HEXIUM PCI bus frame grabber cards combine professional design with user friendliness. The drivers for the cards are easy to install, so their operation can begin in a matter of minutes.

The main advantage of the HEXIUM HV-APOLLO and HV-SCORPION cards is that they combine a semi-professional digitalizing technology with the efficient multimedia performance of the Philips Nexperia DSP processor.

We recommend the application of the Philips development system for the HEXIUM HV-APOLLO and HV-SCORPION frame grabber cards, which enables the most efficient multiprocessor development with the assistance of the Nexperia DSP and a traditional PC.

The separate purchasable development kit includes the C/C++ translation utility and a simulator necessary for the use of the processor, as well as some sample programs with their source codes for the programming of the card.

A Board Support Package (BSP) directory for controlling the card is also at the disposal of the developers, which includes the usual user interface for the hardware units on the card. By applying this package several routine directories are immediately available to the user.

The digitalizing cards are able to produce images from all the widespread formats, so they are able to receive PAL, SECAM and NTSC signals as well.

The input connections of the frame grabber cards are capable of receiving both composite and SVHS signals according to the settings of the software.

HEXIUM HV-APOLLO and HV-SCORPION cards enable a quick swap of cameras for the programmer between the input connections. The operation method of the input signal amplifier can be set to either manual or automatic. The digitalizing format could be set to CCIR or square Pixel resolution.

HEXIUM HV-APOLLO and HV-SCORPION cards provide sufficient SDRAM memory needed for image processing tasks. This way the capacity of the PCI bus of the computer is less loaded, since only the result of the image processing is transferred through the bus and not the full image.