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EureCard PICOLO series
PICOLO Tetra, PICOLO Tetra-RC,
PICOLO Tetra-X, PICOLO Tetra-X-RC,
PICOLO Jet-X, PICOLO Jet-X-RC
VEB, VEB 12, MIO
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Copyright © 2005 Euresys s.a.
Liège Science Park
Avenue du Pré-Aily, 14
B-4031 Angleur Belgium
Phone +32 4 367 72 88 • Fax +32 4 367 74 66
E-mail: info@euresys.com
Web site: www.euresys.com
This book is part of the documentation
provided with MultiCam.
For more information, refer to the
documentation provided in the latest
MultiCam release.
EureCard Picolo series Manual
Tome 2
January 2005

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  • Page 1 PICOLO Tetra-X, PICOLO Tetra-X-RC, PICOLO Jet-X, PICOLO Jet-X-RC VEB, VEB 12, MIO Manual Copyright © 2005 Euresys s.a. Liège Science Park Avenue du Pré-Aily, 14 B-4031 Angleur Belgium Phone +32 4 367 72 88 • Fax +32 4 367 74 66 E-mail: info@euresys.com...
  • Page 2 EURESYS S.A. shall not be liable for any loss of or damage to revenues, profits, goodwill, data, information systems or other special, incidental,...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Table of Contents Part I. Picolo Tetra Product Description............7 1. Product appearance....................7 2. PCI requirements....................8 3. Connectors ......................9 4. Features ......................10 5. Picolo Tetra block diagram................11 6. Picolo Tetra and Tetra-RC standard compliance..........12 Part II. Picolo Tetra-X Product Description ............ 13 1.
  • Page 4 Table of contents Part VII. Hardware Installation Procedure ............53 1. Warnings ......................53 2. Hardware installation procedure..............54 3. Picolo RC series hardware installation ............56 4. Input Video Expansion Bracket hardware installation........57 5. Output Video Expansion Bracket hardware installation ........57 6. MIO hardware installation.................58 Part VIII.
  • Page 5 Contact Us Euresys General information: info@euresys.com Web site: www.euresys.com America Asia Japan Europe Euresys s.a. Japan Euresys s.a. Euresys inc. Euresys Pte. Ltd. Representative Office Corporate Headquarters 500 Park Boulevard 627A Aljunied Road AIOS Hiroo Building 8F, Avenue du Pré-Aily, 14...
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  • Page 7: Part I. Picolo Tetra Product Description

    Picolo Tetra Product Description Part I. Picolo Tetra Product Description Product appearance VEB LINK Digital IO MIO LINK PC reset headers (video in) 168 mm / 6.61 in 75 ohms switches VID1 107 mm / 4.21 in VID2 VID3 VID4 VEB LINK Wide PCI bus connector (video out)

  • Page 8: Pci Requirements

    Picolo Tetra Product Description PCI requirements PCI stands for "Peripheral Component Interconnect" and refers to standardized means to install an add-on board inside a computer. Picolo Tetra is a medium-size PCI card to be inserted in a standard PCI slot inside a PC. The PCI edge connector is compliant with the official PCI specification, revision 2.2.

  • Page 9: Connectors

    The “Digital IO” internal connector on the Picolo Tetra has 13 TTL I/O lines that can be used by the MultiCam software driver as inputs, outputs or trigger lines. IO10 Other Euresys video capture boards use the same connector. IO11 IO12 IO13 3.4.

  • Page 10: Features

    Picolo Tetra Product Description Features 4.1. PC reset headers A reset cable can be connected directly to a "PC reset header". The watchdog uses a static switch with an ON resistance of about 35 ohms. The polarity at the switch input doesn't matter. In the drawing is illustrated the control of PC reset by button or by the Picolo Tetra.

