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Flashpoint Intrigue Pro
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The Intrigue Pro is the latest in the FlashPoint line of integrated SVGA and video frame grabber products. The Intrigue Pro takes the software base of the industry-standard FlashPoint PCI and FlashPoint 128 frame grabbers and adds a host of new features.

Integrated SVGA and Video Frame Grabber
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro combines a high-performance Windows 95/98 & NT SVGA accelerator card with a video frame grabber, resulting in a single-slot solution.

Unparalleled Video Capture Quality
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro offers unparalleled RGB colour, NTSC / PAL composite colour and monochrome RS-170/CCIR video capture on the same board with extremely low pixel jitter (less than 4 nsec.). True 24 bpp RGB colour capture and input LUTs on RS170/CCIR inputs offer maximum video control and quality.

Nondestructive Colour Key Overlay
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro supports nondestructive overlay of text and graphics on live video. This allows static or moving crosshairs, selector boxes and other objects to be displayed on live video while the underlying video is cleanly captured or displayed.

Video Output
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro offers RGB, S-video and Composite video output in both NTSC and PAL formats. Video output is software selectable from the entire SVGA screen, a region of interest or just the live video window. Support is included for 2x pan and zoom control.

Independent Video & Graphics Control
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro allows for different colour depth settings between the SVGA desktop and the live video windows, resulting in maximum memory usage and application speed. The live video window can be scaled up to full desktop size (maximum 1280 x 1024).

Multiple Video Inputs
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro allows for the connection of up to six composite, three S-video, one RS170/CCIR and one RGB input.

Extensive Camera and I/O Control
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro has an optically isolated trigger for flash units, and TTL input and output triggers for camera and remote capture control. Long-term exposure, 12 VDC camera power (software resettable and on/off), integrated serial port for camera and iris control allow for all aspects of camera power, triggering and lens control.

Microcontroller Precision
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro incorporates an on-board microcontroller for precise synchronization, triggering or serial I/O control. The microcontroller relieves the host CPU of servicing interrupts or counting sync and enables hardware video capture with no CPU intervention.

Extensive Software Support
Support for all major operating systems and interfaces is included, as well as the FlashPoint FPG video capture and camera control application. An optional Software Developers Kit, filled with sample applications and source code, enables complete control and customization of the board.

FlashPoint Intrigue Pro enjoys wide industry software support. In addition to full-featured TWAIN, AVI and MCI drivers, the Intrigue boards are directly supported by a wide range of third-party software applications like Image Pro Plus and Optimas from Media Cybernetics, X-Caliper from Flir Systems, Vision Blox from Integral Vision, HL Image from Western Vision and many others.

Full Compatibility
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro products are fully compatible with the latest generation of Pentium Pro and Pentium II computers.

Low Cost
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro sets a new level of price and performance, offering a high-performance video frame grabber with video output for a break-through low cost.

Designed for OEMs & System Integrators
FlashPoint Intrigue Pro is designed for OEMs with an understanding for the need for software support, long-term product availability, common software development platforms, customization and responsiveness.


Features:
Integrated SVGA accelerator
RGB, S-video, Composite, RS-170 / CCIR inputs
True 24 bpp RGB colour capture
Non destructive colour-key overlay
NTSC / PAL video output
Independent live video window & SVGA desktop colour display
I/O triggers
Low cost
Extensive software support
ANALOGUE VIDEO INPUT
25 pin connector
6 composite inputs
3 S-Video inputs
1 RGB input
1 RS170 / CCIR, 8-bit, 256-level monochrome input through LUT
NTSC & PAL software selectable
Genlocks to any NTSC / PAL video source
Software control of offset, gain, brightness, contrast, hue and saturation
Software control of input LUT
Under 4 nsec pixel jitter
24/16/15 bpp RGB or YUV 4:2:2 colour digitization
 
VIDEO OUTPUT
NTSC & PAL software selectable
RGB, S-video and Composite
Scan conversion of SVGA desktop up to 1024x768x75 Hz
Software controlled video out of region of interest/video out of a window
Software control of horizontal and vertical size and position
 
LIVE VIDEO WINDOW
Live video window resolution scalable up to 1280x1024
Live video window displayed on SVGA Windows desktop of up to 1600 x 1200
 
VIDEO SCALING PROCESSOR
Extremely high-quality, 24-bit RGB, still-frame video capture
Smooth, high-quality video scaling in both horizontal & vertical directions
Supports hardware cropping for region of interest capture
Support for hardware pan and zoom up to 4:1
 
I/O, TRIGGERS & CAMERA CONTROL
1 general purpose TTL input trigger
1 general purpose TTL output trigger
Optically-isolated output trigger for flash control
12 VDC camera power, fused output at 1 amp, software resettable on/off control
RS-232 serial interface for camera control
Microcontroller for precise trigger timing
Long Term Exposure support
 
ON-BOARD EEPROM
Store configuration & calibration settings
Store unique serial number & checksum for software copy protection
 
SVGA FRAME BUFFER
4 MBytes SGRAM
128-bit SVGA accelerator
 
SOFTWARE INCLUDED
MS Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and NT drivers
MS Windows MCI (16/32 bit) & MS AVI (Video for Windows) drivers
TWAIN driver (16/32 bit)
MS Direct Draw support
Media Cybernetics Image-Pro Plus drivers
FlashPoint FPG video capture & camera control application
 
FLASHPOINT FPG APPLICATION (INCLUDED)
Controls all aspects of FlashPoint Intrigue, including video input selection, grab, save & load images in multiple file formats, input & output, trigger control, strobe synchronization & remote grab
Timed video sequences
Video output control
Unique camera configuration
 
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS KIT (OPTIONAL)
MS Windows 95, 98 and NT DLLs
MS-DOS Real Mode Library
Extensive function supports all aspects of FlashPoint Intrigue
Extensive sample applications & source code
FlashPoint FPG application source code