Grablink DualBase

CameraLink 2.0 Frame Grabber

  • Supports Two Camera Link Base or Lite configuration camera

  • Directly compatible with hundreds of Camera Link cameras available on the market

  • Supports PoCL, Power over Camera Link

  • ECCO: Extended Camera Link cable length

  • PCIe x1 bus: 850 MB/s sustained delivery bandwidth

  • Feature-rich set of 20 digital IO lines

  • Memento Event Logging Tool

 

SPECIFICATIONS

CAMERA/VIDEO INPUTS

Interface standard(s) Camera Link 2.0
Connectors Two Shrunk Delta Ribbon (SDR) Miniature Camera Link (MiniCL)
ECCO – Extended Camera Link Cable Operation ECCO
Number of cameras Two Base or Lite cameras
Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate 4.08 Gbit/s (510 MB/s)
Camera Link configuration Base or Lite
Camera Link clock frequency From 20 MHz up to 85 MHz
PoCL (Power over Camera Link) Two independent PoCL SafePower compliant controllers with overload, over-voltage and short-circuit protection
Camera types Grayscale and color (RGB and Bayer) area- and line-scan cameras

ONBOARD PROCESSING

On-board memory 128 MB (64 MB for image data)
Image data stream processing
  • Unpacking of 10-/12-/14-bit to 16-bit with selectable justification to LSb or MSb
Input LUT (Lookup Table)
  • Monochrome: 8-bit, 10-bit or 12-bit per pixel, up to 500 MPixel/s per camera
  • RGB: 3×8-bit per pixel, up to 125 MPixel/s per camera
Bayer CFA to RGB decoder
  • Advanced interpolation method using average and median functions on a 3×3 kernel
  • Up to 125 MPixel/s per camera

MECHANICAL

MECHANICAL

Format Standard profile, half length, 4-lane PCI Express card
Cooling method Air-cooling, fanless
Mounting For insertion in a standard height, 4-lane or higher, PCI Express card slot
Connectors
  • ‘A’ on bracket:
    • 26-position Shrunk Delta Ribbon (SDR) socket
    • Camera Link Camera A
  • ‘B’ on bracket:
    • 26-position Shrunk Delta Ribbon (SDR) socket
    • Camera Link Camera B
  • ‘EXTERNAL I/O’ on bracket:
    • 26-pin 3-row high-density female sub-D connector
    • I/O lines and power output
  • ‘INTERNAL I/O A on PCB:
    • 26-pin 2-row 0.1″ pitch pin header with shrouding
    • I/O lines of camera A and power output
  • ‘INTERNAL I/O B on PCB:
    • 26-pin 2-row 0.1″ pitch pin header with shrouding
    • I/O lines of camera B and power output
  • ‘POWER INPUT’ on module:
    • 4-pin MOLEX power socket
    • 12 VDC power input for PoCL cameras and I/O power
Dimensions PCB L X H: 167.65 mm x 111.15 mm, 6.6 in x 4.38 in
Weight 137 g, 4.83 oz

ENVIRONMENTAL

Operating ambient air temperature 0 to +50 °C / +32 to +122 °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 2014/30/EU
  • United States FCC rule 47 CFR 15
EMC – Emission
  • EN 55022:2010 / CISPR 22:2008 Class B
  • EN 55032:2015 / CISPR 32:2012 Class B
  • FCC 47 Part 15 Class B
EMC – Immunity
  • EN 55024:2010 / CISPR 24:2010
  • EN 55035:2017 / CISPR 35:2016
  • EN 61000-4-2:2009
  • EN 61000-4-3:2006
  • EN 61000-4-4:2004
  • EN 61000-4-5:2014
  • 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 1.0
Link width 4 lanes
Link speed 2.5 GT/s (PCIe 1.0)
Maximum payload size 1024 bytes
DMA 32- and 64-bit
Peak delivery bandwidth 1,024 MB/s
Effective (sustained) delivery bandwidth
  • Up to 833 MB/s for a PCI Express payload size of 256 bytes and 64-bit addressing
  • Up to 844 MB/s for a PCI Express payload size of 256 bytes and 32-bit addressing
  • Up to 754 MB/s for a PCI Express payload size of 128 bytes and 64-bit addressing
  • Up to 780 MB/s for a PCI Express payload size of 128 bytes and 32-bit addressing
Power consumption Max.7.2 W; Typ. 6.0 W (0.47 A @ 3.3V;0.37 A @+12V)

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.
Line strobe
  • Accurate control of the strobe position for strobed light sources.

GPIO

GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS & OUTPUTS (GPIO)

Number of lines 2 sets of 10 I/O lines, each set including:

  • 2 differential inputs (DIN)
  • 4 isolated inputs (IIN)
  • 4 isolated outputs (IOUT)
Usage
  • Each acquisition channel has a dedicated set of 10 I/O’s
    • The I/O set of INTERNAL IO CONNECTOR A is dedicated to the acquisition channel of CAMERA A
    • The I/O set of INTERNAL IO CONNECTOR B is dedicated to the acquisition channel of CAMERA B
  • The input lines of an I/O set can be used by the corresponding acquisition channel as:
    • Camera frame trigger source (area-scan only)
    • Acquisition sequence trigger source (area-scan only)
    • Camera line trigger source (line-scan only)
    • Page acquisition trigger source (line-scan only)
    • Page acquisition end trigger source (line-scan only)
    • (Quadrature) motion encoder input (line-scan only)
  • The IOUT 1 output line of an I/O set can be used by the corresponding acquisition channel, as:
    • Illumination strobe output
  • All the input lines can be used as general purpose inputs
  • All the output lines can be used as general purpose outputs
Electrical specifications
  • DIN: High-speed differential inputs compatible with ANSI/EIA/TIA-422/485 differential line drivers and complementary TTL drivers
  • 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 only on input lines used as trigger sources
  • Configurable with five time constants:
    • 100 ns, 500 ns, and 2.5 µs for trigger / page trigger / page end trigger sources
    • 40 ns, 100 ns, 200 ns, 500 ns, 1 µs, 5 µs, 10 µs for line trigger sources
Power output Non-isolated, +5V, 1A and +12V, 1A, with electronic fuse protection

SOFTWARE

SOFTWARE

Host PC Operating System
  • Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1, 7 for x86 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit) processor architectures
  • Linux for x86 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit) processor architectures

Refer to release notes for details
APIs
  • MultiCam 32- and 64-bit binary libraries (Windows and Linux), for ISO-compliant C/C++ compilers

ACCESSORIES

ACCESSORIES

Optional accessories

DOWNLOADS

DOWNLOADS

GRABLINK DualBase DATASHEET

 

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