Picolo PCIe and Picolo are low-cost image acquisition cards designed for single-camera applications. They support real-time acquisition and transfer of color images or image sequences to computer memory. The cards can capture up to two composite interlaced video signals and one S-Video signal. Resolutions of 640 × 480 or 768 × 576 are achieved at full speed (25 or 30 fps). Picolo and Picolo PCIe cards are an ideal choice for budget-limited applications in machine vision, access control, and X-ray inspection.

Key features:

Low cost
Acquisition up to 50/60 fps: composite video or S-Video, one camera from 3 connected
Form factor: PCI Express x1 (small PC) / PCI 32-bit, 33 MHz, 5V
Software: MultiCam drivers for Windows and Linux, DirectShow filters
Wide choice of connectors
Up to 3 cameras can be connected; acquisition can be performed from any of them
Connectors: S-Video, DB9, and BNC
TTL I/O lines (4 lines), configurable as acquisition trigger