Ariel announces industry's first single-width video TIM-40 module.HIGHLAND PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1995--Ariel announced the VPT-40, a video I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output module for Texas Instruments' TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales 320C4x family of digital signal processors. Packaged in a single-width TIM-40 format, the VPT-40 targets industrial applications like machine vision, medical imaging, and process automation. The module can be used with any carrier card that provides TIM-40 sites, including Ariel's own TMS320C4x-based PC-Hydra and PC-Hydra8 quad- and octal-C4x ISA Bus cards. The VPT-40 can acquire images, display images, and add overlay data to images. Featuring horizontal and vertical blanking, the module accepts one of four software-selectable NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. , PAL, RS-170, and CCIR See ITU. monochrome, interlaced video inputs. The input resolution can be up to 640 x 480 (NTSC) or 690 x 580 (PAL) at 8 bits/pixel. The VPT-40 produces an RGB (RS-343A) video output. The output resolution can be 640 x 480 (NTSC) or 690 x 580 (PAL) at 24 bits per pixel (hardware, graphics) bits per pixel - (bpp) The number of bits of information stored per pixel of an image or displayed by a graphics adapter. The more bits there are, the more colours can be represented, but the more memory is required to store or display the image. with a 4-bit, 15-color RGB overlay. The video input mode, video format, image size, RGB overlay, digitizer lookup RAM data, RGB color palette RAM data, digitizer gain, and offset are all software selectable. To provide high-speed access to video data, the module provides three 8-bit-wide, TMS320C4x-compatible comm ports. The VPT-40 also has seven 75-ohm SMB-type connector jacks (4 input, 3 output). The VPT-40 costs $1995 in single-piece quantity and is available immediately. OEM discounts are available. More on TIM-40 TI, in conjunction with leading companies in the areas of parallel processing, imaging, and signal processing, set out to develop a standard daughterboard A printed circuit board that plugs into another printed circuit board, which plugs into the main board (motherboard). Daughterboards, also called "mezzanine cards," augment the capabilities of the card they plug into. See mezzanine card. module which would simplify integration of multiple TMS320C40 DSPs. This de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, is formally called "TI Module, 'C40" or simply TIM-40. A TIM-40 module is a 2.5" x 4.2" daughterboard which can integrate one or more C40-family DSPs along with memory, A/D A/D See advance-decline line (A/D). and D/A D/A See: Documents Against Acceptance devices, and other functions as required. The modules include multiple connectors which are specified to connect with the Global Bus and comm ports of C40 family processors. This design simplifies communications between processors, and allows the system designer to add as many TIM-40 modules as a multiprocessor application requires. More on Ariel Ariel Corp., based in Highland Park, offers the industry's most complete range of advanced OEM digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). hardware and software. The company's board-level products, hardware/software development tools, and custom DSP hardware/software are used in a wide range of industrial, commercial, military/government, educational and research applications. Ariel's board-level DSP products are based on DSP chips from Texas Instruments, AT&T, Analog Devices, and Motorola. These products are compatible with a wide range of host computers, including PC XT/AT systems, ISA/EISA-compatible systems, PCI Bus systems, VMEbus systems, SPARCstations and other SBus-compatible systems. Other products include advanced DSP development tools such as emulators, debuggers, libraries, and extensive third-party software support from companies such as Alta Group, Entropic Research, Hyperception, Eonic Systems, Momentum Data Systems, Signalogic, Spectron Microsystems, Tartan, 3L Ltd, White Mountain DSP and Wind River Systems. For more information, contact Ariel at 433 River Road, Highland Park, N.J. 08904. Phone, 908/249-2900; fax, 908/249- 2123; e-mail: ariel@ariel.com; World Wide Web: http://www.ariel.com. CONTACT: Ariel Corp. Steve Curtin, 908/249-2900 or Davis-Marrin Communications Ken Marrin, 619/573-0736 |
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