Nuvation is recognized globally for its specialized skills in Broadcast Video. Nuvation’s design capabilities include video FPGA development, image processing and compression algorithms, communication protocols, RTOS and C-based MCU firmware, chassis design, thermal analysis, signal integrity analysis, and high-reliability design.
- Areas of Expertise:
- Broadcast Video Board-FPGA-DSP-Firmware design
- Routers, Switchers, Video Servers
- Monitoring, Production Control, Terminal equipment
- MPEG-2, MPEG-4 part 2, MPEG-4 part 10 H.264
- Video Scalers, Muxing, Transcoding
- SD-SDI, HD-SDI, DVB-ASI, SMPTE 310M
- DVI, HDMI, HDCP, DisplayPort
- PCIe, GbE, 10GbE, DOCSIS, xDSL T1/E1, DS3/E3
- Backplane design, ATCA/CPCI/VME
- PowerPC and other MCU firmware
- Signal Integrity Analysis
- Mechanical/Thermal design
Project Examples
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Video Processing System |
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A multi-output mixing and compositing system designed for switching and windowing applications
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System consists of two Input Boards, one Output Board and a Back-plane |
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8 digital & analog video with 480i to 1080p resolution (S-Video, RGB, SDI, DVI-I) input and output
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20 SERDES inputs & outputs running up to 6.25 Gbps
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Six Altera Stratix II GX per board
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24-layer (Input) & 20-layer (Output) boards with tight routing constraints
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3-Board System capturing Analog & Digital (DVI-I) Video Streams
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Applies proprietary processing algorithms and sends out video streams over Gigabit Ethernet |
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Freescale MPC8349 PowerQUICC and Virtex-4 co-processors
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Dual Gigabit-Ethernet Interface plus USB 2.0
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12 layer PCB optimized for signal integrity and heat dissipation
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PCB stays cool while dissipating up to 30 Watts in fanless enclosure!
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Highly Parameterized and Run-time Configurable Video Scaler
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Separable H and V design with independent polyphase filters
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Resolution support from 176x144 to 1920x1080
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Scales up or down by an arbitrary P/Q scaling factor
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Digital Cinema A/V Subsystem |
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Interface board between digital cinema projectors and standard theater audio sub-system.
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Projector sends 16 channels of time-multiplexed digital audio input over Cypress HOTLINK II interface
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FPGA outputs 16 channels of either AES3/SPDIF digitial audio or 24-bit analog audio
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Independent audio delays on each output channel for lip-sync
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Supports 48kHz and 98kHz sampling rates
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I²C, SPI, I²S, and JTAG interfaces
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Nuvation immediately extends our internal engineering capabilities with their expertise in software, firmware, and hardware design, allowing us to quickly turn customer concepts into manufacturing-ready designs. 
