Picolo Pro 3 is a full-featured expandable PCI capture board designed for multiple-camera systems addressing video surveillance and security applications.
Picolo Pro 3 supports the acquisition of full resolution color images including the square-pixel resolution (640 x 480 or 768 x 576). Up to 16 composite video signals are captured directly through standard BNC inputs. The quick switching capability offers an optimized frame rate for all acquisition conditions.
A Picolo Pro 3 solution includes one PCI board, up to four video modules and up to five I/O modules. These modules can be mounted inside or outside the PC. An RS-485 serial line is offered for system integration such as pan-tilt-zoom control. The watchdog function increases the system security.

The multiple video inputs of the Picolo Pro 3 are sequentially acquired using a proprietary switching method. The resulting switching latency for unsynchronized cameras is never more than 33 ms in NTSC and 40 ms in PAL. This leads to the typical following performances.

A hardware watchdog is available on the Picolo Pro 3. Its purpose is to monitor the software application and to restart the PC after an anomalous inactivity time-out. This ensures a reliable operation of unattended systems.

The Picolo Pro 3 PCI board offers four video inputs. Each additional Module Pro 3 adds four inputs. One unique additional internal Module 12 Pro 3 adds twelve inputs using one blind slot.

According to the modular configuration, one to four RJ-45 connectors are available. Each of them offers five digital TTL I/O lines configurable as input or output. One RS-485 half-duplex serial communication line is bussed over all RJ-45 connectors.

Each MIO module adds four optically isolated inputs and four relay outputs. A maximum of twenty isolated inputs and twenty isolated outputs is achieved with five MIO modules. For more details about MIO, click here.