Coaxlink Quad G3

Four-Port CoaXPress CXP-6 Frame Grabber

  • Fan-Cooled Heatsink

  • Four CoaXPress CXP-12 connections: 5,000 MB/s camera bandwidth

  • PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x4 bus: 3,300 MB/s bus bandwidth

  • Feature-rich set of 20 digital I/O lines

  • Extensive camera control functions

  • Memento Event Logging Tool

SPECIFICATIONS

CAMERA/VIDEO INPUTS

Interface standard(s) CoaXPress 1.0, 1.1 and 1.1.1
Connectors Four DIN1.0/2.3 75 Ohms CXP-6
Status LEDs One CoaXPress Host connection status LED per connection
Number of cameras Area-scan cameras:

    • One 1- or 2- or 4-connection camera
    • One 1- or 2- or 4-connection multi-stream camera (up to 4 data streams)
    • One or two 1- or 2-connection cameras
    • One 1- or 2-connection and one or two 1-connection cameras
    • Up to four 1-connection cameras
    • One 4-connection sub-link of an 8-connection camera

Line-scan cameras:

    • One 1- or 2- or 4-connection camera
    • One or two 1- or 2-connection cameras
    • Up to four 1-connection cameras
Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate 25 Gbit/s (2,500 MB/s)
Supported CXP down-connection speeds 1.25 GT/s (CXP-1), 2.5 GT/s (CXP-2), 3.125 GT/s (CXP-3), 5 GT/s (CXP-5),

and 6.25 GT/s (CXP-6)
Number of CXP data streams (per camera)
  • 4 on ‘1-camera, 4 data-stream’ firmware variant
  • 1 per camera on other firmware variants
Maximum CXP stream packet size 16,384 bytes
PoCXP (Power over CoaXPress) PoCXP Safe Power:

    • 17 W of 24V DC regulated power per CoaXPress connector
    • PoCXP Device detection and automatic power-on
    • Overload and short-circuit protections

On-board 12V to 24V DC/DC converter

A +12V power source must be connected to the AUXILIARY POWER INPUT connector using a 6-pin PEG cable
Camera types Area-scan cameras:

    • Grayscale and color (YCbCr, YUV, RGB and Bayer CFA)
    • Single-tap (1X-1Y) progressive-scan

Line-scan cameras and contact imaging sensors:

    • Grayscale and color RGB
Camera pixel formats supported
  • Mono8, Mono10, Mono12, Mono14, Mono16
  • BayerXX8, BayerXX10, BayerXX12, BayerXX14, BayerXX16 where XX = GR, RG, GB, or BG
  • RGB8, RGB10, RGB12, RGB14, RGB16
  • RGBA8, RGBA10, RGBA12, RGBA14, RGBA16
  • YCbCr601_422_8, YCbCr601_422_10
  • YCbCr709_422_8, YCbCr709_422_10
  • YUV422_8, YUV422_10
  • Raw

ONBOARD PROCESSING

On-board memory 1 GB
Image data stream processing
  • Unpacking of 10-/12-/14-bit to 16-bit with selectable justification to LSb or MSb
  • Optional swap of R and B components
  • Little endian conversion
Flat-field correction Only available with the ‘1-camera’ and ‘1-camera, line-scan’ firmware variants
Input LUT (Lookup Table) Available on all the firmware variants but ‘1-camera, 4-data-stream’:

  • Monochrome 8-bit to 8-bit transformation
  • Monochrome 10-bit to 8-, 10- or 16-bit transformations
  • Monochrome 12-bit to 8-, 12- or 16-bit transformations
Bayer CFA to RGB decoder ‘1-camera’ firmware variant:

    • 3×3 linear interpolation method
    • 3×3 median-based interpolation method

‘2-camera’ firmware variant:

    • 5×5 gradient-based interpolation method (for one camera only)
Data stream statistics Measurement of:

    • Frame rate (Area-scan only)
    • Line rate
    • Data rate

Configurable averaging interval
Event signaling and counting The application software can be notified of the occurrence of various events:

