Category: Euresys

Advantages

PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x8 bus

– 7,800 MB/s peak bus bandwidth

– 6,700 MB/s sustained bus bandwidth

Connect the fastest, highest resolution cameras to capture images

– Highest data acquisition rate in the industry

– 50 Gbit/s (5,000 MB/s) bandwidth (from camera to host PC memory)

Long cable support

– 40 metres at CXP-12 speed (12.5 Gbps)

– 72 metres at CXP-6 speed (6.25 Gbps)

– 100 metres at CXP-3 speed (3 Gbps)

Power over CoaXPress

– Power over CoaXPress: The camera delivers up to 17 W per channel with 24 VDC and provides automatic device detection, measurement and overload protection.

– Total voltage and current as well as voltage and current per channel can be measured for verification and performance deviation monitoring.

Uses standard coaxial cable

– Data transfer, camera control, triggers and power supply with a single, inexpensive cable

– Top-notch reliability and flexibility for implementation in harsh environments

Software triggers come from the application.

• An optional trigger delay is available to postpone the acquisition for a programmable time.

• A trigger decimation function allows to skip some of the triggers.

• Camera exposure control allows the application to control the exposure time of the camera.

• When the acquisition starts, at the appropriate timing, the Coaxlink board generates a signal to control an illumination device connected to one of its output lines.

Compliant with GenICam Including support for

• GenApi

• The Standard Feature Naming Convention (SFNC)

• GenTL

Windows, Linux and macOS drivers available

• Including support for Intel 64-bit platforms as well as ARM 64-bit platforms

Applications

Machine Vision for the Electronic Manufacturing Industry

• High speed image acquisition for AOI, 3D SPI, 3D lead/ball inspection machines.

• Very high resolution line-scan image acquisition for Flat Panel Display inspection and solar cell inspection

Machine Vision for the General Manufacturing Industries

• High frame rate image acquisition for inspection machines

• Line-scan image acquisition for surface inspection machines

• Line-scan image acquisition for textile inspection

Machine Vision for the Printing Industry

• High speed line-scan image acquisition for printing inspection machines

Video Acquisition and Recording

• High-frame-rate video acquisition for motion analysis and recording

Video Monitoring, Surveillance & Security

• Transmission and acquisition of high-definition video over long coaxial cables for traffic surveillance, monitoring and control

Direct GPU transfer

• Sample programs for AMD DirectGMA and NVIDIA (CUDA) available.

• Direct GPU transfer eliminates unnecessary system memory copies, lowers CPU overhead, and reduces latency, resulting in significant performance improvements in data transfer times for applications.

• Direct capture of image data to GPU memory is available using AMD’s DirectGMA. Compatible with AMD FirePro W5x00 and above and all AMD FirePro S series products.

General purpose I/O lines

• Compatible with a wide range of sensors and motion encoders.

• High-speed differential inputs: Quadrature motion encoder support up to 5 MHz.

• Isolated current-sense inputs: 5V, 12V, 24V signaling voltages accepted, up to 50 kHz, individual galvanic isolation up to 250VDC and 170VAC RMS.

• Isolated contact outputs.

• High-speed 5V-compliant TTL inputs/ LVTTL outputs.

High-performance DMA (Direct Memory Access)

• Direct transfer into user-allocated memory and hardware boards that expose PCI addresses

• Hardware scatter-gather support

• 64-bit addressing capability

Compatible with eGrabber

• eGrabber Studio: eGrabber’s new interactive evaluation and demonstration application

• GenICam Browser: An application giving access to the GenICam features exposed by the GenTL Producer(s)

• GenTL Console: A command-line tool giving access to the functions and commands exposed by the Euresys GenTL Producer

Area-scan triggering capabilities

• A trigger is used to start the acquisition when the part is in position. Hardware triggers come from the Coaxlink’s I/O lines.

Direct GPU transfer

• Sample programs for AMD DirectGMA and NVIDIA (CUDA) available.

• Direct GPU transfer eliminates unnecessary system memory copies, lowers CPU overhead, and reduces latency, resulting in significant performance improvements in data transfer times for applications.

• Direct capture of image data to GPU memory is available using AMD’s DirectGMA. Compatible with AMD FirePro W5x00 and above and all AMD FirePro S series products.

General purpose I/O lines

• Compatible with a wide range of sensors and motion encoders.

• High-speed differential inputs: Quadrature motion encoder support up to 5 MHz.

• Isolated current-sense inputs: 5V, 12V, 24V signaling voltages accepted, up to 50 kHz, individual galvanic isolation up to 250VDC and 170VAC RMS.

• Isolated contact outputs.

• High-speed 5V-compliant TTL inputs/ LVTTL outputs.

High-performance DMA (Direct Memory Access)

• Direct transfer into user-allocated memory and hardware boards that expose PCI addresses

• Hardware scatter-gather support

• 64-bit addressing capability

Compatible with eGrabber

• eGrabber Studio: eGrabber’s new interactive evaluation and demonstration application

• GenICam Browser: An application giving access to the GenICam features exposed by the GenTL Producer(s)

• GenTL Console: A command-line tool giving access to the functions and commands exposed by the Euresys GenTL Producer

Acquire images from the fastest and highest resolution cameras

• Highest data acquisition rate in the industry

• 50 Gbit/s (5.000 MB/s) bandwidth from camera to host PC memory

Long cable support

• 40 meters at CXP-12 speed (12.5 Gbps)

• 72 meters at CXP-6 speed (6.25 Gbps)

• 100 meters at CXP-3 speed (3 Gbps)

Use standard coaxial cables

• A single inexpensive cable for data transfer, camera control, trigger and power supply

• Top reliability and flexibility, performs in the harshest environments

Micro-BNC (HD-BNC™) connectors for reliable connection

• Trusted push and turn, bayonet-style positive lock

• Allows for quick and easy connects and disconnects

Connect up to 4 cameras to a single Coaxlink card

Memento Event Logging Tool

• Memento is an advanced development and debugging tool available for Coaxlink and Grablink cards.

