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♦ Frame Grabbers

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the CameraLink frame grabber
microEnable

camera frequency up to 50 MHz clock rate

area cameras up to 4Kx4K pixels

line cameras up to 16K pixels

over 100 MByte/s continous data transfer rate to user-memory

framerate up to 10.000 f/s

See also microEnable product line

microEnable III Technical featuresrs

General features
· Exploitation of the complete physical memory
· Multiprocessor-capability
· Multi PCI-bus capability (only limited by numbers of available PCI-busses)
· Programming of individual solutions by direct access to FPGA-coprocessor

Hardware features
· Intelligent frame grabber with image processor
· Xilinx Spartan 2 FPGA processor
· PCI 64-bit /66 MHz interface
· 96 MByte SDRAM memory onboard

Pre-processing features
· Integrated image pre-processing applets: (special features are applet depending)
· Dual greyscale area cameras operation mode
· 10 to 8 bit LookUp table (LUT)
· 2D Shading correction for area cameras
· "Fixed pattern noise" suppression for CMOS cameras
· Realtime display and calculation of Bayer-filter cameras (with white balance)
· 1D Shading correction for line cameras
· additional image preprocessing on demand

CameraLink features
· 2 x CameraLink interfaces
· 2 x BASE or 1 x MEDIUM configurations
· All Multi-Tap modes
· Simultaneous run of two cameras in dual operation mode
· Independent operation and control of cameras
· Asynchronous image recording in triggered mode
· Seperated framebuffers

Software features
· Software development kit (SDK)
· Diagnostic tools for a quick and uncomplicated overview of operational functionality and benchmarking of the system
· microDisplay for previewing and acquiring of camera sequences

Performance data
· Camera frequency up to 85 MHz clock rate
· Area cameras up to 8Kx4K pixels
· Line cameras up to 16K pixels
· Over 200 MByte/s continous datatransfer rate to user-memory
· Framerate up to 10.000 f/s

microEnable III - the CameraLink frame grabber
microEnable III and microEnable III-XXL are 64 bits/66 MHz frame grabber cards which stand out due to highest performance and efficiency. The modern PCI-64 bus enables a four times higher data transfer between PCI-periphery and mainboard. microEnable III product line prevents data transfer bottlenecks by this technology, however, remains compatible to PCI 32 standard computers.

Constant data transfer rates of over 200 MByte also guarantee the use of current high speed cameras. microEnable III is therefore suitable ideally as solution for time-critical tasks, particularly at the use of two cameras or for the acquiring of image sequences with a very high frame rate or very high resolution. Its onboard memory of 96 MByte SDRAM enables an acquiring of images without dropped frames. microEnable III is optimized for the two camera mode and the real time image pre-processing.

The integrated image pre-processing enables the relief of the main processor and guarantee a real.time ability in the execution of applications at the same time. As intelligent frame grabber it enables an efficient adaptation to new applications and camera specifications by additional programming of its integrated processor.

Why the specialization on CameraLink?
The CameraLink technology offers the combination from highest efficiency and simple system integration. The specification enables a data transfer of up to 250 MByte/sec. over one single cable. At two cables even till almost 700 MByte/sec. It is therefore the ideal interface for high speed cameras of the today's and the next generation.
Besides the image data both the camera trigger and the configuration are transferred on a standardized cable. One single cable suffices. This is moreover also extremely flexible because of the serial transmitting. Together with the standardized software interface CameraLink enables a simple and elegant integration into your application.
The microEnable frame grabber allows the operation of CameraLink cameras in BASE mode (1 cable up to 250 MByte/sec.) or MEDIUM mode (2 cables up to 500 MByte/sec.). The synchronous operation of two cameras are also able in addition.

The microEnable III frame grabber uses the coprocessor of the Xilinx Spartan2 FPGA series, owns two CameraLink connectors, a trigger hardware connector and a further hardware connector for optional signal inputs and outputs.

microEnable product line

Product	Interface	CamClock	#Cameras	Format	PCI	Onboard Memory
microEnable-I	RS-422	40 MHz	2	16 Bit	32 Bit	2 MB
	LVDS	40 MHz	2	16 Bit	32 Bit	2 MB
	CL	66 MHz	2	all Base	32 Bit	2 MB
microEnable-II	LVDS	50 MHz	2	16 Bit	32 Bit	128 MB ( -512 MB)
microEnable-II	CL	66 MHz	2	all Base	32 Bit	128 MB ( -512 MB)
microEnable-III	CL	85 MHz	2	all Base Medium	364 Bit	96 MB