Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Cypress Semiconductor | Subject: HotLink Serdes transmitter
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 December 2006
Streaming system used on space station
Cypress Semiconductor has announced that DVEO, the broadcast division of CMI, has selected Cypress's Serdes for its DVB Master FD PCI Card.
Cypress's HotLink Serdes transmitter and receiver are used as part of NASA's Space Video Gateway system to deliver live high-definition television (HDTV) from the International Space Station to Earth The DVB Master FD met stringent requirements for radiation testing and interoperability with NASA systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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