    • Standard event: the EVENT_NEW_BUFFER event notifies the application of newly filled buffers
    • A large set of custom events

Custom events sources:

    • I/O Toolbox events
    • Camera and Illumination control events
    • CoaXPress data stream events
    • CoaXPress host interface events

Each custom event is associated with a 32-bit counter that counts the number of occurrences

The last three 32-bit context data words of the event context data can be configured with event-specific context data:

    • Event-specific data
    • State of all System I/O lines sampled at the event occurrence time
    • Value of any event counter

C2C-LINK

Description
  • Accurate synchronization of the trigger and the start-of-exposure of multiple grabber-controlled area-scan cameras.
  • Accurate synchronization of the start-of-cycle, start-of-scan and end-of-scan of multiple grabber-controlled line-scan cameras.
Specification C2C-Link synchronizes cameras connected to:

    • the same card
    • to different cards in the same PC (requires an accessory cable such as the “3303 C2C-Link Ribbon Cable” or a custom-made C2C-Link cable)
    • to different cards in different PCs (requires one “1636 InterPC C2C-Link Adapter” for each PC and one RJ 45 CAT 5 STP straight LAN cable for each adapter but the last one)

Maximum distance:

    • 60 cm inside a PC
    • 1200 m cumulated adapter to adapter cable length

Maximum trigger rate:

    • 2.5 MHz for configurations using a single PC, or up to 10 PCs and 100 m total C2C-Link cable length
    • 200 kHz for configurations up to 32 PCs and 1200m total C2C-Link cable length

Trigger propagation delay from master to slave devices:

    • Less than 10 ns for cameras on the same card or on different cards in the same PC
    • Less than 265 ns for cameras on different cards in different PCs (3 PCs and 40m total C2C-Link cable length)

MECHANICAL

MECHANICAL

Format Standard profile, half length, 4-lane PCI Express card
Cooling method Air cooling, fan-cooled heatsink
Mounting For insertion in a standard height, 4-lane or higher, PCI Express card slot
Connectors ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ on bracket:

    • 4x DIN 1.0/2.3 female connectors
    • CoaXPress host interface

‘EXTERNAL I/O’ on bracket:

    • 26-pin 3-row high-density female sub-D connector
    • I/O lines and power output

‘INTERNAL I/O 1’ and ‘INTERNAL I/O 2’ on PCB:

    • 2x 26-pin 2-row 0.1″ pitch pin header with shrouding
    • I/O lines and power output

‘AUXILIARY POWER INPUT’ on module:

    • 6-pin PEG power socket
    • 12 VDC power input for PoCXP camera(s) and I/O power

‘C2C-LINK’ on module:

    • 6-pin 2-row 0.1-in header
    • Card to card link
LED indicators ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ on bracket:

    • Bi-color red/green LEDs
    • CoaXPress Host connector indicator

‘FPGA STATUS LAMP’ on PCB:

    • Bi-color red/green LED
    • FPGA status indicator

‘BOARD STATUS LAMP’ on PCB:

    • Bi-color red/green LED
    • Board status indicator
Switches ‘RECOVERY’ on PCB:

  • 3-pin 1-row 0.1″ header or 2-way DIP switch
  • Firmware emergency recovery
Dimensions PCB L X H: 167.65 mm x 111.15 mm, 6.6 in x 4.38 in
Weight 180 g, 6.35 oz

 

ENVIRONMENTAL

Operating ambient air temperature 0 to +55 °C / +32 to +131 °F
Operating ambient air humidity 10 to 90% RH non-condensing
Storage ambient air temperature -20 to +70 °C/ -4 to +158 °F
Storage ambient air humidity 10% to 90% RH non-condensing

 

