Komodo CLHS Frame Grabber
Key Features:
- Up to 8 CLHS links support
- PCIe Gen3 x8 Half-length card
- Multi-stream support
- Up to 144 Gb of DDR3 memory
- On-board 16 Gb DDR3 64bit wide
- On board image processing (DeBayer, Color correction and many more)
- DDR3 SODDIMM of up to 128 Gb
- Flexible machine I/O
- *Not recommended for new designs.
Please use next generation
Komodo II CLHS Frame Grabber instead
Ordering Codes:
KY-FGF-CLHS
Komodo CLHS is a high performance Camera Link HS Frame Grabber supporting CLHS X Protocol (10G) standard. The Komodo-CLHS is capable of receiving video streams using four SFP+ 10Gbps transceivers and a single QSFP+ 40Gbps optical interface. Each link supports standard X Protocol bitrates up to 10 Gbps. The board offers a flexible DDR3 memory system with up to 144 Gb of memory and 128 Gbps throughput. A high speed 8 lane Gen 3.0 PCI express interface allows fast data transfer between optical links and computer memory.
This CLHS Frame Grabber is ideally suited for industrial, defense and aerospace Machine Vision Systems and applications.
This product also provides GPIO for machine control signals, such as triggers, shaft encoders, exposure control and general I/O, which can be control aside video stream acquisition.
Product / Feature | Komodo Camera Link HS (CLHS) Frame Grabber |
Form Factor | PCI Express card |
Format | Standard profile, half length, 8-lane PCI Express card |
Cooling method | Air cooling, fan-cooled heatsink |
Mounting | For insertion in a standard height, 8-lane or higher, PCI Express card slot |
Connectors | Port 0 through 3 via 4x SFP+ Ports 4 through 7 via 1x QSFP+ Internal I/O connector in PCB 26-pin 2-row 0.1" pitch pin header with shrouding for I/O lines |
Lamp indicators | Ports 0 through 3 on bracket 4x bi-color red/green LEDs Camera Link HS Host connector indicator lamps per SFP+ Ports 4 through 7 on bracket 4x bi-color red/green LEDs Camera Link HS Host connector indicator lamps per QSFP+ FPGA Status indicators on PCB: - 4 Green LEDs - Active blinking indicator - PCIe link indicator - PCIe x8 link indicator - PCIe Gen3 link indicator |
Dimensions | L 167.65 mm x H 111.15 mm L 6.6 in x H 4.38 in |
Weight | 225gr |
Host bus | |
Standard | PCI Express 3.0 |
Link width | 8 lanes 1, 2 or 4 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 | 512 bytes |
DMA | • 32- and 64-bit • Scatter gather support • Phisical address support (GPU transfers) |
Peak delivery bandwidth | 7,880 MB/s |
Effective (sustained) delivery bandwidth | 6,710 MB/s (Host PC motherboard dependent) |
Power consumption | Typ. 16.8 W (3.8 W @ +3.3V, 13 W @ +12V), excluding camera and I/O power output |
Camera / video inputs | |
Interface standard(s) | Camera Link HS X 1.0 |
Connectors | 4x SFP+ CLHS-X 1x QSFP+ CLHS-X |
Status LEDs | 1 Camera Link HS Host connection status per SFP+ 4 Camera Link HS Host connection status per QSFP+ 4 System status LEDs |
Number of cameras | Up to 4 |
Number of links per single camera | Up to 1 |
Syncronisation between cameras | Yes |
Line-scan cameras supported | Yes |
Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate | 80 Gbit/s |
Supported CXP down-connection speeds | |
Supported CLHS speeds | 10 GT/s |
Number of data streams (per camera) | 1 data stream per camera |
Maximum stream packet size | |
PoCXP (Power over CoaXPress) | |
Camera types | • Area-scan cameras: - Gray-scale and color (RGB and Bayer CFA) - Single-tap (1X-1Y) progressive-scan • 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 trigerring from encoder or timer Support of external hardware trigger, with optional delay, filtering 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 and filtering. Support of trigerrring 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 strobed light sources. |
On-board processing | |
On-board memory | • 4 GB • Up to 16GByte SODIMM |
Bayer De-Mosaic | Full 16bit resulution • Bilinear 3x3 • Bilinear 3x2 for linescan with gradient correction |
Color Transformation | • Full 16bit resolution 18bit coefficiens 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 |
Data stream statistics | 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 aquired 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 LVCMOS 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 LVCMOS lines - 3.3V LVCMOS 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 constants: for DIN and TTLIO lines: 50 ns, 100 ns, 200 ns, 500 ns,1 µs for IIN lines: 500 ns, 1 µs, 2 µs, 5 µs, 10 µs |
Polarity control | Yes |
Encoders | 8 quadrature encoders with A/B and Z inputs 32bit position counter Forward and backeward counting Position trigger support Noise filtering |
Timers | 8 general purpose timers Configurable delay and duration 32bit accomulator |
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 syncronisation | |
Syncronisation | Precise area and linscan cameras syncronisation across different frame grabbers |
Software | |
Host PC Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7/10 32-bit and 64-bit versions Open source kernel driver Tested and precompiled for Ubuntu 16.04/18.04, RedHat 7.x, CentOS 7.x 64-bit versions Nvidia Xavier AGX |
Buffer management | Circular buffer support Accumulation of several frames/lines to single buffer to reduce CPU load CPU load DMA Buffer filling directly to system memory |
APIs | GenICam GenTL producer libraries C, Python and .NET bindings Compilers: x86 and x86_64 dynamic library designed to be used with ISO-compliant C runtime Allows for development of x86 and x86_64 applications Plug-in modules for Matlab, HALCON, Cognex and Labview |
GUI | Supported for Windows and Linux OS Multi camera display and configuration Flexible buffer queuing Image/video recording and playback |
Debugging capabilities | Event logging Statistics counters |
GenCam | Support of GenCam 2.4 and 3.0 Full camera and Frame Grabber parameters configuration |
Environmental conditions | |
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 | 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 |
Ordering Information | KY-FGF-CLHS |
Optional accessories | - GPIO Expansion bracket - DDR3 Extra memory SODIMM 2GB, 4GB, 8GB or 16GB - SFP+ and QSFP+ modules - Fiber cables |
Example System Block Diagram
The Komodo CLHS Frame Grabber supports multiple modes of configuration and system topology. Few of these are presented in following diagrams.
Single Camera Topology: Single, Dual or Quad CLHS links with 10Gb per link topology. Maximum throughput to PCIe of 55 Gb/sec. | ![]() |
Quad Camera Topology: Four Single CLHS links with 10Gb per link topology. Maximum throughput to PCIe of 55 Gb/sec. | ![]() |
- Komodo CLHS Frame Grabber
- Hardware user manual
- Software installation and documentation (Disk-on-Key)
- Fiber cables (optional)
- SPF+ and QSFP+ transceivers (optional)
- GPIO Extension Panel (optional)