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Chapter

4

Chapter 4:

Hardware reference

This chapter explains the architecture of the 
Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel hardware, as well as the 
available features and modes.

Summary of Contents for Meteor-II

Page 1: ...Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel Installation and Hardware Reference Manual no 10761 101 0200 October 14 2003...

Page 2: ...port including without limitation damages or costs relating to the loss of profits business goodwill even if advised of the possibility of such damages In no event will Matrox and its suppliers liabil...

Page 3: ...nstallation 15 Installing Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel 16 Installing Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel for PCI 16 Installing Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel for PC 104 Plus 18 Note about Matrox Meteor I...

Page 4: ...32 PSG 32 Phase locked loop 32 Synchronization 33 Trigger 33 UART 34 Lookup tables 35 User bits 35 Using the auxiliary power supply 35 Data interfaces 35 Video Interface ASIC 35 PCI interface 36 Appen...

Page 5: ...PCI form factor 46 Video input connector on the PC 104 Plus form factor 48 Auxiliary power supply input 49 Auxiliary power supply selection 50 Specifications 51 Electrical 51 Environmental 53 Appendi...

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Page 7: ...Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter outlines the key features of the Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel board...

Page 8: ...wo component RGB or six monochrome cameras can be attached Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel VIA LUT 3 256x8 bit VID_IN1_1 VID_IN1_2 VID_IN2_1 VID_IN2_2 VID_IN3_2 SYNC_IN VID_IN3_1 24 Low pass filters Ga...

Page 9: ...Multi Channel you can purchase one or more Matrox Imaging software products that support the Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel board These are the Matrox Imaging Library MIL and its derivatives MIL Lite...

Page 10: ...es of your Matrox board For boards that accept non standard video sources Matrox Intellicam also has the ability to create custom digitizer configuration format DCF files whichMIL anditsderivativesuse...

Page 11: ...lowing items The Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel board The Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel Installation and Hardware Reference manual this document A 4 pin power cable included with Matrox Meteor II Mul...

Page 12: ...ircuit boards or components Caution Before you add or remove devices from your computer always turn off the power to your computer and all peripherals Installation overview The installation procedure...

Page 13: ...offers solutions to potential problems If your Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel installation questions are not answered in this manual contact your local Matrox representative Matrox Sales Office or Ma...

Page 14: ...14 Chapter 1 Introduction...

Page 15: ...Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Hardware installation This chapter explains how to install the Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel hardware...

Page 16: ...ivatives If you are adding another Matrox Meteor II to your computer you will have to re install your software after installing your board Installing Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel for PCI Use the fol...

Page 17: ...w you will need it to fasten the Matrox Meteor II board 4 Carefully position Matrox Meteor II in the selected PCI slot as illustrated below If you are using a tower computer orient the board to suit t...

Page 18: ...i Channel for PC 104 Plus later in this chapter Use the following steps to install your Matrox Meteor II board for PC 104 Plus 1 Matrox Meteor II for PC 104 Plus can operate in either a 5V or 3 3V sys...

Page 19: ...Plus board PC 104 boards must be stacked last 5 Carefully position Matrox Meteor II over the connectors and press the board firmly into place 6 Replace the anchoring screws 7 Set the rotary switch nex...

Page 20: ...a video input connector that lies in the same plane as the board in other words the pins are parallel to the board The version that accompanies the Matrox 4Sight II integrated unit lies in a plane per...

Page 21: ...e connectors which are indicated in the diagram below One of these connectors is located on its bracket The connectors listed are discussed in detail in Appendix B Video input connector Used to receiv...

Page 22: ...the jumper is across the appropriate Matrox Meteor II auxiliary power supply selection pins for the required voltage 5 V or 12 V See Appendix B for a diagram 3 Use the DBHD44 TO 8BNC O cable to conne...

Page 23: ...to send data across the ISA bus Connecting a video input to Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel for PC 104 Plus Connect video sources to Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel through its video input connector a...

Page 24: ...to the motherboard which in turn is hard wired to the video input connector on the back side of the unit Therefore you can interface a camera with the PC 104 Plus board by connecting the camera to you...

