Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF
Four-connection CoaXPress CXP-12 frame grabber

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Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF

The Highlight Features
- Four CoaXPress CXP-12 connections and four Data Forwarding outputs: 5,000 MB/s camera bandwidth
- PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x8 bus: 6,700 MB/s bus bandwidth
- Feature-rich set of 10 digital I/O lines
- Extensive camera control functions
- Memento Event Logging Tool
Benefits
- PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x8 bus
- Acquire images from the fastest and highest resolution cameras
- Long cable support
- Power over CoaXPress
- Use standard coaxial cables
- Micro-BNC (HD-BNC™) connectors for reliable connection
- Memento Event Logging Tool
- Direct GPU transfer
- Compliant with GenICam
- Windows, Linux and macOS drivers available
Applications
- Machine Vision for the Electronic Manufacturing Industry
- Machine Vision for the General Manufacturing Industries
- Machine Vision for the Printing Industry
- Video Acquisition and Recording

| Model | Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF |
|---|---|
| Cooling method | Air cooling, fan-cooled heatsink |
| Mounting | For insertion in a standard height, 8-lane or higher, PCI Express card slot |
| Connectors | A', 'B', 'C', 'D' on bracket: 4x Micro BNC female connectors CoaXPress host interface 'FA', 'FB', 'FC', 'FD' on bracket: 4x Micro BNC female connectors CoaXpress data forwarding interface 'INTERNAL I/O 1' on PCB: 26-pin 2-row 0.1" pitch pin header with shrouding I/O lines and power output 'I/O EXTENSION' on PCB: 26-pin 2-row 0.05" pitch pin header with shrouding 'AUXILIARY POWER INPUT' on module: 6-pin PEG power socket 12 VDC power input for PoCXP camera(s) and I/O 'C2C-LINK' on module: 6-pin 2-row 0.1-in header Card to card link |
| LED indicators | A', 'B', 'C', 'D' on bracket: Bi-color red/green LEDs CoaXPress Host connector indicator 'FPGA STATUS LAMP' on PCB: Bi-color red/green LED FPGA status indicator 'BOARD STATUS LAMP' on PCB: Bi-color red/green LED Board status indicator |
| Switches | RECOVERY' on PCB: 2-way DIP switch Firmware emergency recovery |
| Dimensions | PCB L X H: 167.65 mm x 111.15 mm, 6.6 in x 4.38 in |
| Weight | Net weight: 188g, 6.63 oz Gross weight: 286 g,10.1 oz |
| Standard | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Link width | 8 lanes 1 lane, 2 lanes 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 | 512 bytes |
| DMA | 32- and 64-bit |
| Peak delivery bandwidth | 7,800 MB/s |
| Effective (sustained) delivery bandwidth | 6,700 MB/s (Host PC motherboard dependent) |
| Power consumption | Typ. 17.6 W (3.6 W @ +3.3V,14 W @ +12V), excluding camera and I/O power output |
| Interface standard(s) | CoaXPress 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1 and 2.0 |
| Connectors | Four micro-BNC 75 Ohms (also known as HD-BNC™) CXP-12 |
| Status LEDs | One CoaXPress Host connection status LED per connection |
| Number of cameras | Area-scan cameras: One 1- or 2- or 4-connection camera Line-scan cameras: One 1- or 2- or 4-connection camera |
| Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate | 50 Gbit/s (5,000 MB/s) |
| Supported CXP down-connection speeds | 1.25 GT/s (CXP-1), 2.5 GT/s (CXP-2), 3.125 GT/s (CXP-3), 5 GT/s (CXP-5), 6.25 GT/s (CXP-6), 10.0 GT/s (CXP-10), and 12.5 GT/s (CXP-12) |
| Supported CXP up-connection speeds | Low-speed 20.83... Mbps (CXP-1 to CXP-6) Low-speed 41.66... Mbps (CXP-10, CXP-12) |
| Number of CXP data streams (per camera) | 1 data stream per camera |
| Maximum CXP stream packet size | 16,384 bytes |
| PoCXP (Power over CoaXPress) | PoCXP Safe Power: 17 W of 24V DC regulated power per CoaXPress connector PoCXP Device detection and automatic power-on Overload and short-circuit protections On-board 12V to 24V DC/DC converter A +12V power source must be connected to the AUXILIARY POWER INPUT connector using a 6-pin PEG cable |
