Frame grabbers ® Matrox Meteor-II / Camera Link ® Low-cost Camera Link frame grabber for digital area or line scan video acquisition. ® Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link ® Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link is part of the Matrox Meteor-II family of high-performance frame grabbers for cost sensitive applications. It provides ® a simple standard connection to digital imaging devices using the Camera Link interface specification. Through a flexible design, the Matrox Meteor-II/Camera ® Link supports one, two or four tap monochrome, as well as component RGB, area or line scan video sources. VIA: At the heart of the Matrox Meteor-II family Common to all Matrox Meteor-II boards is the custom-designed Matrox Video Interface ASIC (VIA). It is a sophisticated memory controller for managing Key features real-time acquisition into on-board memory with advanced reformatting capabilities and, in parallel, streaming image data out over the PCI bus without video capture board for PCI form factor requiring constant host CPU intervention. ® captures from Camera Link area or line scan video sources including multi-tap Real-time capture to system or display configurations ® Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link can transfer acquired images to either system (host CPU) memory for processing or display (VGA) memory for live video-in-a- connect and switch between two monochrome, two RGB or one window at sustained rates up to 130 MB/second. monochrome and one RGB video source Image formatting acquisition rates up to 50 MHz Image data can be reformatted in real-time prior to transfer to host system configurable LUT (four 256 x 8-bit or display. Formatting features include cropping (ROI capture), independent or two 4K x 12-bit) horizontal and vertical sub-sampling from 2 to 16 (by decimation). trigger input and timer outputs 32-bit/33 MHz PCI bus-master real-time transfer to system or VGA memory extensive on-board buffering for reliable capture supports packed or planar transfers of color or multiple monochrome streams programmed using Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) sold separately ® ® supports 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ® Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link 8 LUT Data 28-bit 32 24 TM 4 x 256 x 8-bit Pixel Packer ChannelLink 2 or Clock Receiver 2 x 4K x 12-bit MDR26 8 Camera Control* LVDS 2 Serial Tx Drivers and PSG Receivers 2 Serial Rx 32 UART 8 28-bit Data 24 TM ChannelLink 2 Clock Receiver MDR26 8 Camera Control* 32 LVDS 64 TM 2 VMChannel 32 MB Serial Tx Drivers and Receivers 2 Serial Rx UART 2 32 External Trigger Optocoupler 1 DB-9 TTL Ext. Trigger 2 Trigger Host 32-bit/33 MHz PCI Bus 4 Clk (2) 4 Hsync (2) 4 Vsync (2) 4 LVDS Camera Control 1 (2)* Drivers 4 and Camera Control 2 (2)* Receivers 4 Camera Control 3 (2)* 4 1 Camera Control 4 (2)* DB-44 2 User In 1 2 User In 2 3 User Out Camera Control 1* TTL Camera Control 2* Drivers Hsync * Can be configured as Timer or User outputs Vsync PCI interface Field-proven application development software ® ® Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link features a 32-bit PCI bus Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link is supported by the Matrox master/slave host interface. The bus master mode performs Imaging Library (MIL), a comprehensive collection of software transfers without requiring continuous host intervention. tools for developing industrial imaging applications. MIL Extensive buffering ensures reliable real-time transfer of features interactive software and programming functions for incoming image data to host memory even under high bus image capture, processing, analysis, annotation, display and latency conditions, which typically occurs in systems with archiving. These tools are designed to enhance productivity, concurrent image capture, display, graphics, network access, thereby reducing the time and effort required to bring your disk access and general external I/O. solution to market. Refer to the MIL datasheet for more information. The PCI interface supports image data sub-sampling from 2 to 16 (by decimation) to further reduce required PCI bus bandwidth. The PCI interface also supports packed or planar transfers of color or multiple monochrome streams. Acquisition related events such as start and end of frame/field or sequence capture can be routed to the host CPU as interrupts to optimize concurrent acquisition and processing (double-buffering). 2 Host interface Specifications • 32-bit/33 MHz PCI bus master/slave • up to 130 MB/second sustained Acquisition • • 32 MB buffer supports two Base (single 8/10/12/14/16-bit or • supports packed or planar image data formats dual 8/10/12-bit monochrome, 24-bit RGB) or one Medium ® • independent horizontal and vertical sub-sampling both from (quad 8-bit monochrome) Camera Link configuration(s) • 2 to 16 (by decimation) connect and switch between two monochrome, two RGB, • interrupts for start and end of field, frame and sequence or one monochrome and one RGB video source • capture supports area or line scan video sources • • universal 32-bit card edge connector acquisition rates up to 50 MHz • configurable LUT: four 256 x 8-bit or two 4K x 12-bit • Dimensions and environmental information separate LVDS pixel clock, hsync and vsync outputs as well 2 1 • 17.5 cm L x 10.7 cm H (6.9" x 4.2") as TTL hsync and vsync outputs • • operating temperature: 0° C to 55° C (32° F to 131° F) separate LVDS auxiliary inputs (2) and outputs (4) as well as 1 • relative humidity: up to 95% (non-condensing) TTL auxiliary outputs (3) • • FCC class A opto-isolated, LVDS and TTL trigger inputs (synchronous and 1 • CE class A asynchronous to video) • RoHS-compliant RS-232 interface ® • Software Driver not visible to OS (controlled through MIL or Camera Link APIs) ® • Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) driver for 32-bit Microsoft ® Windows XP Formatting (Matrox VIA) • input cropping (ROI capture) • independent horizontal and vertical sub-sampling from 2 to 16 (by decimation) • independent horizontal and vertical zoom of 2 and 4 (by replication) 3 Notes: Ordering Information 1. Present on a separate bracket. 2. Vertical dimensions are from bottom edge of goldfinger to top edge of board. Hardware Horizontal dimensions are from edges of the board excluding bracket. 3. Contact local representative or Matrox Imaging Sales for availability. Part number Description ® METEOR2-CL/32* Camera Link PCI frame grabber. Software Refer to MIL datasheet. Input cable ® Camera Link cable available from camera manufacturer, 3M Interconnect Solutions for Factory Automation (www.3m.com/interconnects/factory) or Intercon 1 (www.nortechsys.com/intercon) in various lengths. Corporate headquarters: Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. 1055 St. Regis Blvd. Dorval, Quebec H9P 2T4 Canada Tel: +1 (514) 685-2630 Fax: +1 (514) 822-6273 For more information, please call: 1-800-804-6243 (toll free in North America) or (514) 822-6020 or e-mail: imaging.info@matrox.com or http://www.matrox.com/imaging All trademarks by their respective owners are hereby acknowledged. Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd. reserves the right to make changes in specifications at any time and without notice. The information furnished by Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd. is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility license is granted under any patents or patent rights of Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd. Windows and Microsoft are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MMX and the MMX logo are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Printed in Canada, 2009-02-17. $IE-5200-B