USB3-FRM14 Users Manual (Rev 1.1)
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1. Introduction
SDI (Serial Digital Interface) is a family of video interfaces by SMPTE (Society Motion and
Television Engineers). These standards are used for transmission of uncompressed, unencrypted digital
video signals.
[Table 1. Standard SMPTE ]
Standard
Name
Bitrates (Max)
Resolution(Max)
Transfer Length(Max)
SMPTE 259M
SD-SDI
360Mbit/s
480i¹, 576i
20dB : 364m
30dB : 545m
SMPTE 344M
ED-SDI
540Mbit/s
480p², 576p
SMPTE 292M
HD-SDI
1.485Gbit/s
720p, 1080i
20dB : 179m
30dB : 268m
SMPTE 372M
Dual HD-SDI
2.970Gbit/s
1080p
SMPTE 424M
3G-SDI
2.970Gbit/s
1080p
caution)
1. i : Interlaced 2. p : Progressive
* USB3-FRM14 is supported up to 1080p(30fps), but Interlace mode does not currently
support.
The various serial digital interface standards all use coaxial cables with BNC connecters, with a
nominal impedance of 75 ohms. The data of image, sound and various digital information (Line Counter,
CRC) can carry hundreds meter far using coaxial cable. Transfer is serial communication, but the final
processed image data is processed the parallel RGB or YCbCr such as the [Table 2].
[Table 2. SDI Data Type]
Standard
Name
Frequency
Data Type
Data
SMPTE 259M
SD-SDI
270Mbps
YCbCr
4 : 2 : 2
SMPTE 292M
HD-SDI
1.5Gbps
YCbCr
4 : 2 : 2
SMPTE 372M
Dual HD-SDI
2 x 1.5Gbps
YCbCr
RGB
4 : 2 : 2
4 : 4 : 4
SMPTE 424M
3G-SDI
3Gbps
YCbCr
RGB
4 : 2 : 2
4 : 4 : 4
Caution) Some high-end 3G-SDI, it may have a truncated screen depending on your system
specifications.