FireBird Camera Link Frame Grabber applying Active Silicon’s unique DMA Engine technology, “ActiveDMA,” . This is to ensure maximum performance. This technological breakthrough uses RISC processor approaches to ensure zero CPU intervention, high-speed, and low-latency image data transfers.

At clock speeds up to 85 MHz, FireBird implements the current version 2.1 Camera Link specification, which includes both 80-bit modes: 8-bit 10-tap and 10-bit 8-tap modes — often referred to as Camera Link “Deca.”

ActiveSDK, Active Silicon’s software development kit, supports ireBird. This can be purchased separately and enables for quick system development and integration. It includes complete example programmes and optimised libraries, as well as support for a range of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and QNX, via a single API. Drivers for third-party applications like as Cognex VisionPro, HALCON, Common Vision Blox, StreamPix, LabVIEW, and others are also available. The libraries also offer general-purpose functions for picture modification and display, in addition to hardware control operations. ActiveSDK is described in depth in a separate datasheet.