Picolo Tymo:
New compact and cost-effective video capture board with
16 inputs
The Picolo Tymo is
a cost-effective and compact 16-camera video capture
board. Thanks to its four color video digitizers,
the Picolo Tymo acquires four real-time image
sequences in parallel from composite or S-Video
cameras. This Picolo card benefits from a small
PCB size and a 16-camera compact connector. The
board is delivered with a choice of two different
brackets -regular or Low Profile-. A video output
and numerous general-purpose input / output lines
are provided for easy system integration.
Picolo series general features
16 video-channels PAL / NTSC
One compact HD-44 video connector and its
corresponding internal header
- Sixteen video inputs
- Four S-Video inputs
- One video output
- One cascade video input
Small form factor
The Picolo Tymo PCB is no larger than 168 mm x 64 mm
(6.61 in x 2.51 in). This small PCB size corresponds
to the Low Profile form factor. Two brackets are delivered
with allowing to install the board in either a low profile
small standard PC or in a conventional larger PC. All
video signals are available on one single compact standard
connector.
One compact HD-44 video input connector
Sixteen composite video inputs, four chroma inputs,
one video output and one cascade input are available
on the bracket or internally through a header connector.
Four S-Video inputs - In applications
using high-quality S-Video cameras, Picolo Tymo interfaces
up to four such cameras allowing full resolution real-time
acquisition on four channels. Picolo Tymo also supports
a mix of composite and S-Video cameras as long as
only one camera type is connected to a single digitizer.
One video output - To take advantage
of standard video monitors often available in video
surveillance systems, the Picolo Tymo is equipped
with a composite video output.
One cascade video input - Through
the use of its cascade video input, the Picolo Tymo
is able to echo on its video output the signal available
on any of the video inputs of any Picolo Tymo board
in the system.
I/O and watchdog
The Picolo Tymo is equipped with nine Euresys professional
I/O lines: four contact-closure inputs and five solid-state
relay outputs. The board includes a full featured
watchdog, which is backward compatible with Picolo
Tetra.
32-bit, 66 MHz PCI bus, 3V and 5V
compliant
The Picolo Tymo offers a 32-bit, 66 MHz, 3V and 5V
compliant PCI bus. It allows to get the maximum out
of its architecture and to operate multiple boards
in parallel on a single PCI bus. The Tymo can be plugged
in any PCI or PCI-X slot.
