The X64-CL Express is a Camera Link®frame grabber that is based on the PCI Express x1
interface - next generation bus interface technology for the host PCs. PCI-Express is a
serial digital interface technology that is specifically designed to offer dedicated bandwidth
to each plug-in device while reducing the PCB design complexity.
The X64-CL Express supports up to two independent Base or one Medium Camera Link
color and/or monochrome cameras. Its low cost, combined with its ability to reformat input
data from multi-tap area and line scan cameras in addition to its on-board FPGA based
processing (including Bayer decoding and real-time shading correction) makes the X64-CL
Express an ideal solution to a wide variety of cost-sensitive applications where flexibility,
performance and reliability cannot be compromised.
FEATURES
- Half-length PCI Express x1 board
- Supports Windows x64-bit
- Simultaneous acquisition from two Camera Link base cameras
- FPGA based processing including Bayer decoding and shading correction
- Supports field proven Trigger-to-Image Reliability framework
- Acquisition pixel clock rates up to 85MHz
- Low cost to high performance ratio
X64-CL Express Technical Information
- Board:
Camera Link Specifications Rev 1.10 compliant
Half length PCI Express Ver. 1.00 compliant - Acquisition:
Supports two independent Base or one Medium Camera Link area or line scan cameras
Acquisition pixel clock rates up to 85MHz - Resolution:
Horizontal Size (min/max): 8 byte/256K bytes
Vertical Size (min/max):
1 line/infinite lines for line-scan cameras
1 line/16 million lines/frame for area-scan cameras
Variable length frame size from 1 to 16 million lines for area-scan cameras
32MB on-board frame buffer memory
Integrated advanced tap reversal engine allows independent tap formatting - Pixel Format and Tap configurations:
Supports Camera Link tap configurations for 8, 10, or 12 bit mono, RGB and Bayer cameras:
For 1 Medium or two Base cameras in any of the following combinations
– 3x8 bit/tap, 2x10 bit/tap, 2x12 bit/tap, 1x14 bit/tap, 1x16 bit/tap, & 1x24 bit/RGB
For Medium camera – 4x8 bit/tap, 4x10 bits/tap, 4x12 bit/tap, 1x30 bit/RGB, & 1x36 bit/tap - Transfers:
Real-time transfers to system memory
PCI Express x1 – 255MB/sec
Intelligent Data-Transfer-Engine automatically loads scatter-gather and tap description tables fro
the host memory without CPU intervention - On-board Processing
Bayer Mosaic Filter Hardware Bayer Engine supports one 8, 10 or 12 bit Bayer camera inputv Bayer output format supports 8 or 10 bit RGB/pixel
Zero host CPU utilization for Bayer conversion
Shading Correction On the fly Flat-line and Flat-field correction with dead-pixel replacement
Supports two independent monochrome cameras concurrently
User programmable calibration gain/offset maps
Input Lookup Tables Per Camera Input
Monochrome For each input one 256x8 bit, 1024x10 bit, 1024x8 bit, 4096x12 bit, 4096x10 bit or 4096x8 bit iLUTs/tap per camera input
Color 3x256x8-bit for Base Camera Link and 3x1024x10-bit or 3x4096x12-bit for Medium Camera Link RGB cameras - Controls:
Comprehensive event notification includes end/start-of-field/frame/transfer
Independent timing control logic for up to two Camera Link cameras
Two independent TTL/LVDS trigger inputs programmable as active high or low (edge or level trigger)
Two independent TTL Strobes outputs
Two PC independent serial communications ports provide seamless interface to MS Windows applications
Quadrature (AB) shaft-encoder inputs for external web synchronization - Options:
Optional general purpose IO module supports:
8 inputs and 8 TTL outputs
Inputs support TTL and 24V operations
TTL outputs support PNP and NPN operations 1 - Power Output:
Power-on-reset fused +12V/+5V DC output at 1.5A - Software:
Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64
Full support of DALSA's Sapera LT and Sapera Processing software libraries
Application development using C++ DLLs and ActiveX controls with Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft .Net Compatible - System Requirements:
PCI-Express x1 or higher lane width compliant system and 64MB system memory - Dimensions:
6.6” (16.7cm) Length X 4.35” (11cm) Height - Temperature:
0°C (32°F) to 55°C (131°F) - Relative Humidity:
up to 95% (non-condensing) - Markings
FCC Class B–Pending
CE–Pending




