Evertz' evEDGE™ Virtualized Media Processing platform revolutionizes broadcast infrastructure by separating the essential core broadcast services from the underlying processing engines. The paradigm shift from discrete, fixed-function hardware to compute pools of generic hardware with licensable software services provides a flexible, scalable, agile broadcast infrastructure to dynamically meet and adapt to changing facility requirements.
evEDGE™ virtualized broadcast infrastructure provides the necessary toolsets to easily manage, license, deploy and operate core video/audio/ancillary services as needed across the evEDGE™ supported compute platforms.
The evBLADE-4Z10-10G-HW is a multi-node FPGA accelerated compute blade for the evEDGE™ virtualized broadcast infrastructure platform. The evBLADE offers high density FPGA processing nodes that are reconfigurable to provide customized audio, video and ancillary data processing pipelines. The evBLADE provides agility and flexibility of a virtualized environment while also ensuring low latency, low power, deterministic and reliable FPGA processing pipelines.
The generic processing nature of evBLADE allows it to support different processing pipelines. This provides greater efficiency and utilization of compute with respect to fixed function devices or COTS hardware. The evBLADE allows you to accomplish precisely what you need, when you need it.
The evBLADE contains four compute nodes that provide unmatched processing capacity. One example of a deployable pipeline on a single node is a 7814UDX-2 dual path 3G/HD/SD Up/Down/Cross conversion with frame synchronization, color correction and noise reduction along with a rich feature set of audio processing and ancillary data processing. This provides the equivalent of 4x 7814UDX-2 modules on a single evBLADE - double the density of a fixed function 7814UDX-2 installation.
The evBLADE supports a growing library of software licensable and deployable core video/audio/ancillary data processing services, making it a future-proof platform to meet not only the needs of today, but also the needs of tomorrow. The evBLADE supports technologies like SMPTE ST 2110 and High Dynamic Range (HDR) conversion. The library of FPGA services can be provisioned on both the evBLADE-4Z10-10G-HW and the evBLADE-Z10-AP-10G-HW. Please contact Evertz for an up-to-date list of available services.
evBLADE compute nodes are fully managed via a RESTful webAPI. Service control and configuration are also available over SNMP. These interfaces provide seamless integration with Evertz' VUE user interface, MAGNUM, VistaLINK PRO, Mediator and third-party systems.
The evBLADE compute nodes also supports Evertz' inSITE. This brings operational intelligence to the forefront with historical analysis of all operations over the compute pool including system health and utilization information.
The evEDGE™ platform facilitates management, licensing, monitoring, and deployment of services across the heterogeneous compute pool - including evBLADE, COTS servers and private/public cloud instances.
Features
- System I/O
- 32x 3G/HD/SD SDI bi-directional configurable copper coax (8x per compute node)
- 8x 10GbE SFP+ modules (20GbE maximum bandwidth per compute node)
- Genlock reference (REF-IN)
- Redundant 1GbE control network ports (ETH-A, ETH-B)
- SDI Transport
- SMPTE ST 424M (3G), SMPTE ST 292M (HD), SMPTE ST 259M (SD)
- Video: Broad standards support -1080p level A/B (59.94/50Hz), 1080i (59.94/50Hz), 720p (59.94/50Hz), 525i (59.94Hz), 625i (50Hz)
- Audio: four groups (16x channels) of audio over SDI
- Ancillary: Full support HANC/VANC payload processing
- IP Transport
- Video: SMPTE RDD37 (ASPEN), SMPTE ST 2110-20 or SMPTE ST 2022-6
