Acquisition With Matrox Helios Ed/Xd - Matrox Helios Series Installation And Hardware Reference

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Rx(4)
Tx(4)
Aux In(8)
Aux Out(4)
Aux In(8)
DB-44
and
DB-9
1,2
connectors
DB-100
connector
1
DB-100
connector
1.
On separate bracket.
2.
Dependency on acquisition path is not illustrated.
Refer to the "Synchronization and control signals" section.
3.
Can be in LVTTL format if accessed from internal
auxiliary I/O connector.
4.
Refer to the "Synchronization and control signals" section
for details.

Acquisition with Matrox Helios eD/XD

Matrox Helios eD/XD is a high-performance digital frame grabber, capable of
image acquisition across four synchronous or asynchronous digital channels. Each
channel is 16-bits wide and can capture video from LVDS or RS-422 digital video
sources, depending on the version of Matrox Helios eD/XD purchased.
RS-232
UARTs
transceivers
Opto-
3
couplers
TTL
drivers
3 LVDS/RS-422/TTL
receivers
Independent
acquisition
path 0
Independent
acquisition
path 1
Independent
acquisition
path 2
Independent
acquisition
path 3
Matrox Helios eD/XD
Data(16)
Clock in
LVDS/RS-422
receivers and
Hsync in
4 drivers
Aux in
4
Aux out
TTL
4
Aux I/O receivers and
drivers
4
RS-422/LVDS/TTL
Aux out (4)
drivers
Independent acquisition
Video
to
64
Link 1
PCI-X
Bridge
Matrox
Oasis
Flash
EEPROM
Link 0
Watchdog
(up to 1 GB/s)
PCI-X to PCIe (eD)
or PCI-X to PCI-X (XD)
Bridge
64
x4 PCIe (eD)
Host PCIe/PCI/PCI-X bus
LUTs LUTs
PSG #0
path
On-board
128 DDR
main memory
(
128 MB/256 MB/
(up to
512 MB/1 GB
5.3 GB/s)
5V/3.3V
PCI/PCI-X (XD)
)