Matrox Electronic Systems manual Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel grab section

58 Chapter 5: Matrox Meteor-II hardware reference

Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel grab section

The grab section of the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board captures monochrome or component-RGB video signals from standard and non-standard cameras. Six monochrome or two RGB cameras can be attached.

VMChannel (not available on CompactPCI and PC/104-Plus)

To DB-44 Connector for PCI form factor

To 30-pin male, connector for PC/104-Plus form factor

VID_IN1_1

VID_IN1_2

VID_IN2_1

VID_IN2_2

VID_IN3_1

VID_IN3_2

SYNC_IN

Trigger

Clk input Clk output Hsync Vsync Trigger

Exposure timer1 Exposure timer2

Aux

RX

TX

/RTS

/CTS

2:1		White
			A/D
MUX		Black
	Low-	White		24
2:1	pass		A/D		LUT
MUX	filters/	Black
	Gain				3 256x8-bit
2:1		White
			A/D
MUX		Black
					24	32

4:1	Sync	24
	separator
MUX

		Opto-
		coupler
	TTL*
	Drivers	PSG
	&		VIA
	Receivers
{	2
	2
	RS-232	UART
	Drivers
	and		32
	Receivers

MJPEG

Module

(optional)

64

SGRAM

(4 Mbytes)

Not available on PC/104-Plus form factor

Host 32-bit PCI bus

* RS-422 version of these signals are available on the optional RS-422 connector.

This connector is only available on Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel in a PCI form factor.