- Audio: SMPTE ST 302, SMPTE ST 2110-30 (AES67 profile) or SMPTE ST 2022-6
- VANC: SMPTE ST 2038, SMPTE ST 2110-40 or SMPTE ST 2022-6
- Timing/Synchronization
- evBLADE optionally accepts SMPTE ST 2059-2 or Master PCR via 10GbE network connections with ability of time-stamping all content output over Ethernet (UTC at time of reception)
- evBLADE also supports bi-level and tri-level reference via ev6-FR frame reference or external reference input
- Control
- Modules support control over ev6-FC Ethernet or external 1GbE ports on rear plate
- SNMP and Restful webAPI control interfaces
- Support for VistaLINK PRO, MAGNUM Unified Control or CP panels
- Licensable Services
- Growing library of core video/audio/ancillary data services
Licensed Services
| Video Services | |
|---|---|
| Frame Sync | Maintains synchronization of output audio/video/ancillary data to reference |
| Video Processor | Full-featured video processing/colour correction engine with YCbCr and RGB colour space adjustments |
| Up/Down/Cross Conversion | SD/HD/3G standard conversion with high quality motion adaptive deinterlacing and fully configurable broadcast video scaler with AFD triggering |
| Video Delay* | Video delay adjustment at pixel, line and frame granularity |
| Audio Services | |
|---|---|
| Audio Delay | Global and per-channel (16x) audio delay adjustments with audio sample granularity |
| Audio Processor* | Audio processor with per-channel (16x) X&Y mixing/gain/inversion |
| IntelliGain | 16-channel IntelliGain loudness audio processor |
| Upmix | Stereo-to-5.1 surround audio upmixer with input signal driven auto upmixing |
| Downmix | 5.1 surround-to-stereo audio downmixer |
| Ancillary Services | |
|---|---|
| Closed Captions | Closed caption translation processor for CEA608 to CEA708 conversion |
| OP42/27 WST | Teletext translation processor with OP42 to/from OP47 conversion |
| Time Code | D-VITC, ANC-VITC, ANC-LTC time code processor and inserter |
| AFD | Active Format Description (AFD) monitor and inserter |
| ANC Mux | Combines multiple SMPTE ST 2110-40 streams |
| Gateway Services | |
|---|---|
| SDI to ASPEN +FS | SDI audio/video/ancillary encapsulation to multi-essence ASPEN streams with FS |
| SDI to SMPTE ST 2110 +FS* | SDI audio/video/ancillary encapsulation to multi-essence SMPTE ST 2110 streams with FS |
Specifications
| Serial Digital Video | |
|---|---|
| Standards | SMPTE ST 424M (3GB/s), SMPTE ST 292-1 (1.5GB/s), SMPTE ST 259M (270MB/s) |
| Serial Video Inputs/Outputs | |
|---|---|
| Number of Inputs | 32 (8x per processing core) |
| Connector | DIN 1.0/2.3 |
| Ethernet Interface | |
|---|---|
| 8x 10GbE SFP+2x 1GbE | |
| Audio Encapsulation | |
|---|---|
| SMPTE ST 302, SMPTE ST 2110-30, SMPTE ST 2022-6 | |
| Ancillary Encapsulation | |
|---|---|
| SMPTE ST 2038, SMPTE ST 2110-40, SMPTE ST 2022-6 | |
| Video Encapsulation | |
|---|---|
| SMPTE RDD37, SMPTE ST 2110-20, SMPTE ST 2022-6 | |
| Data Format | |
|---|---|
| Ethernet /IP/UDP | |
| Electrical | |
|---|---|
| Power | Max 125 watts |
| Voltage | 12V DC |
| EMI/RFI | Complies with FCC Part 15, Class AEU EMC directive |
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Number of Slots | 2 |
| Enclosures | |
|---|---|
| Ev6-FR | 15-slot 6RU chassis |
Ordering Information
| evBLADE-4Z10-10G-HW | Virtualized Media Processing FPGA Accelerated Compute Blade |
|---|
| Enclosure | |
|---|---|
| ev6-FR | ev6 6RU multiframe with 15 slots |
| Accessories | |
|---|---|
| SFP10G-TR13-A | SFP+ Optical Transceiver, 10Gbs, 1310nm, SMF, 10km |
| ev6-FC | ev6 Frame Controller |
| Rear Plate Suffix | |
|---|---|
| +6RU | 6RU rear plate with SDI, reference and Ethernet I/O |
