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XMC-270 High-Performance Frame Grabber

The XMC-270 is a VITA 42.3, PCI Express® XMC form factor, ruggedized, high-performance video frame grabber with output capability. The XMC-270 supports high resolution digital and analog, including legacy interlaced analog video formats.

The XMC-270 is based on the Xilinx® Virtex®-5, a high performance Field Programmable Gate Array with advanced serial connectivity and a built in PCI Expess core. Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing video IP leverages this powerful FPGA to provide industry leading frame grabbing capabilities, with capacity for additional enhancement and customization.

The XMC-270 comes with a comprehensive software application interface to control and utilize the capabilities of the hardware. This software can be used standalone or integrated with Curtiss-Wright Graphics Software Suite. Support is provided for VxWorks™ and Wind River Linux™ with Curtiss-Wright PowerPC™ and x86 single board computers.

Features

  • 8 Lane PCIe interface supporting x1, x2, x4 and x8 link widths
  • Simultaneous video capture capability for one of the following streams or a combination of their subset:
    • Six (6) CVBS/S-Video NTSC, PAL or RS-170 inputs
    • Dual DVI inputs up to 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz (with reduced blanking)
    • Dual progressive/interlaced RGB inputs up to 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz with support for RS-170, RS-343 and STANAG 3350 A/B/C
  • Color depths include (not applicable to all inputs):
    • 8-bit YCbCr (BT.656-4)
    • 32-bit RGB8888 (with Alpha)
    • 16-bit RGB565
    • 8-bit Mono (green only)
  • Capture modes include:
    • Full frame rate
    • Reduced frame rate (user programmable)
    • Snap shot (frame grabber mode)
  • Video output capability:
    • Dual DVI outputs, which are simultaneous retransmissions of the DVI input channels
  • Video Integrity Monitoring (VIM) for video freeze on DVI channels
  • A Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA is utilized on-board to provide the video capture functionality and the ability for enhanced and customized operations
  • Thermal sensors
  • Flexible I/O via PN6, PN4 or front panel
  • Available in various air and conduction-ruggedization levels
  • Path to certifiability for DO-254 and DO-178B
  • MSI and Legacy Interrupt support
  • Operating systems:
    • VxWorks 6.x
    • Wind River Linux (call for availability)