Dante audio and video – together at last
Dante AV is a breakthrough AV-over-IP networking solution. It delivers perfectly time-aligned video and multi-channel audio, multi-vendor interoperability, and Dante's unified control experience for end users and integrators.
Unprecedented Flexibility for Audio and Video
With Dante AV, audio and video channels are individually routable using familiar Dante Controller software, with no need for breakouts or matrix switches. Easily send audio channels to any of the 1600+ Dante-enabled products currently available while sending video to any number of Dante AV-enabled screens.
Audio and Video, Together at Last
Dante AV delivers Dante’s sub-microsecond synchronization to video and audio, making time-alignment problems a thing of the past. A single network clock keeps the entire system in sync regardless of the number of endpoints, transporting audio and video with low, deterministic latency.
Make AV Easy for Your Customers
Dante AV streamlines the installation, setup and use of AV systems, taming common problems and enabling your customers to accomplish more with lower costs and less frustration.
• Sports bars: Allow end-user routing to any screen or speaker
• Live presentations: Get perfect lip sync for on-site screens and broadcast
• Video walls: Deploy and manage easily at lower cost
• Conference rooms: Simplify installation and use
• Houses of worship and schools: Improve usability for volunteers while maintaining security
Built for Fast Time to Market
Dante AV includes two elements: The Dante AV Module which delivers Dante networking for up to 8 audio channels (transmit or receive) and 1 video channel (transmit or receive), and the Dante AV Product Design Suite, which is a feature complete product design utilizing the Dante AV Module. It includes documentation, schematics and software to create a fully functional encode or decode endpoint, complete with a bill of materials. The Dante AV Product Design Suite can be quickly customized and enhanced by manufacturers, reducing risk, cost of development, and time to market while allowing for competitive differentiation.
Dante AV Module
The Dante AV Module is a hardware solution for interfacing audio and video with a 1 Gbps network, delivered as a compact, castellated circuit board. The Dante AV Module is codec-agnostic, allowing manufacturers to utilize the 1 Gbps codec of their choice while getting all the benefits of the Dante’s easy-to-use software and API for unified control of both audio and video. The Dante AV Module provides complete interoperability with all Dante audio devices.
Dante AV Module is an ideal AV over IP transport and management solution, perfectly aligning video with audio, to support demanding applications in professional AV.
Dante AV Module is easily included into AV over IP product designs such as encoder and decoder endpoints, matrix switches, mixing panels, video wall processors, conferencing systems, and much more. With a rich set of control interfaces, support for Dante Device Protocol, packet bridging, AES67, plus video and HDCP encryption, the Dante AV Module can seamlessly connect an AV product with networked control to the growing ecosystem of both Dante AV and Dante Audio-enabled products.
- Compact Power – 8 in or out audio, 1 in or out video, plus 1Gbps Ethernet interface in a 50mm x 50mm package
- Simple audio and video interfacing – I2S interface allows direct connection to a wide variety of ADC, DAC, DSP and amplifier chips and the 32 bit video interface can be interconnected to any video codec running at up to 800Mbps
- HDCP on board processing – Dante AV Module provides logic in a turnkey design for HDCP over networking.
- Point to Multipoint and Point to Point Distribution – Dante AV Module supports both unicast and multicast video distribution of both HDCP protected and unprotected content. HDCP multicast is managed by Dante Domain Manager.
- Rich set of control interfaces – Choice of SPI, UART, and GPIO interfaces enable sophisticated products with networked control
- Firmware updatable – Software updates with new features and fixes can be loaded via the network
- Device monitoring: Signal presence, latency statistics and clock stability statistics exposed to Dante Controller for real-time device status monitoring
Dante AV Product Design Suite
The optional Dante AV Product Design Suite is a complete, turnkey AV-over-IP endpoint product design which incorporates the Dante AV Module. It consists of a comprehensive set of hardware documents and software to deliver complete, fully interoperable AV products quickly and reliably. It includes schematics and even a complete bill of materials so you can begin creating your next product right away.
Dante AV Product Design Suite gives manufacturers a fast path to market for high performance, easy to use, AV-over-IP products.
The Dante AV Product Design Suite incorporates an implementation of the popular JPEG2000 codec, which delivers visually perfect results at 4K60 with low latency. Products designed with the Suite may be configured to encode or decode via simple software selection. The Dante AV Product Design can be easily customized to suite an OEM’s specific requirements and provide competitive differentiation.