CERTIFICATIONS
Electromagnetic – EMC standards
  • European Council EMC Directive 2004/108/EC
  • United States FCC rule 47 CFR 15
EMC – Emission
  • EN 55022:2010 Class B
  • FCC 47 Part 15 Class B
EMC – Immunity
  • EN 55024:2010 / CISPR 24:2010
  • EN 61000-4-2:2009
  • EN 61000-4-3:2006
  • EN 61000-4-4:2004
  • EN 61000-4-6:2014
KC Certification Korean Radio Waves Act, Article 58-2, Clause 3
Flammability PCB compliant with UL 94 V-0
RoHS European Union Directive 2015/863 (ROHS3)
REACH European Union Regulation 1907/2006
WEEE Must be disposed of separately from normal household waste and must be recycled according to local regulations

HOST BUS

HOST BUS

Standard PCI Express 3.0
Link width
  • 8 lanes
  • 1 lane, 2 lanes or 4 lanes with reduced performance
Link speed
  • 8.0 GT/s (PCIe 3.0)
  • 5.0 GT/s (PCIe 2.0) with reduced performance
Maximum payload size 512 bytes
DMA 32- and 64-bit
Peak delivery bandwidth 7,800 MB/s
Effective (sustained) delivery bandwidth 6,700 MB/s (Host PC motherboard dependent)
Power consumption Typ. 16.8 W (3.8 W @ +3.3V, 13 W @ +12V), excluding camera and I/O power output

CONTROLS

AREA-SCAN CAMERA CONTROL

Trigger
  • Precise control of asynchronous reset cameras, with exposure control.
  • Support of camera exposure/readout overlap.
  • Support of external hardware trigger, with optional delay and trigger decimation.
Strobe
  • Accurate control of the strobe position for strobed light sources.
  • Support of early and late strobe pulses.

LINE-SCAN CAMERA CONTROL

Scan/page trigger
  • Precise control of start-of-scan and end-of-scan triggers.
  • Support of external hardware trigger, with optional delay.
  • Support of infinite acquisition, without missing line, for web inspection applications.
Line trigger
  • Support for quadrature motion encoders, with programmable noise filters, selection of acquisition direction and backward motion compensation.
  • Rate Converter tool for fine control of the pixel aspect ratio: Rate Conversion Ratio in the range 0.001 to 1000 with an accuracy better than 0.1%.
  • Rate Divider tool
Line strobe
  • Accurate control of the strobe position for strobed light sources.

GPIO

GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS & OUTPUTS

Number of lines 20 I/O lines:

  • 4 differential inputs (DIN)
  • 4 singled-ended TTL inputs/outputs (TTLIO)
  • 8 isolated inputs (IIN)
  • 4 isolated outputs (IOUT)
Usage
  • Any I/O input lines can be used by any LIN tool of the I/O Toolbox
  • Selected pairs of I/O input lines can be used by any QDC tool of the I/O toolbox to decode A/B signals of a motion encoder
Electrical specifications
  • DIN: High-speed differential inputs compatible with ANSI/EIA/TIA-422/485 differential line drivers and complementary TTL drivers
  • TTLIO: High-speed 5V-compliant TTL inputs or LVTTL outputs, compatible with totem-pole LVTTL, TTL, 5V CMOS drivers or LVTTL, TTL, 3V CMOS receivers
  • IIN: Isolated current-sense inputs with wide voltage input range up to 30V, compatible with totem-pole LVTTL, TTL, 5V CMOS drivers, RS-422 differential line drivers, potential free contacts, solid-state relays and opto-couplers
  • IOUT: Isolated contact outputs compatible with 30V / 100mA loads

NOTE: IIN and IOUT lines provide a functional isolation grade for the circuit technical protection. It does not provide an isolation that can protect a human being from electrical shock!
Filter control Glitch removal filter available on all System I/O input lines

Configurable filter time constants:

    • for DIN and TTLIO lines: 50 ns, 100 ns, 200 ns, 500 ns, 1 µs
    • for IIN lines: 500 ns, 1 µs, 2 µs, 5 µs, 10 µs
Polarity control Yes
Power output Non-isolated, +12V, 1A, with electronic fuse protection
I/O Toolbox tools The I/O Toolbox is a configurable interconnection of tools that generates events (usually triggers):Line Input tool (LIN): edge detector delivering events on rising or falling edges of any selected input line.

