Bluefish444 Kronos K8 K4002 can be used for broadcast graphics, post-production, live events, and digital intermediate, mobile production, QC, video over IP, and streaming workflows, among many others.

KRONOS K8 features eight bidirectional 3G/HD/SD-SDI connectors plus reference and LTC I/O. Over quad-link SDI, the advanced developer card supports up to DCI/UHD 4K60 resolution video input and output with high dynamic range, high frame rates, and extremely low latency of sub on field or frame. Via a STEM port on the side of the card and optional Bluefish444 EX-1 and EX-2 add-ons, the KRONOS K8 can also be equipped with RS-422 control, AES/EBU and analog audio, and additional LTC I/O.

Features

Full-height, 2/3-length 8-lane PCIe, Gen 3 card (16-lane compatible)
Eight independent and simultaneous bidirectional 3G/HD/SD-SDI BNC connectors
Multichannel DCI/UHD 4K60 resolution playout or capture via quad-link 3G-SDI
Reference I/O
LTC I/O
Compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux
Four high-performance bypass relays
12-bit video signal path
4 x 4 x 33-bit color matrix
Audio sample rate converters
MR2 master routing resource
Input stream integrity management
Full-duplex DMA data transfer
Four hardware downstream keyers
16 channels of embedded SDI I/O audio
Dolby Digital pass-through SDI
STEM port interface on the side
Allows interlocking multiple KRONOS K8 units or KRONOS K8 and Bluefish444 Neutron cards