Digital Interface Connector - Matrox Corona Installation And Hardware Reference

78 Appendix B: Technical information

Digital interface connector

The digital interface connector is a high density 70-pin male
connector. It is used to interface with the companion
digital-input board. The digital interface also allows Matrox
Corona to share data with a Genesis main board or a Genesis
processor board. A digital interface backplane must be inserted
across the digital interface connectors of the boards.
pin 70
pin 1
Pin Signal
1 PINCAPT
2 TRIGGER
3 GP_CLKIN
4 GPSENSE
5 GP_PVALIN
6 DGND
7 GP_CLKOUT O
8 GFIELD
9 GVSYNC
10 GHSYNC
11 RESERVED
I/O Description
I Capture from digital interface.
I Trigger from digital interface.
I Pixel Clock input from digital
interface. All input signals on
the digital interface are
referenced to the rising edge of
this clock.
Grab Port Sense Line. This I/O
signal is used to determine the
number of boards that are in the
system.
I Pixel valid input from digital
interface.
Digital Ground.
Clock Output for digital
interface.
O Grab Port Odd/Even Field.
I/O Digital Interface/Grab Port
Vertical Sync.
I/O Digital Interface/Grab Port
Horizontal Sync.
Reserved.