Product Description
Model Description: INDIO - Matrox Indio PCIe x1 card with 16 real-time discrete digital I/O's and GigE port with PoE. Partially licensed for Matrox Design Assistant X and MIL X.
Overview:
Turn any PC into a Aurora Imaging vision controller
Zebra® Indio provides the industrial I/O and communication capabilities to turn any PC running Aurora Imaging Vision software (formerly Matrox Imaging Library) into a genuine vision controller. It provides discrete inputs and outputs managed in hardware for the real-time synchronization of a vision application with automation devices. It also provides Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for interfacing with programmable logic/automation controllers or GigE Vision® cameras equipped for Power-over-Ethernet (PoE).
Discrete I/Os
Zebra Indio offers eight discrete inputs and eight discrete outputs that are jumper-selectable for 24 V or TTL-level signaling, supporting both factory-floor and lab use. The I/Os are optically isolated while the outputs are also protected by resettable fuses, all to prevent damage from unintended use. The I/Os can be hooked up in either sinking or sourcing configurations and are accessible from a standard 37-pin D-Sub connector.
Real-time synchronization
Zebra Indio delivers real-time I/O management through a dedicated hardware-assisted mechanism. The mechanism enables output events to occur at precise moments in time, based on elapsed time, or specific input events. An input event can come directly from a discrete input— including from a rotary encoder—or a count derived from a discrete input. Programmed output events are stored in a hardware list, which is traversed based on a clock or an input event. The carrying out of an output event results in a state transition, pulse, or pulse train on a specific discrete output. Multiple cascadable hardware timers are available to count or generate specific events.
Industrial Ethernet or GigE Vision
Zebra Indio also makes available a Gigabit Ethernet port through a standard RJ45 connector for industrial networking using the EtherNet/ IP™ , Modbus® , and PROFINET® protocols. PROFINET communication is hardware-assisted to ensure timely response. The Gigabit Ethernet port can alternatively connect to a GigE Vision camera and power it by way of PoE support.