  • Page 11: Picolo Tetra Block Diagram

    Picolo Tetra Product Description Picolo Tetra block diagram PC reset MIO LINK headers Digital IO PCI control VID 1 Digitizer 1 FIFO buffer 1 with color decoding, 630 bytes VID 2 scaling, format conversion VID 3 Digitizer 2 FIFO buffer 2 VID 4 with color decoding, 630 bytes...

  • Page 12: Picolo Tetra And Tetra-Rc Standard Compliance

    Picolo Tetra Product Description Picolo Tetra and Tetra-RC standard compliance Notice for USA Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of Conformity Procedure) DoC FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 13: Part Ii. Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

    Picolo Tetra-X Product Description Part II. Picolo Tetra-X Product Description Product appearance VEB LINK Digital IO PC reset headers (video in) MIO LINK 168 mm / 6.61 in 75 ohms switches VID1 107 mm / 4.21 in VID2 VID3 VID4 VEB LINK PCI-X PCI-X bus connector...

  • Page 14: Pci Requirements

    Picolo Tetra-X Product Description PCI requirements PCI stands for "Peripheral Component Interconnect" and refers to standardized means to install an add-on board inside a computer. Picolo Tetra-X is a medium-size PCI card to be inserted in a PCI-X slot inside a PC. The PCI edge connector is compliant with the official PCI specification, revision 2.3 and PCI-X addendum revision 1.0.

  • Page 15: Connectors

    The “Digital IO” internal connector on the Picolo Tetra-X has 13 TTL I/O lines that can be used by the MultiCam software driver as inputs, outputs or trigger lines. IO10 Other Euresys video capture boards use the same connector. IO11 IO12 IO13 3.4.

  • Page 16: Features

    Picolo Tetra-X Product Description Features 4.1. PC reset headers A reset cable can be connected directly to a "PC reset header". The watchdog uses a static switch with an ON resistance of about 35 ohms. The polarity at the switch input doesn't matter. In the drawing is illustrated the control of PC reset by button or by the Picolo Tetra.
  • Page 17 Picolo Tetra-X Product Description 4.3. PCI-X jumper Picolo Tetra-X is compatible with all PCI and PCI-X slots. Initial production boards (rev. A1_0) include a PCI-X jumper. If present, the factory setting of this jumper is shorted. Remove the PCI-X jumper if you intend to insert Picolo Tetra-X in a conventional PCI slot. PCI slot category PCI-X jumper Conventional PCI...

  • Page 18: Picolo Tetra-X Block Diagram

    Picolo Tetra-X Product Description Picolo Tetra-X block diagram PC reset MIO LINK headers Digital IO PCI control VID 1 Digitizer 1 FIFO buffer 1 with color decoding, 630 bytes scaling, VID 2 format conversion VID 3 Digitizer 2 FIFO buffer 2 VID 4 with color decoding, 630 bytes...

  • Page 19: Picolo Tetra-X And Tetra-X-Rc Standard Compliance

    Picolo Tetra-X Product Description Picolo Tetra-X and Tetra-X-RC standard compliance Notice for USA Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of Conformity Procedure) DoC FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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  • Page 21: Part Iii. Picolo Jet-X Product Description

    Picolo Jet-X Product Description Part III. Picolo Jet-X Product Description Product appearance VEB LINK MIO LINK Digital IO (video in) 265 mm / 10.43 in 75 ohms switches 107 mm / VID1 4.21 in VID2 VID3 VID4 PC reset headers VEB LINK PCI-X PCI-X bus connector...

  • Page 22: Pci Requirements

    Picolo Jet-X Product Description PCI requirements PCI stands for "Peripheral Component Interconnect" and refers to standardized means to install an add-on board inside a computer. Picolo Jet-X is a medium-size PCI card to be inserted in a PCI-X slot inside a PC. The PCI edge connector is compliant with the official PCI specification, revision 2.3 and PCI-X addendum revision 1.0.

