• Low Cost/Non-VGA
• 132 Mbytes/second master mode transfer
• Scatter/Gather DMA Controller
• 1/3 size PCI 2.1 compliant board
• Comb filter for high quality color
• Image mirroring
• NTSC, PAL, S-Video RS-170/CCIR
• Locks to VCRs
• VIP interface to VGA
• I/O trigger, event, strobe
• Interpolated non-integer ratio scaling
• Software Developer's Kit 

Applications

• Security
• Image Data Base
• Identification Systems
• Traffic Monitoring
• Machine Vision
• Image Analysis

Host Interface:  The M-Vision 500 is PCI 2.1 compliant and transfers data at 132 Mbytes/second over the PCI bus either to system memory or directly to the VGA card.  Either way, real time display of the the video is shown on the VGA monitor.  The M-Vision 500 supports scatter/gather under Windows so that addresses can be generated and stored and one interrupt per field/frame serviced.

Video Interface Port:  The M-Vision 500 has a VESA standard Video Interface Port (VIP) that can connect to a compatible VGA card via a ribbon cable.  Video is then passed over the VIP and displayed on the VGA without burdening either the processor or the PCI bus.

Real time video can be displayed on the computer VGA screen at 30 fps (25 fps for PAL) or 60 fields per second  (50 fields/second for PAL) either by transferring to system memory and then moving the data to the VGA, or by moving the data over the PCI bus directly to the VGA, or by sending the data over the VIDEO Interface Port.  Non-destructive graphic overlays can be done using the VIP directly to the VGA in real time.

External I/O:

The M-Vision 500 accepts two TTL level signals for trigger and event, generates an interrupt and immediately grabs the next field/frame.  A programmable TTL output can be used to control a strobe or camera integration.

Software:

All boards come with a software utility under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000/XP allowing the user to grab, display, freeze, save (as .tif, .tga, or .bmp) or recall images.  TWAIN and MCI drivers are provided for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000.  A software developer's kit is available allowing control of all board functions.  DirectDraw is fully supported for display and overlay of text and graphics.

• NTSC/PAL, RS-170/CCIR, S-Video (Y/C)
• 3 composite, 1 S-Video, software selectable 
• Locks to VCRs
• Square pixel 640 x 480 or 768 x 576
• Programmable Gain/Offset
• DB-15 HD male connector

I/O Controls

• Two TTL inputs (Event/Trigger) w/interrupts
• One software controlled TTL output for strobe/camera control
• Power: +12V @500 ma provided

Host Interface

• PCI 2.1 compliant
• 132 Mbytes/second transfer to system memory or VGA
• Scatter/gather DMA
• Video Format:  RGB 555, RGB 565, RGB 888, YUV 4:2:@, Y8 monochrome
• I2C interface
• Interrupts for end of frame/field, trigger, and event inputs
• Interpolated scaling in x and/or y directions
• Cropping for ROI processing

Video and Graphics

• VIP (VPE) interface to VGA
• Real time display with VGA card
• DirectDraw fully supported