surveillance, storage networking, VoIP, wireless infrastructure, and interactive kiosks.
Every SiliconDrive is integrated with SiliconSystems patented PowerArmor™ and patent-pending SiSMART™ technology to virtually eliminate storage systems failures.
PowerArmor technology prevents data corruption and loss from power disturbances by integrating proprietary voltage detection circuitry and logic into every SiliconDrive.
SiSMART acts as an early warning system to eliminate unscheduled downtime by constantly monitoring and reporting the exact amount of remaining storage system useful life.
Numerous SiliconSystems patented and
patent-pending application-specific
technology can be integrated into
SiliconDrive to safeguard application data
and software IP. Application notes
detailing these performance-enhancing
options are available under NDA.
Protect-A-Pak
Single Use Tilt Indicator
Tip Indicator is a popular and easy to product that can prevent cargo damage from mishandling.
Attach the Tip Indicator with its self adhesive backing to cargo that must be shipped upright. This devise indicates when tipped more than 90 degrees in any direction. When instructions or exterior labels such as "This End Up" are ignored, Tilt Indicators are activated.
Use the Mounting Flange to attach the Tip Indicator Device externally so they can be viewed during shipment. A tripped indicator can be viewed without even opening the package.
Model 2416
Mpeg Video Server
Description
Model 2416 is a streaming video server. It converts analog video into digital data, compresses it into MPEG formats and then transmits it over an Ethernet using the UDP or RTP protocol. It is made from Sensoray’s 516 MPEG-2 frame grabber, 301-6 CPU and 207 power supply. The 2416 has options to record video clips that may be played back locally on the 2416 or sent over the Ethernet for remote viewing. More sophisticated versions can process four video streams simultaneously and transmit them over a wireless Ethernet. Since the 2416 is bi-directional, it can accept an Ethernet stream from another 2416 and convert the encoded digital video into composite video outputs.
Audio Frame Grabber
Model 2416 has two audio input channels that are synchronized to the MPEG data.
Decoding Latency
Although it is possible to use 2416 hardware to decode MPEG data, this process does not have low latency compared to Sensoray’s Display & Control software. 2416 hardware latency is 5 seconds, while our software player’s latency is less than one second.
Display and Control Software
Sensorays real-time Display and Control Software decodes and displays up to fifteen MPEG1 and/or MPEG2 streams with a low latency of 1/2 to one second. Thumbnail images from remote video servers may be positioned over a background such as a map or building plan. Multiple server images may be selected for expansion to full size and full frame rate.
Digital Video Recorder
Video clips may be stored on 2416 servers that have internal storage media as described in this section. The movies may be replayed from local or from remote 2416’s or they may be rapidly downloaded to remote clients. For example, the daily movies accumulated in a vehicle’s DVR may be rapidly transferred over an 802.3 wired Ethernet.
Movies can be stored on a removable compact flash card. In the local record mode, MPEG data from the frame grabbers is recorded to storage media. Proper care is taken to prevent significant data loss in the event of a power loss. While data is being recorded it is also available as composite video from the frame grabbers.
Ethernet Protocols
The UDP format (user datagram protocol) offers the fastest data rates and minimum CPU usage at the expense of minimal error checking. The 2416-4 can uni-cast four MPEG2 data streams at full frame rates when using this protocol.
A disadvantage of the UDP format is that it cannot be played using popular stream players such as QuickTime. However, the latency i.e., the time delay between recording and displaying, while using these players, can be several seconds.
The RTP format (real time protocol) trades off CPU and memory usage for error correction and compatibility with QuickTime and Real Player. Sensoray sells a multi-stream, low-latency software RTP player for Windows 2000 and XP. The latency of Sensorays software player can be as low as one half second when processed on a 2 GHz, Pentium-4 system. A disadvantage of RTP is that it uses twenty-five percent of the 2416’s CPU time, while UDP uses less than five percent. Hence, the 2416 can only support two RTP streams.
Video Storage
There are three storage options. Video clips may be stored on a 2.5 inch IDE hard drive by adding the 300TA interface board and IDE cable. IDE mechanical hard drives have limited temperature and vibration specifications, hence, they are not recommended for use in vehicles or outdoors environments. Some 2.5-inch hard drives may draw too much power from the 2416s power supply and must be powered by an auxiliary power source. Mechanical IDE hard drives have the advantage of low cost and high density.
Once MPEG video data is stored on the 2416 it may be decoded and viewed by using the 2416’s hardware decoding and composite video output channel.
Recorded movies can also be sent over the Ethernet for remote viewing with QuickTime or Real Player. In this case, the 2416 sends MPEG data which the software player must decode.
Camera Control
The 2416s CPU sends pan, tilt and zoom command from the Ethernet to one of the RS-232 ports. Many cameras use serial ports for position control. PZT software is included for popular camera assemblies such as Sony (Visca), Pelco(D protocol) and Cohu (iDome).
To facilitate camera adjustment the digitized video can be looped back to the composite video output for viewing on a TV monitor. This is the default mode for the video output.
Bit Rates and Bandwidth
The data rates discussed below refer to the video bit rate from the MPEG frame grabber used by the 2416. The rates do not refer to Ethernet bit rates, which are fixed at 10 Mbits/sec or 100 Mbits/sec. The 2416s programmable bit rate allows trading image quality for bandwidth.
Higher bit rates from our MPEG frame grabber give better quality images than lower rates. Full-size interlaced images of 30 frames/sec will start to show distortions below 1 Mbits/sec, however, image quality improves only slightly above this rate.
When low bit rates are selected, the amount of distortion depends on the amount of motion in the scene. A chess game will have less distortion than a soccer game.
