Matrox Electronic Systems II - Manual (Page 33)

Connecting external devices 33
Connecting external devices
All boards and form factors have their own particularities
regarding connectors and input devices. In this section, the
boards will be discussed in the following order:
■
Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for PCI.
■
Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for CompactPCI.
■ Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PCI.
■ Matrox Meteor-II /Standard and /Multi-Channel for
PC/104-Plus.
■
Matrox Meteor-II /Digital.
■
Matrox Meteor-II /1394.
Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for PCI
Matrox Meteor-II /Standard has six connectors, which are
indicated in the diagram below. Two of these connectors are
located on its bracket.The first four connectors listed are
discussed in detail in Appendix B.
■
Video input connector. Used to receive analog video, as
well as send and receive synchronization signals and power.
■ BNC connector. Used to receive composite analog video.
■
Auxiliary power supply input. Used to route power from
your computer through the Matrox Meteor-II board to your
camera.
■
VMChannel connector. Used to send data to another
Matrox board.
■
Expansion module interface
1
. Used to connect to the
optional Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG module (for image
compression and decompression).
1. Matrox Meteor-II /Standard boards 750-00 rev. A and 750-01
rev. A do not support the Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG module and
therefore do not have these connectors.