Düsseldorf, April 27, 2015 – Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of its “Stream it!” kit, a complete evaluation platform for H.264 encoding and streaming in real-time. The new kit includes all the hardware, software components and demonstration programs manufacturers need to start development of cost-optimised video surveillance systems, video door phones, access control and intrusion detection systems.
Renesas’ new “Stream it!” kit enables designers of advanced security and multimedia applications to develop scalable systems with the shortest time-to-market, reduced component count and optimised PCB footprint. The “Stream it!” kit comes pre-loaded with the H.264 Encode and Stream demonstration, but can also run two additional streaming demonstrations included in the kit. For developers of industrial sensor and home automation systems, the “Stream it!” kit can be used to log sensor status information, while sharing the collected data on a web server. For streaming applications targeting the consumer segment, internet radio MP3 files can be streamed to the “Stream it!” kit, decoded and played over headphones.
In the pre-loaded video streaming demonstration, a CMOS camera module is connected to RZ/A1L’s Capture Engine Unit and captures video in YUV format. The video stream is subsequently encoded using H.264 technology with up to 40 fps. RTP packets are streamed using FreeRTOS and the UDP/IP stack and played on the PC side VLC player.
The resolution can later be scaled by the system designer by choosing different variants of the Cortex-A9 based RZ/A series with increasing sizes of embedded frame buffer RAM. It is limited to VGA in the cost-optimized “Stream it!” implementation. Various parameters can flexibly be configured from the USB console, such as IP addressing mode, remote IP address and port, video resolution, video frame rate and video bit rate.
In addition to being based on the industry leading RZ/A series, the software package includes H.264 encode/decode technology by Consilient Technologies as well as web server and multimedia streaming technology by Oryx-embedded.
The solution kit includes the “Stream it!” board, a camera module, compiler, debugger, IDE and demonstration software – everything engineers need to start their development of streaming, security and multimedia applications. It will be available for immediate ordering via Renesas’ franchised distribution partners. The solution kit’s part name is YSTREAM-IT-RZ. Additional technical details are available at www.renesas.eu/rzstream.
Partner software information available at www.consilient-tech.com and www.oryx-embedded.com.
The MP3 decoding software from Helix Community is provided under an open source license (RealNetworks Public Source License v1.0). A customer who wants to embed this software must release his code under the RPSL license or buy a commercial license (RealNetworks Community Source License) from RealNetworks, Inc.
MP3 technology, like MPEG4 video encoding, is also subjected to patents rights (Fraunhofer Institute and Technicolor).
About Renesas Electronics Europe
Renesas Electronics is the world’s number one supplier of microcontrollers and a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, including system-on-chip and a wide range of discrete analogue and power devices. Established in 2010, Renesas Electronics combines the collective semiconductor expertise of Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric and NEC Electronics, encapsulating more than 200 years’ experience.
Renesas’ products are the result of decades of research and investment into semiconductor technology and customer solutions. Today, they provide pioneering platforms for the advancement of the Smart Society, embedding intelligence, connectivity, safety and security in solutions for cars, homes, buildings and factories. In Europe, Renesas complements its cutting-edge technology with resources that foster customer proximity and span the entire product lifecycle. These include the European Technology Centre, which designs innovative solutions specifically for Europe, and the European Quality Centre in Düsseldorf, which provides technical support to customers throughout the region. Renesas also operates an effective ecosystem, comprising the industry’s largest local support network and an extensive network of over 800 hardware and software alliance partners.
Headquartered in Japan, Renesas Electronics has subsidiaries in 20 countries worldwide. More information is available at www.renesas.eu.
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