Cradle MPEG4 Reference Design Accelerates Development of IP Video Streamer Products.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cradle Technologies --Complete kit with design files and firmware --Connects existing analog cameras for IP network remote monitoring In order to accelerate the shift from analog to digital "network enabled" surveillance cameras, Cradle Technologies today announced Bluegill bluegill: see sunfish. bluegill Popular game fish (Lepomis macrochirus) and one of the best-known sunfishes throughout its original range, the freshwater habitats of the central and southern U.S. It has been introduced throughout the western U.S. , an MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 4 IP video streamer reference design based on its CT3400 digital signal processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
MDSP Meter Data Service Provider MDSP Mobile Device Synchronization Protocol MDSP Multirate Digital Signal Processing MDSP Main Digital Signal Processor MDSP Mobile Data Synchronization Protocol ), implements advanced video-compression algorithms such as H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG MJPEG Motion Joint Photographic Experts Group to produce high quality D1 real-time video at low compression bit rates. For live streaming, video is encapsulated in RTP for UDP-based IP transmission. The design supports video input from any standard NTSC/PAL analog camera or CMPS CmPS Community Problem Solving (education) CMPS Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies CMPS Compare Word String CMPS Center for Management and Policy Studies CMPS Common Mapping Production System CMPS Compartmented Mode Processing System sensor with industry standard ITU-R ITU-R ITU Radiocommunication Sector 656 outputs. "With the surveillance market's rapid move from analog to digital, customers require increased functionality and differentiation in their IP video surveillance systems, including hard drives for local storage and intelligent motion detection directly in the camera/streamer product," stated Chuck Fox, Cradle's Senior Vice President of Marketing. "Our CT3400 offers DVR-like functionality with a direct IDE hard drive interface through its I/O subsystem without any additional components. In addition, the MPEG4 encoder only uses 80% of the chip's DSP/RISC processing power, leaving 20% for customer-defined motion detection or other proprietary algorithms." The Complete Bluegill Package The Bluegill MPEG4 IP Video Streamer reference design comprises all schematics, board layout files, application firmware source code, one pre-loaded "ready-to- go out of the box" streamer board, and a client-side PC viewer/decoder application. System memory includes 8 MByte Flash and 128 MByte SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. . The board measures only 3.25" x 4.75". Detailed manufacturing cost bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. (BOM) estimates are available. To facilitate customer evaluation of the Bluegill reference design, an evaluation board is also available. This consists of a one assembled Bluegill board with application firmware pre-loaded in FLASH memory, including an MPEG4 D1 real-time encoder, a G.711 audio codec, an IP transport protocol stack (RTP/UDP) and all I/O drivers and interfaces. DVR-like Local Storage Capability The CT3400 DSP is unique in providing sixteen 8-pin programmable I/O ports for unparallel flexibility and customizability for I/O interfaces. The Bluegill reference design uses this flexible I/O capability through a 44-pin connector that can be used for additional I/O interface if desired. Using this interface the reference design can provide DVR-like local storage via an IDE mini-drive interface. Cradle provides the I/O software drivers and protocol stacks. Additionally, the CT3400's uncommitted compute resources can be used to implement motion detection or other value-added algorithms, available from Cradle, such as bi-directional audio with speech codecs, data-stream encryption, PTZ camera control, programmable alarm interfaces, OSD, or TCP network protocol transmission. Full software programmability supports feature selectivity and user customization. Pricing and Availability The evaluation board will be available in December and is priced at $995. Contact Cradle for pricing on the complete Bluegill IP Video Streamer reference design. About the Cradle CT3400 Multiprocessor DSP Cradle's CT3400 is a C-programmable multiprocessor DSP (MDSP) comprising eight 32-bit DSP cores, six 32-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. cores, and a flexible 128-pin programmable I/O subsystem. The platform provides a flexible and integrated multi-media processor that can support the newest H.264 and MPEG4 codecs. The CT3400's programmable I/O and RISC subsystem provides single-chip integration and support for many I/O interfaces and protocols including Ethernet, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , Hard Disk, Wireless, Video/Audio Ports, Image Sensor Interfaces, and other general purpose I/O. The loosely coupled MDSP gives the customer reduced system cost, faster time-to-market, and higher product differentiation. Applications for the CT3400 include IP cameras and video streamers, digital video recorders, video gateways, advanced set-top boxes, multifunction color printers, high-end scanners, medical imaging and other high-performance DSP products. About Cradle Technologies Cradle is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. providing the highest performance, most flexible multiprocessor DSP solutions for real-time video, audio and imaging applications. Cradle's multiprocessor DSP architecture innovation delivers high-performance scalable DSP processing with the flexibility, time-to-market and product differentiation benefits of processor-based programmable platforms. Coupled with a Rapid Development System and suite of IP software functions, Cradle provides OEMs with all the building blocks necessary to enable flexible yet high-performance DSP designs. Cradle's corporate headquarters are located in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . For more information about the company call 650-210-3600 or visit www.cradle.com. |
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