- Complete turnkey solution for AV-over-IP products with the Dante AV Module and Dante AV Product Design Suite
- Schematics and Bill of Materials – included for easy project ramp up
- Fully time-aligned and separately routable audio and video streams
- Instant compatibility with over 1600 existing Dante-enabled audio products
- Unified control of audio and video using familiar tools - Dante Controller and Dante Domain Manager
- No need to replace network infrastructure. Dante AV works with already installed, cost-effective 1Gbps network gear
- Visually perfect video using network-efficient JPEG2000 codec
- Fully validated implementation of HDCP 2.2 over IP
- Complete Dante control API for integration with manufacturers' tools and user interfaces
- Easy control of remote devices via USB HID, serial, and IR over IP
Dante AV Module Specifications
Hardware
- High performance, low cost hardware Dante AV implementation
- Software and firmware are upgradable over the network
- On-board microprocessor to handle local control and management functions
- 156 pin castellated module with 39 pins per side (50 mm x 50 mm)
- Easily picked and placed using standard SMT equipment and provides in appropriate tray packaging
- 3.3VDC only required
- High quality, low jitter clock generation via external SiLabs chip
Network Interface
- Standard 1Gbps Ethernet
- Standard RGMII interface for Ethernet PHY or switch chip
- Hardware time-stamping, supporting sample-accurate playback
- Audio Flows In/Out: Up to 8x8 (unicast or multicast)
- Video Flows In/Out: 1x1 (unicast or multicast)
Audio Interface
- Up to eight channels at 44.1, 48, 88.2 or 96kHz. HDCP sourced audio channels limited to 48kHz
- Up to seven simultaneous audio packet streams
- TDM, I2S digital audio formats
- Hardware audio metering
- High-quality, low jitter with on-board clock generator for audio
- Four configurable I2S audio lines
- Up to 8192 samples (170ms@48kHz) audio buffering per channel [receiver only]
- Built-in eight channel asynchronous sample rate converter [in transmitter only]
- Audio transport formats: Dante Audio over IP, AES67 RTP
- Bit depths: 24, 16 and 32 bits per audio sample
- Sample rate pull-up/down (+4.1667, +0.1, -0.1, and - 4.0 %)
- Provides LRCLK, SCLK, MCLK (256x FS)
Video Interface
- 1-channel 32-bit high speed parallel video interface (transmit or receive)
- Built-in HDCP encryption/decryption for video
- 800Mbps recommended maximum bit rate
- Accepts any bit stream from external codec
- Video transport formats: Dante Video over IP
Control Interfaces
- 2x UARTs: A and B, console on UART-A
- A SPI master (SPI A) and a SPI slave (SPI B). The SPI slave supports packet bridging
- SPI interface for updating an external flash
- Six GPIO pins which can be used to drive status LEDs
- A I2C master interface
Dante AV Product Design Suite Specifications
Hardware Design
- Complete set of manufacturing ready schematics
- Complete bill of materials
- Pre-scanned for regulatory and safety compliance
- Designed for manufacturing and low-cost production
- Optimized for Dante AV Module
- Design supports both encode and decode functions which can be selected for loading at manufacturing
FPGA and Codec
- Optimized implementation of JPEG2000 codec in FPGA
- Up to 4K60 video encoding and decoding
- Dante API management interface
Supporting Hardware
- HDMI 2.0/1.4b input and output
- HDCP 2.2 input and output, HDCP 2.3 over network
- HDMI monitor output loop-through
- Complete EDID support
- Up to 4K60 input/output
- HDR support
- HDMI 7.1 embedded audio input/output
- 100/1000Mbps Ethernet with PoE in
- 12VDC 3A power input
- USB OTG for keyboard and mouse over IP
- USB 2.0 HID A Type for keyboard and mouse of IP
- Phoenix RS-232 serial
- 3mm IR emitter jack for IR over IP
- Power, HDMI input, Streaming, and Status LEDs
- Operating Temp 0 to 40 C
- Design for enclosure
Software Support
- Full Dante API support
- Support for HDMI management
- Support for fully validated HDCP management
- EDID management
- Serial/IR/USB HID/CEC over IP support
Design and Technical Support
- Continuing maintenance release support for firmware and software
- Design implementation support including design reviews
- Complete design documentation
- Preliminary design scan results for regulatory compliance
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