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Announcing the Numato Opsis board

Jul 1, 2015

The TimVideos project and Numato Lab are pleased to announce the Numato “Opsis” open video platform. The Opsis platform is an exciting new FPGA based open hardware, specifically designed for the needs of the HDMI2USB project.

With dual inputs and dual outputs, which can all be controlled independently, the board removes the need for extra matrix switching hardware, reducing complexity of recording set up.

The HDMI2USB firmware is also designed to provide a large amount debugging information which is all programmatically available by a virtual serial port. The Opsis board enables even further support by including full control over all pins, including hot plug, enabling “virtual disconnection” without having to unplug and re-plug cables.

The TimVideos project is already experimenting with the new functionality available through the Opsis board and is currently investigating new features like streaming video directly via Gigabit Ethernet or capturing live to a local SD card.

The Opsis board has also been targeted at people interested and involved with video creation, manipulation and research. The Opsis board’s features enables a wide range of video related applications and is designed not only for development but to become the core of your intelligent digital video system. Potential integration applications include everything from a simple “smart” video matrix to live video manipulation in visual art installations.

Overall, the new Opsis board has the following differences with the Atlys board used for prototyping.

  • Has DDR3 memory instead of DDR2, increasing the memory bandwidth.

  • Has a Spartan S6LX45T with the GTP broken out to DisplayPort headers.

  • Has a PCI-Express style expansion connector instead of the expensive VHDCI connector, allow much cheaper expansion boards.

  • Has all the extra pins on the FX2, increasing the potential USB interface options.

  • Has control over all the HDMI functionality, including hot plug and CEC functionality.

  • Removes parts we don’t need such as the audio, buttons, switches and LEDs.

  • Mounts in any ITX style computer case.

  • Adds UTMI USB (as well as the Cypress FX2).

  • Adds MicroSD connector.

About Numato Labs

Numato Systems Private Limited (Numato Lab) is a limited liability company incorporated in India with headquarters in Electronic City, Bangalore. Numato Lab focuses on designing and manufacturing Embedded Systems, Logic and other electronics based products and cater to thousands of customers across the globe. Along with legacy business operations, Numato Lab is committed to share knowledge with the community through their own open source projects and through collaborating with other open source projects around the world. Numato Lab has been in operation for more than four years.