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GarnetPMC

Ruggedized Conduction Cooled High Resolution PMC Graphics and Video Controller

Rastergraf’s GarnetPMC is an entry-level ruggedized, conduction cooled display controller and video capture PMC (PCI Mezzanine Card). All I/O is via the Pn4 rear panel connector. For ruggedization specifications and options, please refer to the See Ruggedization Level Chart.

For a comparable commercial grade solution with both front and real panel I/O, please see the TopazPMC.

Garnet/PMC features a Silicon Motion SM731 System On a Chip (SOC) graphics accelerator with 16 Mbytes of on-chip SDRAM. This 128-bit 2D/3D graphics engine supports compatible displays at up to 1600 x 1200 x 24 bpp (16.7 million colors).

The card also features the Conexant Bt835 NTSC/PAL/S-Video and Analog Devices AD9882 High Speed RGB/DVI digitizers. A loopback can connect Video Output to Input for self-testing.

There are a considerable number of choices of inputs and outputs which are configured at time of order: Outputs include DVI, dual LVDS, NTSC/PAL Composite and S-Video, single channel STANAG 3350 A-C, and/or Primary and Secondary analog RGB outputs (with optional Sync-On-Green or Composite Sync). Inputs include DVI, NTSC/PAL Composite and S-Video, high speed (1280 x 1024) RGB input with optional Sync-on-Green, STANAG 3350 A-C, and NTSC/PAL S-Video and Composite Video. Not all combinations are available at the same: See the GarnetPMC datasheet for details.

This PMC card is designed for use under VxWorks (using Wind River’s WindML or Rastergraf’s SDL) and Linux (using SDL or XFree86) operating environments. It also supports DirectX and OpenGL environments running Windows.

 

Features
  • Silicon Motion SM731 128-bit 2D/3D graphics controller
  • Ruggedized: See Ruggedization Level Chart. See TopazPMC for a comparable commercial grade solution.
  • Software support includes VxWorks via Wind River’s WindML or Rastergraf’s SDL, Linux via SDL or XFree86, and DirectX and OpenGL environments running Windows.
  • 16.7 Million display colors @ 24-bits; 256 @ 8-bits
  • Single VGA display resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 x 24 bpp
  • Dual VGA display resolutions up to 1024 x 768 x 24 bpp
  • Dual LVDS channel outputs (dual mode: 1024 x 768 per channel)
  • Single channel DVI output up to 1280 x 1024 x bpp
  • S-Video support
  • Special single channel display-only version supports STANAG 3350 A-C output
  • VGA BIOS support
  • Multi-input Video Digitizer
    • Simultaneous real-time video capture, synthetic overlay, and display
    • Selectable NTSC, PAL, RS-170, S-Video, RGBHV, STANAG A-C, and DVI capture
  • On-board 33/66 MHz, 32-bit PCI interface
  • On-chip 16 MB SDRAM
  • Hardware scroll, pan, and cursor
  • Field programmable VGA BIOS EEPROM
                                    
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