  • Page 23: Connectors

    The “Digital IO” internal connector on the Picolo Jet-X has 13 TTL I/O lines that can be used by the MultiCam software driver as inputs, outputs or trigger lines. IO10 Other Euresys video capture boards use the same connector. IO11 IO12 IO13 3.4.

  • Page 24: Features

    Picolo Jet-X Product Description Features 4.1. PC reset headers A reset cable can be connected directly to a "PC reset header". The watchdog uses a static switch with an ON resistance of about 35 ohms. The polarity at the switch input doesn't matter. In the drawing is illustrated the control of PC reset by button or by the Picolo Jet-X.
  • Page 25 Picolo Jet-X Product Description 4.3. PCI-X jumper Picolo Jet-X is compatible with all PCI and PCI-X slots. Initial production boards (up to rev. B2_0) include a PCI-X jumper. If present, the factory setting of this jumper is shorted. Remove the PCI-X jumper if you intend to insert Picolo Jet-X in a conventional PCI slot. PCI slot category PCI-X jumper Conventional PCI...

  • Page 26: Picolo Jet-X Block Diagram

    Picolo Jet-X Product Description Picolo Jet-X block diagram PC reset MIO LINK headers Digital IO PCI control Color VID 1 Digitizer 1 format Interface conversion With color decoding VID 2 JPEG and scaling Encoder Interface VID 3 Color Digitizer 2 format Interface VID 4...

  • Page 27: Picolo Jet-X And Jet-X-Rc Standard Compliance

    Picolo Jet-X Product Description Picolo Jet-X and Jet-X-RC standard compliance Notice for USA Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of Conformity Procedure) DoC FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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  • Page 29: Part Iv. Picolo Rc Product Description

    Picolo RC Product Description Part IV. Picolo RC Product Description Common characteristics of RC boards The suffix RC stands for “Remote Connection”. Picolo RC series provide a solution to customize all the 16 video inputs. Picolo RC series cover following models: Tetra-RC; Tetra-X-RC and Jet-X-RC. Picolo RC series have all characteristics in common with the standard Picolo except: •...

  • Page 30: Product Appearance Of Tetra-Rc

    Picolo RC Product Description Product appearance of Tetra-RC VEB LINK PC reset headers Digital IO (video in) MIO LINK 168 mm / 6.61 in VID1 107 mm / 4.21 in VID2 VID3 VID4 VEB LINK Wide PCI bus connector (video out)

  • Page 31: Product Appearance Of Tetra-X-Rc

    Picolo RC Product Description Product appearance of Tetra-X-RC Digital IO PC reset headers MIO LINK 168 mm / 6.61 in VEB LINK (video in) 107 mm / 4.21 in VEB LINK PCI-X PCI-X bus connector (video out) jumper Note: Starting with board revision A1_1, the PCI-X jumper is removed.

  • Page 32: Product Appearance Of Jet-X-Rc

    Picolo RC Product Description Product appearance of Jet-X-RC Digital IO MIO LINK 265 mm / 10.43 in VEB LINK (video in) 107 mm / 4.21 in PC reset headers VEB LINK PCI-X PCI-X bus connector (video out) jumper Note: Starting with board revision B2_1, the PCI-X jumper is removed.

  • Page 33: Pci Requirements

    Picolo RC Product Description PCI requirements PCI characteristics of RC series are identical to corresponding standard boards. For a complete description, please refer to Tetra, Tetra-X or Jet-X characteristics. Connectors 6.1. “VIDn” 2-pin header connectors of Tetra-RC VID1, VID2, VID3 and VID4 are selectable color or monochrome composite inputs.

  • Page 34: Ohms Solder Bridges

    Picolo RC Product Description 75 ohms solder bridges VIDn video inputs (n = 1, 2, 3 or 4) have an on-board video termination resistor. The solder bridge BRn controls the 75 ohms termination of the corresponding VIDn input. To activate a termination resistor, establish a solder connection at the desired BRn. At delivery, no connection is present.