Page 25: ...Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Using multiple Matrox Meteor II boards This chapter explains how to use multiple Matrox Meteor II boards...

Page 26: ...mputer at one time this number is however limited by the number of empty slots in your computer and for simultaneous grabs by the available bandwidth of your computer discussed later in this chapter U...

Page 27: ...for the additional board must be something other than 0 or 4 Grabbing simultaneously from different boards You can simultaneously grab images from cameras attached to different Matrox Meteor II board...

Page 28: ...bandwidth problems As a reference point grabbing one 640 x 480 image in real time will require a PCI bandwidth of 35 Mbytes sec when transferring in RGBX 32 bit mode When grabbing from three or more M...

Page 29: ...Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Hardware reference This chapter explains the architecture of the Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel hardware as well as the available features and modes...

Page 30: ...ignals from standard and non standard cameras Six monochrome or two component RGB cameras can be attached VIA LUT 3 256x8 bit VID_IN1_1 VID_IN1_2 VID_IN2_1 VID_IN2_2 VID_IN3_2 SYNC_IN VID_IN3_1 24 Low...

Page 31: ...the A D converters The filters used on Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel are 4th order Butterworth filters with a cutoff frequency of 10 MHz Gain Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel has adjustable gains This...

Page 32: ...oop The high performance low jitter phase locked loop PLL uses frequency synthesis techniques to generate the clock signal when necessary The PLL can use the following sources as a reference The on bo...

Page 33: ...erates using the PSG the horizontal and or vertical TTL synchronization signals and supplies them to the video source This allows the video source to synchronize to the board Trigger Matrox Meteor II...

Page 34: ...f the pixel frequency is 12 27 MHz the minimum pulse width is 1 12 27 MHz 82 nanoseconds Opto isolated trigger Trigger signals connected to the OPTOTRIG and OPTOTRIG input pins pass through an opto co...

Page 35: ...n be set to either 5 V or 12 V but the current drawn by all cameras is limited to 1 5 A The circuit uses an auto resettable fuse For further information on connecting to the auxiliary power supply con...

Page 36: ...r rate of 132 Mbytes sec The VIA s PCI interface The VIA s PCI interface is 32 bits wide and operates at 33 MHz It allows all VIA resources to be accessed through a 128 Mbyte memory region mappable an...

Page 37: ...oting This appendix gives suggestions to help you resolve potential problems If your problem is not addressed here contact your local Matrox representative Matrox Sales Office or the Matrox Imaging Cu...

Page 38: ...com imaging Common problems and solutions Installation Problems PC 104 Plus board cannot be stacked Ifyou cannot stack your PC 104 Plusboard check the connectorsofthe lastboard in the stack and deter...

Page 39: ...memory using the included milconfig exe utility There is a conflict in the BIOS Setup program This problem generally occurs when there is a PCI memory mapping error or when there is a PCI IRQ routing...

Page 40: ...d trigger both OPTOTRIG and OPTOTRIG signals must be connected OPTOTRIG is usually connected to the ground of the trigger source IRQ conflicts In general PCI devices can share an interrupt line IRQ Ho...

Page 41: ...the Control Panel select Administrative Tools and open Computer Management From the Computer Management explorerwindow selectSystem Tools followedby Device Manager From the View menu select the Resour...

Page 42: ...42 Appendix A Troubleshooting...

Page 43: ...Appendix B Technical information This appendix contains information that might be useful when installing your Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel board...

Page 44: ...845PE 850 860 E7500 or E7505 If you need more specific information regarding potential problems refer to Appendix A Troubleshooting Technical features Six software selectable channels which support sw...

Page 45: ...r PCI Strap selectable 5 or 12 V DC output PCI form factor only Board input and output connectors The Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel PCI form factor has three connectors an auxiliary power supply inpu...

Page 46: ...tMatrox Meteor II Multi ChannelforPC 104 Plusin Chapter 2 for more details Video input connector on the PCI form factor The video input connector is a high density DB 44 female connector on the PCI fo...

