Matrox RadientPro CL Installation And Hardware Reference

Brand: Matrox

Model: RadientPro CL

Type: Installation And Hardware Reference

Matrox RadientPro CL

Installation and Hardware Reference

Manual no. Y11329-101-0101

November 18, 2015

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Matrox RadientPro CL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

General acquisition features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Processing capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

On-board acquisition and processing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Additional functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

sentials to get started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Inspecting the Matrox RadientPro CL package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Standard items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Available separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Handling components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chapter 2: Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing your Matrox RadientPro CL board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing the cable adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 3: Using multiple Matrox RadientPro CL boards . . . . . 25

Installation of multiple boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Simultaneous image capture from different boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 4: Matrox RadientPro CL hardware reference . . . . . . . 27

Matrox RadientPro CL hardware reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Matrox RadientPro CL acquisition section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Supported video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Channel Link receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Demultiplexers to support time-multiplexed video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

UARTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

PSGs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Camera control and auxiliary signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Specifications of the auxiliary and camera control signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Rotary decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

User signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Acquisition controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

rocessing FPGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Possible processing operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

ost interfac

e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Bayer color decoder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Color space converter and pixel formatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Appendix A: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Appendix B: Technical information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Board summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Global information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Technical features of Matrox RadientPro CL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

imensions

and environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Connectors on Matrox RadientPro CL boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Camera Link video input connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

External auxiliary I/O connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

PCIe auxiliary power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

LEDs on Matrox RadientPro CL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

PoCL LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Board status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Appendix C: Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

UART copyright information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Appendix D: Major revisions of Matrox RadientPro CL boards. 75

Major revisions of Matrox RadientPro CL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Index

Regulatory Compliance

FCC Compliance Statement

Industry Canada Compliance Statement

EU Notice (European Union)

Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Limited warranty

Chapter

Chapter 1:

Introduction

This chapter briefly describes the features of Matrox

RadientPro CL, as well as the software that can be used with

the board.

8 Chapter 1: Introduction

Matrox RadientPro CL

Matrox RadientPro CL is a family of high-performance PCIe frame grabbers that

acquires images from Camera Link video sources and offers FPGA-based

processing-offload capabilities.

There are two Matrox RadientPro CL members: RadientPro CL-SF and

RadientPro CL-DB. Matrox RadientP

ro CL-DB supports acquisition from two

Camera Link video sources in Base configuration; Matrox RadientPro CL-SF

supports acquisition from one Camera Link video source in Medium, Full, or

80-bit configuration.

Matrox RadientPro CL supports power-over Camera Link (PoCL) compliant

video sources and Camera Link fr

equencies of 20 MHz to 85 MHz.

This manual refers to all Matrox RadientPro CL boards as Matrox RadientPro CL.

When necessary, this manual distinguish

es between the boards using their full

names.

Matrox RadientPro CL 9

General acquisition features

Matrox RadientPro CL supports frame and line-scan monochrome and color

video sources. The color video sources can be RGB video sources or video sources

with a Bayer color filter. Matrox RadientPro CL can decode Bayer color-encoded

images and perform color space conversions while transferring the image to the

Host. Besides standard Camera Link video sources, Matrox RadientPro CL also

supports additional types of video sources, including some time-multiplexed video

sources.

Auxiliary I/O

interface

Opto Aux In (2)

LVDS Aux In (2)

LVDS Aux Out (1)

TTLAux I/Os (3)

Memory

Controller

Optional

Dedicated

Processing

Memory

4 or 8 MB

Altera Stratix V

Processing FPGA

(customizable)

Processing

Units

(QDR-II SRAM

250 MHz)

Host PCIe busx8 2.x

MIL icenseL

ingerprintF

and Supplemental

MIL license storage

Up to

12.8 GB/s

Up to

12.8 GB/s

Total of

up to .0 GB/s write4

and

up to .0 GB/s read4

Acquisition

Controller

Up to

GB/s1.6

Color space

converter &

pixel

formatter

Host Interface

DMA

Read

DMA

Write

Up to

GB/s3.2

Up to

GB/s3.2

Up to

GB/s4

Up to

GB/s4

Main On-board Memory

(DDR-3 SDRAM)

2GB

Matrox RadientPro CL

Optional

Adapter Bracket

Power over

Cameral Link

Auxiliary 12V

Power Supply

Camera Link

Interface

Data

Pixel Clock

CC (4)

