The combination of Altera's Stratix®, Arria®, and Cyclone® FPGAs covers the spectrum of broadcast applications, allowing the best picture, integration options, and lowest power consumption for all your broadcast requirements. In addition, Altera® broadcast solutions, which include development kits, reference designs, and intellectual property (IP) cores, support applications throughout the broadcast chain, enabling you to deliver high-quality content.
Using Altera's IP, reference designs, and audio video development kits, you can accelerate development of video capture, processing, and format conversion cards. Our solutions include:
| Table 1. Altera's Broadcast Development Kits | ||
| Development Kit | Device | Features |
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| Arria II GX Audio/Video Development Kit (Partner: Omnitek) |
EP2AGX125N |
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| Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition | EP4SGX230 |
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| Cyclone III Video Processing Development Kit (Partner: Bitec) |
EP3C120 |
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| Multimedia Daughtercards |
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| Table 2. Device Family For Broadcast Application | |||||
| Family | Transceiver | DDR Speed | Density Range | Memory | Protocols Supported |
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| Cyclone IV GX FPGA | 3.125 Gbps | 200 MHz | 15K to 150K Logic Elements (LEs) | 0.5 - 6.5 Mb | 3G-SDI and PCle Gen1 |
| Arria II GX FPGA | 3.75 Gbps | 400 MHz | 45K to 260K LEs | 2.9 - 8.5 Mb | 3G-SDI and PCle Gen1 |
| Stratix IV GX FPGA | 11.3 Gbps | 533 MHz | 70K to 530K LEs | 6.5 - 20.3 Mb | 3G-SDI and PCle Gen1 and Gen2 |
| HardCopy® IV GX ASIC | 5 Gbps | 533 MHz | 2.8-11.5 ASIC Gates |
6.5 - 20.3 Mb | 3G-SDI and PCle Gen1 and Gen2 |
| Table 3. Altera's Broadcast Reference Designs | ||
| Reference Design | Board | Features |
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| SDI-to-PCIe bridge (partner: Omnitek) |
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| Format conversion (4K upscaling, UDX3, V1 and V2) |
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| NTSC-to-HD scaling |
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| Audio sample rate converter (SRC) |
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