Picolo:
* Single channel real-time video capture
* BNC, DB-9, S-Video connectors
* 4 TTL I/O lines

Picolo Pro2:
* Connection of up to 4 cameras
* High frame rate
* 13 TTL I/O lines

Picolo Pro3:
* Modular architecture: 4, 8, 12 or 16 cameras
* High frame rate: 16 new images every second
* Up to 20 digital TTL I/O lines

General
Picolo: The Picolo is a low-cost frame grabber card ideal single camera applications. It provides a robust BNC connector, an S-video connector and a DB-9 connector for video input and I/O connections.

Picolo Pro2: The Picolo Pro2 is a cost effective frame grabber card optimized for video surveillance applications. The synchronization stage, PCI management hardware and the MultiCam driver have been optimized to allow high-speed acquisition of full-resolution images from multiple unsynchronized cameras. The Picolo Pro2 provides 4 BNC connectors (video input) allowing connection of up to four cameras.

Picolo Pro3: The Picolo Pro3 is able to acquire images from up to 16 cameras due to its modular architectural design. The Picolo Pro3 baseboard and each extension module (up to 3) provide 4 BNC and a CTL connector (with 5 TTL I/O lines).

Image Acquisition
Color Image: Color video format is compatible with the following composite video input formats: NTSC-M, NTSC-Japan, PCL-B, PALD, PAL-G, PAL-H, PAL-I, PAM-M, PAL-N and SECAM.

Monochrome Image: The monochrome video acquisition is compatible with CCIR and EIA (RS-170).

Optional Scaling: The acquire images or portions of images can be optionally scaled:

Acquisition of a programmable area of interest
Scaling of the image (down to 1:16)
Adjustment of hue (for NTSC signals), contrast (0 to 200%), brightness and saturation (0 to 200% for U and V signals)
Automatic chrominance gain control

Multiple Cameras
The Picolo Pro2 and Picolo Pro3 can acquire images from unsynchronized cameras within very short switching times. The switching time is < 33ms for NTSC and <40ms for PAL, therefore a total of 16 images can be acquired per second (typical).

Image Transfer
The Picolo series supports PCI bus mastering. Images are transferred to the PC memory using DMA (Direct Memory Access) in parallel with the acquisition and processing. Several Picolo series boards can be simultaneously be in operation within a single PC is supported.

Watchdog
A hardware watchdog is available on the Picolo Pro3. The watchdog is able to monitor the PC's application operation and will automatically reset the PC after a programmable inactivity time-out. This ensures a reliable operation of remote systems.

Bitmap Image Formats
Before storing the acquired images to its located memory buffer, a pixel format conversion takes place in real-time. Numerous color or monochrome formats can be chosen.

RGB32, RGB24, RGB16, RGB15, Y8, YCrCb
4:2:2, YCrCb 4:1:1, Planar YCrCb 4:2:2,
Planar YCrCb 4:1:1

Picolo
PCI board, 125 x 70mm
Power consumption: 1W (200mA@+5V)

Picolo Pro2
PCI board, 125 x 107mm
Power consumption: 350mA@+5V,
6mA@+12V, 30mA@-12V

Picolo Pro3
PCI board, 125 x 107mm
Power consumption: 1.3W

Extension Module
63 x 107mm
Power consumption: 600mW

Picolo
Ture-color image acquisition card

Picolo Pro2
Supports up to 4 cameras with
4 BNC connectors.

Picolo Pro3
Picolo Pro3 baseboard, supports
up to 4 cameras with 4 BNC connectors

Picolo Pro3 Module
Picolo Pro3 extension module, supports
up to 4 cameras with BNC connectors