Matrox Solios eV-CL Assembly Instructions

Matrox Solios eV
Installation and Hardware Reference
Manual no. Y11113-101-0300
January 15, 2014

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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Matrox Solios eV-CL boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General acquisition features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
On-board memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Additional functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Essentials to get started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Inspecting the Matrox Solios eV-CL package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Standard items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Available separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Handling components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 2: Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing your Matrox Solios eV-CL board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing the cable adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting to Matrox Solios eV-CLB or Matrox Solios eV-CLF boards . . . . 29
Connecting to Matrox Solios eV-CLBL or eV-CLFL boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 3: Using multiple Matrox Solios eV-CL boards. . . . . . . 33
Multiple board installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Simultaneous image capture from different boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 4: Matrox Solios eV-CL hardware reference . . . . . . . . . 35
Matrox Solios eV-CL hardware reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Matrox Solios eV-CL acquisition section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Supported video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ChannelLink receivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Demultiplexers to support time-multiplexed video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lookup tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
UARTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PSGs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Camera control and auxiliary signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Specifications of the auxiliary signals and camera control signals. . . . . . . . . . . 56
Acquisition controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Video formatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PCI-X to PCIe bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Appendix A: Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Appendix B: Technical information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Board summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Global information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Technical features of Matrox Solios eV-CL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dimensions and environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Connectors on Matrox Solios eV-CLB and eV-CLF boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Camera Link video input connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
External auxiliary I/O connector 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
External auxiliary I/O connector 1 on cable adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Internal 16-pin auxiliary I/O connector (top) and
10-pin auxiliary I/O connector (bottom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Internal I/O acquisition path jumper block. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Connectors on Matrox Solios eV-CLBL and Matrox Solios eV-CLFL boards . . . . . . 92
Camera Link video input connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
External auxiliary I/O connector 0 on the
DBHD-44/DB-9 cable adapter bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
External auxiliary I/O connector 1 on the
DBHD-44/DB-9 cable adapter bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
External auxiliary I/O connector 0 on the
dual DBHD-15 cable adapter bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
External auxiliary I/O connector 1 on the
dual DBHD-15 cable adapter bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Internal 44-pin auxiliary I/O connector (left) and
10-pin auxiliary I/O connector (right). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Internal 32-pin auxiliary I/O connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Appendix C: Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
UART copyright information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Appendix D: Major revisions of Matrox Solios eV-CL boards . 113
Major revisions of Matrox Solios eV-CL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Index
Regulatory Compliance
FCC Compliance Statement

Industry Canada Compliance Statement
EU Notice (European Union)
Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Product support
Limited Warranty

Chapter
1
Chapter 1: Introduction
This chapter briefly describes the features of the Matrox
Solios eV-CL boards, as well as the software that can be
used with the boards.

8 Chapter 1: Introduction
Matrox Solios eV-CL boards
The Matrox Solios eV-CL boards are high-performance Camera Link frame
grabbers. There are two versions available: a PCIe dual-Base/single-Medium
version and a PCIe single-Medium/single-Full version. These are referred to as
Matrox Solios eV-CLB and eV-CLF, respectively. Each version is also available
with the same auxiliary connectors as the original Matrox Solios eCL board. These
are referred to as Matrox Solios eV-CLBL and eV-CLFL, respectively.
To change the configuration of Matrox Solios eV-CL from its factory-default
setting of single-Medium to dual-Base, use MILConfig (Solios tab) and follow all
on-screen instructions. Once changed, you must restart your computer (perform
a cold-boot) for changes to take effect.
❖The PCIe single-Medium/single-Full board is capable of operating in either
configuration without any changes.
This manual uses the term Solios eV-CL to refer to Matrox Solios eV-CLB, Matrox
Solios eV-CLBL, Matrox Solios eV-CLF, and Matrox Solios eV-CLFL. When
necessary, this manual distinguishes between the boards using their full names.
Matrox Solios eV-CLB and eV-CLBL
When in dual-Base configuration, Matrox Solios eV-CLB and eV-CLBL support
acquisition from up to two Camera Link devices. When in single-Medium
configuration, the boards support one Camera Link device. Matrox Solios eV-CLB
and eV-CLBL support power-over Camera Link (PoCL) connections. Matrox
Solios eV-CLB and eV-CLBL support Camera Link frequencies of up to 85 MHz.

Matrox Solios eV-CL boards 9
The following flow diagram shows Matrox Solios eV-CLB in dual-Base
configuration.
PSG #0
PSG #1
Camera Link
Connector 0
(mini HDR-26)
ChannelLink
Receiver #1
Clock
Data (24)
& Syncs (4)*
SerTFG
SerTC
SerTFG
SerTC
Camera Link
connector 1
(mini HDR-26)
24
UART
UART
LVDS
transceivers
OptoAux (2)
External Auxiliary
I/O connector 0
(DBHD-15)
External Auxiliary
I/O connector 1
(DBHD-15 or DB-9)**
TTL buffers
Aux In (2)
Aux Out (1)
Optocoupler
Aux I/Os (3)
LVDS
transceivers
OptoAux (2)
TTL buffers
Aux In (2)
Aux Out (1)
Optocoupler
Aux I/Os (3)
ChannelLink
Receiver #2
Clock
Data (24)
& Syncs (4)*
24 LUTs
LUTs
32
32
Cam Ctrl (4)
Cam Ctrl (4)
LVDS
drivers
LVDS
drivers
LVDS driver
& receiver
LVDS driver
& receiver
32 DDR2
(up to 1.73 GB/s)
64
(up to 860 MB/s)
PCI-X to PCIe
Bridge
Host PCIe bus
Demultiplexer Demultiplexer
Matrox Solios eV-CLB
dual-Base configuration
Acquisition
memory
(128/256/512 MB)
On a separate bracket.
28 bits serialized across 4 LVDS pairs.*
**
x4 PCIe
(Up to 1 GB/s)
Acquisition
Controller
MIL license
fingerprint
and
Supplemental MIL
license storage
Video
Formatter
Color space
Converter
Bayer
converter

10 Chapter 1: Introduction
The following flow diagram shows Matrox Solios eV-CLBL in dual-Base
configuration.
PSG #0
PSG #1
ChannelLink
Receiver #1
Clock
Data (24)
& Syncs (4)*
SerTFG
SerTC
SerTFG
SerTC
24
UART
UART
LVDS
drivers
and
receivers
OptoAux (4)
TTL buffers
On a separate bracket.
Aux In (4)
Aux Out (4)
HSYNC Out (2)
VSYNC Out (2)
Clock Out (2)
Optocoupler
Aux I/Os (6)
ChannelLink
Receiver #2
Clock
Data (24)
& Syncs (4)*
24 LUTs
LUTs
32
32
Cam Ctrl (4)
Cam Ctrl (4)
LVDS
drivers
LVDS
drivers
LVDS driver
& receiver
LVDS driver
& receiver
32 DDR2
(up to 1.73 GB/s)***
64
(up to 860 MB/s)
PCI-X to PCIe
Bridge
Host PCIe bus
Demultiplexer Demultiplexer
Matrox Solios eV-CLBL
dual-Base configuration
Acquisition
memory
(128/256/512 MB)
28 bits serialized across 4 LVDS pairs.*
**
Camera Link
connector 0
(MDR-26)
Camera Link
connector 1
(MDR-26)
External Auxiliary
I/O connectors
()
**
DBHD-44 and DB-9
Acquisition
Controller
MIL license
fingerprint
and
Supplemental MIL
license storage
Video
Formatter
Color space
Converter
Bayer
converter
x4 PCIe
(Up to 1 GB/s)