Technology

​Consonance is constantly implementing and integrating new emerging technologies to give our customers full solutions, minimizing risk and reducing time-to-market.
PCI Express (PCIe)
PCIe is the best choice for PC based applications that require high throughput and low latency data transfer.
We provide a flexible FPGA based solution that enables fast and risk-free integration of custom peripherals with PC-based systems.
We support both Altera and Xilix FPGAs (High-end Virtex/Stratix and mid-range Kintex/Arria families for Gen 2.0 PCIe and low-end Artix/Cyclone families for Gen 1.0 PCIe) to provide a complete solution that includes the following:
Our integrated solution for video includes proven IP blocks for video capture and playback.
We support the following industry standards:
Optical Fiber
FPGA's serial connectivity blocks can be connected to an external Optical transceiver and provide a high speed low latency connectivity channel.
For a complete end to end solution the fiber interface on the FPGA is integrated with the PCIe Bus-Mastering block and forms a high bandwidth link between the Host Computer and a remote unit.
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This solution is ideal for industrial, Military or Medical applications that require very high throughput.
Video Streaming
Bus Mastering (DMA) block for high data rate
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Device Drivers for Windows, Linux, VxWorks
and INTime
Multiple DMA Channels
Seamless integration to standard IO interfaces
HD/3G-SDI
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HDMI
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CoaxPress
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Camera link

MIPI CSI
BT.656/BT.1120
Thunderboltâ„¢
Thunderbolt™ is a hardware interface that allows for the connection of external peripherals to a computer. It has a transfer speed of 10 Gbit/s per channel over copper wire and 20 Gb/s per channel using optical cabling. It uses the same connector as Mini DisplayPort . Thunderbolt combines PCIe and DisplayPort into one serial signal alongside a DC connection for electric power, transmitted over one cable. Up to seven peripherals may be supported by one connector through various topologies.

Thunderbolt™ is a perfect solution to connect external PCIe cards, custom or off-the-shelf to an embedded PC-based system, integrating high-speed data and video for industrial and medical applications
COM Express
COM Express, an x86 computer-on-module form factor, is a highly integrated and compact PC that can be used in a design application much like an integrated circuit component. Each COM Express Module COM integrates core CPU and memory functionality, the common I/O of a PC - PCIe, USB, audio, graphics, Ethernet and . All I/O signals are mapped to two high density, low profile connectors on the bottom side of the module.

Together with our FPGA-based PCIe solutions, any video/data streaming/communication solution can be embedded on your carrier board, minimizing BOM and the need to pay for expensive video capture/frame grabber cards, communication cards etc.
