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FlashPoint 128: 4 Megabyte Frame
Grabber for PCI Bus With Integrated SuperVGA & Universal Flash
Interface
Overview
FlashPoint 128 is the latest in the industry-standard FlashPoint
line of high performance, high resolution PCI bus video frame grabbers.
FlashPoint 128 is designed to capture and display 24 bits-per-pixel
colour and RS-170/CCIR video to its integrated VGA display memory.
It features a precision RGB video decoder required for colour critical
applications. It offers the ultimate video frame grabber solution
for OEMs, VARs, and system integrators designing systems for business
and industrial use.
Video can be captured
by connecting and NTSC or PAL source to any of FlashPoint 128's
inputs. A programmable MUX enables switching to the desired input
for viewing and digitizing. Video is displayed full-screen or in
a resizable window (video-in-a-window), and can be software adjusted
(hue, brightness, saturation, contrast, offset and gain) to the
desired levels through programmable control of the video decoder.
FlashPoint 128 provides
features for complete camera and external device control:
| Universal
Flash Interface |
A
software controlled, optically isolated contact closure enables
triggering of photographic flash and strobe units. Flash Capture
provides the ultimate in colour quality, colour balance lighting
and detail for facial photos (photo ID, licence, mugshot),
as well as control for strobe units used in machine vision
systems. |
| On-board
Serial Interface |
An
on-board serial interface and general purpose input/output
triggers provide further integration of camera and external
device control. |
| Camera
Power Output |
A
software on/off controlled, resettable fused 12 volt DC output
is supplied on the FlashPoint output connector, eliminating
the need and cost of an external camera power supply.
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| Programmable
Iris Control |
A
software programmable iris output (0-10 volt DC) provides
control of DC iris lenses. |
| Asynchronous
Vertical Reset |
An
asynchronous vertical reset trigger allows automatic synchronization
with asynchronous vertical resettable cameras. |
A comprehensive Software Developer's
Toolkit provides programmable access to the features of the FlashPoint
128 hardware architecture. The toolkit includes DLLs for Microsoft
Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, IBM OS/2 Warp DLLs,
TWAIN and MCI drivers (16/32 bit) and sample applications with source
code.
Included with FlashPoint
128 is FPG, a Windows-based application that automates the flash-capture
of video images with full software control of most industry-standard
video cameras.
FlashPoint 128 is fully
compatible with all PCI bus computers using the Intel 386, 486,
Pentium, and the newest Pentium Pro and Pentium MMX processors.
FlashPoint 128 is fully software compatible with the full line of
FlashPoint products, and runs all FlashPoint software.
Features:
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100%
Compatible with ALL FlashPoint Applications! |
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Unparalleled
Video Capture Quality |
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High
Desktop Resolutions |
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4
Megabyte High Bandwidth MDRAM |
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Video
Overlay |
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Pentium,
Pentium MMX, Pentium PRO and Pentium II Compatible |
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Low
Cost, High Performance! |
| ANALOGUE
VIDEO INPUT |
NTSC
and PAL selectable inputs
RGB, Composite, S-Video and YUV software selectable
Multiple Video Inputs:
(1) RGB
(6) Composite
(3) S-Video
(2) YUV
(7) RS-170/CCIR |
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| VIDEO
DECODER/DIGITIZER |
Accepts NTSC and PAL, Composite, S-Video, RGB, YUV and RS-170
and CCIR video
Genlocks to any NTSC/PAL video source including cameras, VCRs,
laser disks and still video players
24/16/15/8 bit per pixel video digitizing
Square Pixel digitizing resolutions for NTSC (640x480) and PAL
(768x576)
Digital control of offset, gain, brightness, contrast, hue and
saturation
EEProm for storing configuration and calibration settings |
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| VGA
FRAME BUFFER & PIXEL FORMAT |
4 MBytes MDRAM shared between VGA and Video
Linear or Paged mode, memory mapped, RGB or YUV video frame
buffer
Pixel formats: 888 (16.7 million colours), 565 (65 thousand
colours), 555 (32 thousand colours), 8 (256 level gray scale)
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| VIDEO
SCALING PROCESSOR |
Unparalleled video frame capture quality
Smooth, high-quality interpolated scaling is performed on video
in X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) direction
Video window size from 16x16 to 760x570
Supports hardware cropping and panning
I2C mapped control registers |
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| I/O
CONTROL |
Optically isolated Flash Interface trigger
General Purpose TTL input/output triggers
Integrated serial port for camera or external device control
12 Volt DC fused power output, resettable and on/off control
Asynchronous vertical camera reset |
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| SOFTWARE |
MS Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and NT (3.51 and 4.0) drivers
OS/2 Warp Drivers
Video for Windows Driver (16 bit)
TWAIN Driver (16 and 32 bit versions)
MCI Driver (16 and 32 bit versions)
FlashPoint FPG Video Capture Application (16 and 32 bit versions)
Media Cybernetics Image Pro Plus 1.3, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 drivers
Easy Installation Software
Extensive Software Developers Toolkit available with complete
DLLs and sample applications with source code |
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| DISPLAY
RESOLUTIONS |
1600x1200x8bpp - 256 gray scale
1280x1024x16bpp - 65000 and 32000 colours
1024x768x24bpp - 16.8 million colours
800x600x24bpp - 16.8 million colours
640x480x24bpp - 16.8 million colours |
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