Foresight Imaging Announces AccuStream 170 Frame Grabber and Video Streamer.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003 Foresight Imaging announces the AccuStream 170(TM) frame grabber A device that accepts standard TV signals and digitizes the current video frame into a single, bitmapped still image. Frame grabbers can be stand-alone devices that plug into a port on the computer or a function built into the video capture board or display adapter. and video streamer, the first member of the new AccuStream Series(TM) of high accuracy, high performance imaging boards. The AccuStream 170 is the most advanced, most versatile video product ever designed by Foresight Imaging. It is specifically designed for the 64 bit, 66 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. PCI bus and provides up to 170 MHz and 1600 x 1200 video input from RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). , YPbPr, DVI (1) (Digital Video Interactive) An earlier compression technique that provided up to 72 minutes of full-screen video on a CD-ROM. Acquired by Intel in 1988 from RCA's Sarnoff Research labs, Princeton, NJ, DVI never caught on. , and monochrome video sources. "Our customers are constantly pushing the envelope in acquisition rates and performance. Our new AccuStream 170 board delivers for these demanding users. Our beta test results from customers in military screen capture and monitoring applications have been excellent, delivering 250 MB/second in sustained performance," said Tony Molinari, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development. About AccuStream 170 AccuStream 170 delivers the highest accuracy RGB video images and high-speed video streaming at 250 MB/second. It supports pixel input rates up to 170 MHz. It accepts up to three monochrome or one RGB, YPbPr, or DVI (Digital Visual Interface “DVI” redirects here. For other uses, see DVI (disambiguation). The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital ) video input from non-standard and standard video sources. Video digitization is 8 bit monochrome or 24 bit color. Contributing to its superior accuracy, AccuStream 170 features extremely low pixel jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle of +/-0.5 ns and a signal-to-noise ratio The ratio of the power or volume (amplitude) of a signal to the amount of unwanted interference (the noise) that has mixed in with it. Measured in decibels, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR or S/N) measures the clarity of the signal in a circuit or a wired or wireless transmission channel. of 47 dB. Powered by its high speed 64 bit, 66 MHz PCI bus mastering design, scatter-gather technology, and double buffering, AccuStream 170 supports 250+ MB/second sustained PCI bus transfers to accommodate the most demanding video streaming applications. Active RGB, YPbPr, DVI, or monochrome loop-through output is provided to eliminate the need for a separate, active video splitter. AccuStream 170 supports simultaneous real-time display via real-time transfer of images directly to display card memory. Software Support AccuStream 170 is supported by Auto-SYNC(TM), Foresight Imaging's revolutionary automated configuration software. Auto-SYNC automatically analyzes the incoming non-standard or standard video signal and configures the frame grabber to acquire high precision images from that video source. AccuStream 170 is supported by the IDEA(TM) (Imaging Development Environment for Applications) software development kit. IDEA supports the AccuStream Series, I-Series(TM), and HI*DEF(TM) product families so that once an application is written with IDEA, users have support for all of these boards without re-writing their software. Also included is a VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association, Milpitas, CA, www.vesa.org) A membership organization founded in 1989 that sets interface standards for the PC, workstation and computing environments. Note the following VESA standards following this entry. mode video detection application for instantly locking to any VESA type video signal. A complete Video for Windows The name of Microsoft's first video playback implementation in Windows. Supporting the AVI movie format, Video for Windows (VfW) was installed separately in Windows 3.x, but was later built into Windows 95 and subsequent versions. driver is included with VESA mode detection and video streaming capabilities. Extensive example programs (with source code) for acquisition, video streaming (with or without compression), graphic overlays, triggering, and more are included with each AccuStream 170 board. Complete application software programs and systems are also available for high resolution recording, transmission, receiving, and playback. Pricing and Availability AccuStream 170 is available now in limited quantities. Production shipments begin February 18, 2003. Pricing is $2,546 in 100 piece quantities. About Foresight Imaging Foresight Imaging is a world leader in the design and marketing of high accuracy, high performance video streamers Streamers is a play by David Rabe. The last in his Vietnam War trilogy that began with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones and frame grabbers for the military, scientific, and medical imaging markets. For further information, visit www.foresightimaging.com or email info@foresightimaging.com. Foresight Imaging, Auto-SYNC, HI*DEF, I-Series, I-Color, I-RGB, AccuStream Series, and IMASCAN are trademarks of Foresight Imaging, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications are subject to change. |
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