Imagenation PXC200A Color Frame Grabber Now you can get the features, flexibility and accuracy you need for high- performance color and monochrome video capture, at a surprisingly affordable price. Affordable color solution for standard PCI formats Built on robust features found in much more PXC200A options contribute higher performance and expensive products. The Imagenation PXC200A Color flexibility. The following features are included at a Frame Grabber combines high quality color and reasonable price with the PXC200A’s optional control monochrome video capture with a Peripheral package (part number PXC200AF). Component Interface (PCI) at an unusually affordable Eight general purpose I/Os – programmable as four • price. High accuracy, low pixel jitter and other leading separate triggers and four strobes. features offer solid support for the most demanding industrial and commercial applications. Vertical and horizontal sync out for gen-locking a • video source, providing a more stable image. Acting as a PCI bus master, the PXC200A achieves real- Strobe inhibit during CCD transfer time for reliable • time video capture to system memory. It handles data image capture with strobes. transfers while the main CPU is free to run other parts of your application or other applications. Image data can A total of four video inputs– any or all of which can • be transferred to a buffer in main memory or directly to be S-video. another PCI device. DC restore on all 4 video inputs. • Four multiplexed video inputs can accept color video Comprehensive software support for Imagenation from NTSC, PAL and SECAM video sources. One of these products. Demo programs for Windows makes it easy to can also be reserved for S-video. Color formats get the PXC200A up and running right out of the box. supported include YCrCb and RGB, while Y8 is supported They let you capture images and save images to disk . for monochrome applications. Also included are real- time image scaling with interpolation, plus horizontal Software support is also included for Borland and and vertical cropping to minimize memory and bus Microsoft C/C ++ compilers and other languages that bandwidth requirements. can call standard Windows DLLs. The PXC200A is easy to integrate into your application, Our technical support engineers are on hand to provide providing support for commercial machine vision assistance throughout your development process. Current software including XCaliper, Halcon and CVB. software and examples are also available at the Technical Support page of the Imagenation product web site at www.imagenation.com PXC200A Specifications GHz Technology, Inc.GHz Technology, Inc.GHz Technology, Inc.GHz Technology, Inc.GHz Technology, Inc. Marketing Marketing Marketing Marketing Marketing Communications Communications Communications Communications Communications ReviewReviewReviewReviewReview Input video formats NTSC, PAL, SECAM, S-video Key Features Input video 1V peak to peak, 75Ω PCI bus master design for real-time Resolution NTSC: 640 x 480; PAL/SECAM: 768 x 576 image capture Sampling jitter Maximum of ± 4ns relative to horizontal synchronization Support for YcrCb, RGB and Y8 (for a stable source) (gray scale) output formats Output formats Color: YCrCb 4:2:2 and 4:1:1; RGB 32, 24, 16, 15; Monochrome: Y8 Low pixel jitter External trigger Input pulled by 10k Ω to 5V, trigger requires a TTL pulse of Standard capture resolutions of 640 x 100 ns (minimum); software programmable edge or level 480 (NTSC) and 768 x 576 (PAL/SECAM) sensitivity; software programmable polarity Four multiplexed video inputs ESD protection All inputs and outputs are diode protected (NTSC/PAL/SECAM/S-video) Form factor PCI short card, 174.6 x 106.7 mm (6.875 x 4.2 inches) Real-time image scaling with Video noise ≤ 1 LSB (least significant bit) interpolation, plus horizontal and Camera power + 12 VDC output vertical cropping Video multiplexer Standard board: four video inputs (only one can be S-video); Continuous, software-initiated and Optional Control Package: four video inputs, any or all of triggered capture of frames which can be S-video Power requirements + 5 VDC, 500 mA External TTL-level trigger Operating temperature 0° C to 60° C + 12 VDC camera power supply Warranty One year limited parts and labor Simple software interface Software development support PXC200AF–Optional Control Package Specifications for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP Video expanded to 4 S-video inputs Support for C/C++, Visual Basic and Direct Draw Independent DC restore on four video inputs Fast field detect for unsynchronized sources SDK included Four TTL inputs, four TTL outputs DAC reference generator eliminates Horizontal and vertical drive outputs inconsistency of AGC Inputs and outputs can be configured as triggers and strobes Verified to FCC Part 15 Class A requirements. Full compliance to CE – Programmable trigger edges, debounce – Programmable strobe durations, polarity EMC standards (EN-55022, EN-55024, – Video synchronized strobes programmable to any line CISPR-22) – Programmable association between triggers/strobes/grabs/video channel Strobes can be inhibited during CCD transfer time (programmable inhibit zone) PXC200A Ordering Information PXC200AL Standard product PXC200AF Standard product plus optional control package CB-008 Video cable for PXC200AF - 4 S-Video cameras, enables basic or extended I/O CB-009 Video cable for PXC200A (L or F) - 4 Composite cameras, enables basic I/O CB-020 Video cable for PXC200AF - 4 Composite cameras, enables extended I/O Built-in software protection for the PXC200A is also available. Contact us for more information or to discuss your application. Toll free: (800) 366-9131 Phone: (503) 495-2200 Copyright © 2002, CyberOptics Corporation. All rights reserved. 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