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FlashPoint ISA - High Performance
ISA Frame Grabber with Optional Software Developer's Kit
The FlashPoint ISA is
a single-slot, high performance, ISA bus, 24 bit per pixel, true
colour, Super VGA frame grabber designed to capture and display
high quality video images. It features a precision video decoder
and RGB video frame buffer required for colour critical applications.
FlashPoint ISA offers the ultimate high performance ISA bus video
graphic solution for end users, OEMs, VARs and System Integrators
who require a frame grabber which possesses unequalled Industry
Leading Technical Specifications
FlashPoint ISA provides
the complete set of camera control functions required for capturing
high quality video images. Video can be captured by connecting an
NTSC or PAL video source to FlashPoint ISA's RGB, composite or S-Video
inputs. A programmable video switch enables selecting to the desired
input for viewing and digitizing images. Video is displayed full
screen or in a resizable window ("video in a window"),
and can be software adjusted (hue, saturation, brightness, contrast,
offset and gain) to the desired values through programmable control
of the video decoder.
A software controlled,
optically isolated contact closure enables triggering of consumer
or professional grade flash units configured with a wide variety
of video cameras. A programmable interface for synchronizing a flash
to a video camera enables FlashPoint ISA to digitize either one
frame or one field of video while the subject is illuminated for
the highest quality results.
An on board RS-232C serial
interface provides further integration of camera or external device
control. 12 volt DC power is supplied through FlashPoint ISA's DB-25
input/output connector that eliminates the need and cost of an external
camera power supply.
A comprehensive Software
Developers Toolkit to fully exploit FlashPoint ISA's hardware architecture
is available. The Toolkit includes DLLs for Microsoft Windows 3.1
and Windows 95, a DOS Real Mode Library, an MCI driver, and sample
applications with source code.
Included with FlashPoint
ISA is FlashPoint FPG, a Windows based application that automates
the flash capture of video images with full software control of
most industry standard video cameras.
Features:
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Single
slot PC AT, ISA bus video frame grabber |
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Tseng
Labs W32i Super VGA accelerator |
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8
bpp - up to 16.7 million colours |
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8
bpp, 256 level gray scale |
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1
MB DRAM or 2MB DRAM |
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RGB
video frame buffer |
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Hardware
pan and zoom |
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RGB,
Composite and S-Video input (2 each), software selectable |
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Scaleable
video in a window |
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NTSC/PAL
video formats, software selectable |
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Output
look up table (LUT) |
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Video
overlay via mask bit |
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Universal
synchronized flash trigger |
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RS-232
serial interface |
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12
volt DC camera power output |
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Software
Developers Toolkit ( optional) |
Typical Applications:
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Security |
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Electronic
ID, License Systems |
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Fingerprint
Biometrics |
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Industrial
& Machine Vision |
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Medical
Imaging |
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Scientific
Imaging |
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Image
Analysis |
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Microscopy |
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Animation |
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Desktop
Video Production & Editing |
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Business
Presentations |
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Video
Teleconferencing |
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Computer
Based Training |
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Kiosks
and Advertising |
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Multimedia |
| ANALOGUE
VIDEO INPUT |
DB-25 pin connector
NTSC and PAL software selectable
2 each RGB, Composite and S-Video software selectable video
inputs |
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| VIDEO
DECODER |
Accepts NTSC and PAL composite, S-VHS and RGB video
Genlocks to any NTSC or PAL video source including cameras,
VCRs, laser discs and still video players
24/16/8 bit video digitizing
Programmable digitizing resolutions for RGB, composite video,
and S-Video (from 10 MHz to 15 MHz)
Square pixel digitizing resolutions for NTSC (12.27 MHz at 640
x 480) and PAL (14.75 MHz at 768 x 576)
Digital control of offset, gain, brightness, contrast, hue and
saturation
Software programmable offset and gain independently on R, G,
and B
EEProm for storing configuration and calibration settings |
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| FRAME
BUFFER MEMORY |
DRAM shared between VGA and video, 1MB and 2MB versions available
24 or 16 bit RGB format
Paged mode, memory mapped, RGB video frame buffer |
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| RGB
VIDEO FRAME BUFFER PIXEL FORMAT |
888 - 16.7 million colours
565 - 65 thousand colours
555 - 32 thousand colours
8 - 256 level monochrome |
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| VIDEO
SCALING PROCESSOR |
High quality still frame video capture
Smooth, high quality interpolated scaling is performed on video
in X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) directions
Real-Time dynamic enlargement and reduction of video which uses
an imaging algorithm that eliminates jagged edges from 16 x
16 to 1024 x 800 pixels
Scan conversion from interlaced broadcast standards to high
refresh non-interlaced
Supports hardware cropping
Memory mapped registers are fully programmable in parallel |
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| VIDEO
OUTPUT DISPLAY |
Video in a Window screen resolution from 16 x 16 (icon) to 720
x 480
24 bit video displayed on 640 x 480 x 24 bit desktop
16 bit video displayed on 800 x 600 x 16 bit desktop
256 x 24 bit output look up table (LUT)
Selectable refresh rate: 30 (25 PAL) frames per second, 60 (50
PAL) fields / second, or 30 (25 PAL) fields / second |
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| VGA
GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR |
ET4000/W32i Super VGA accelerator
Hardware drawing functions including bit blit transfers (BitBlt),
patterned lines, circles, text painting, color expansion and
rectangular area fill
256 Raster Operations are included in hardware, freeing the
CPU from time consuming data manipulation |
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| VGA
DISPLAY RESOLUTIONS |
640 x 480 x 24/16/8 bits
800 x 600 x 24/16/8 bits
1024 x 768 x 16/8 bits
Compatible with VGA/CGA/MDA/EGA modes |
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| EXTERNAL
CAMERA CONTROL |
Software controllable, optically isolated, universal camera
flash, strobe interface
Connection for fused 12 volt DC output to camera
On board RS-232C serial interface for camera or external device
control |
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STANDARD SETUP SOFTWARE DRIVERS FOR: |
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Win32s
OS/2 Warp
Video for Windows
MCI (both 16 bit and Windows NT)
DCI
TWAIN (both 16 and 32 bit)
ImagePro Plus version 1.3 and 2.0 drivers
OPTIMAS 6.0 driver
FPG Capture Application ( allows for full control over capturing
images, saving images, triggering the flash, controlling a DC
iris, selecting the video input source, image filtering, etc.) |
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DEVELOPERS TOOLKIT (optional) |
FlashPoint VGA Windows 3.1 display drivers
FlashPoint MCI overlay driver (16 and 32 bit)
FlashPoint Video for Windows driver
FlashPoint TWAIN driver (16 and 32 bit)
FlashPoint ImagePro Plus 1.3 driver (16 bit)
FlashPoint ImagePro Plus 2.0 driver (32 bit)
FPG capture application and source code (16 and 32 bit)
FPVDOS application (16 and 32 bit)
FlashPoint Windows 3.1 developer tools (16 and 32 bit)
FlashPoint DOS developer tools (16 and 32 bit)
FlashPoint Windows Win32s developers tools (16 and 32 bit)
FlashPoint Windows 95 developers tools (32 bit)
FlashPoint Windows NT developers tools (32 bit)
FlashPoint OS/2 developers tools (32 bit)
NEW calls and code samples |
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