I/O & Communication Card

PCIe® x1 add-in card offers discrete I/Os with real-time synchronization and industrial networking using the EtherNet/IP™, Modbus®, and PROFINET protocols, turning any PC into a vision controller.

With eight inputs and eight outputs, the Matrox Indio I/O and communications card provides jumper-selectable signalling in both 24V and TTL-level standards, making it ideal for both industrial and laboratory use. I/Os are optically-isolated and outputs feature resettable fuses to safeguard against damage from unintended use. Configurable for both sinking and sourcing, I/Os are accessed from a standard 37-pin D-sub connector.

Delivering real-time input/output management through a dedicated hardware-assisted mechanism, the Matrox Indio enables precise timing of output events, based on either elapsed time or specific input events. Input events can be received directly from a discrete input, including from a rotary encoder or from a count derived from a discrete input. Output events can be stored on a hardware based list, triggerable though a discrete input event or one of multiple cascadable timers.