The Matrox SOL6M4AE Solios eA is a high-performance analog frame grabber for machine vision applications requiring simultaneous multi-channel video acquisition. This PCIe and PCI-X compatible board delivers real-time image capture with transparent color space conversion, making it ideal for cost-sensitive industrial imaging systems that demand reliability without premium pricing.
Technical Specifications
• Analog Input Channels: Up to four independent inputs
• Input Configurations: Two dual-output video sources or one RGB video source simultaneously
• Analog-to-Digital Conversion: 10-bit resolution
• Maximum Sampling Rate: 65 MHz
• On-Board Memory: 64 MB DDR SDRAM acquisition buffer
• Host Interfaces: PCIe x4 (1 GB/sec bandwidth); PCI-X 64-bit @ 133 MHz (up to 1 GB/sec)
• Power Consumption: 1.64 A @ 5 V (8.21 W); 0.325 A @ 12 V (3.90 W); Total: 12.11 W
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 55°C
• Relative Humidity: Up to 95% non-condensing
• Dimensions: 23.4 cm L × 11.4 cm H × 1.57 cm W
• Compliance: FCC Class A, CE Class A, RoHS
– Key Features
• Video synchronization monitoring and phase-locked loop status detection on each input
• Monochrome and RGB color space conversion without quality loss
• Optional customizable FPGA-based processing core for on-board image acceleration
• Serial communication ports mapped as standard PC COM interfaces
– Supported Platforms
• Windows XP, Windows 7/8.1/10 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Linux (32-bit and 64-bit)
– Compatibility & Integration
Development via Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) or MIL-Lite using C DLLs with Visual C++, ActiveX controls with Visual Basic.NET, or GCC under Linux. Optional FPGA processing programmed with Matrox FPGA Developer’s Toolkit and Altera Quartus II under Windows XP.