• Memento records an accurate log of all the events related to the camera, the frame grabber and its driver as well as the application.

• It provides the developer with a precise timeline of time-stamped events, along with context information and logic analyzer view.

• It provides valuable assistance during application development and debugging, as well as during machine operation.

Description

• The 4-camera firmware variant of the Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG implements four independent image acquisition channels with, for each of them, a Bayer CFA decoder and a baseline JPEG encoder that can process up to 250 Megapixels/s, for a total of 1 billion color pixels per second.

• Each channel delivers two concurrent streams: a “JPEG” encoded stream for recording and a “Preview” stream for monitoring.

• The JPEG stream delivers, with a typical latency of only 20 lines, 4:2:2 full-resolution JFIF-compliant encoded images compatible with standard JPEG decoders. The JPEG encoding quality is configurable from 1 to 100.

• The Preview stream provides 8-bit Bayer full-resolution, 24-bit RGB full-resolution or 24-bit RGB low-resolution images.

Support of JFIF image format

The GenICam Browser and GenTL Viewer applications now support JFIF images.

Power over CoaXPress

• Power over CoaXPress : Feed your camera up to 17 W per channel under 24 VDC with automatic device detection,measurement and overload protection.

• Total and per-channel voltage and current measurement is possible, allowing validation and performance deviation monitoring.

PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x8 bus

• 7.800 MB/s peak bus bandwidth

• 6.700 MB/s sustained bus bandwidth

Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG

Four-connection CoaXPress CXP-12 frame grabber with JPEG compression 

At a Glance

• Four 250 MPixels/s JPEG encoders

• Compatible with 8-bit/pixel Bayer CFA cameras

• Two streams per camera: JPEG stream and RGB preview stream

• Four CoaXPress CXP-12 connections: 5.000 MB/s camera bandwidth

• PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x8 bus: 6.700 MB/s bus bandwidth

• Memento Event Logging Tool

Benefits

Applications

The Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG enables the compact implementation of a multi-channel ultra-high-resolution

image acquisition and recording system.

The embedded pixel processing drastically reduces the CPU workload to monitor and compress image streams.

What is CoaXPress-over-Fiber?

CoaXPress-over-Fiber is a light but significant extension of the existing CoaXPress specification to support transport over fiber optics.

CoaXPress (CXP) is the de-facto standard for high-bandwidth computer vision applications.

CoaXPress 2.0. the latest version of the specification, specifies the CXP-12 speed, a 12.5 Gbps (Gigabit per second) link over a coaxial copper cable.

As link aggregation is common with CoaXPress, bandwidths of 5.000 MB/s (1.250 MB/s x 4) are easily achievable with four CXP-12 links.

The CoaXPress specification is hosted by the JIIA (Japan Industrial Imaging Association).

CoaXPress-over-Fiber has been designed as an add-on to the CoaXPress 2.0 specification.

It provides a way to run the CoaXPress protocol, as it is, unmodified, over a standard Ethernet connection, including fiber optics.

As such, CoaXPressover-Fiber uses standard electronics, connectors and cables designed for Ethernet, but the protocol is CoaXPress, not Ethernet, not GigE Vision.

Read more about CoaXPress-over-Fiber on our technology page.

Acquire images from the fastest and highest resolution cameras

• Highest data acquisition rate in the industry

• Up to 5.000 MB/s bandwidth from camera to host PC memory

Coaxlink CXP-12 to QSFP+ Converter Four-connection CoaXPress CXP-12 to CoaXPress-over-Fiber converter

At a Glance

• Provides easy cable length extension using CoaXPress-over-Fiber

• Allows connecting a CXP-12 camera to a Coaxlink QSFP+ frame grabber

• Four CoaXPress CXP-12 connections on the camera side

• One QSFP+ port compliant with 40 Gbps optical modules on the frame grabber side

• 5.000 MB/s camera bandwidth

• PoCXP camera power supply

Benefits

Connect a CXP-12 camera to a Coaxlink QSFP+ frame grabber 

The Coaxlink CXP-12 to QSFP+ Converter allows connecting a CXP-12 camera to a Coaxlink QSFP+ frame grabber using fiber optics. 

With multi-mode fibers, the maximum cable length can reach 150 meters. With single-mode fibers, the maximum cable length can reach 40 kilometers.

Direct GPU transfer

• Sample programs for AMD DirectGMA and NVIDIA (CUDA) available.

• Direct GPU transfer eliminates unnecessary system memory copies, lowers CPU overhead, and reduces latency, 

resulting in significant performance improvements in data transfer times for applications.

• Direct capture of image data to GPU memory is available using AMD’s DirectGMA. Compatible with AMD FirePro W5x00 and above and all AMD FirePro S series products.

General purpose I/O lines compatible with a wide range of sensors and motion encoders

High-performance DMA (Direct Memory Access)

• Direct transfer into user-allocated memory

• Hardware scatter-gather support

Area-scan triggering capabilities

• A trigger is used to start the acquisition when the part is in position. Hardware triggers come from the Coaxlink’s I/O lines.

Software triggers come from the application.

• An optional trigger delay is available to postpone the acquisition for a programmable time.

• A trigger decimation function allows to skip some of the triggers.

• Camera exposure control allows the application to control the exposure time of the camera.

• When the acquisition starts, at the appropriate timing, the Coaxlink board generates a signal to control an illumination device connected to one of its output lines.