FPGAs Support Real-time Video-over-IP for Broadcast-TV Applications

Xilinx Inc. has updated its Real-Time Video Engine TDP (targeted-design platform) with the release of an SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)-2022 intellectual-property core. The VSF (Video Services Forum) and SMPTE developed the SMPTE-2022 broadcast-industry standard to standardize IP (Internet Protocol) encapsulation of MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) video/audio signals with robust error correction for IP networks. Designers can use the SMPTE-2022 with Virtex-6 or Spartan-6 FPGA broadcast-connectivity kits to process highquality video at transmissions rates as high as 10Gbps.

The TDP comprises a broadcast-quality video- and image-processing-intellectual-property pack, as well as reference designs for the Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 FPGAs. You can use the TDP to develop a real-time video-processing chain for broadcast applications that support various SD (standard-definition), HD (high-definition), and 3-D formats, frame rates, and resolutions.

The kits provide FMC (field-programmable-gate-array-mezzanine-card) connectors that you can use to quickly evaluate and integrate SD, HD, and 3G-SDI (3-Gbps serial-digital interface); AES3 (Audio Engineering Society) audio; DVI (digital visual interface); HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface); DisplayPort; 10-GbE (gigabit Ethernet) for video over IP; and other interfaces.

Xilinx Inc.