  • Page 35: Block Diagrams

    Picolo RC Product Description Block diagrams 8.1. Picolo Tetra-RC MIO LINK PC reset Connector headers Digital IO PCI Control Digitizer 1 VID 1 FIFO Buffer 1 GND 1 With color decoding, 630 bytes scaling, VID 2 format conversion GND 2 VID 3 Digitizer 2 GND 3...
  • Page 36 Picolo RC Product Description 8.2. Picolo Tetra-X-RC PC reset MIO LINK headers Digital IO PCI control Digitizer 1 FIFO buffer 1 with color decoding, VEB LINK 630 bytes scaling, (video in) format conversion Digitizer 2 FIFO buffer 2 with color decoding, 630 bytes scaling, format conversion...
  • Page 37 Picolo RC Product Description 8.3. Picolo Jet-X-RC PC reset MIO LINK headers Digital IO PCI control Color Digitizer 1 format Interface conversion VEB LINK With color (video in) decoding JPEG and scaling Encoder Interface Color format Digitizer 2 Interface conversion With color decoding JPEG...

  • Page 38: Video Input Routing

    Picolo RC Product Description Video input routing 9.1. Picolo Tetra-RC with customer patchpanel Picolo Tetra-RC Blank Bracket Digitizer 1 Digitizer 2 Digitizer 3 Digitizer 4 LINK 1 LINK 2 LINK 3 Video In 1 Video In 5 Video Video In 2 In 9 Video Video...
  • Page 39 Picolo RC Product Description 9.2. Picolo Tetra-X-RC or Jet-X-RC with customer patchpanel Tetra-X-RC or Jet-X-RC Blank Bracket Digitizer 1 LINK 0 Digitizer 2 Digitizer 3 Digitizer 4 LINK 1 LINK 2 LINK 3 Video In 1 Video In 5 Video Video In 2 In 9...
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  • Page 41: Part V. Veb And Veb 12 Product Description

    VEB and VEB 12 Product Description Part V. VEB and VEB 12 Product Description Product appearance 1.1. Video Expansion Bracket – 4 additional video inputs / outputs A Video Expansion Bracket (VEB) adds four video connections to a Picolo. They may be used as inputs or outputs, depending of the selected VEB LINK connector (video in or video out).
  • Page 42 VEB and VEB 12 Product Description 1.2. Video Expansion Bracket 12 – 12 additional video inputs A Video Expansion Bracket 12 (VEB12) adds twelve video inputs to a Picolo, using the three VEB LINK connectors (video in). VEB LINK (video in) 75 ohms switches 107 mm / 4.21 in...

  • Page 43: Connectors

    VEB and VEB 12 Product Description Connectors Video Expansion Bracket Video Expansion Bracket 12 75 ohms switches 75 ohms switches VID1 VID2 VID3 VID1 to 12 VID4 2.1. “VIDn” connector On the Video Expansion Bracket, VIDn are metallic BNC connectors. VID1, VID2, VID3 and VID4 are selectable color or monochrome composite inputs.

  • Page 44: Features

    VEB and VEB 12 Product Description 2.2. “VID1 to 12” connector On the Video Expansion Bracket 12, the “VID1 to 12” connector is composed of 12 video inputs and their respective ground. All these video inputs are present on a standard DB25 female connector.

  • Page 45: Video Input/Output Routing

    VEB and VEB 12 Product Description Video input/output routing 4.1. Video input routing with Video Expansion Brackets Picolo board Digitizer 1 Video In 1 Video Digitizer 2 In 2 Video In 3 Digitizer 3 Video In 4 On-board Bracket Digitizer 4 LINK 1 LINK 2 LINK 3...
  • Page 46 VEB and VEB 12 Product Description 4.2. Video input routing with Video Expansion Bracket 12 The connection cable soldered on the Video Expansion Bracket 12 (VEB12) occupies the three VEB LINK connectors (video in) of the Picolo Tetra series or the Picolo Jet-X. Picolo board Digitizer 1 Video...
  • Page 47 The user can implement a proprietary wiring system to use this connector. However, it is recommended to use a Euresys' low-cost video expansion bracket as the most reliable way to maintain electromagnetic compatibility. The optional video outputs are routed according to the following drawing.

