Friday, September 26, 2008

Lab X Expands Engineering Staff

· Chris Wulff has joined the Lab X team as an Embedded Digital Audio Engineer

· Wulff brings a broad range of expertise in audio and video processing technologies and their applications to consumer, military and industrial products

Rochester, NY – Christopher Wulff has joined Lab X Technologies in the newly created position of Embedded Digital Audio Engineer. Wulff brings extensive experience with audio and video processing to his new position. “Chris's depth and diversity of experience are an exceptional asset for Lab X clients,” Lab X president Lee Minich said. “He is well versed in FPGA gateware design, DSP programming, embedded Linux and other operating systems. He has applied these core technologies to audio and video processing in successful consumer, industrial, and military products.”

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Lab X Technologies (www.labxtechnologies.com)

Founded in 1996, Lab X Technologies, LLC is a Rochester, NY based engineering design firm recognized as a global leader in digital audio transport and network connectivity, with extensive experience in applying A-Net®, CobraNet, Dante™, EtherSound™, MADI and other audio networking standards. Lab X partners with leading manufacturers to accelerate product development cycles and enable digital audio network interoperability by augmenting internal design teams, providing pre-engineered connectivity modules, developing innovative product concepts, and producing complete turnkey custom solutions.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Lab X ESX-100 Modules Incorporate Advanced EtherSound Network Features

· The ESX-100™ Network Interface Module is the latest addition to Lab X’ Module-Independent Cross-Platform (MIX) Module series

· All MIX Modules share a common mechanical and electrical form factor, making it easy for manufacturers to network their products using MADI, Dante™, Aviom Pro16, EtherSound™ ES-100 and CobraNet™

· MIX Eval Kits are available for purchase upon completion of an NDA with Lab X Technologies: this allows manufacturers to evaluate various technologies using production-ready hardware

Rochester, NY – Lab X Technologies advances its growing family of MIX (Module-Independent Cross-Platform) network interface modules with the release of the ESX-100 EtherSound ES-100 Module. “In today’s multi-format digital audio networking world,” says Lab X President Lee Minich. “ES-100 is among the newest technologies. Our ESX-100 Module shares a common mechanical and electrical form factor with other MIX modules, including its predecessor the ESX. Manufacturers can update their EtherSound products with minimal investment.”

Digigram’s latest enhancement of EtherSound for 100MB Ethernet networks, ES-100 includes support for redundant ring topologies. It transmits 64 channels of bidirectional PCM digital audio over Cat 5 cable and Ethernet switches. EtherSound offers very low latency, as low as 125µs.

Like other MIX Modules, the ESX-100 is based on a Xilinix Spartan 3E® FPGA. Lab X can develop turnkey custom carrier boards to facilitate the incorporation of MIX Modules into new and existing products, and customize the audio interface to integrate with digital backplanes in any data format.

To facilitate engineering procedures from technology comparison to prototyping, reference design development and production test platform definition, Lab X offers Evaluation Kits for its MIX Modules. The basic MEK comes in a carrying case with two MIX Test Fixtures, MIX Demonstrator Windows software, USB and Cat 5 cables, two universal power supplies and an Ethernet switch. Each evaluation option includes two MIX Modules, plus all associated cables and hardware necessary to explore a specific multi-channel digital audio technology: MADI, Dante™, Aviom Pro16, EtherSound™ or CobraNet™. MEKs are available for purchase on the completion of an NDA with Lab X: to request one, contact Lab X by emailing info@labxtechnologies.com or dialing +1 585 271 7790.

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Lab X Technologies (www.labxtechnologies.com)

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Lab X MADIX Network Modules Offer MADI Connectivity In Shared Form Factor

· The MADIX™ Network Interface Module is the latest addition to Lab X’ Module-Independent Cross-Platform (MIX) Module series

· MIX Eval Kits are available for purchase upon completion of an NDA with Lab X Technologies: this allows manufacturers to evaluate various technologies using production-ready hardware

Rochester, NY – Lab X Technologies expands its growing family of MIX (Module-Independent Cross-Platform) network interface modules with the release of the MADIX™ MADI (AES-10) Module. “Digital audio networking today is a multi-format world,” says Lab X President Lee Minich. “The MIX Module series is designed to help manufacturers minimize the cost and time to market involved in offering the networking technologies that end users are demanding today — CobraNet, Ethersound™, Dante™, Aviom Pro16 and now MADI.”

MADIX offers up to 128 digital audio channels (64 inputs and 64 outputs) via co-axial and optical connections. Both media can be used together in a redundant configuration with automatic fail-over. MADIX will operate as either master or slave. Master mode provides a stable audio clock and also supports word clock synchronization. Slave mode recovers a low-jitter audio clock directly from the MADI bitstream — no external word clock is required. Like other MIX Modules, MADIX is based on a Xilinix Spartan 3E® FPGA. Lab X can customize the audio interface to integrate with digital backplanes in any data format, and can develop turnkey custom carrier boards to facilitate the incorporation of MIX Modules into new and existing products.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Lab X MIX Evaluation Kits Allow Engineers to Compare Network Technologies

· All kits include Module-Independent Cross-Platform (MIX) test fixtures plus Windows software, power supplies, cables and an Ethernet switch

· Available MIX Modules make it easy for engineers to evaluate and compare multi-channel digital audio interfaces including MADI, Dante™, Aviom Pro16, EtherSound™ and CobraNet™.

· MIX Eval Kits are available for purchase upon completion of an NDA with Lab X Technologies: this allows manufacturers to evaluate various technologies before licensing them.

Rochester, NY – In today’s multi-format pro audio industry, it’s critical for product manufacturers to evaluate and compare networking options. But there’s a Catch-22. How do you test a technology before committing to a costly license? How do you commit to a license before evaluating the technology? MIX (Module-Independent Cross-Platform) Evaluation Kits (MEKs) from Lab X offer an escape from this dilemma. “With our MEKs, product development teams can investigate the major networking technologies – MADI, Dante™, Aviom Pro 16, EtherSound™ and CobraNet™ – before licensing them,” says Lab X president Lee Minich. “The purchaser simply executes an NDA with Lab X: that protects proprietary information without the commitment and expense of a license. MEKs can accelerate key stages of the product development cycle, including evaluation, prototyping, reference designs and production test platform definition.”

The basic MEK’s carrying case contains two MIX Test Fixtures, the MIX Demonstrator Windows application, USB and Cat 5 cables, two universal power supplies and an Ethernet. Evaluation options include two MIX Modules and all associated cables and hardware necessary to investigate the most significant multi-channel digital audio technologies: MADI, Dante™, Aviom Pro16, EtherSound™ or CobraNet™. To request an NDA, contact Lab X by emailing info@labxtechnologies.com or dialing +1 585 271 7790.

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Lab X Technologies (www.labxtechnologies.com)

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Eldridge Mount Joins Lab X Technologies
as VP of Engineering

· Eldridge Mount fills the VP of Engineering spot, a new position at Lab X Technologies

· Along with his management skills, Mount strengthens the Lab X team with FPGA gateware, hardware design and embedded software expertise

Rochester, NY -- Eldridge Mount has accepted the position of Vice President of Engineering at Lab X Technologies. He will supervise development teams, help define the company's strategic direction, and apply his expertise in FPGA gateware, hardware design and embedded software on behalf of Lab X clients. "We’re pleased to have Eldridge filling this key role,” said Lee Minich, President of Lab X. “His broad experience, which encompasses System-on-a-Chip (SoC) design and verification, communications hardware, real-time video processing and decompression, complements our broadly based connectivity expertise.”

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Lab X Technologies (www.labxtechnologies.com)