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Video Selection Guide
Broadcast and Professional Video Selection Guide - download your 2009 Vol. 2 edition now
(3.4 MB, pdf)

Featured Product - LMH0356 National's Best-in-Class Reclocker

The LMH0356 provides 3G/HD/SD extremely low jitter reclocking along with a 4:1 Input MUX, FR4 Equalizers, and Dual Outputs all in a small 5 x 5 mm package.

SDI / Broadcast Video Products Selection Diagram

Core SDI Quick Links

SPEED / Family	Equalizer EQ	Reclocker RC	Cable Driver CD	Serializer SER	Deserializer DES	Video Timing VT	CONFIG I/O	Signal Conditioning	Other Standards
3G/HD/SD	LMH0384 LMH0344	LMH0356 LMH0346	LMH0307 LMH0303 LMH0302	LMH0340	LMH0341	LMH1982 LMH1981	Soon!	DS25CP104A DS25BR100	PCIe DisplayPort HDMI RS-422
HD	LMH0044 LMH0034	LMH0056 LMH0046	LMH0202 LMH0002	LMH0040 LMH0050	LMH0041 LMH0051
SD	LMH0024 LMH0074	LMH0036 LMH0026	LMH0001	LMH0070	LMH0071

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SDI Product Table:

Serial Digital Interface (SDI) (All products)
- Equalizers
- Reclockers
- Reclockers with 4:1 Mux
- Cable Drivers
- Serializers
- Deserializers
- Switching / Conditioning (Crosspoints & Signal Conditioning)
HDMI/DVI Cable Extenders
Video Timing (Sync Separators & Video Clock Generation)
RS-422 Line Drivers and Receivers

Related Featured Sites:

Interface Solutions Home
Video Timing including sync separators, clock generators, video timing reference designs, etc.
Other clock and timing solutions including jitter cleaners, clock distribution, level translators, and PLLs
Products for analog RGB video
Displays Products
Power for FPGAs, processors, ASICs

Selection Guides

Broadcast Video Selection Guide
2009 - Vol 2 edition (3.4 MB, pdf)

Design

SDI Eval Board / Reference Designs

SDALTEVK - Triple-rate SDI & video clocking daughter card for Altera Cyclone III FPGAs
SDXILEVK - Triple-rate SDI & video clocking daughter card for Xilinx Spartan-3A/3E FPGAs
ML571-1982CLK - High-Performance LNH1982 Video Clock Module for Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT FPGAs
SDI/SDV Evaluation/Demo Boards
SDI Reference Design

SDI Technical Documents:

SDI Application Notes
SDI Technical Library - Lab reports, conference papers, white papers, published articles etc.
SDI/SDV FAQs
Broadcast Video Owner's Manual (1st Edition)

Featured Application Note

AN-1943: Understanding Serial Digital Video Bit Rates
Download the Calculator Spreadsheet (XLS)

SDI Design Tools:

Download Interface IBIS Models
ORCAD Schematic Library for 3G SDI Family
Files include library symbols for the following SDI devices: LMH0340SQ, LMH0341SQ, LMH0302SQ, LMH0303SQ, LMH0307SQ, LMH0344SQ, LMH0346MH, LMH0356SQ, LMH0384SQ; also includes: LMH0030VS & LMH0031VS

Transmission Line RAPIDESIGNER Slide Rule for SDI:

SDI (English) RAPIDESIGNER
SDI RAPIDESIGNER Operation and Applications Guide (AN-1113) (99 KB, pdf)

Explore

SDI Online Seminars:

NEW! Configuring the SDALTEVK Triple Rate SDI Reference Design
(Dec. 2009 - 22min.)
HDTV Serial System Design
(2005 - 60min.)
Built-In SDV Test Pattern Generation Improves Video System Testing
(2004 - 60min.)
Mega-bits @ Max Meters Obtaining Top Performance from National`s CLC SMPTE Serial Digital Video Cable Drivers and Equalizers
(2002 - 60min.)

SDI Video Shorts - LAB Demos!

NEW! SMPTE / SDI Jitter Reduction Demo (2009, 2min.)
HDMI Cable Extenders (2009, 5min.)
SDI Clocking Demo (LMH1981/2) (2009, 2min.)
SDI 3G Chipset Demo (2009, 2min.)

See all online seminars.

Guest Technical Documents:

Understanding Jitter Measurements for Serial Digital Video Signals - Tektronix
Testing Applications in Uncompressed HDTV Signals from SyntheSys Research Inc (pdf 311KB)

Industry Links:

Standards Organizations
Trade Shows
- National Association of Broadcasters
- International Broadcasting Convention
Useful Links
- Belden Inc