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Hardware Specification 

4K H.265 & H.264 Video Encoder System 

Model Names: 

HE4K-DCK-1x and FV4K-DCK-1x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOC-USR-0100-09 

Manual Version 1.01.03 

February 3, 2021 

 

Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. 

 

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Summary of Contents for FV4K-DCK-1x

Page 1: ... of Z3 Technology LLC Z3 This document may not be used reproduced disclosed or disseminated to anyone without the prior written approval of an authorized representative of Z3 Z3 reserves the right to change this product at any time and without notice All product names trademarks trade names service marks or service names mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners Z3 Tec...

Page 2: ...mera Connections Addition of Appendix 1 Example of Proper Thermal Dissipation TA 1 00 02 02 22 2017 Correction to Section 2 0 Features TA 1 01 00 09 11 2017 Add FV4K DCK 1X BM 1 01 01 1 29 2018 Changed 10 to 1X SI 1 01 02 09 12 2018 Added and updated info about differences between CPU v1 and v2 FV4K DCK 15 pinout connectors Updated Temperature Spec BM SI 1 01 02 09 14 2018 Removed references to CM...

Page 3: ... OF CONTENTS GENERAL DESCRIPTION 6 FEATURES 7 PHYSICAL 8 THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS 10 CAMERA CONNECTIONS 12 5 1 Connection to the Sony FCB ER8300 Camera 12 5 2 Connection to a Generic HDMI Camera 13 SPECIFICATIONS 14 HARDWARE FEATURES 15 7 1 HE4K Interface Front End PCB 15 7 2 FV4K Interface Front End PCB 19 7 3 Main Encoder PCB 23 7 4 I O Interface PCB 29 APPENDIX 1 EXAMPLE OF PROPER THERMAL DISSIPA...

Page 4: ...1 Layout of the I O Jack and PoE PCB Production Version 29 Figure 12 EIB UAV 01 PCB Layout 32 Figure 13 EIB UAV 01 J2 J3 Pinout Connectors 33 Figure 14 Remove Nut from Power Jack on I O Jack and PoE PCB 35 Figure 15 Attach I O Jack and PoE PCB to Enclosure 35 Figure 16 Reattach Nut to Power Jack 36 Figure 17 Attach Heat Sink and Thermal Pad 3 to Main Encoder PCB 36 Figure 18 Attaching Main Encoder...

Page 5: ...able 10 FlexIO Connector Pinout 22 Table 11 CPU Board Connectors 23 Table 12 Main Encoder PCB J1 Pin Out 24 Table 13 Main Encoder PCB J7 J3 Pin Out 25 Table 14 Ethernet RS232 Connector Pin Out 26 Table 15 Encoder PCB Power Input Connector Pin Out 27 Table 16 Main Encoder Version 1 PCB Digital I O Connector Pin Out 27 Table 17 Main Encoder Version 2 PCB Digital I O Connector Pin Out 28 Table 18 Mai...

Page 6: ...nd producing IP streams that can be sent on a standard Ethernet cable In addition to the 4K UHD stream the FV4K version also accepts a lower resolution secondary stream of up to 1080p at 30 fps and produces a corresponding stream independently of the primary stream The FV4K version secondary video inputs support analog NTSC PAL or RS 170 composite video as well as digital streams formatted as LVDS...

Page 7: ...ion to the Sony FCB ER8300 block camera IP Video encoder supports H 265 HEVC and H 264 at 4K 3840x2160 30 fps Secondary IP encoder supports H 265 HEVC and H 264 at 1080p 1920x1080 30 fps FV4K only Supports RTP RTSP RTCP RTMP and UDP ONVIF Profile S and T Compliant Power over Ethernet PoE Web based user interface for configuration Low Power Optional chassis for block camera and encoder assembly ava...

Page 8: ...End boards The HE4K front end PCB offers a KEL connector and a micro HDMI input for its main and only video input path In addition to the KEL and HDMI jacks the FV4K front end PCB contains a MMCX jack for composite video input and a 30 pin FlexIO header for digital interface types Main Encoder PCB This board contains the CPU and is the core of the encoder This PCB also includes a Micro SD card soc...

Page 9: ...____________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 Figure 2 HE4K DCK 1X Physical Block Diagram Chassis Camera Not Included Figure 3 shows a block diagram of the HE4K DCK 1X system Figure 3 HE4K DCK 1X Block Diagram ...

Page 10: ...ile a 7 5W power budget is very good it is still enough power to cause overheating unless proper heat dissipation methods are employed The user is responsible for ensuring that the complete system has enough heat dissipation to ensure proper operating temperature of all components at all times The table below lists the most critical components from the thermal point of view along with the maximum ...

