Rugged board embeds eight channels of video

A high-performance eight-channel video compressor module supports the enhanced features and quality provided by the JPEG2000 (J2K) - ISO/IEC15444-1 image compression standard.

New from Parvus Corporation is the CTR-1471 PC/104-Plus JPEG 2000 encoder card, a high-performance eight-channel video compressor module supporting the enhanced features and quality provided by the JPEG2000 (J2K) - ISO/IEC15444-1 image compression standard.

Designed to withstand extreme temperature operation (-40 to +85C) and high mechanical stress, the CTR-1471 is an ideal solution for high reliability and mobile (air, bus, train, other vehicle) video applications, including networked/wireless video and image distribution systems and digital CCTV and surveillance systems.

This highly reliable, embedded PC/104-Plus board implements the computationally intensive operations of the JPEG 2000 image compression standard, as well as provides fully compliant code stream generation for most applications that support real-time video encoding.

It contains a dedicated wavelet transform engine, three entropy codecs, an onboard memory system and embedded RISC processors to provide a complete JPEG 2000 compression/decompression solution.

The board is able to process images at a rate of 40Msample/s in reversible mode, and at higher rates when used in irreversible mode.

The CTR-1471 is now in stock and priced from $765 each in quantities of 100-plus units.

The unit is also available inside of Parvus' new AlphaDVR system, a highly configurable embedded computer platform designed for digital video recorder (DVR) and general processing applications onboard buses, trains and other demanding mobile environments.

Parvus also offers a four-channel PC/104-Plus MPEG-4 encoder card designed for similar applications as the CTR-1471 and also available in the AlphaDVR system.

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