PICOLO Alert PCle
PCIe video capture card with four BNC connectors for up to 16 standard PAL/NTSC cameras
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PICOLO Alert PCle
The Highlight Features
- Acquisition
– 200/240 fps constantly available
– 4 cameras in real-time
– Digital switching between up to 16 cameras with no delay - Simultaneous capture and preview video output streams
– Performed by a proprietary video-surveillance FPGA
– Leading to 32 video output streams - Form factor:Conventional PCI 32-bit, 66 MHz, 3V or 5V signaling PCI Express Full-height, half-length, x1
- SoftwareMultiCam drivers for Microsoft Windows® and Linux / DirectShow filters
16 Video Inputs
200 / 240 fps constantly available
This is not a peak value! As a unique feature, the Alert cards offer the ability to share a total digitizing power of 200 / 240 fields per second (100 / 120 ips) among the sixteen video channels without switching delay.
Automatic removal of interlacing artefacts in field mode
A large frame store for an automatic and smooth regulation of the frame rate in case of a system overuse of the PCI bus. This frame store also ensures a non disruptive image delivery to the PC memory regardless of PCI bus latencies. Stable images regardless of video parity: thanks to the Euresys video-surveillance FPGA, the Picolo Alert cards process the acquired images on the fly eliminating all issues related to the parity management without requiring any processing power from the PC An independently programmable frame rate and acquisition parameters for each video input. The user is able to choose the applied frame rate according to the requirements of the application. A maximum of four real-time channels can run simultaneously. The image acquisition is fully configurable for image resolution, pixel size, cropping, scaling, contrast, brightness, saturation, storage format. The commonly used size formats are predefined: QCIF, CIF, Fieldand Frame, with square pixels or broadcast resolution. Two independent and simultaneous destinations for each video channel leading to 32 video output streamsEach camera independently delivers data to two different memory locations in the PC, including the graphic card, for simultaneous capture and preview functions. Both are fully configurable for acquisition rate, image resolution, cropping, scaling, contrast, brightness, saturation, storage format.
9 Professional I/O Lines and a Configurable Hardware Watchdog
On an internal 20-pin header:
4 professional input lines
– Contact-closure inputs that can be directly connected to:
 Switches |
5V or TTL output |
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| Relays |
12V or 24V output |
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| Opto-coupled devices |
– Providing a very high common-mode immunity
5 professional output lines
– Solid-state relay outputs that can be directly connected to:
| Relays |
TTL inputs with pull-up or pull-down resistor |
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| Opto-coupled devices |
Direct connection to various kinds of devices Trigger, interface to alarm systems, … Not sensitive to polarity
| Model | Picolo Alert PCIe (EOL Product) |
|---|---|
| Format | Standard profile, half length, 1-lane PCI Express card |
| Dimensions | L 167.65 mm x H 106.65 mm L 6.6 in x H 4.38 in |
| Host bus Standard | PCI Express 1.0 |
| Link Width | 1 lane |
| Link speed | 2.5 GT/s (PCIe 1.0) |
| DMA | 32-bit |
| Peak delivery bandwidth | 256 MB/s |
| Effective (sustained) delivery bandwidth | 180 MB/s (Host PC motherboard dependent) |
| Power consumption | Max. 9.5 W (2.9 A @ +3.3 V) |
| Interface standard(s) | NTSC-M, PAL-B/G, RS-170, CCIR |
| Connectors | VIDEO 1 to VIDEO 4: BNC female connectors on the bracket for composite video inputs VEB LINK 0 to VEB LINK 3: 10-pin shrouded header connectors on the PCB for VEB modules |
| Termination resistor | Selectable using switches on the bracket |
| Native resolution | Square pixels, broadcast and custom resolutions |
| Frame rate | Up to 25/30 images per second, 50/60 fields per second per input Total 100/120 images per second with four cameras |
| Number of cameras | 16 |
| Number of cameras (at full frame rate) | 4 |
| Raw video format(s) | Packed RGB color formats: RGB15, RGB16, RGB24, RGB32 Planar RGB color formats: RGB24PL Packed YUV color formats: YUV411, YUV422, YUV444 Planar YUV color formats: YUV411PL, YUV422PL, YUV444PL, YUV411PL, YUV422PL Monochrome formats: Y8 |
| Deliverable video resolution (SD) | Frame, field, CIF, QCIF and custom image formats |
| Trigger | Hardware trigger for up to four cameras With configurable noise removal filter and optional delay |
| Strobe | Hardware strobe signal for up to four cameras With programmable position and duration |
| Number of lines | 9 I/O lines: 4 contact closure inputs (IN) 5 solid-state relay outputs (OUT) |
| Connectors | I/O: 20-pin dual-row 0.1" shrouded header on the PCB |
| Usage | General purpose IO |
| Electrical specifications | IN: Polarity-free inputs, compatible with TTL, 12V and 24V signals, opto-couplers, relays and switches OUT: Opto-isolated potential-free and polarity-free solid-state outputs, compatible with signals up to 30V, with 4 µs fall time, isolated up to 500V |
| Watchdog | Yes |
| Host PC Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1, 7 for x86 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit) processor architectures Linux for x86 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit) processor architectures |
| APIs | MultiCam 32- and 64-bit binary libraries (Windows and Linux), for ISO-compliant C/C++ compilers DirectShow 32- and 64-bit filters (Windows only), for Microsoft Visual C++ compilers |
| Operating ambient air temperature | 0 to +50 °C / +32 to +122 °F |
| Operating ambient air humidity | 10 to 90% RH non-condensing |
| Storage ambient air temperature | -20 to +70 °C/ -4 to +158 °F |
| Storage ambient air humidity | 10% to 90% RH non-condensing |
| Electromagnetic - EMC standards | European Council EMC Directive 2004/108/EC United States FCC rule 47 CFR 15 |
| EMC - Emission | EN 55022:2010 Class B FCC 47 Part 15 Class B |
| EMC - Immunity | EN 55024:2010 Class B EN 61000-4-2 EN 61000-4-3 EN 61000-4-5 EN 61000-4-6 |
| KC Certification | Korean Radio Waves Act, Article 58-2, Clause 3 |
| Flammability | PCB compliant with UL 94 V-0 |
| RoHS | European Union Directive 2015/863 (ROHS3) |
| REACH | European Union Regulation 1907/2006 |
| WEEE | Must be disposed of separately from normal household waste and must be recycled according to local regulations |
Note: This product is available within the limit of our stock of components, expected until middle of 2022.
