Matrox Electronic Systems Connecting external devices, Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for PCI

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Connecting external devices

All boards and form factors have their own particularities regarding connectors and input devices. In this section, the boards will be discussed in the following order:

■Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for PCI.

■Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for CompactPCI.

■Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PCI.

■Matrox Meteor-II /Standard and /Multi-Channel for PC/104-Plus.

■Matrox Meteor-II /Digital.

■Matrox Meteor-II /1394.

Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for PCI

Matrox Meteor-II /Standard has six connectors, which are indicated in the diagram below. Two of these connectors are located on its bracket.The first four connectors listed are discussed in detail in Appendix B.

■Video input connector. Used to receive analog video, as well as send and receive synchronization signals and power.

■BNC connector. Used to receive composite analog video.

■Auxiliary power supply input. Used to route power from your computer through the Matrox Meteor-II board to your camera.

■VMChannel connector. Used to send data to another Matrox board.

■Expansion module interface1. Used to connect to the optional Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG module (for image compression and decompression).

1.Matrox Meteor-II /Standard boards 750-00 rev. A and 750-01 rev. A do not support the Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG module and therefore do not have these connectors.