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Letchworth Garden City, UK – June 1, 2009 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense market, has announced the Sentric2 family of rugged COTS video recording and playback systems that support multiple channels of high-definition video and leading edge JPEG2000 and MPEG4 compression. Sentric2 enables simple and cost-effective high-resolution video capture and real-time video compression to be added to deployable systems. Support for metadata further extends Sentric2 capabilities, enabling the integration of GPS data, timing data, and the creation of event tags for use as chapter points for navigation within captured and compressed video.
“Sentric2 delivers the high-definition video capability and performance demanded by a growing number of defense and aerospace applications,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “While Sentric2 is able to satisfy most applications with an off-the-shelf configuration, its flexible and scalable architecture enables customers to quickly tailor cost-effective solutions for their particular needs, speeding their time to market.”
Sentric2 supports video capture from analog and digital sources at resolutions that exceed full-HD 1080p at 60Hz. It compresses captured video in real-time at full-frame rate, using state-of-the-art hardware acceleration. Sentric2 records from networked sources and playback options include serving video over Ethernet.
Available off-the-shelf in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled configurations, Sentric2 is ideal for demanding military video applications in a wide range of platforms including ground-based vehicles and command centers, UAVs, helicopters and combat aircraft.
Sentric2 Key Features:
- Off the shelf configurations record and play up to four channels of 1080p60 HD video and audio in real-time at full frame-rate
- Composite and RGB analog and digital DVI video input
- Digital DVI video output
- Video Recording
- Uncompressed video
- Hardware-accelerated JPEG2000 or MPEG4 compression
- Comprehensive recording of metadata
- Supports metadata types such as embedded GPS data or tagged events
- Full network integration supporting the transmission and receipt of video and control data over a Ethernet
- Supplied with libraries for building applications that are tightly integrated with Sentric2 functionality
- Built-in self-test and status monitoring
- Extensive customization capability such as adding more channels and different types of video input/output
- Solid state or rotating disk storage
- Available in a range of desktop, rack-mount and conduction-cooled configurations and as a board-level assembly for integrating Sentric2 functionality into existing embedded systems
Sentric2 is a member of Curtiss-Wright Controls’ family of Video Distribution System (VDS) products that currently includes the Orion JPEG2000 PMC/PCI card and the XMC-280 XMC card.
Availability is Q2 2009. For more information on the Sentric2 click here.
For editorial information regarding Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Multi Computing products or services, contact John Wranovics, public relations director, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (925) 640-6402; email. jwranovics@curtisswright.com.
Inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (613) 254-5112; Fax: (613) 599-7777; e-mail: sales@cwcembedded.com.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.
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