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Komodo III Quad CoaXPress over Fiber

Features

Quad CoaXPress-over-Fiber (CoF) links support
Up to 4 Multi-streams
PCI Express card
PCIe 3.0 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
CoaXPress-over-Fiber (CoF) v2.1 compliant
Multiple camera synchronization
Multiple Frame Grabbers synchronization
SFP+ connectors for CoaXPress-over-Fiber (CoF) links
GUI Interface
Supporting Windows, Linux OS and Nvidia Jetpack
API for custom application development
Plug-in modules for Matlab, HALCON, Cognex and Labview
GeniCam compliant
GenTL support
Data rates up to 10.3125 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 CoaXPress-over-Fiber (CoF) v2.1 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	16.8 W, excluding camera and I/O power output
Camera / Video Inputs
Interface standard(s)	CoaXPress-over-Fiber (CoF) v2.1
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