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Digital Interface connectors

The digital interface connector on the Matrox Genesis digital input companion board (GEN-DIG-BRD) is a high density DB-100 (SCSI-2 like) connector. It is used for video input as well as sync & control I/O. The
pin-outs are as follows:

Pin	Signal	Pin	Signal
1	DATA, INPUT, 0+	51	DATA, INPUT, 16+
2	DATA, INPUT, 0-	52	DATA, INPUT, 16-
3	DATA, INPUT, 1+	53	DATA, INPUT, 17+
4	DATA, INPUT, 1-	54	DATA, INPUT, 17-
5	DATA, INPUT, 2+	55	DATA, INPUT, 18+
6	DATA, INPUT, 2-	56	DATA, INPUT, 18-
7	DATA, INPUT, 3+	57	DATA, INPUT, 19+
8	DATA, INPUT, 3-	58	DATA, INPUT, 19-
9	DATA, INPUT, 4+	59	DATA, INPUT, 20+
10	DATA, INPUT, 4-	60	DATA, INPUT, 20-
11	DATA, INPUT, 5+	61	DATA, INPUT, 21+
12	DATA, INPUT, 5-	62	DATA, INPUT, 21-
13	DATA, INPUT, 6+	63	DATA, INPUT, 22+
14	DATA, INPUT, 6-	64	DATA, INPUT, 22-
15	DATA, INPUT, 7+	65	DATA, INPUT, 23+
16	DATA, INPUT, 7-	66	DATA, INPUT, 23-
17	DATA, INPUT, 8+	67	DATA, INPUT, 24+
18	DATA, INPUT, 8-	68	DATA, INPUT, 24-
19	DATA, INPUT, 9+	69	DATA, INPUT, 25+
20	DATA, INPUT, 9-	70	DATA, INPUT, 25-
21	DATA, INPUT, 10+	71	DATA, INPUT, 26+
22	DATA, INPUT, 10-	72	DATA, INPUT, 26-
23	DATA, INPUT, 11+	73	DATA, INPUT, 27+
24	DATA, INPUT, 11-	74	DATA, INPUT, 27-
25	DATA, INPUT, 12+	75	DATA, INPUT, 28+
26	DATA, INPUT, 12-	76	DATA, INPUT, 28-
27	DATA, INPUT, 13+	77	DATA, INPUT, 29+
28	DATA, INPUT, 13-	78	DATA, INPUT, 29-
29	DATA, INPUT, 14+	79	DATA, INPUT, 30+
30	DATA, INPUT, 14-	80	DATA, INPUT, 30-
31	DATA, INPUT, 15+	81	DATA, INPUT, 31+
32	DATA, INPUT, 15-	82	DATA, INPUT, 31-
33	HSYNC, INPUT, +	83	HSYNC, OUTPUT, +
34	HSYNC, INPUT, -	84	HSYNC, OUTPUT, -
35	VSYNC, INPUT, +	85	VSYNC, OUTPUT, +
36	VSYNC, INPUT, -	86	VSYNC, OUTPUT, -
37	GROUND	87	EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, TTL
38	GROUND	88	EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, TTL
39	CLOCK, INPUT, +	89	CLOCK, OUTPUT, +
40	CLOCK, INPUT, -	90	CLOCK, OUTPUT, -
41	USER, INPUT, 0+	91	USER, OUTPUT, 0+
42	USER, INPUT, 0-	92	USER, OUTPUT, 0-
43	USER, INPUT, 1+	93	USER, OUTPUT, 1+
44	USER, INPUT, 1-	94	USER, OUTPUT, 1-
45	VALID, INPUT, +	95	EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, +
46	VALID, INPUT, -	96	EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, -
47	TRIGGER, INPUT, +	97	EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, +
48	TRIGGER, INPUT, -	98	EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, -
49	CAMERA CONTROL BIT0, OUTPUT, TTL	99	CAMERA CONTROL BIT1, OUTPUT, TTL
50	GROUND	100	CAMERA CONTROL BIT2, OUTPUT, TTL

A variety of Matrox cables are available to interface to this connector. A custom cable can be built using the following components:

Part Description	Manufacturer	Part no.
connector and shell	A.R. Gray and Associates	HP-100C-20F-BO

The digital connector on the Matrox Genesis digital cable adaptor board included with the Matrox Genesis board) is a high density DB-68 (SCSI-2 like) connector. It is used for video sync & control I/O only. The
pin-outs are as follows:

Pin	Signal	Pin	Signal
1	NC	35	NC
2	EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, 422+	36	EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, 422-
3	EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, 422+	37	EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, 422-
4	USER1, OUTPUT, 422+	38	USER1, OUTPUT, 422-
5	USER0, OUTPUT, 422+	39	USER0, OUTPUT, 422-
6	CLOCK, OUTPUT, 422+	40	CLOCK, OUTPUT, 422-
7	VSYNC, OUTPUT, 422+	41	VSYNC, OUTPUT, 422-
8	HSYNC, OUTPUT, 422+	42	HSYNC, OUTPUT, 422-
9	TRIGGER, INPUT, 422+	43	TRIGGER, INPUT, 422-
10	VALID, INPUT, 422+	44	VALID, INPUT, 422-
11	USER1, INPUT, 422+	45	USER1, INPUT, 422-
12	USER0, INPUT, 422+	46	USER0, INPUT, 422-
13	CLOCK, INPUT, 422+	47	CLOCK, INPUT, 422-
14	CSYNC, INPUT, 422+	48	CSYNC, INPUT, 422-
15	VSYNC, INPUT, 422+	49	VSYNC, INPUT, 422-
16	HSYNC, INPUT, 422+	50	HSYNC, INPUT, 422-
17	NC	51	NC
18	NC	52	GROUND
19	GROUND	53	NC
20	NC	54	NC
21	MODULE CLOCK, OUTPUT, TTL	55	MODULE LOAD, OUTPUT, TTL
22	GROUND	56	MODULE DATA, OUTPUT, TTL
23	USER0, OUTPUT, TTL	57	USER1, OUTPUT, TTL
24	EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, TTL	58	EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, TTL
25	GROUND	59	CLOCK, OUTPUT, TTL
26	VSYNC, OUTPUT, TTL	60	GROUND
27	NC	61	NC
28	GROUND	62	HSYNC, OUTPUT, TTL
29	USER0, INPUT, TTL	63	USER1, INPUT, TTL
30	VALID, INPUT, TTL	64	GROUND
31	GROUND	65	CLOCK, INPUT, TTL
32	CSYNC, INPUT, TTL	66	GROUND
33	VSYNC, INPUT, TTL	67	TRIGGER, INPUT, TTL
34	HSYNC, INPUT, TTL	68	GROUND

A Matrox cable is available to interface to this connector. A custom cable can be built using the
following components:

Part Description	Manufacturer	Part no.
connector	DDK Electronics	DHA-PA68-3G
shell	DDK Electronics	DHA-HPA68
shell	DDK Electronics	DHA-HPA68

N.B. Use twisted pair cable (twisted along signal pairs)