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Key Features:
Ordering Code:
KY-FGK-801
Komodo is a best-in-class Frame Grabber supporting the CoaXPress standard and is certified by the Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA). The Komodo can receive video streams from up to 8 CoaXPress links in single, dual, quad, or octal modes. It is used for simultaneous capture from up to two quad-link cameras. Each link supports standard CoaXPress bitrates up to 6.25 Gbps. This CoaXPress Frame Grabber is ideally suited for industrial, defense, and aerospace Machine Vision Systems and applications.
The Komodo can easily receive video streams on the CoaXPress links and transmit them to computer memory through the PCIe interface. This product also provides GPIO for machine control signals, such as triggers, shaft encoders, exposure control, and general I/O, which can be controlled aside from video stream acquisition. The Komodo uses standard DIN connectors as a CoaXPress interface to the camera and standard 100 mil headers for general-purpose I/O. The Frame Grabber utilizes PCIe Gen3 x8 links for communication with Host PC for video uploading and configuration.
| Product / Feature | Komodo CoaXPress Frame Grabber with 8 channels |
| 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 | Ports 0 through 7 on bracket 8x DIN 1.0/2.3 female connectors CoaXpress host interface Internal I/O connector 1 in PCB 26-pin 2-row 0.1″ pitch pin header with shrouding for I/O lines Internal I/O connector 2 in PCB 26-pin 2-row 0.1″ pitch pin header with shrouding for I/O lines Auxiliary power input (PoCXP) on PCB 6-pin PEG power socket 12 VDC power input for PoCXP camera(s) |
| Lamp indicators | Ports 0 through 7 on bracket 8x bi-color red/green LEDs CoaXPress Host connector indicator lamps 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 | • 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) | CoaXPress 1.0 and 1.1 |
| Connectors | 8x DIN1.0/2.3 CXP-6 |
| 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 |
| Syncronisation between cameras | Yes |
| Line-scan cameras supported | Yes |
| Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate | 50 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) |
| Number of data streams (per camera) | 1 data stream per camera |
| Maximum stream packet size | 8,192 bytes |
| PoCXP (Power over CoaXPress) | • PoCXP Safe Power: • 14 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 auxilary poewer input connector |
| 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 | • 2 GB • Up to 16GByte SODIMM |
| Bayer De-Mosaic | Full 16bit resulution • Bilinear 3×3 • Bilinear 3×2 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 | 40 I/O lines: 4 differential inputs 4 differential outputs 8 singled-ended TTL inputs/outputs 8 singled-ended LVCMOS inputs/outputs 8 opto-isolated inputs 8 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 10 64-bit versions Open source Linux kernel driver Tested and precompiled for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04 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_64 dynamic library designed to be used with ISO-compliant C runtime Allows for development of 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 | Supports GenICam 3.2 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-FGK-801 |
| Optional accessories | • DDR3 Extra memory SODIMM 2GB, 4GB, 8GB or 16GB |
Example System Block Diagram
The Komodo Frame Grabber supports multiple modes of configuration and system topology. Few of these are presented in following diagrams.
Dual Camera Topology:
Two Single, Dual or Quad CoaXPress links with up to 6.25 Gb per link topology.
Maximum throughput to PCIe of 55 Gb/sec.
Quad Camera Topology:
Four Single or Dual CoaXPress links with up to 6.25 Gb per link topology.
Maximum throughput to PCIe of 55 Gb/sec.
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