Matrox Solios overview
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eCL/XCL-B. Supports a single-Base configuration. It can acquire images from one Camera Link camera in the Base configuration.
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eCL/XCL-F. Supports a single-Full configuration. It can acquire images from a single Camera Link camera in the Base, Medium, or Full configuration.
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eCL/XCL dual-Base/single-Medium. Supports both a dual-Base and single-Medium configuration. It can acquire images from either two independent Camera Link cameras in the Base mode, or one Camera Link camera in the Medium mode.
The Matrox Solios family consists of four members: two PCI-X compliant, single-slot, frame grabbers, and two PCIe compliant, single-slot, frame grabbers. If purchased with the optional Processing FPGA, members also have custom image processing capabilities.
The PCI-X compliant boards are Matrox Solios XCL and Matrox Solios XA. The PCIe compliant boards are Matrox Solios eCL and Matrox Solios eA. The PCIe compliant boards provide the exact same features as the related PCI-X versions, except for the way the boards connect to the Host bus.
Matrox Solios eCL/XCL is a Camera Link frame grabber. It is available in three factory-configured versions:
Matrox Solios eA/XA is available in three factory-configured versions: eA/XA Quad (with 4 independent acquisition paths), eA/XA Dual (with 2 independent acquisition paths), and eA/XA Single (with 1 acquisition path). All versions of Matrox Solios eA/XA are high-performance analog frame grabbers, capable of high frequency and high fidelity acquisition.
Matrox Solios can preprocess and format grabbed data in on-board buffers before transferring them to the Host if your Matrox Solios is purchased with the optional Processing FPGA (which comes with up to an additional 25 Mbytes of DDR SDRAM and up to 8 Mbytes of QDR-II SRAM).
Summary of Matrox Solios features
The following table outlines the features currently available for each member of the Matrox Solios family.
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Matrox Solios |
eCL/XCL dual-Base/single-Medium and eCL/XCL-F |
eCL/XCL-B |
eA/XA |
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Can access GenICam camera features using MdigControlFeature() / MdigInquireFeature() 1 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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On-board memory |
up to 256 Mbytes 2 |
up to 128 Mbytes 2 |
up to 256 Mbytes 2 |
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Processing FPGA (optional) |
Yes 3 |
No 3 |
Yes 4 |
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Digitizer LUT |
Yes 5 |
Yes 5 |
Yes |
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Asynchronous camera reset support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Number of acquisition paths |
2 or 1 6 |
1 |
4 (Quad), 2 (Dual), 1 (Single) |
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Number of trigger controllers |
4/digitizer |
3 |
4/digitizer |
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Number of timers |
4/digitizer |
4 |
2/digitizer |
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Number of UARTS |
1/digitizer |
1 |
1/digitizer |
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Number of auxiliary signals 7 |
8 in, 4 I/O, and 2 out/digitizer |
3 I/O, 4 in, 1 out |
10 in/digitizer, 3 out/digitizer |
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Number of camera control signals |
4/digitizer |
4 |
No |
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Number of rotary decoders |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 Only if the camera supports GenICam. For more information, refer to the Using GenICam with Camera Link cameras subsection of the Using MIL with GenICam section of Chapter 25: Grabbing with your digitizer.
2 This total includes RAM that is only available if your Matrox Solios comes with a Processing FPGA.
3 Note that the Processing FPGA option is not available on the standard Camera Link speed (66 MHz) version of Matrox Solios eCL/XCL dual-Base/single-Medium.
4 Note that Matrox Solios eA/XA Single does not spport this option.
5 Digitizer LUTs are not supported when using a 10-tap video source.
6 Two acquisition paths are available on Matrox Solios eCL/XCL dual-Base/single-Medium operating in dual-Base mode. One acquisition path is available on Matrox Solios eCL/XCL-F, and eCL/XCL dual-Base/single-Medium operating in single-Medium mode.
7 For the exact number of auxiliary signals, timers and supported trigger controllers, refer to the Matrox Solios eCL/XCL-B connectors and signal names section later in this chapter.
Note on nomenclature
This manual refers to all versions of Matrox Solios as Matrox Solios. Matrox Solios eCL/XCL refers to Matrox Solios eCL/XCL dual-Base/single-Medium, Matrox Solios eCL/XCL-B, and Matrox Solios eCL/XCL-F versions. In addition, Matrox Solios eA/XA refers to the Quad, Dual, and Single versions. When necessary, this manual distinguishes between the Matrox products using their full names.