Matrox Solios eV-CL boards 15
General acquisition features
Matrox Solios eV-CL supports area and line-scan monochrome and color video
sources. The color video sources can be RGB video sources or video sources with
a Bayer color filter. Matrox Solios eV-CLB and eV-CLBL can decode the color
information of Bayer color-encoded images; whereas, Matrox Solios eV-CLF and
eV-CLFL can only transfer the images to the host computer (Host) for decoding.
Besides standard Camera Link video sources, Matrox Solios eV-CL also supports
additional types of video sources, including time-multiplexed video sources.
On-board memory
Matrox Solios eV-CL supports 128, 256, or 512 Mbytes of linearly addressable
32-bit 216 MHz DDR2 SDRAM to store acquisition data. This memory is
referred to as acquisition memory.
Additional functionality
In addition to the core video capture capabilities, Matrox Solios eV-CL
incorporates a variety of features to simplify overall system integration. These
features include:
• LVDS-compatible serial interfaces (2 for Matrox Solios eV-CLB and eV-CLBL in
dual-Base configuration, 1 for Matrox Solios eV-CLB and eV-CLBL in
single-Medium configuration, and 1 for Matrox Solios eV-CLF and eV-CLFL).
Each interface is mapped as a COM/ttyS port so that it can be accessed through
the operating system communication API. The serial interface can both receive
and transmit signals, in full-duplex mode.
• Color space converter. The converter allows captured data to be converted to
RGB24, RGB32, or YUV16 format. In addition, data can be converted to 8-bit,
10-bit, 12-bit, 14-bit and 16-bit monochrome data.