Quadrature Decoder tool (QDC): a composite tool including:

    • A quadrature edge detector delivering events on selected transitions of selected pairs of input lines.
    • An optional backward motion compensator for clean line-scan image acquisition when the motion is unstable.
    • A 32-bit up/down counter for delivering a position value.

Device Link Trigger tool (DLT): delivers an event on reception of a valid high-speed CoaXPress 2.0 connection trigger packet message from the remote device.

User Actions Scheduler tool (UAS): to delegate the execution of ‘User Actions’ at a scheduled time or encoder position. Possible user actions include setting low/high/toggle any bit of the User Output Register or generation of any User Events.

Delay tool (DEL): to delay up to 16 events from one or two I/O toolbox event sources, by a programmable time or number of motion encoder ticks (any QDC events).

Divider tool (DIV): to generate an event every nth input events from any I/O toolbox event source.

Multiplier/divider tool (MDV): to generate m events every d input events from any I/O toolbox event source.

The ‘Input Tools’ (LIN, QDC, DLT and UAS) can be further processed by the ‘Event Tools’ (DEL, DIV and MDV) to generate any of the following “trigger” events:

    • The “cycle trigger” of the Camera and Illumination controller
    • The “cycle sequence trigger” of the Camera and Illumination controller
    • The “start-of-scan trigger” of the Acquisition Controller (line-scan only)
    • The “end-of-scan trigger” of the Acquisition Controller (line-scan only)
I/O Toolbox composition Determined by the selected firmware variant:

  • ‘1-camera’: 8 LIN, 1 QDC, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 1 DIV, 1 MDV, 2 C2C
  • ‘2-camera’: 8 LIN, 2 QDC, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 2 DIV, 2 MDV, 2 C2C
  • ‘3-camera’: 8 LIN, 2 QDC, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 2 DIV, 2 MDV, 2 C2C
  • ‘4-camera’: 8 LIN, 4 QDC, 1 UAS, 4 DEL, 4 DIV, 4 MDV, 2 C2C
  • ‘1-camera, 4-data-stream’: 8 LIN, 1 QDC, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 1 DIV, 1 MDV, 2 C2C
  • ‘1-camera, line-scan’: 8 LIN, 1 QDC, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 1 DIV, 1 MDV, 3 C2C
  • ‘2-camera, line-scan’: 8 LIN, 2 QDC, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 2 DIV, 2 MDV, 3 C2C
  • ‘4-camera, line-scan’: 8 LIN, 4 QDC, 1 UAS, 4 DEL, 4 DIV, 4 MDV, 3 C2C
  • ‘1-slm-camera’: 8 LIN, 1 QDC, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 1 DIV, 1 MDV, 3 C2C
  • ‘1-sls-camera’: 8 LIN, 1 QDC, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 1 DIV, 1 MDV, 3 C2C

SOFTWARE

SOFTWARE

Host PC Operating System Microsoft Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 7 for x86-64 (64-bit) processor architecture

Linux for x86-64 (64-bit) and AArch64 (64-bit) processor architectures

macOS for x86-64 (64-bit) and AArch64 (64-bit) processor architectures
APIs EGrabber class, with C++ and .NET APIs: .NET assembly designed to be used with development environments compatible with .NET frameworks version 4.0 or higher

GenICam GenTL producer libraries compatible with C/C++ compilers:

    • ‘x86_64’ dynamic library designed to be used with ISO-compliant C/C++ compilers for the development of x86-64 (64-bit) applications
    • ‘aarch64’ dynamic library designed to be used with ISO-compliant C/C++ compilers for the development of AArch64 (64-bit) applications

ACCESSORIES

ACCESSORIES

Optional accessories

DOWNLOADS

DOWNLOADS

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