Matrox Meteor II cards

The Matrox Meteor II is a family of frame grabber cards produced by Matrox (in the mid-1990s ?) which utilize the custom Matrox VIA (Video Interface ASIC) PCI interface chipset.

Models(and board revisions of those models)

• Matrox Meteor-II (aka Matrox Meteor II/Standard)

Part Numbers:

• METEOR2/4 : Matrox Meteor-II/Standard for PCI

750-00 rev. A Original version.

750-01 rev. A No functional change.

750-02 rev. A Added expansion connectors, moved up from 4 to 7 inputs.

750-02 rev. B No functional change.

750-0201 rev. A Support for KS0127 rev. B video decoder, and moved up from 7 to 12 inputs.

Note that MJPEG module support has been removed for some boards with this revision number. This is due to the discontinuation of this module.

• MET2-C/4  : Matrox Meteor-II/Standard for CompactPCI

807-00 rev. A Original version.

807-00 rev. B No functional changes.

807-0001 rev. A Support for KS0127 rev. B video decoder.

Note that MJPEG module support has been removed for some boards with this revision number. This is due to the discontinuation of this module.

• MET2+/4  : Matrox Meteor-II/Standard for PC/104-Plus

885-00 rev. A Original version.

885-00 rev. B No functional change.

885-00 rev. C No functional change.

885-0001 rev. A Support for KS0127 rev. B video decoder.

885-01 rev. A Replaced expansion connectors (for 896-01).

Note that MJPEG module support has been removed for some boards with this revision number. This is due to the discontinuation of this module.

• Matrox Meteor-II/1394, Part Number: METEOR2-1394

• Matrox Meteor-II/MC (aka Matrox Meteor-II/Multi Channel)

Part Numbers:

• METEOR2-MC/4C  : Matrox Meteor-II/Multi-Channel for PCI

751-00 rev. A Original version.

751-01 rev. A No functional change.

751-02 rev. A No functional change.

751-0201 rev. A No functional change.

Note that MJPEG module support has been removed for some boards with this revision number. This is due to the discontinuation of this module.

751-03 rev. A VMChannel removed.

MJPEG module support removed for all boards.

Board now fits in a half-length PCI slot.

751-0301 rev. A No functional change.

• MET2-C-MC  : Matrox Meteor-II/Multi-Channel for CompactPCI
• MET2-MC+/4  : Matrox Meteor-II/Multi-Channel for PC/104-Plus

886-00 rev. A Original version.

886-00 rev. B No functional change.

886-01 rev. A Replaced expansion connectors (for 896-01).

Note that MJPEG module support has been removed for some boards with this revision number. This is due to the discountinuation of this module.

• Matrox Meteor-II/DIG (aka Matrox Meteor-II/Digital)

Part Numbers

• METEOR2-DIG/4/R : Matrox Meteor-II/Digital for PCI, RS-422 digital (METEOR2DIG64R ?)
• METEOR2-DIG/4/L : Matrox Meteor-II/Digital for PCI, LVDS digital

752-00 rev. A Original version.

752-01 rev. A No functional change.

752-02 rev. A No functional change.

• MET2-DIG+/R  : Matrox Meteor-II/Digital for PC/104-Plus, RS-422 (METEOR2DIG64L ?)
• MET2-DIG+/L  : Matrox Meteor-II/Digital for PC/104-Plus, LVDS

7035-01 rev. A Original version

• Matrox Meteor-II/CL (aka Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link), Part Number METEOR2-CL/32

Note: There is also a card called Meteor-II/Display, but this is not a framgrabber !!!
 MET2-C-DISP/AD Graphics adapter for CompactPCI with one analog VGA and one digital VGA (DVI) output
 MET2-C-DISP/A24 Graphics adapter for CompactPCI with two analog VGA outputs 
 MET2-C-DISP/D24 Graphics adapter for CompactPCI with two digital VGA (DVI) outputs

Note: The Meteor II is the successor of the Meteor, Meteor/RGB, Meteor/PPB, and Meteor/RGB/PPB boards.
Matrox Meteor comes in four versions:
 Matrox Meteor, a standard monochrome and color frame grabber.
 Matrox Meteor/PPB, a standard monochrome and color frame grabber with an integrated PCI-to-PCI bridge.
 Matrox Meteor/RGB, an RGB color frame grabber.
 Matrox Meteor/PPB/RGB, an RGB color frame grabber with an integrated PCI-to-PCI bridge.
The "PPB" boards were introduced to address compatibility problems with chipsets on early Pentium PRO motherboards.

In order from **oldest** to **newest** here are relevant driver projects that I found. None have been updated in the last year.

• K-Team driver project (2002)
• Emlix driver project (2003)
• Marcus Furlong's Sourceforge driver project (2005)