PoCL

UART

Auxiliary I/O

nterfaceI

Opto Aux In (2)

LVDS Aux In (2)

Auxiliary I/O

interface

Opto Aux In (2)

LVDS Aux In (2)

LVDS Aux Out (1)

TTLAux I/Os (3)

Auxiliary I/O

nterfaceI

Opto Aux In (2)

LVDS Aux In (2)

Camera Link

Interface

Data

Pixel Clock

CC (4)

PoCL

UART

Only available on Matrox RadientPro -DBCL

Bayer decoder

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Processing capabilities

Matrox RadientPro CL features an on-board real-time processing FPGA device,

which can be configured to offload and even accelerate the most

compute-intensive part of typical image processing applications, without

generating additional data traffic within the host computer (Host).

Processing FPGA The Processing FPGA on Matrox RadientPro CL is a highly customizable Altera

Stratix V FPGA. The operations performed on-board are controlled using the

Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) application development software. Using MIL,

the processing units (PUs) of an FPGA configuration can be rearranged to perform

the operations in the required sequence, without having to necessarily generate a

new FPGA configuration. When the need arises, Matrox’s FPGA design services

can be employed to generate an application-specific FPGA configuration.

Before the Processing FPGA can process grabbed images, they must be stor

ed in

main on-board

memory. If images stored in Host memory are required, they can

be streamed directly to the Processing FPGA for processing. Images resulting from

Processing FPGA processing can be stored in main on-board memory or streamed

to the Host.

On-board acquisition and processing memory

Matrox RadientPro CL has two types of on-board memory: main on-board

memory and dedicated Processing FPGA memory (optional).

Main on-board memory is used to store acquired images, and images for or

resulting from processing. As main on-boar

d memory, Matrox RadientPro CL is

equipped with 2 Gbytes of DDR3 SDRAM. Main on-board memory is accessed

through the memory controller of the Processing FPGA. The memory controller

has multiple input ports and a data transfer rate of up to 12.8 Gbytes/sec.

Matrox RadientPro CL can optionally feature dedicated Processing FPGA

memory to store

intermediate data while the Processing FPGA performs

operation. As Processing FPGA memory, Matrox RadientPro CL uses 4 banks of

QDR-II SRAM that total 16 or 32 Mbytes of memory and have a total transfer

rate of up to 4.0 Gbytes/sec in each direction.

Matrox RadientPro CL 11

Additional functionality

In addition to the core video capture and processing capabilities,

Matrox Radient Pro incorporates a variety of features to simplify overall system

integration. These

features include:

• LVDS-compatible serial interfaces. Each interface is mapped as a

COM port so

that it can be accessed through the Microsoft Windows API. The serial interface

can both receive and transmit signals, in full-duplex (bidirectional) mode.

• Color space converter and pixel formatter. These can convert captured or

processed data as it is being transferred to the Host. They can convert 8- or 16-bit

monochrome or 24- or 48-bit packed BGR data to monochrome, packed BGR,

packed BGRa, planar RGB, or YUV (YUYV) format. In addition, they can flip,

crop, or subsample data sent to the Host.

• Bayer decoder. This can convert Bayer-encoded data to RGB. The following Bayer

patterns are supported: GRBG, GBRG, BGGR, and RGGB.

• Auxiliary, multi-purpose signals. These are non-video signals that can support

one or more functionalities depending on the auxiliary signal (for example, trigger

input or timer output). Matrox RadientPro CL has eight auxiliary signals: 3 TTL

auxiliary I/O signals, 2 LVDS auxiliary input signals, 1 LVDS auxiliary output

signal and 2 opto-isolated auxiliary input signals. Installing the optional adapter

bracket will allow you to access an additional eight of these auxiliary signals.

• Integrated rotary decoders. These can decode quadrature input received from a

rotary encoder.

Data transfer

Under optimum conditions, Matrox RadientPro CL can exchange data with the

Host at a peak transfer rate of up to 3.2 Gbytes/sec. Optimum conditions include

using the board in a PCIe 2.x slot with 8 active lanes, using a 256-byte payload.

DMA read and write per

formances are chipset and computer dependent, and are

slightly affected by the image size and alignment in Host memory (frame start

address and line pitch).

