Investment in Pioneer for Sophisticated SDI and IP Compliance Enhancement
To ensure compliance with SMPTE SDI and IP standards, Disguise has invested in a new LeaderPhabrix LPX500 waveform monitor and multiple Phabrix QxP, QxL, Qx, and SxE analysis tools. The new equipment will validate the video outputs of Disguise's hardware products and support the development and operation of automated test suites.
The LeaderPhabrix LPX500 is a four-input Waveform Monitor with 100G-IP and 12G-SDI toolsets. It enables the simultaneous monitoring of four IP/SDI, HD/UHD, and/or SDR/HDR video source inputs. The QxP, QxL, Qx, and SxE models provide advanced tools for IP and SDI analysis, real-time monitoring, stress and load testing, and compliance verification.
Disguise's R&D team has multiple PHABRIX units, including a QxP portable waveform monitor, QxL rasterizers for 25G IP ST 2110 analysis, Qx rasterizers for hybrid IP/SDI analysis, and several SxE portable devices. The manufacturing team uses several Qx devices in service centers and on production lines.
"We use PHABRIX products extensively throughout our R&D and manufacturing teams," said Jack Cripps, senior embedded software engineer at Disguise. "The QxL sits at the heart of our network rack and has been used to benchmark and test our IP Video Format Conversion (IP-VFC) 12G-SDI and ST2110 cards. The QA team also performs hardware-in-the-loop testing on some of our VFC and capture cards using the Qx range analysis and generator tools to verify industry standard compliance across a wide range of formats and scenarios."
Peter Brown, principal FPGA engineer at Disguise, added, "The PHABRIX units have allowed us to develop and run automated test suites to establish where our products are not compliant with the SMPTE standards before we release them, thereby allowing us to rectify any discrepancies before they cause our customers a problem."
By using LeaderPhabrix LPX500 and PHABRIX QxP, QxL, Qx, and SxE, Disguise ensures their hardware meets essential industry standards, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of their testing process.
Disguise leverages LeaderPhabrix LPX500 and PHABRIX QxP, QxL, Qx, and SxE products in their R&D and manufacturing teams, using them for hardware-in-the-loop testing and automated test suites to verify compliance with SMPTE standards, particularly for data-and-cloud-computing features in their products.
With the QxL model at the heart of their network rack and the Qx range analysis and generator tools, Disguise can identify and rectify non-compliance issues related to the SMPTE standards for their products before releasing them, ensuring they meet essential industry features.
