Matrox Corona-II

High-quality PCI frame grabber for RGB or monochrome video acquisition with integrated DualHead display.

Key Features

• long PCI form factor

• captures from interlaced or progressive scan component RGB or single/dual channel monochrome video sources

• three 10-bit A/D converters¹

• 24-bit RS-422/LVDS digital interface²

• acquisition rates of up to 30 MHz analog, 25 MHz RS-422 digital and 40 MHz LVDS digital

• connect two RGB or up to six analog monochrome video sources

• configurable LUTs (three 256 x 8-bit or two 1024 x 10-bit)

• trigger input and timer outputs

• 32-bit/33 MHz PCI bus-master

• extensive on-board buffering for reliable capture

• simultaneous analog VGA with independent digital VGA^3,4 or TV outputs

• VGA display at up to 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz

• non-destructive overlay of true-color graphics on live video

• TV output capable of composite, Y/C or RGB NTSC/PAL

• power output and RS-232 serial interface

• available software is sold separately and includes Matrox Imaging Library (MIL)/ ActiveMIL, MIL-Lite/ ActiveMIL-Lite and Matrox Inspector

• support for Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows® Me, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP

1. For 2 x 10-bit monochrome or 3 x 8-bit (RGB) acquisition.

2. Requires separate ISA/PCI companion board.

3. Requires flat panel add-on module.

4. DualHead with DVI not available under Windows NT 4.0.

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Related Information

Matrox Corona-II Installation and Hardware Reference Manual (PDF - 1,119Kb)

Matrox Corona-II PC Compatibility List (PDF - 32Kb)

Available Cameras

Camera Interface Guide (PDF - 799Kb)

Optimizing Video Digitization (PDF - 130Kb)

LVDS Signaling Standard

Hardware/Software Cross-Reference Table (PDF - 23Kb)

Hardware Comparison Chart (PDF - 30Kb)

Connector Pinouts

Matrox Corona-II video I/O connector

Matrox Corona-II VGA output connector

Matrox Corona-II digital interface connector

Matrox Corona-II DVI-D connector