California-based Jam-Labs, a provider of products for the healthcare, digital signage and professional AV markets, has integrated Semtech’s BlueRiver technology into its software-defined video over Ethernet (SDVoE) operating theatre products.

The products, based on the BlueRiver AVP ASIC, let medical facilities capture and transmit high quality 4K60P 4:4:4, near-zero latency SDVoE.

“Orion 4K end points enhance its integration capabilities using Semtech’s BlueRiver for digital operating rooms,” said John Thomas, CEO and CTO at Jam-Labs. “Using the Orion end points and workflows based on enhanced secure software integration, hospitals are able to realise 4K video with near-zero latency over networks, bringing a truly distributed solution to life. Semtech’s BlueRiver technology is at the heart of the Orion system. With standards-based SDVoE capabilities, we are able to offer a completely vendor neutral solution with an open, scalable architecture platform versus legacy matrix switch systems.”

Orion is certified to IEC 60601 and compliant to Dicom, Pacs and HLS. With the inherent flexibility and scalability of SDVoE technology, Orion provides hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities peace of mind that its AV installations will scale based on future needs without a costly overhead.

BlueRiver AVP ASICs provide networking flexibility and hardware advantages for these products, including a small form factor and low power consumption. The Orion platform includes a variety of hardware available today, including encoders, decoders and wall plates.

“Jan-Labs’ Orion highlights the great fit between Semtech’s BlueRiver technology and the medical AV market,” said Don Shaver, vice president at Semtech. “The AVP ASIC delivers the required pristine image quality and low latency AV transport, with the powerful integrated BlueRiver API to meet the performance needs of today’s operating rooms.”

BlueRiver brings the disruptive power of Ethernet to AV signal distribution, changing the dynamics of the professional AV industry by allowing installers and OEMs to replace proprietary AV matrix switches with off-the-shelf Ethernet networks that deliver better price-performance, flexibility and scalability. The BlueRiver platform delivers a single programmable system on chip (SoC), which can be used to replace traditional AV and KVM extenders, matrix switchers, video wall controllers and windowing processors with a simple network of transmitters, receivers and off-the-shelf Ethernet switches.

BlueRiver chipsets are the foundation of SDVoE technology offering zero-latency, uncompressed 4K streaming over standard Ethernet with support for HDMI 2.0a and HDR. They also integrate high-fidelity video scaling, windowing and audio down mixing.

Jam-Labs, based in Silicon Valley, California, is a design and development company specialising in the distribution of multimedia over fibre for operating theatre integration, professional AV and digital signage. It provides compliance to IEC 62304, cyber security, Hippa, IEC 60601 software, custom user interface, hardware, embedded design, FPGA and mechanical design for medical, broadcast and industrial AV needs.