	Picolo series general features
	16 video inputs PAL or NTSC
	H.264 on-board compression, 400/480 ips
	at full resolution (25/30 ips x 16)
	Precise hardware controlled time stamping
	One selected video output with cascade capability
	Form factor: PCI Express x1 full-height, half-length
	Software support: DirectShow filters

The Picolo V16 H.264 is an outstanding video capture board featuring real-time H.264 on board compression for 16 video channels with audio capability. Each video input delivers simultaneously a formatted and compressed video stream. Both streams are independently configurable.

16 Real-Time Video Inputs

400/480 ips at full resolution (25/30 ips x 16)

An independently programmable frame rate and acquisition parameters for each of the 16 video inputs

- Contrast, brightness and saturation controls available

- Video presence detection

- Overlay caption text up to 2 lines of maximum 47 characters displayed as small rectangles on 4 pre-defined
positions (corners) or anywhere in the active area (custom)

- Privacy masking regions up to 4 rectangular regions can be masked and colored in black

H.264 On-Board Compression

- H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) Baseline Profile (Level 3)

- A compression standard offering high image quality on top of low bit rate and low storage requirement

Two independent and simultaneous destinations -an H.264 compressed and a formatted- for each video channel leading to 32 video output streams. It allows to capture the compressed stream and simultaneously to preview the formatted stream for each video channel. - subject to PC bus available bandwidth -

Independently configurable functions on both streams

	Compressed stream configurations
		Full resolution and full frame rate possible up to 2.0 Mbps per acquisition channel
		- Resolution settings	√ 4CIF: 704 x 576 (PAL) or 704 x 480 (NTSC)
			√ CIF: 352 x 288 (PAL) or 352 x 240 (NTSC)
			√ 2CIF: 704 x 288 (PAL) or 704 x 240 (NTSC)
			√ QCIF: 176 x 144 (PAL) or 176 x 112 (NTSC)
		- Configurable reduction of the frame rate
		- Configurable bit rate control:	√ CPQ - constant picture quality -
			√ CBR - constant bit rate -
			√ VBR - variable bit rate -

	Formatted stream configurations
		- Downscaling: Resolution settings: √ 4CIF, 2CIF, CIF, QCIF
		- Configurable reduction of the frame rate
		- Image storage formats available:		√ Packed: RGB15, RGB16, RGB24, RGB32, YUV422, Y8
				√ Planar: YUV422PL

16 Audio Inputs

- Line-level audio signals
- Selectable sampling quality: 8 kHz
- Audio encoding
	√ PCM (G.711): µ-law /A-law selectable companding
	√ Bit rate: 64 kbps
- Audio-video synchronization supported by accurate time stamping of audio and video data
- Internal Audio connector
	√ One 34-pin high-density header, 1.27 mm pitch

32 Professional I/O Lines and Watchdog Capability


	- 16 contact closure inputs
	- 16 solid-state relay outputs
	- 1 watchdog capability
	- Internal I/O connectors
		√ Two 34-pin high-density headers, 1.27 mm pitch
		√ One 4-pin header "WATCHDOG" connector

Video Connectors for Video In and Out

	- One HD44 connector on the bracket
		√ A Spider Cable equipped with an HD44M connector and 18 BNC is available separately for a straightforward evaluation of the board.
	- 75-Ohm switchable termination resistors
	- Internal pin header connectors
		√ 1 "VIDEO IN": 34-pin high-density header, 1.27 mm pitch
		√ 1 "VIDEO OUTPUT & CASCADE": 6-pin header

Software

DirectShow filters

- OS supported: Microsoft Windows

√ 32-bit: Vista^®, XP^®, Server 2003^®
√ 64-bit: Vista 64^®, XP x64 Edition^®, Server 2003 x64 Edition^®

- Kernel streaming mini driver providing following filters

√ V16 H.264 Visual Source
√ V16 H.264 Watchdog
√ V16 H.264 Audio Encoder
√ V16 H.264 Pass-Through Selector
√ V16 H.264 Input Line
√ V16 H.264 Board
√ V16 H.264 Output Line

- Supported IDE according to the programming language

IDE			Programming Languages

Microsoft Visual Studio .Net^®			C++ and C++/CLI
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005^®			C++ and C++/CLI
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008^®			C++ and C++/CLI

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