Rohde & Schwarz Present Prios Video Board

Rohde & Schwarz has released the new Prios family of video boards. Designed for OEM customers from areas of professional video and digital film technology, the first product in the range is the R&S Prios SDI.

It offers SDI interfaces and also supports 10G Ethernet for video over IP. It can be configured for eight independent 1080p60 video channels or for two 4K/UHDp60 channels. The SDI interfaces are implemented by means of up to four swappable SFP modules, each with two SDI ports. Two of the SDI modules can be replaced with 10G Ethernet modules, making the R&S Prios SDI compatible with video-over-IP technology. Supported protocols will include SMPTE 2022 for data transmission and SMPTE 2059 for synchronization. Data is transmitted uncompressed in line with SMPTE 2022-6. If necessary, forward error correction in line with SMPTE 2022-5 can be enabled to compensate for the loss of IP packets. Redundant transmission with protection switching in line with SMPTE 2022-7 is also supported. Additional protocols are expected to follow.

Due to the flexibility offered by the R&S Prios SDI, customers are able to convert their products in the field from a pure SDI to a mixed (hybrid) SDI/video-over-IP configuration. The combination of SDI and IP enables applications that link conventional video technology with IP technology using only a single interface board. For example, multiple SDI cameras can be connected directly to the board, whose signals can then be transmitted via a network to centralized recording equipment or to remote editing stations.

Virtual studio applications benefit from the low latency made possible by the PCIe 3.0 x8 bus. The four SFP cages, combined with the half-length design, make the R&S Prios SDI compact.

The software development kit for the R&S Prios family of video boards is compatible with the Rohde & Schwarz Atomix line of video boards. Applications that support R&S Atomix boards can be adapted for use with R&S Prios boards with minimal effort.

The R&S Prios SDI video board is now available. Video-over-IP capability can be retrofitted.

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