Komodo III Octo CoaXPress 12G Frame Grabber

$ 2250
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Features

• Octal CoaXPress links support
• Up to 8 Multi-streams
• PCI Express card
• PCIe 3.0 x16 bus
• 4 GB DDR4 frame buffer
• Camera controls and triggers
• Link Status LED indication
• Flexible GPIO interface:
– 4 TTL configurable I/Os
– 4 LVTTL configurable I/Os
– 2 LVDS inputs
– 2 LVDS outputs
– 4 opto-isolated inputs
– 4 opto-isolated outputs
– 4 quadrature rotary encoders
– Integrated strobe controller
– 4 timers
CoaXPress v2.1 compliant
• Power over CoaXPress with 13 W per link
• Multiple camera synchronization
• Multiple Frame Grabbers synchronization
• Micro-BNC connectors for CoaXPress links
• GUI Interface
• Supporting Windows, Linux OS and Nvidia Jetpack
• API for custom application development
• Plug-in modules for Matlab, HALCON, Cognex and
Labview
• Gen<i>Cam compliant
• GenTL support
• Data rates up to 12.5 Gbps per link
• Transfer rates of up to 13,391 MB/s
• 0°C to +50°C operating environment temperatures

Ordering Code:

KY-FGK-III-CXP-8ch

Komodo is best in class Frame Grabber supporting CoaXPress standard. The Komodo can receive video streams from up to 8 CoaXPress links in single, dual, quad, or octal modes. It can be used for simultaneous capture from multiple cameras. Each link supports standard CoaXPress bitrates up to 12.5 Gbps. This CoaXPress Frame Grabber is ideally suited for industrial, defense, and aerospace Machine Vision Systems and applications.