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Software

To operate Matrox RadientPro CL, you can use one or more Matrox Imaging

software products that supports the board. These are the Matrox Imaging Library

(MIL) and its derivatives (for example, MIL-Lite and Matrox Intellicam). All

Matrox software is supported under Windows; MIL is also supported under Linux

when using Matrox RadientPro CL. Consult your software manual for supported

versions of these operating systems.

MIL MIL is a high-level programming library with an extensive set of optimized

functions for image capture, processing, analysis, transfer, compression, display,

and archiving. Image processing operations include point-to-point, statistical,

spatial filtering, morphological, geometric transformation, and FFT operations.

Analysis operations support camera calibration, are performed with sub-pixel

accuracy, and include pattern recognition (normalized grayscale correlation and

Geometric Model Finder), blob analysis, edge extraction and analysis,

measurement, image registration, metrology, character recognition

(template-based and feature-based), code recognition and verification (1D, 2D,

and composite code types), bead inspection, 3D reconstruction and analysis, and

color analysis.

MIL applications are easily ported to new Matrox hardware platforms and can be

designed to take advantage of multi-processing and multi-threading

envir

onments.

MIL-Lite MIL-Lite is a subset of MIL. It includes all the MIL functions for image

acquisition, transfer, display control, and archiving. It also allows you to perform

processing operations that are typically useful to pre-process grabbed images.

Matrox Intellicam Matrox Intellicam is an interactive Windows program that allows for fast video

source interfacing and provides interactive access to all the acquisition features of

your Matrox board. Matrox Intellicam also has the ability to create custom digitizer

configuration format (DCF) files, which MIL and its derivatives use to interface

to specific non-standard video sources. Matrox Intellicam is included with all

Matrox Imaging software products.

Essentials to get started 13

Essentials to get started

To begin using Matrox RadientPro CL, you must have a computer with the

following:

• An available conventional x8 (or x16) PCIe 1.x or 2.x slot

. Note that a PCIe 2.x

slot will ensure the fastest possible transfer of data to the Host.

• Processor with an Intel 32-bit or 64-bit architecture, or equivalent.

• A relatively up-to-date PCIe chipset. A chipset that supports the PCIe 2.x standard

is preferable. The list of platforms that are known to be compatible with Matrox

RadientPro CL are available on the Matrox website, under the board’s PC

compatibility list.

• A proper power supply. Refer to the Electrical specifications section section in

Appendix B: Technical information.

• MIL or one of its derivatives. This software should be installed after you install

your board.

Matrox does not guarantee compatibility with all computers that have the above

specifications. Pl

ease consult with your local Matrox Imaging representative, local

Matrox Imaging sales office, the Matrox web site, or the Matrox Imaging

Customer Support Group at headquarters before using a specific computer.

Consult your software package for other computer requirements (for example,

operating system and memor

quirements).

*. Note that you can also install Matrox RadientPro CL in a x4 PCIe slot that has a

mechanical x8 connector; however, the maximum transfer rate between Matrox Radi-

entPro CL and the Host is reduced by 50%.

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Inspecting the Matrox RadientPro CL

package

You should check the contents of your Matrox RadientPro CL package when you

first open it. If something is missing or damaged, contact your Ma

trox

representative.

Standard items

You should receive the following items:

• The Matrox RadientPro CL board.

• A Matrox

RadientPro CL cable adapter bracket with two DB-15 auxiliary I/O

connectors. These connectors allow access from outside the computer enclosure

to the auxiliary I/O signals of the internal auxiliary I/O connector..

Available separately

You might have also ordered one or more of the following:

• MIL or MIL-Lite. Matrox Intellicam is included with both of these software

packages.

❖ If needed,

you can purchase a 26-pin, high-density, male, mini-Camera Link or

PoCL-compliant Camera Link cable (HDR or SDR) from the video source

manufacturer, Components Express inc., 3M Interconnect Solutions for Factory

Automation, Intercon 1, or other third parties.

Installation 15

Handling components

The electronic circuits in your computer and the circuits on

Matrox RadientPro CL are sensitive to static electricity and surges. Improper

handling ca

n seriously damage the circuits. Be sure to drain static electricity from

your body by touching a metal fixture (or ground) before you touch any electronic

component. In addition, do not let your clothing come in contact with the circuit

boards or components.

Warning Before you add or remove devices from your computer, always turn off the po

wer

to your computer and all peripherals.

Installation

The installation procedure consists of the following steps:

1. Complete the hardware installation procedure described in Chap

ter 2: Hardware

installation.

