116 Chapter 10: Matrox Meteor-II for Matrox 4Sight
User bits
Matrox Meteor-II /Standard supports four auxiliary user bits
through the video input connector: two input and two output.
These are available for controlling external events such as a
strobe light. User bits are programmed using the MIL-Lite
command MdigControl().
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 video sources.
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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/
Gain
Sync
separator
2:1
MUX
2:1
MUX
2:1
MUX
4:1
MUX
A/D
A/D
A/D
24
White
Black
White
Black
White
Black
SGRAM
(4 Mbytes)
64
MJPEG
Module
(optional)
24
To video
input
connector
PSG
TTL*
Drivers
&
Receivers
Clk input
Clk output
Hsync
Vsync
Trigger
Exposure timer1
Exposure timer2
Aux
Host 32-bit PCI bus
32
2
2
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Trigger
Opto-
coupler