  • Page 48: Veb And Veb 12 Standard Compliance

    VEB and VEB 12 Product Description VEB and VEB 12 standard compliance Notice for USA Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of Conformity Procedure) DoC FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 49: Part Vi. Mio Module Product Description

    MIO Module Product Description Part VI. MIO Module Product Description Product appearance MIO stands for Module Input Output. This I/O module holds four isolated inputs and four isolated outputs. It can be attached to a Picolo Pro 3 or a Picolo Tetra as described in “Connecting MIO”. The MIO does not require a connection to the motherboard.

  • Page 50: Connectors

    MIO Module Product Description Connectors 2.1. “I/O screw terminal” connector The sixteen terminals constituting the eight I/O lines of the MIO are collected in a removable 16-position screw terminal provided with each MIO. Input 1 Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 Output 1 Output 2 Output 3...

  • Page 51: Features

    MIO Module Product Description Features 3.1. LEDs OUT1 OUT2 OUT3 OUT4 The input state is displayed with 4 green LEDs : the “INn” LED is lighted when the corresponding two terminals In and InG are connected, where n = 1, 2, 3 or 4. For more details, see “Input thresholds”. The output state is displayed with 4 orange LEDs : the “OUTn”...

  • Page 52: Mio Standard Compliance

    MIO Module Product Description MIO standard compliance Notice for USA Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of Conformity Procedure) DoC FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 53: Part Vii. Hardware Installation Procedure

    Hardware Installation Procedure Part VII. Hardware Installation Procedure Warnings Warning: Electrostatic sensitive device Picolo cards may be damaged by electrostatic discharges. Follow the procedure hereby described and apply any general procedure aimed at reducing the risk associated with electrostatic discharge. Any damage caused by improper handling is not covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

  • Page 54: Hardware Installation Procedure

    Picolo board should be physically inserted in an available PCI slot of your computer before operation becomes possible. More than one Euresys board can be hosted by a common PCI bus, as long as slots are available. Following the hardware installing procedure below is recommended: Switch-off the computer and all peripheral devices connected to it (monitor, printer...).
  • Page 55 Hardware Installation Procedure 2.1. Usage of video terminations The application may require the video signal to be monitored while being digitized by the capture board. A possible way to address this requirement is using the looped-through technique. The coaxial cable delivering the video signal from the source camera to the capture board is continued towards a video monitor.

  • Page 56: Picolo Rc Series Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Procedure Picolo RC series hardware installation 3.1. 75 ohms solder bridges On Picolo Tetra-RC, Picolo Tetra-X-RC and Picolo Jet-X-RC, the VIDn video inputs (n = 1, 2, 3 or 4) have an on-board video termination resistor. The solder bridge BRn controls the 75 ohms termination of the corresponding VIDn input. Solder bridges are at the back of Picolo board, see picture.

  • Page 57: Input Video Expansion Bracket Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Procedure Input Video Expansion Bracket hardware installation 4.1. Connection When using Video Expansion Brackets, it is mandatory to link them using the following connectors of Picolo series: Configuration Connect to Picolo and 1 Video Expansion Bracket VEB LINK 1 Picolo and 2 Video Expansion Brackets VEB LINK 1 and 2 Picolo and 3 Video Expansion Brackets...

