Komodo III Quad Camera Link High Speed compatible
Features
- Quad Camera Link High Speed compatible links support
- Up to 4 Multi-streams
- PCI Express card
- PCIe 0 x8 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
- Camera Link High Speed compatible 2 compliant
- Multiple camera synchronization
- Multiple Frame Grabbers synchronization
- SFP+ connectors for Camera Link High Speed compatible 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 3125 Gbps per link
- Transfer rates of up to 6,695 MB/s
- 0°C to +50°C operating environment temperatures
Specifications
| 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 4 via x4 SFP+ connectors for Camera Link High Speed compatible v1.2 interface | |
| • x1 I/O connector 26-pin 2-row 0.1” pitch pin header with shrouding on | ||
| board | ||
| Dimensions | 167.65 mm x 111.15 mm (6.6” x 4.4”) | |
| Weight | 250 g (8.8 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 | 16 W, excluding camera and I/O power output | |
| Camera / Video Inputs | ||
| Interface standard(s) | Camera Link High Speed compatible v1.2 | |
| Status LEDs | • 1 bicolor status LED per camera connector | |
| • 4 System status LEDs | ||
| Number of cameras | Up to 4 | |
| Number of links per single camera | Up to 4 | |
| 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 | 41.3 Gbit/s | |
| Supported down-connection speeds | • 10.3125 Gbit/s | |
| Supported up-connection speeds | • 10.3125 Gbit/s | |
| Maximum stream packet size | 8,192 bytes | |
| Power over protocol | – | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| On-Board Processing | ||
| On-board memory | 4 GB DDR4 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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) | ||
| Gen<i>Cam | • Support of Gen<i>Cam 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 | • Gen<i>Cam, 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 | |
| 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 | |
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