Overview

Driven by the data explosion and AI advancements, modern security surveillance now looks beyond simple video recording into advanced systems integrating intelligent analysis, precise alerts, and efficient decision support.

From facial recognition and behavior analysis to anomaly detection, AI has infused smart security with intelligence, providing powerful technical support for smart cities, smart factories, smart transportation, and other modern applications. This evolution also places greater demands on data storage in terms of capacity, speed, and stability.

BIWIN’s smart security storage solutions follow industry trends, enabling surveillance device manufacturers to implement standardized, intelligent, and refined monitoring systems, leading the industry toward a smarter, more efficient, and safer future.

Requirements

  • HD Video Continuous Storage: High-capacity storage, long-duration HD video data retention, seamless data preservation, minimizing frame dropsand skips, delivering uninterrupted video recording from HD cameras, monitoring probes, and NVR systems.
  • Multiple Streams Write: Simultaneous 4K video recording, real-time writing, high-speed data routing, efficient cache management, smooth playback, minimizing interruptionsand ensuring reliable monitoring and fast video playback.
  • Low Power Consumption and Fast Response: Intelligent low-power management, quick recording, fast data access, optimized for portable cameras, body cameras, and devices sensitive to battery life, ensuring faster response and more extended battery life.
  • Harsh Environment and Anti-Interference: Outdoor deployment, drop resistance, shockproof, waterproof, dustproof, resistance to X-ray and magnetic field interference, comprehensive protection against extreme weather, vibration, and environmental factors, ensuring reliable storage of critical video data.

Highlights

  • High-Capacity Storage: Meeting the storage needs of large video data generated by HD cameras and video surveillance systems.
  • 10-Channel 4K Continuous Writing with No Frame Drops: Advanced intelligent data routingand a built-in intelligent cache management system ensure smooth video recording with no frame drops or lag, and seamless playback with no skipped frames.
  • Intelligent Low-Power Management, Fast Wake-up Response: Automatically enters sleep mode, reducing power consumption by 85%, extending device battery life, and making it particularly suitable for power-sensitive scenarios like body cameras and portable surveillance systems.
  • Comprehensive Hardware and Software Protection: Shockproof, waterproof, dustproof, and withstanding interference from X-rays and magnetic fields, ensuring circuit protection and signal integrity.

Case Study

Background

The client is a large enterprise specializing in the research, design, manufacturing, and service of underground engineering and rail transportation equipment.

It ranks among the top tunnel engineering equipment manufacturers globally and is a leading professional manufacturer of construction machinery in China.

The client’s railway equipment monitoring devices operate in various harsh environments, such as constant vibration, extreme temperature fluctuations, unstable voltage, and even power outages.

Ensuring the devices maintain continuous, stable, and high-definition monitoring has become a critical challenge.

Challenges

  • Harsh Environmental Conditions: Equipment deployed in rail and subway systems must operate reliably under extreme conditions.
  • Customization Requirements: Tailored interfaces for seamless integration and application development.
  • Large-Scale Production Demand: High-volume production, exceeding 30,000 units annually, requiring a stable supply.
  • Data Protection During Power Loss: The ability to write 1 MB of data to the microSD card within 80ms during power failure, ensuring data integrity.
  • Custom Compatibility: The use of custom core boards and microSD cards for system and log storage requires compatibility with specific applications.

Implementation

BIWIN’s industrial-grade wide-temperature TGC209 microSD custom solution, designed for -40°C to +85°C operating temperatures, incorporates IP67 waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, X-ray resistant, electrostatic protection, magnetic resistance, and drop resistance features to meet the environmental challenges.

 

With high transfer speeds up to 160 MB/s, the solution supports stable and continuous 4K multi-channel video recording, handling outdoor filming, high-intensity work, and complex road conditions with ease.

 

The solution also includes a power-loss data protection mechanism so data already written is not corrupted during an unexpected power failure.

 

It supports S.M.A.R.T. monitoring and provides a customizable interface for upper-level application development. Extensive compatibility testing with major operating systems and devices ensures seamless performance.

Outcomes

BIWIN delivered a tailored video surveillance storage solution that fully met the client’s performance and data security needs.

 

The solution has been successfully tested and validated, providing a stable supply and mitigating risks related to product availability.