Page 11: ...e system including the PCBs enclosure camera block etc While the majority of the power dissipation comes from the components listed in the table above other parts such as the DDR chip power IC s and inductors also contribute some power to the system and cause the PCB to heat up The heated up PCB in turn will raise the ambient temperature of the entire system When incorporating the HE4K DCK 1X boar...

Page 12: ...ed to FCB ER8300 Camera Not Included KEL makes two versions of ribbon cables that physically fit when connecting the encoder to the camera One cable is straight thru with pin 1 connected to pin 1 and another is a cross type with pin 1 connected to pin N N 30 in this case Z3 Technology provides the correct cable as part of the HE4K DCK RPS complete starter kit system The KEL cable is also sold sepa...

Page 13: ...1X and the FCB ER8300 block camera is the only connection necessary between the camera and the encoder The KEL ribbon cable provides the following connectivity Power from the encoder to the camera Video from the camera to the encoder Sony VISCA controls bidirectional using a serial port 5 2 Connection to a Generic HDMI Camera A Micro HDMI port is also available on the Interface Front End PCB of th...

Page 14: ...ed 6 5V 12V 16V If no ER8300 camera attached with USB device Power over Ethernet PoE 48V 802 3af at class 0 Power Consumption 4W Entire system full power encode and stream H 265 4K at 30fps on Gb Ethernet Video Input ER8300 FHD 4Kp30 4Kp30 4K 3840x2160 at 30 fps Video Input HDMI 480p 4Kp30 Standard resolutions SD 720p 1080p 2160p Video Output 1Vpp Composite video on RCA jack Audio Input 1Vpp Line ...

Page 15: ...HDMI jack to LVDS as required by the encoder board It also passes embedded audio from the HDMI input processor and implements a serial data path for Sony VISCA commands between the camera block and the main encoder PCB Figure 8 HE4K Interface Front End PCB Hardware Layout The above diagram shows the top side of the Interface Front End PCB The following connectors are available 7 1 1 J1 Interface w...

Page 16: ... camera to encoder 7 24 VISCA_RXD Serial control encoder to camera 8 23 GND 9 22 No connect ER8300 signal USB_D 10 21 No connect ER8300 signal USB_D 11 20 GND 12 19 No connect ER8300 signal USB_VBUS 13 18 5V Power Output from camera used for HDMI detect 14 17 Hot Plug Detect Used by HDMI interface 15 16 No connect 16 15 No connect 17 14 No connect 18 13 GND Video output from camera to encoder 19 1...

Page 17: ...able below This connector is usually not placed on the PCB When a header is placed it will be a standard 1 27mm male header Sullins GRPB061VWVN RC or similar Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 TMS 4 TCK 2 TDI 5 GND 3 TDO 6 3 3V Table 5 IFE PCB J3 Pin Out 7 1 4 J4 Connection with Main Encoder PCB Connector J4 located on the bottom side of the PCB provides all the connectivity between the IFE board and the enc...

Page 18: ...34 GND 35 MIPI1_D3P 36 N C 37 GND 38 N C 39 MIPI1_D1P 40 GND 41 MIPI1_D1M 42 N C 43 GND 44 N C 45 MIPI1_CKP 46 GND 47 MIPI1_CKM 48 N C 49 GND 50 N C 51 MIPI1_D0P 52 GND 53 MIPI1_D0M 54 12V from Encoder PCB 55 GND 56 12V from Encoder PCB 57 MIPI1_D2P 58 12V from Encoder PCB 59 MIPI1_D2M 60 12V from Encoder PCB 61 GND 62 GND 63 MIPI2_D3P 64 N C 65 MIPI2_D3M 66 N C 67 GND 68 N C 69 MIPI2_D1P 70 UART_...

Page 19: ...2V 3 12V 4 Ground Table 7 IFE PCB J5 Pin Out 7 1 6 J6 Optional FPGA Debug and Expansion Connector J6 exposes I O pins from the FPGA It can be used for FPGA debugging or to connect additional devices to the FPGA J6 is not populated on the PCB The pin assignment of J6 is as shown in the table below Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 No connection 2 3 3V 3 DEB_CK FPGA pin K4 4 DEB_D16 FPGA pin E2 5 DEB_D15 FPGA...

Page 20: ...al to the same name connectors on the HE4K Interface Front End PCB Please see section 7 1 above for the pin assignments 7 2 1 J4 Front End Interface Connector J4 located on the bottom side of the FV4K Interface Front End PCB is used to send the received video channels to the Main Encoder PCB The physical connector used is a Hirose DF40C 90DP 0 4V 51 The pin assignment of J4 on the FV4K board is sh...

