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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PNX1300 Datasheet ( 409 KB)

 

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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