The SDM-L Bidirectional NDI Converter with HDMI 1.4 for SDM-Enabled Display Devices from BirdDog is a full NDI sender and receiver system based upon the Intel SDM-L module, which receives NDI from the network and conveniently displays it on screen. When using it to send NDI, users would bring in a source, such as a laptop, and have that signal duplicated and sent across any number of BirdDog Display activated screens. It may be configured as an encoder or as a decoder, but the two functions will not operate simultaneously.
The unit features an HDMI input with support for HDMI 1.4, capable of handling resolutions up to UHD 4K30. Embedded audio consists of two channels of digital 24-bit audio with a 48 kHz sample rate. A 3.5mm analog microphone and headset input/output is also supported. Network connectivity is achieved via an Ethernet RJ45 1000baseT connector and there are six USB-A ports also available. Full NDI with high-bandwidth i-frame and low-latency NDI|HX2 with H.264/HEVC Long-GOP and SRT are also supported.