Specifications

Product Name Komodo III CoaXPress 12G Frame Grabber with 8 channels
Form Factor PCI Express card
Format Standard profile, half length, 16-lane PCI Express card
Cooling method Passive, requires airflow
Mounting For insertion in a standard height, 16-lane or higher, PCI Express card  slot
Connectors • Ports 1 through 8 via x8 Micro-BNC connectors for CoaXPress v2.1
interface
• x1 I/O connector 26-pin 2-row 0.1” pitch pin header with shrouding on
board
• Auxiliary 6-pin PEG power socket 12 VDC power input (for PoCXP) on
PCB
Dimensions L 167.65 mm x H 111.16 mm
L 6.6 in x H 4.38 in
Weight 293g
Host bus Standard PCI Express 3.0
Link width • 16 lanes
• 1, 2, 4 or 8 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 2048 bytes
DMA 64-bit
Scatter gather support
Physical address support (GPU transfers)
Peak delivery bandwidth 15,754 MB/s
Effective (sustained), delivery bandwidth 13,391 MB/s (Host PC motherboard dependent)
Power consumption 33 W, excluding camera and I/O power output
Camera / Video Inputs
Interface standard(s) CoaXPress v2.1 (CoaXPress 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1 and 2.0 backward
compatible)
Status LEDs 1 CoaXPress Host connection status per connector
4 System status LEDs
Number of cameras Up to 8
Number of links, per single camera Up to 8
Synchronization between cameras Yes
Line-scan cameras supported Yes
Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate 100.0 Gbit/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)
6.25 GT/s (CXP-6)
10 GT/s (CXP-10)
12.5 GT/s (CXP-12)
Maximum stream packet size 8,192 bytes
PoCXP (Power over CoaXPress) PoCXP Safe Power
13 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
Camera types Area-scan cameras:
• Gray-scale and color (RGB and Bayer CFA)
• Single-tap (1X-1Y) progressive-scan
• Single-tap (1X-1Y) interlaced
Line-scan cameras:
• Gray-scale and color RGB
Camera pixel formats supported Raw, Monochrome, Bayer, RGB, YUV, YCbCr and RGBA (PFNC names):
• Raw
• 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
• YUV411 8, YUV411 10, YUV411 12, YUV411 14, YUV411 16
• YUV422 8, YUV422 10, YUV422 12, YUV422 14, YUV422 16
• YUV444 8, YUV444 10, YUV444 12, YUV444 14, YUV444 16
• YCbCr601 411 8, YCbCr601 411 10, YCbCr601 411 12,
YCbCr601 411 14, YCbCr601 411 16
• YCbCr601 422 8, YCbCr601 422 10, YCbCr601 422 12,
YCbCr601 422 14,YCbCr601 422 16
• YCbCr601 444 8, YCbCr601 444 10, YCbCr601 444 12,
YCbCr601 444 14, YCbCr601 444 16
Area-scan camera control
Trigger Precise control of asynchronous reset cameras, with exposure control.
Support of camera exposure/readout overlap.
Support of triggering from encoder or timer
Support of external hardware trigger, with optional delay, filtering and trigger decimation.
Strobe Accurate control of the strobe position for strobe 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 and filtering.
Support of triggering from encoder.
Support of infinite acquisition, without missing lines.
Line trigger Support for quadrature motion encoders, with programmable filters, selection of acquisition direction and backward motion compensation.
Line strobe Accurate control of the strobe position for strobe light sources.
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 and filtering.
Support of triggering from encoder.
Support of infinite acquisition, without missing lines.
Line trigger Support for quadrature motion encoders, with programmable filters, selection of acquisition direction and backward motion compensation.
Line strobe Accurate control of the strobe position for strobe light sources.
On-board processing
On-board memory 4 GB DDR4
Bayer De-Mosaic Full 16bit resolution
Bilinear 3×3
Bilinear 3×2 for linescan with gradient correction
Color Transformation Full 16bit resolution 18bit coefficients table
Color space conversion
Gain and Offset
Decimation Line skip
Additional features Unpacking of 10-/12-/14-bit to 16-bit with justification to LSB
Frame Timestamp 64bit with 8ns precision
Frame Timestamp Measurement of:
Frame/Line rate
CRC Errors
Dropped frames
Received packets
Test packets
Event signaling and counting The application software can be notified of the occurrence of various events:
Newly acquired buffers
Camera and Illumination control events
I/O events
Timer events
Encoder events
General Purpose Inputs and Outputs
Number of lines 20 I/O lines:
2 differential inputs
2 differential outputs
4 singled-ended TTL inputs/outputs
4 singled-ended LVTTL inputs/outputs
4 opto-isolated inputs
4 opto-isolated outputs
Usage Any System I/O input lines can be connected to any I/O line
Any I/O line can be used to decode A/B and Z signals of a motion encoder
Any I/O line can generate any trigger event
Any I/O line can trigger a timer
Electrical specifications Differential lines – LVDS compatible
TTL lines – 5V TTL compliant
LVTTL lines – 3.3V LVTTL compliant
Isolated lines – opto isolated lines with voltage range up to 30V
Filter control Glitch removal filter available on all System I/O input lines
Configurable filter time between 0 μs and 34 ms
Filter time resolution of 8 ns
Polarity control Yes
Encoders 4 quadrature encoders with A/B and Z inputs
32bit position counter
Forward and backward counting
Position trigger support
Noise filtering
Timers 4 general purpose timers
Configurable delay and duration
32bit accumulator
Event reporting 64bit system timestamp event reporting
Each I/O line can generate event on configurable edge
Each Timer can generate event
Each encoder can generate event
Frame grabber synchronization
Synchronization Precise area and linescan cameras synchronization across different frame grabbers
Software
Host PC Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit version
Microsoft Windows 11 64-bit version
Signed and certified kernel driver supporting Windows 10 and 11
Source code Linux kernel driver (Automaticlly compiled during
installation)
Tested for Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04 versions
Nvidia Xavier AGX (Jetpack 5.1.1 and 4.6.1)
Nvidia Orin AGX (Jetpack 5.1.1)
Buffer management Circular buffer support
Flexible buffer queuing
Accumulation of several frames/lines to single buffer to reduce CPU load
DMA Buffer filling directly to system memory
Gen<i>Cam Support of Gen<i>Cam 3.2
Full camera and frame grabber parameters configuration
GUI Supported for Windows and Linux OS
Multicamera display and configuration
Image/video recording and playback
Debugging capabilities Event logging
Statistics counters
Environmental conditions
Operating ambient air temperature 0°C to +50°C / +32°F to +122 °F
Operating ambient air humidity 10% to 90% RH non-condensing
Storage ambient air temperature -20°C to +70°C / -4°F to +158°F
Storage ambient air humidity 10% to 90% RH non-condensing
Certifications
Electromagnetic – EMC standards The European Council EMC Directive 2004/108/EC
The Unites States FCC rule 47 CFR 15
EMC – Emission EN 55022:2010 Class B
FCC 47 Part 15 Class B
EMC – Immunity EN 55024:2010 Class B
EN 61000-4-3
EN 61000-4-4
EN 61000-4-6
Flammability PCB compliant with UL 94 V-0
RoHS Compliant with the European Union Directive 2011/65/EU (ROHS2)
REACH Compliant with the European Union Regulation No 1907/2006
WEEE Must be disposed of separately from normal household waste and must be recycled according to
local regulations
Ordering Information KY-FGK-III-CXP-8ch
Optional accessories GPIO Expansion bracket

Block diagram

 

Example System Block Diagram

The Komodo Frame Grabber supports multiple modes of configuration and system topology. Few of these are presented in following diagrams.

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