The microHydra-SD8 is a 8-channel Ultra Low Latency (ULL) IP video streaming appliance, capable of capturing, compressing and concurrently streaming up to 8 channels of NTSC/PAL/RS-170 video with a latency of under 40ms. This rugged video appliance is ideal for rapid deployment in demanding applications in Military, Communications, Transportation and Energy industries.
The microHydra-SD8 features a dedicated hardware H.264 compression engine that can encode all 8 video channels at full size and frame-rate. The flexible RTSP/RTP streaming engine supports Unicast and Multicast and streams each channel over the GigE Ethernet to client systems for low latency viewing and analysis. The microHyrda-SD8 also supports 4 channels of audio which can be captured and streamed with the video data.
The microHydra-SD8 has a vehicle class power supply and can be driven from a 12-28V DC input. The system is housed in a rugged, watertight, conduction cooled, IP67 rated enclosure with sealed MIL-D38999 connectors and is ready to be installed into mobile platforms and harsh environments.