Embedded Linux
The board set is supplied with specially configured Linux for high reliability and fast response. After power is applied, the software is automatically loaded to RAM from flash memory. The 2416 will then stream MPEG data to the Ethernet port.
Sensoray has optimized Linux installation for the 301-6 CPU. Although it is possible to recompile the Linux kernel, Sensoray does not offer technical support for this operation.
Model 2251
USB MPEG Frame Grabber
The Model 2251 USB frame grabber accepts an NTSC or PAL composite analog video source and converts it into an MPEG stream along with the optional synchronized audio. Frame capture in JPEG format is also supported. A USB interface allows video capture at full resolution and frame rate. Adjustable resolution and bitrate selections provide the optimal balance between quality and storage requirements for a wide range of applications. Model 2251 comes with a USB cable that has been designed and tested specially for the product.
The 2250 was designed primarily for OEMs who integrate it with their application software using the Software Development Kit (SDK) available for download under the "Software and Manuals" tab. This product requires a knowledge of C-language or Visual Basic. It is not a consumer product intended for home use.
Motion Detection
The 2251 supports motion detection in three user programmable regions of interest. For each separate region of interest, the user can set up different levels of motion detection sensitivity. Within each of the regions of interest, motion can be further localized to a 16x16 pixel block. Please see images under images and mechanical drawings.
Picasso FI-mm/sm
Opticlink fiber interface
With the picasso FI long haul digital video acquisition is possible. The picasso FI
framegrabber models are plug and play PC-cards for the PCI-bus and provide highresolution
image capture for digital video cameras via a fiber optics interface. It enables
each standard PCI system to capture and store single images for image processing or
full frame display of digital video in a window. The FI models operate as PCI-bus
master and transfer images directly to the system memory without impacting the
processor.
Model 617
JPEG Frame Grabber
Model 617 combines the functions of a 16 x 4 video crosspoint switch, a frame grabber, hardware JPEG compression and digital I/O into one PCI board.
The 617 accepts sixteen composite video inputs and routes any four of them to separate video decoders for digitizing. The use of four decoders eliminates losing frames during channel switching. At least two decoders are always in sync and ready for the JPEG compression circuit.
The 617 uses multiple frame buffers to interlace full size images before they are compressed. This allows the 617 to generate just one compressed image per frame instead of two per interlaced frame.
Frame rates
Each of the four decoders digitizes 30 frames per second to give an overall board throughput of 30 fps for 640 x 480 interlaced frames. These throughputs include JPEG compression. If all sixteen channels are used the frame rate per channel is 1.8 fps.
Number of Cameras
NTSC frames/sec
PAL frames/sec
1
30
25
2
15
12.5
4
7.5
6.25
8
3.75
3.12
16
1.88
1.56
Hardware compression
Model 617 executes hardware JPEG compression to greatly reduce the amount of memory needed to store images. Hardware compression reduces the CPU and PCI bus loading.
Multiple boards
Sensorays software supports multiple 617s in the same PCI bus. For example, two 617’s may be used to expand the number of video inputs to thirty two. If sixteen inputs are distributed between two boards the overall capture rate increases to 3.7 fps per channel.
Real-time outputs
Any four of the sixteen inputs may be routed to four output channels for display on video monitors. A software-selectable switch after each buffer amplifier allows multiple 617’s to share the same video monitor.
Input Clamping
Each input channel has a clamping circuit to minimize the effects of switching from one floating camera signal to another. Image artifacts from a previous channel will not affect the current channel.
Text caption buffer The 617’s caption buffer allows overlaying text on each frame. The text is within a transparent box that may be positioned anywhere within the frame. The text size and color are programmable.
Special Output The 617 also supplies small-size uncompressed frames suitable for motion detection by the host computer. These are 128 x 96 pixels or 256 x 192.
Picasso SDI
Cost attractive Serial Data Interface (SDI) board
The picasso SDI is a high performance plug and play PC-card for the PCI-bus. It
enables each standard PCI system to acquire SDI image data and store YUV or
RGB images in system memory or full frame display of real-time video in a window.
aTCA-3100
24/48-Port AdvancedTCA Base
The aTCA-3100 series are the 24/48-port AdvancedTCA base/fabric layer 3 switch blades, based on Vitesse® VSC7310 switch silicon and Intel® 80219 600MHz XScale® I/O processor. The aTCA-3100, base switch blade, features 24-port 10/100/1000BASET links, including 12 node slots, 8 front panel egress RJ45 ports, 2 ShMC ports, 1 inter-switch port and 1 control plane CPU access port. In addition to all the aTCA-3100 features, the fabric switch blade, aTCA-3110 features 24-port 1000BASE-BX links, including 14 PIGMG 3.1 option 1 compliant node slots, 2 front panel egress ports and 8 reserved ports from Rear Transition Module I/O. The aTCA-3120, fabric switch blade with 10GbE uplink support, features an additional 10Gigabit Ethernet XFP uplink port above the aTCA-3110 feature set.
ComSync
Serial Communications Adapter
The Connect Tech Inc. ComSync/104 is a 2 channel Synchronous/Asynchronous Serial Adapter card for PC/104 Bus assemblies.
The card utilizes the features and functionality of the Zilog 85230
ESCC with an innovative I/O structure to provide the user with full
featured SYNC/ASYNC communications.
ACM/Flex-16
To satisfy your unique connectivity requirements, Connect Tech designed the ACM/Flex-16 to enhance the Intellicon-NT960 and NT960/PCI serial I/O subsystems. The ACM/Flex-16 brings our versatile "Flex" technology to the NT960, offering RS-232, RS-485 and Current Loop electrical interfaces.
