VMC-6/PC104 Video Capture Board

Incorporating the latest digital video technology, Videomail's VMC-6/PC104 Video Capture Board is ideal for demanding applications which require real-time capture of high-quality video frames or motion video clips from a wide variety of video sources.

In addition, the VMC-6/PC104 Video Capture Board contains advanced circuitry to interface with external trigger inputs and strobes, which allows it to reliably capture video frames generated by asynchronous events.

The VMC-6/PC104 Video Capture Board is available in a variety of price/performance configurations, suitable for different target applications. These range from economical configurations for end-user applications, to high-end fully-featured units configured for OEM industrial machine vision installations.

Key Features

Bus Interface
Video Inputs
Trigger/Strobe/Sync Support
Video Processing
Frame Video Capture
Motion Video Capture
Software Support

Bus Interface

  • 16-bit zero wait-state PC/104 bus interface
  • Jumpered or jumperless Plug & Play (PnP) installation
  • On-board cache for high-speed access to video frame buffer
  • Generates interrupts on trigger event or end of motion video capture
  • Provides filtered 5 or 12 volts DC power for cameras and/or strobes

    • Video Inputs

  • Up to 4 composite video inputs or 2 S-Video (Y/C) inputs
  • Also supports 2 composite video inputs and 1 S-Video (Y/C) input
  • Accepts worldwide NTSC/PAL/SECAM video inputs (software-switched)
  • Built-in digital PLL locks to video input for jitter-free capture

    • Trigger/Strobe/Sync Support

  • Supports software trigger, 2 trigger inputs and strobe output
  • Trigger/strobe signals can be TTL, open-collector or opto-isolated
  • On-board video sync generator provides HSYNC and VSYNC outputs
  • On-board programmable DAC for software control of strobe intensity
  • Multi-color LEDs on back-panel indicate Armed/Triggered status
  • Supports "reset/restart" cameras for capturing asynchronous events
  • Programmable "reset/restart" pulse-width for shutter speed control

    • Video Processing

  • Multi-tap digital video filtering and comb-filter for noise-reduction
  • Supports programmable X-Y cropping and scaling of input video
  • Software control of video Brightness, Contrast and Saturation
  • Line-21 (Closed-Caption) decoding

    • Frame Video Capture

  • Up to 4 Mbytes on-board video frame buffer
  • Maximum frame capture resolution for NTSC video input:
    8-bit monochrome: 1440 pixels x 512 lines
    24-bit color: 720 pixels x 512 lines
  • Maximum frame capture resolution for PAL/SECAM video input:
    8-bit monochrome: 1440 pixels x 612 lines
    24-bit color: 720 pixels x 612 lines
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    Motion Video Capture

  • Captures up to 64 frames of motion video after trigger event
  • Fires synchronized strobe for each video frame captured
  • Motion video captured into on-board frame buffer; no "lost" frames

    • Software Support

  • Software available for Windows 95/98, Windows NT and Linux
  • Sample application software and drivers included with board
  • Software Development Kit (SDK) available, with royalty-free source code