2. Complete the software installation procedure described in the documentation

accompanying your software package.

More information For information on using multiple Matrox RadientPro CL boards, refer to Chapter

3: Using multiple Matrox RadientPro CL boards.

For in-depth hardware information, refer to Chapter 4: Matrox RadientPro CL

hardware reference; whereas for a summary of this information, as well as

environmental and electrical specifications, and connector pinout descriptions,

see Appendix B: Technical information.

This manual occasionally makes reference to a MIL-Lite function. However,

anything that can be acco

mplished with MIL-Lite can also be accomplished with

MIL.

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Need help? If you experience problems during installation or while using this product, refer

to the support page on the Matrox Imaging web site:

www.matrox.com/imaging/support. This page provides answers to frequently

asked questions, as well as offers registered customers additional ways of obtaining

support.

If your question is not addressed and you are currently registered with the MIL

maintenance pr

ogram, you can contact technical support. To do so, you should

first complete and submit the online Technical Support Request Form, accessible

from the above-mentioned page. Once the information is submitted, a Matrox

support agent will contact you shortly thereafter by email or phone, depending

on the problem.

Chapter

Chapter 2:

Hardware

installation

This chapter explains how to install your

Matrox RadientPro CL board in your computer.

18 Chapter 2: Hardware installation

Installing your Matrox RadientPro CL board

Before you install your Matrox RadientPro CL board, some precautionary

measures must be taken. Turn off the power to your computer and its peripherals,

and drain static electricity from your body (by touching a metal part of the

computer chassis).

Important ❖ Note that your

board should be installed before you install your software.

Proceed with the following steps to install your board:

1. Remove the cover from your computer; refer to your computer’s documentation

for instructions.

2. Check that you have an empty x8 (or x16) PCIe 1.x or 2.x slot in which to install

your Matrox RadientPro CL

. Note that a PCIe 2.x slot will ensure the fastest

possible transfer of data to the Host.

*. Note that you can also install Matrox RadientPro CL in a x4 PCIe slot that has a

mechanical x8 connector; however, the maximum transfer rate between

Matrox RadientPro CL and the Host is reduced by 50%.

x16 PCIe

32-bit PCI slot

x8 PCIe

x1 PCIe

64-bit PCI-X slot

Installing your Matrox RadientPro CL board 19

Matrox RadientPro CL might drop frames if there are not at least 8 active lanes

on the PCIe connector to the Host (for example, if the board is connected to a x8

PCIe connector that has only four active lanes

). Verify with your motherboard

manufacturer to find out whether your motherboard works efficiently with a x8

PCIe boar

d, such as Matrox RadientPro CL.

If you need to install the cable adapter bracket of your Matrox RadientPro CL

board, you need an additional slot. This

slot need not be adjacent to the Matrox

RadientPro CL board. In addition, the cable adapter bracket does not plug into

the slot’s connector; it attaches only to the back of the computer’s chassis.

❖

Note that the external auxiliary I/O connectors on the cable adapter bracket

are panel mount connectors. So if you don’t want to occupy an entire slot to

access the two connectors, you can punch out two holes in the computer chassis

for these connectors, and then screw the connectors in the holes.

3. If there is a metal plate at the back of the selected slots, remove them. Keep the

screw from the top of the plates to anchor your board and cable adapter bracket

once they are installed.

4. Position your Matrox RadientPro CL board in the selected slot(s), and then press

the board firmly but carefully into the connector of the slot.

*. After installing the board, you can verify in software the number of PCIe lanes that are

currently active using the MIL-Lite function MsysInquire() with

M_PCIE_NUMBER_OF_LANES.

20 Chapter 2: Hardware installation

Important When installing your Matrox RadientPro CL board in a x16 PCIe slot, special

care must be taken to avoid damaging the board. Some x16 PCIe slots have a

connector with a retainer. Matrox RadientPro CL must not come into contact

with the latch of this retainer.

The PCIe specification does not define appropriate keep-out regions for the latch

to provide any tolerance to tilting or rotation when inserting or removing add-in

boards in these connectors. Therefore, do not tilt the Matrox RadientPro CL board

backwards or rotate it when installing it; otherwise, the board might touch the

latch and get damaged. Note that the same is true when removing the board.

Alternatively, you can remove the latch from the retainer.

x16 PCIesolder-side latch

x16 PCIe component-side latch

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Matrox RadientPro CL Installation And Hardware Reference

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