On 19/06/2017 03:30, Tim Ansell wrote: > Hi! > > FYI The Numato Opsis boards are $449.95 USD to purchase from Numato - > https://numato.com/numato-opsis-fpga-based-open-video-platform/ > <https://numato.com/numato-opsis-fpga-based-open-video-platform/> Apparently there is only one currently in stock, but we are planning on buying two. > I *really* recommend making sure that you have N+2 Opsis boards, where N > is the number of rooms that you have. This gives you a spare board in > case of failure while having another board in the NOC for testing and > development with. It also allows you to lend out one of the Opsis boards > to developers without being worried that if it doesn't get back in time > for an event that you won't have any spares. This is what we will have once we purchase two more - 3 rooms, 1 spare and one test. We currently have 3 working opsis boards and one dead that no-one has had a chance to look at properly yet. > I also suggest that DebConf purchase at least one "TOFE Milkymist > Compatibility Board" ($65 USD) and as many "TOFE Low Speed IO Expansion > Board" ($36 USD) as you have Opsis boards (or at a minimum 2). These add > on boards are only available through CrowdSupply > (https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis) until stock is no longer > > The Milkymist board adds Audio, MIDI and DMX capabilities. This will > very useful for testing Kyle's work on USB Audio before the extracting > audio from the HDMI stream is finished. It also lets you experiment with > interfacing with control decks which have mechanical faders and tally > lights. Does the DMX capability provide a full universe of addressable space? Personally I think the audio capture would be useful, but I am biased there :) > The TOFE Low Speed IO boards add useful buttons and indicator LEDs, > another USB serial port and adding custom IO controls. This makes it > significantly easier to debug issues with the board as you can get > console output even when the USB is being reset. The buttons and LEDs > also allow control at an event (like switching inputs/outputs) without > needing to log into the capture PC. > > Don't forget that you want to purchase Redmere cables to improve the > compatibility of the board. However, I'm unsure the best place to get > them at the moment is. We currently have 3, one for each room and a spare as far as I am aware. > On more exciting news, If all goes well, we should also have a SDI > capture board for the Opsis by the end of the year! The TimVideos and > Apertus project applied to the German Prototype fund to get sponsorship > for developing a FOSS SDI core and this proposal has gotten to the last > stage of approval! This is great news! I would love to replace the BlackMagic cards with opsis boards Cheers Kyle
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