April 4, 2013 Grass Valley, California – Ensemble Designs is introducing the next generation of its popular BrightEye line of products with a new compact router at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas April 8-11, 2013 at booth N2524. The new product line features cutting edge illuminated front panel buttons, interactive LCD display, BNC and SFP spigots for flexible I/O configuration, and an Ethernet port for control and configuration.
“This is the new look and feel of our BrightEye product line,” said David Wood, President and Chief Design Engineer at Ensemble Designs. “Its sophisticated design, LCD display, and cutting edge front panel buttons allow us to design easy-to-use, feature-rich products well into the future.”
Flexible Architecture
The new BrightEye NXT 430 Compact Router has eleven BNC connectors that can be configured as either inputs or outputs. In addition, there are two SFP modules slots (small format pluggables), that may be populated for additional inputs or outputs – fiber optic or electrical. Embrionix powered SFPs, about the size of a stick of gum, let the customer choose the type of input or output connectors needed, including mini BNC and optical. There is a Reference BNC for genlocking the unit to house sync. The unit can be controlled via the dedicated front panel buttons, or from a computer or iPad via the on-board web browser interface.
“This is what everyone is looking for in a compact router,” said Mondae Hott, Director of Sales for Ensemble Designs. “The front panel LCD displays realtime, full motion video or diagnostics of the source you have selected. The clean switch option allows clean video and audio switching of all sources including those that are asynchronous. The internal bars and black generator provide those signals without tying up router inputs. It’s genlockable and timeable. All of this in a compact package about the size of a CD box set.”
“I believe this is the worlds smallest router with this degree of functionality,” said John Pichitino, Technology Evangelist for Ensemble Designs. “It’s smart, flexible, easy to configure and contains features not seen on even high-end routing solutions.”
The BrightEye Compact Router accepts 3G, HD and SD SDI signals. The outputs follow the inputs. The flexible I/O configuration allows on the fly changes to the number of router inputs and outputs providing flexibility unparalleled in any compact router.
The Perfect News Gathering Solution
“This is the perfect solution for small news gathering trucks and helicopters,” said Hott. “It provides clean switching from a variety of sources, and its compact size doesn’t take up valuable space inside the vehicle. It’s very rugged, and very easy to use. We are really looking forward to introducing this to the industry at NAB.”
Based in Grass Valley, California and formed in 1989, Ensemble Designs is a leading provider of signal processing and infrastructure products. Customers include Lockhead, NASA, Major League Baseball, Olympic Broadcast Organisation, General Atomics, and ESPN.
