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LYNX Technik AG Heads to Space - Raises Bar for Rigorous Space
Laboratory Project
August 5, 2008
Source: LYNX Technik
LYNX Technik AG, provider
of intelligent interface products for the broadcast and professional
audio & video industry, has been selected to provide their
Series 3000 video conversion products to EADS ASTRIUM Space
Transportation, chief contractors and developers of a new
Video Data and Power Distribution Unit (VDPU), which will
be used by the Columbus Space Laboratory.
Columbus is a multi-purpose laboratory for multi-disciplinary
research under zero gravity conditions. The interior of Columbus
consists of 16 racks, which accommodate laboratory equipment,
computers and a variety of technical systems. Furthermore
Columbus has four additional external payload racks for experiments
outside the lab. This lab has become the main working area
for European astronauts. As the main contractor for Columbus,
EADS ASTRIUM Space Transportation heads a consortium of companies
that are responsible for the design, development, production,
integration, and testing of the Columbus Lab.
The LYNX Series 3000 equipment will provide analog to digital
(A to D) and digital to analog (D to A) video conversion,
contributing to the overall video processing infrastructure
required in the Video Data and Power Distribution Unit of
the Columbus Lab. The VDPU is scheduled to be sent to the
International Space Station earliest on 2010.
LYNX made special modifications to their conversion solutions
in order to accommodate the unique requirements and extremely
rigorous demands of a space application. Leveraging the intelligent
backbone of the modules, their versatile and true multi-mode
operation, LYNX was required to pass a number of tests and
deliver a reliable and compact solution that could stand up
to a variety of distinctive issues, including radiation.
“During our selection process, we had a strict set of
criteria for our application in space,” comments Thomas
Janke, Project Manager with EADS ASTRIUM. “It was very
clear early on that LYNX Technik had the technology, insight
and know-how to provide us with the most reliable solution.”
“This is an extremely exciting project for us,”
mentioned Winfried Deckelmann, LYNX Technik’s CEO. “We
understood the application and envisioned a product that would
meet the unique requirements for space qualified equipment.
We enhanced our conversion technology to address the unique
environmental challenges and technical requirements of space
that existing products could not satisfy.”
The full range of Series 3000 MiniModules are versatile and
reliable, have been rigorously tested, and has been proven
to work in the most demanding of multi-format environments.
Applications include; mobile vans (OB trucks), broadcast master
control rooms, production studios, network operating centers,
post production, video duplication facilities, and more. They
offer broadcast professionals an affordable, compact and extremely
flexible solution for audio and video processing.
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