Page 47: ...Non Protected TTL trigger input 19 CLK_IN_TTL Clock input TTL 33 CLK_OUT_TTL Clock output TTL 32 VSYNC_TTL Vsync input or output TTL 2 HSYNC_TTL Hsync input or output TTL 38 EXP 1 Exposure 1 output T...

Page 48: ...in Signal I O Description 2 VID1_IN1 I RED Analog Video Input Channel 1 4 VID1_IN2 I GREEN Analog Video Input Channel 1 6 VID1_IN3 I BLUE Analog Video Input Channel 1 8 SYNC_IN I Analog Video Input SY...

Page 49: ...rent is 1 5 A with an auto resettable fuse Note that this input is not available on the PC 104 Plus form factor The pinout of the auxiliary power supply input connector is as follows For customers pla...

Page 50: ...ction and their corresponding pin numbers As shown in the table below place the jumper across pins 1 and 2 for a 5 V supply output and across pins 2 and 3 for a 12 V supply output By default auxiliary...

Page 51: ...t voltage Differential range 2 V to 5 V Common mode range 1 5 V to 3 V Form Factor Operating Voltage and current Power Consumption1 5 V 5 5 V 5 3 3 V 5 12 V 10 12 V 10 PCI 1 0 A n a n a 150 mA 75 mA 7...

Page 52: ...TL format No termination Input current 1 A Input voltage Max of low 0 8 V Min of high 2 V Range 0 5 V to 5 5 V Output signals in TTL format No termination Output current Max of low 60 mA Min of high 3...

Page 53: ...oltage Min of low 0 V Max of low 0 8 V Min of high 2 V Max of high 5 V Environmental Min max ambient operating temperature 0 C 55 C Min max storage temperature 40 C 75 C Max altitude for operation 300...

Page 54: ...54 Appendix B Technical information...

Page 55: ...Appendix C Listing of Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel Boards This appendix lists specific versions and revisions of the Matrox Meteor II Multi Channel board...

Page 56: ...d for some boards with this revision number This is due to the discontinuation of this module 751 03 rev A VMChannel removed MJPEG module support removed for all boards Board now fits in a half length...

Page 57: ...Appendix D Glossary This appendix defines some of the specialized terms used in this Matrox Meteor II document...

Page 58: ...ta Greater bandwidth is needed to sustain a higher transfer rate Greater bandwidth can be achieved for example by using a wider bus Bit A digit of a binary number Images are described as 1 bit 8 bit 1...

Page 59: ...of this period increases so does the image brightness Field One of the two halves that make up an image One half consists of the image s odd lines known as the odd field the other half consists of th...

Page 60: ...n component describes the concentration of that color The luminance component describes the combined brightness of the primary colors Host In general Host refers to the principal CPU in one s computer...

Page 61: ...between the CPU and high speed peripherals PLC Programmable Logic Controller A device used to automate monitoring and control of industrial plants It can be used as a stand alone device or in conjunc...

Page 62: ...ce that represents color using the primary colors red green and blue as components Synchronous function A function that does not return control to the caller until it has finished executing See also a...

Page 63: ...31 performance 31 phase locked loop 32 PSG 32 trigger 33 UART 34 user bits 35 grabbing from multiple boards 27 H hardware connecting external devices 21 PCI slot 11 39 reference 30 heat sink 17 26 I i...

Page 64: ...port 34 S slave mode 33 software supported 9 specifications electrical 51 environmental 53 technical 44 synchronization 33 system requirements 10 T technical information 44 timing lines frame 31 pixel...

Page 65: ...ction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operationofthisdeviceinaresidentialareaislikelyto causeharmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the i...

Page 66: ...CISPR22 and EN55024 CISPR24 when installed in a typical class A compliant host system It is assumed that this device will also achieve compliance in any Class A compliant system Le pr sent appareil nu...

Page 67: ...rn the board directly to Matrox follow these steps 1 Contact Customer Support The Customer support contacts information sheet included in your package has the phone numbers for Matrox s offices Custom...

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Page 69: ...r cards in system Software Specific Information Operating system Rev Matrox SW used Rev Compiler Rev Fill out only if you are returning a board RMA Who were you talking to in customer support Date boa...

Page 70: ...Describe the problem...

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