Matrox interface cards ease vision application setup

-- Test & Measurement World, 3/18/2008 12:49:00 PM

The Concord family of Gigabit Ethernet network interface cards and IEEE 1394 adapters from Matrox is not only pre-licensed for use with Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) GigE Vision and IEEE 1394 IIDC (Instrumentation & Industrial Digital Camera) drivers, but also preconfigured to minimize application setup time.

The single-port Concord G-series of NICs is factory configured to reduce GigE Vision protocol loading on the host through the default enabling of jumbo packets. It also provides optimum settings for the interrupt throttling rate and number of receiver buffers. Auto medium-dependent interface crossover (MDIX) further simplifies setup by automatically detecting and crossing over signals for peer-to-peer connections, eliminating the need for special cables.

IEEE 1394 adapters in the Concord F-series feature three 1394a/b ports and a 1394a/b bilingual copper connection. These adapters, through MIL, can be used with IEEE 1394 industrial cameras implementing the standard IIDC protocol. The series also supports the S400 and S800 transfer rates of 1394a and 1394b, respectively, ensuring maximum camera performance and minimal transfer latency.

Both series of cards come in versions that support PCI Express x1 and PCI host bus interfaces. MIL development kits for Windows XP are available for creating custom machine vision applications

Prices for the Concord series of cards start at $150, including the MIL license for GigE Vision and 1394 IIDC drivers.