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Cognex MVS-8100L Hardware Manual 21

MVS-8100L Hardware

Description

This chapter describes the hardware specifications for the Cognex MVS-8100L frame

grabber. The MVS-8100L is a 32-bit PCI bus frame grabber that fits into a single slot in

an industry-standard PC. The MVS-8100L can:

• Acquire 8-bit images from monochrome cameras

• Support up to four camera inputs

• Transfer acquired images over the PCI bus to memory on the host PC

• Display the images being acquired on the host PC

Table 3 summarizes the capabilities of the MVS-8100L. More detail about each feature

is provided later in this chapter.

Frame Grabber Feature MVS-8100L

Image acquisition timing supported CCIR or EIA RS-170

Acquired image size 640x480, 640x240 (EIA RS-170)

760x574, 760x287 (CCIR)

Acquired image resolution 8 bits per pixel

Camera input ports 4 (2 on baseboard, 2 with expansion panel)

Camera power supplied by board Yes

Source of synchronization signals Camera or MVS-8100L

Overlapped image acquisition and

processing

Yes

External trigger support One high-speed optically isolated trigger

input

Strobe support One high-speed open-collector strobe output

Output signal line One optically isolated accept/reject/status

control

Board power requirements The PCI connector is slotted only for 5 V

signaling and must be placed in 5 V PCI slot.

Table 3. MVS-8100L features