
Key Features:
Ordering code: KY-FGK-III-CXP-2ch
Komodo III Dual CoaXPress is the best-in-class Frame Grabber, supporting the CoaXPress v2.1 standard. It can receive video streams from Dual CoaXPress v2.1 links in single or dual modes. It can also be used for simultaneous capture from multiple cameras. Each link supports standard CoaXPress v2.1 bitrates of up to 12.5 Gbps. These features make the Komodo III Dual CoaXPress ideally suited for industrial, defense and aerospace Machine Vision Systems and applications.
The Komodo III Dual CoaXPress can easily receive video streams on the CoaXPress links and transmit them to computer memory through the PCIe interface. This product also provides an external GPIO for machine control signals, such as triggers, timers, shaft encoders, exposure control and general I/O which can be controlled aside video stream acquisition. Our frame grabber uses standard Micro-BNC connectors as a CoaXPress v2.1 interface to the camera. It utilizes PCIe 3.0 x8 links for communication with Host PC for video uploading and configuration.
Mechanical | |
Form factor | PCI Express card |
Format | Standard profile, half length, 8-lane PCI Express card |
Cooling method | Passive, requires airflow |
Mounting | For insertion in a standard height, 8-lane or higher, PCI Express card slot |
Connectors | • Ports 1 through 2 via x2 Micro-BNC connectors for CoaXPress v2.1 interface • x1 I/O connector HD DB26 D-sub panel mount (26-pin 3-row) on front bracket • Auxiliary 6-pin PEG power socket 12 VDC power input (for PoCXP) on PCB |
Dimensions | 167.65 mm x 111.15 mm (6.6” x 4.4”) |
Weight | 284 g (10.0 oz) |
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 | 2,048 bytes |
DMA | • 64-bit addressing support • Scatter gather support • Physical address support (GPU transfers) |
Peak delivery bandwidth | 7,877 MB/s |
Effective (sustained) delivery bandwidth | 6,695 MB/s (Host PC dependent) |
Power consumption | 17 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 bicolor status LED per camera connector • 4 System status LEDs |
Number of cameras | Up to 2 |
Number of links per single camera | Up to 2 |
Number of streams per single camera | Up to 4 |
Total number of streams per frame grabber | Up to 4 |
Synchronization between cameras | Yes |
Line-scan cameras supported | Yes |
Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate | 25.0 Gbit/s |
Supported down-connection speeds | • 1.25 Gbit/s (CXP-1) • 2.5 Gbit/s (CXP-2) • 3.125 Gbit/s (CXP-3) • 5 Gbit/s (CXP-5) • 6.25 Gbit/s (CXP-6) • 10 Gbit/s (CXP-10) • 12.5 Gbit/s (CXP-12) |
Supported up-connection speeds | • Low-speed 20.83 Mbps (CXP-1 to CXP-6) • Low-speed 41.66 Mbps (CXP-10, CXP-12) |
Maximum stream packet size | 8,192 bytes |
Power over protocol | • PoCXP Safe Power • 13 W of 24 V DC regulated power per CoaXPress connector • PoCXP Device detection and automatic power-on • Overload and short-circuit protections • On-board 12 V to 24 V DC/DC converter • A +12 V 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 |
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 output line • Any I/O input line can be used to decode A/B and Z signals of a motion encoder • Any I/O input line can generate any trigger event • Any I/O input line can trigger a timer |
Electrical specifications | • Differential lines – LVDS compatible • TTL lines: 5 V TTL compliant • LVTTL lines: 3.3 V LVTTL compliant • Isolated lines: opto-isolated lines with voltage range up to 30 V |
Filter control | • Glitch removal filter for Encoders and Triggers • 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 • 32-bit position counter • Forward and backward counting • Position trigger support • Noise filtering |
Timers | • 4 general purpose timers • Configurable delay and duration • 32-bit accumulator |
Event reporting | • 64-bit 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 | Precise area and line-scan cameras synchronization across different frame grabbers |
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 |
On-Board Processing | |
On-board memory | 4 GB DDR4 |
Bayer De-Mosaic | • Full 16-bit resolution • Bilinear 3×3 • Bilinear 3×2 for linescan with gradient correction |
Color transformation | • Full 16-bit resolution 18-bit coefficients table • Color space conversion • Gain and Offset |
Decimation | Line skip |
Additional features | Unpacking of 10/12/14-bit to 16-bit LSB aligned |
Frame timestamp | 64-bit with 8 ns precision |
Data stream statistics | Measurement of: • Frame rate • CRC Errors • Received/Dropped frames • Received/Dropped packets • Test packets |
Event signaling and counting | The application software can be notified of the occurrence of various events: • Newly acquired buffers • I/O events • Timer events • Encoder events |
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 (Automatically 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) |
GenCam | • Support of GenCam 3.2 • Full camera and Frame Grabber parameters configuration |
Buffer management | • Circular buffer support • Accumulation of several frames/lines to single buffer to reduce CPU load • Flexible buffer queuing • DMA Buffer filling directly to system memory |
GUI | • Supported for Windows and Linux OS • Multi camera display and configuration • Image/video recording and playback |
Debugging capabilities | • Event logging • Statistics counters |
APIs | • GenCam, GenTL producer libraries, ANSI C, Python and NET bindings • 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 • Export straightforward, unified and easy-to-use API across all Grabber types • Include practical examples based on API functions, for supported language wrappers • Documentation include sample snippets for API usage |
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 |
Shock/Vibration | – |
Certifications | |
Electromagnetic – EMC standards | • The European Council EMC Directive 2004/108/EC • The United 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 | |
Part Number | KY-FGK-III-CXP-2ch |
Optional accessories | • CoaXPress cables |
Accessories Included | – |