10 Chapter 1: Introduction
Matrox Meteor-II boards
Matrox Meteor-II comes in four versions: Matrox Meteor-II
/Standard, Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel, Matrox
Meteor-II /Digital, and Matrox Meteor-II /1394. Some of these
boards are available in different form factors, namely PCI,
CompactPCI, and PC/104-Plus. All boards and form factors
support real time image transfer to Host memory, and can be
programmed with the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) or any of
its derivatives.
Matrox Meteor-II /Standard
Matrox Meteor-II /Standard is a standard monochrome and
color analog frame grabber. This board is available in a P CI,
PC/104-Plus, or CompactPCI (3U) form factor, all of which can
use a Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG module for compression and
decompression of monochrome and color images.
(4Mbytes)
VMChannel(not available
onCompactPCI and
PC/104-Plus)
Gain Decoder
ToDB-44
Connectorfor
PCIand Compact
PCIform factors
BNCConnector for
PCIand Compact
PCIform factors
To30-pin male,
right-angle
connectorfor
PC/104-Plus
formfactor
32
24
32
64
VID_IN2
VID_IN9
VID_IN1
VID_IN8
VID_IN3
VID_IN10
VID_IN4
VID_IN11
VID_IN5
VID_IN12
VID_IN6
VID_IN7
Low
Pass
Filter
VIA SGRAM
Opto-
coupler
Trigger
Notavailable on PC/104-Plus
formfactor Host32-bit PCI bus
Notavailable on
CompactPCI
formfactor
12:1
MUX MJPEG
Module(optional)UART
RS-232
drivers&
receivers
RX
TX
/RTS
/CTS
Aux 2
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