Page 21: ...23 MIPI0_CKP 24 VI1_HS 25 GND 26 VI1_VS 27 MIPI0_D2M 28 GND 29 MIPI0_D2P 30 VI1_DATA0 31 GND 32 VI1_DATA1 33 MIPI1_D3P 34 GND 35 MIPI1_D3P 36 VI1_DATA2 37 GND 38 VI1_DATA3 39 MIPI1_D1P 40 GND 41 MIPI1_D1M 42 VI1_DATA4 43 GND 44 VI1_DATA5 45 MIPI1_CKP 46 GND 47 MIPI1_CKM 48 VI1_CLK 49 GND 50 HI_INT 51 MIPI1_D0P 52 GND 53 MIPI1_D0M 54 12V Power From Encoder 55 GND 56 12V Power From Encoder 57 MIPI1_...

Page 22: ... pins are paired and labeled P and N so they can be used to implement differential interfaces such as LVDS and Camera Link but each can also be used as a single ended I O line The connector also provides 12V power and accepts one NTSC PAL composite video input signal The connector placed is from JST part number BM30B SRDS G TF Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 12V supply output 2 AUX_D7N 3 12V supply output...

Page 23: ... be used for single or multi camera encoders Figure 10 below shows the two different versions side by side with Version 1 on the left and Version 2 on the right Figure 10 CPU Board Comparison Diagram Although the two versions of encoder PCB are pin for pin compatible with just a few exceptions the reference designators of the connectors are different Table 11 below shows the reference designator f...

Page 24: ...r 6 Key N C 7 TDO 8 GND 9 TCK 10 GND 11 RTCK optional 12 GND 13 EMU0 optional 14 EMU1 optional Table 12 Main Encoder PCB J1 Pin Out 7 3 2 Front End Interface Pin Signal Pin Encoder Version 1 Encoder Version 2 1 GND 2 SPI0_CSN GPIO 1 8V 3 MIPI0_D1M 4 SPI0_MISO GPIO 1 8V 5 MIPI0_D1P 6 I2C_SDA 3 3V I2C_SDA 1 8V 7 GND 8 I2C_SCL 3 3V I2C_SCL 1 8V 9 MIPI0_D0M 10 GND 11 MIPI0_D0P 12 SENSOR0_CLK GPIO 1 8V...

Page 25: ...from Encoder PCB 55 GND 56 12V from Encoder PCB 57 MIPI1_D2P 58 12V from Encoder PCB 59 MIPI1_D2M 60 12V from Encoder PCB 61 GND 62 GND 63 MIPI2_D3P 64 N C SENSOR1_CLK 1 8V 65 MIPI2_D3M 66 N C SENSOR1_RSTN 1 8V 67 GND 68 N C SENSOR1_VS 1 8V 69 MIPI2_D1P 70 UART_TXD to camera RXD 3 3V 71 MIPI2_D1M 72 UART_RXD from camera TXD 3 3V 73 GND 74 GND 75 MIPI2_CKP 76 I2S_LRCLK 3 3V I2S_WS_RX 3 3V 77 MIPI2_...

Page 26: ...o the Gb Ethernet side of the PHY on board the Main Encoder PCB It mates with J22 on the I O Jack PCB This connector also provides access to the Linux console using serial port 0 with RS232 levels The pin assignments are below The UART4_TXD and UART4_RXD signals are only present on the encoder version 2 The v1 encoder has no connections to these pins The board set uses a 2x8 connector with 1 27mm ...

Page 27: ...with J28 on the I O Jacks PCB Pins Signal 1 2 3 12V input from jack or PoE to Main Encoder PCB 4 3 3V output from Main Encoder PCB 5 6 7 8 GND Table 15 Encoder PCB Power Input Connector Pin Out 7 3 6 Digital I O J26 This header connector carries digital I O signals and composite video It mates with J27 on the I O Jacks PCB Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Composite video output 2 GND 3 GND 4 GPIO0_3 I2S_MC...

Page 28: ...USB2_PWREN GPIO4_5 13 I2C2_SCL GPIO1_7 pullup 4 7K 14 USB_DP 15 I2C2_SDA GPIO1_6 pullup 4 7K 16 USB_DM Table 17 Main Encoder Version 2 PCB Digital I O Connector Pin Out Table 17 above shows the pin assignments for the CPU board version 2 Note that pins 13 and 15 have 4 7K pullup resistors to 3 3V on the v2 CPU board 7 3 7 Analog Audio I O This header contains the input and output analog audio sign...

Page 29: ...1 below shows the top yellow and bottom blue layout of the I O Jack and PoE board Figure 11 Layout of the I O Jack and PoE PCB Production Version The headers on the bottom side mate with the headers on the Main Encoder PCB Please refer to the description of the connectors on the Main Encoder PCB for a complete list of the signals available The table below shows the mating relationship between the ...

Page 30: ...icate RS485 connector for Z3 internal use This connector uses the exact same signals as J5 and does not offer a second RS485 interface Unpopulated from the factory J34 1 25mm header UART4 interface Pin 1 TX Pin 2 RX Pin 3 GND Pin 4 3 3V Table 20 I O Jack and PoE PCB Connectors Pin Signal Function 1 GENLOCK_LED Signal LED for Genlock functionality 2 RS485_A_JACK UART connection Same as Pin 1 of J5 ...

