CoaXPress frame grabbers for small vision systems in aerospace and robotics uses introduced by BitFlow
WOBURN, Mass. – BitFlow Inc. in Woburn, Mass., is introducing a single-link version of the company's Claxon series of high-performance CoaXPress CXP-12 frame grabbers for aerospace, scientific, robotics, and high-speed linescan inspection applications.
The frame grabbers transfers image data from a CoaXPress (CXP)-interfaced camera to the host memory at speeds as fast as 12.5 gigabits per second, and provides developers of small, complex vision systems with a deterministic zero-latency pipeline.
The frame grabber takes advantage of a half-size PCI Express expansion bus and StreamSync DMA to deliver the sustained bandwidth necessary to support acquisition from one of the new generation single-link CXP-12 cameras. Cameras are plug-and-play with automatic link speed and camera parameter detection.
The Claxon CXP1 has an uplink interface as fast as 41.6 megabits per second, and further simplifies integration by supplying 13 Watts of safe Power over CoaXPress (PoCXP) -- all on one coaxial cable using micro-BNC connectors.
Unlike USB3, Camera Link, or other interfaces that rely on passive cable lengths of a few meters or less, the Claxon CXP1 frame grabber supports a 40-meter maximum cable length without the use of a repeater that could jeopardize signal integrity. Fanless passive cooling ensures extended use of the frame grabber without maintenance.
Claxon CXP1 frame grabbers come with BitFlow's software development kit to help developers configure their vision systems. The kit contains applications, utilities, and libraries, and supports 32- and 64-bit Windows and Linux.
Drivers for third-party applications are available, such as LabView, VisionPro, and HALCON. For more information contact BitFlow online at www.bitflow.com.