  • Page 58: Mio Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Procedure MIO hardware installation 6.1. Identification All modules MIO linked with a Picolo Tetra series must have a unique identification (ID). Failing to do so will cause logic signal contention. Set the MIO identification when the system is shut off. SEL2 SEL1 SEL0...
  • Page 59 Hardware Installation Procedure 6.3. Connecting MIO Up to 5 MIO modules can be connected to the same Picolo Tetra series. MIO are daisy-chained with flat cables at their MIO LINK connectors; one of them must be linked to the MIO LINK connector of a Picolo Tetra series.
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  • Page 61: Part Viii. Multicam Installation Guide

    2.3. Installation instructions Switch on your computer and start Linux. Place Euresys CD-ROM in the drive and mount it. Copy multicam-n.n.tar.gz on hard disk drive where n.n is the release number of MultiCam. For example, using release 4.5 of MultiCam, copy multicam-4.5.tar.gz.

  • Page 62: Windows Installation

    If a EureCard was newly added in the system, Windows "Hardware installation Wizard" will detect the EureCard and possibly prompt for user action. If this prompt appears, click on the "Cancel" button. Place Euresys CD-ROM in the drive. The setup application starts automatically. If the setup doesn't start, you may run 'setup.exe' directly from the CD-ROM.

  • Page 63: Part Ix. Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Part IX. Technical Specifications Technical specifications for all Picolo products 1.1. Video image formats The Picolo Tetra video capture boards acquire color or monochrome video images from composite interlaced video signals. The NTSC and PAL color standards are supported. The monochrome video acquisition complies with the so- called CCIR (625 lines) and EIA RS-170 (525 lines) standards.
  • Page 64 Technical Specifications 1.5. Bitmap image formats Before storing the acquired images into the destination memory buffer, a pixel format conversion takes place in real- time. Numerous color or monochrome formats can be chosen. Packed Planar RGB32 YCrCb 4:2:2 RGB24 YCrCb 4:1:1 RGB16 YCrCb 4:2:0 RGB15...

  • Page 65: Picolo Tetra Series Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Picolo Tetra series technical specifications 2.1. Characteristics Picolo Tetra, Picolo Tetra-X, Video Expansion Video Expansion Parameter Picolo Tetra-RC Picolo Tetra-X-RC Bracket Bracket 12 168 mm x 107 mm 37 mm x 107 mm 45 mm x 107 mm Dimensions 6.61 in x 4.21 in 1.46 in x 4.21 in...
  • Page 66 Technical Specifications 2.3. Power supply currents requirements Max on Picolo Tetra, Max on Picolo Tetra-X, Units Parameter Symbol Picolo Tetra-RC Picolo Tetra-X-RC Supply current for +5V 1.30 1.50 Supply current for +12V +12V Supply current for -12V -12V 2.4. DC characteristics Parameter Symbol Units...

  • Page 67: Picolo Jet-X Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Picolo Jet-X technical specifications 3.1. Characteristics Video Expansion Parameter Picolo Jet-X Video Expansion Bracket Bracket 12 265 mm x 107 mm 37 mm x 107 mm 45 mm x 107 mm Dimensions 10.43 in x 4.21 in 1.46 in x 4.21 in 1.77 in x 4.21 in Power consumption 13 W...
  • Page 68 Technical Specifications 3.3. Power supply currents requirements Parameter Symbol Units Supply current for +3.3V +3.3V Supply current for +5V Supply current for +12V +12V Supply current for -12V -12V Note: The +12 V supply is only provided to outside devices through the MIO LINK connector. 3.4.

  • Page 69: Mio Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications MIO technical specifications 4.1. Characteristics 58 mm x 107 mm Dimensions 2.28 in x 4.21 in Power consumption 1.8 W (150 mA @ +12 V) Certification FCC class B and CE 4 opto-isolated inputs I/O lines and 4 reed relay outputs 4.2.
  • Page 70 Technical Specifications 4.3. Output characteristics The four outputs are electromagnetic dry-contact reed relays. So electrical isolation from the PC case potential and other outputs is provided. Each output is represented by two terminals named OnA and OnB, where n is 1, 2, 3 or 4. Dry-contact reed relay Output n...

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