Page 31: ...702 7 4 2 EIB UAV 01 Connector Pin Outs The following table is for pin connector J1 Note The ethernet cable used with pin connectors J1 J2 and J3 is part number CBL 0048 01 This cable can be purchased separately from Z3 Technology Table 23 J1 FV4K DCK 15 pin out connectors Pin Signal 1 GND 2 RX minus corresponds to RJ45 pin 6 3 RX plus corresponds to RJ45 pin 3 4 TX minus corresponds to RJ45 pin 2...

Page 32: ...el Tip RX Ring TX Sleeve GND J5 Power Power Supply Table 25 Bill of Materials for EIB UAV 01 Item Quantity Reference Footprint Z3 Part Number Part Manufacturer MFR Part Number Description 4 3 J1 J2 J3 DF13A 6P JH064 HEADER 1 25mm Hirose DF13A 6P 1 25H Conn Header 1x6pins 1 25mm R A SMT 5 1 J4 PJK JPDA69 JC005 2 5mm stereo jack Genesis AJ2 5 145 2 5 mm Phono Jack stereo thru hole 6 1 J5 JST S4B PH ...

Page 33: ...CATION CONFIDENTIAL DOC USR 0100 09 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 Figure 13 EIB UAV 01 J2 J3 Pinout Connectors ...

Page 34: ...are designed to pass heat generated by the chips to a steel enclosure where external ventilation is expected to dissipate it to the air The user is responsible for ensuring that the complete system has enough heat dissipation to ensure proper operating temperature of all components at all times Refer to Section 4 0 for additional information Materials Needed HE4K DCK 1X 3 PCB Assembly Steel Enclos...

Page 35: ...8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 Assembly Procedure 1 Remove the nut on the 12V power jack on the I O Jack and PoE PCB Figure 14 Remove Nut from Power Jack on I O Jack and PoE PCB 2 Insert the I O Jack and PoE PCB into the enclosure so the I O s are in their appropriate holes and use four M3 stand offs to attach it Figure 15 Attach I O Jack and PoE PCB to Enclosure ...

Page 36: ...power jack on the outside of the enclosure Figure 16 Reattach Nut to Power Jack 4 Attach the heat sink PH3 to the CPU chip on the Main Encoder PCB being careful that it does not touch other parts It should be aligned so that approximately 20 mm hangs over the bottom edge of the PCB 5 Attach the Thermal PAD 3 heat pad to the PH3 directly over the CPU chip 6 Bend PH3 where it aligns with the bottom ...

Page 37: ...9 USA 1 402 323 0702 7 Attach the Main Encoder PCB with thermal pieces assembled to the I O Jack and PoE PCB within the enclosure using four gold hex head screws Figure 18 Attaching Main Encoder PCB to I O Jack and POE PCB within the Enclosure 8 Push down the lower portion of the PH3 in the enclosure bottom so that it is making good contact with the enclosure Figure 19 Ensure the Heat Sink Makes C...

Page 38: ...___________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 9 Attach a second Thermal PAD 3 to the back of the Main Encoder PCB as shown below 10 Attach the Interface Front End PCB to the Main Encoder PCB within the enclosure bottom using two locking screws Figure 20 Attaching the Interface Front End PCB ...

Page 39: ...________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 Attach Thermal Pad 2 1 and Thermal Pad 2 2 onto the at Interface Front End PCB as shown below Figure 21 Attach Thermal Pad 2 1 and Thermal Pad 2 2 12 Apply thermal paste to the bottom of the aluminum heat sink Figure 22 Apply Thermal Paste to the Aluminum Heat Sink ...

Page 40: ...8 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 13 Attach the aluminum heat sink to the Interface Front End PCB using two M3x8 pan head screws Use two washers to maintain appropriate spacing between the heat sink and the PCB Figure 23 Attach the Aluminum Heat Sink to 30 0056 02 14 Also attach the aluminum heat sink to the enclosure bottom using two black M3x6 flat head screws Figure 24 Attach the Aluminum Heat Sink to ...

Page 41: ... ribbon cable to the Sony FCB ER8300 block camera Gold teeth face up 17 Connect the other end of the KEL ribbon cable to the Interface Front End PCB Gold teeth face away from PCB s Only use a Z3 approved KEL ribbon cable to connect Z3 s boards to the Sony camera Using an incorrect cable the cables provided by Sony can permanently damage the boards or camera 18 Align the Sony camera into the enclos...

Page 42: ..._____________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 the FCB ER8300 camera 20 Use eight M2x3mm finishing screws to attach the enclosure top to the enclosure bottom Figure 27 Attach the Enclosure Top ...

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