| Camera types | Area-scan cameras: Grayscale and color (YCbCr, YUV, RGB and Bayer CFA) Single-tap (1X-1Y) progressive-scan Line-scan cameras and contact imaging sensors: Grayscale and color RGB |
| Camera pixel formats supported | 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 YCbCr601_422_8, YCbCr601_422_10 YCbCr709_422_8, YCbCr709_422_10 YUV422_8, YUV422_10 Raw |
| Data forwarding output port | 4 x 12.5 Gbit/s NOTE: Only compatible with 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF inputs |
| Area-scan camera control | |
| Trigger | Precise control of asynchronous reset cameras, with exposure control. Support of camera exposure/readout overlap. Support of external hardware trigger, with optional delay and trigger decimation. |
| Strobe | Accurate control of the strobe position for strobed 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. Support of infinite acquisition, without missing line, for web inspection applications. |
| Line trigger | Support for quadrature motion encoders, with programmable noise filters, selection of acquisition direction and backward motion compensation. Rate Converter tool for fine control of the pixel aspect ratio: Rate Conversion Ratio in the range 0.001 to 1000 with an accuracy better than 0.1%. Rate Divider tool |
| Line strobe | Accurate control of the strobe position for strobed light sources. |
| On-board memory | 4 GB |
| Image data stream processing | Unpacking of 10-/12-/14-bit to 16-bit with selectable justification to LSb or MSb Optional swap of R and B components Little endian conversion |
| Flat-field correction | Only available with the '1-camera,line-scan' and '1-df-camera, line-scan' firmware variants |
| Input LUT (Lookup Table) | Monochrome 8-bit to 8-bit transformation Monochrome 10-bit to 8-, 10- or 16-bit transformations Monochrome 12-bit to 8-, 12- or 16-bit transformations |
| Bayer CFA to RGB decoder | Only on'1-camera' and '1-df-camera' firmware variants: 3x3 linear interpolation method (Method 1) 3x3 median-based interpolation method (Method 2) 5x5 gradient-based interpolation (Method 3) |
| Data stream statistics | Measurement of: Frame rate (Area-scan only) Line rate Data rate Configurable averaging interval |
| Event signaling and counting | The application software can be notified of the occurrence of various events: Standard event: the EVENT_NEW_BUFFER event notifies the application of newly filled buffers A large set of custom events Custom events sources: I/O Toolbox events Camera and Illumination control events CoaXPress data stream events CoaXPress host interface events Each custom event is associated with a 32-bit counter that counts the number of occurrences The last three 32-bit context data words of the event context data can be configured with event-specific context data: Event-specific data State of all System I/O lines sampled at the event occurrence time Value of any event counter |
| Number of lines | 10 I/O lines: 2 differential inputs (DIN) 2 singled-ended TTL inputs/outputs (TTLIO) 4 isolated inputs (IIN) 2 isolated outputs (IOUT) |
| Usage | Any I/O input lines can be used by any LIN tool of the I/O Toolbox Selected pairs of I/O input lines can be used by any QDC tool of the I/O toolbox to decode A/B signals of a motion encoder |
| Electrical specifications | DIN: High-speed differential inputs, up to 5 MHz, compatible with ANSI/EIA/TIA-422/485 differential line drivers and complementary TTL drivers TTLIO: High-speed 5V-compliant TTL inputs or LVTTL outputs, compatible with totem-pole LVTTL, TTL, 5V CMOS drivers or LVTTL, TTL, 3V CMOS receivers IIN: 200 kHz isolated current-sense input with wide voltage input range up to 30V, compatible with totem-pole (push-pull) HTL drivers, 5V TTL/RS-422 differential line drivers, 5V CMOS drivers, potential free contacts, solid-state relays and opto-couplers IOUT: Isolated contact outputs compatible with 30V / 100mA loads NOTE: IIN and IOUT lines provide a functional isolation grade for the circuit technical protection. It does not provide an isolation that can protect a human being from electrical shock! |
| Filter control | Glitch removal filter available on all System I/O input lines Configurable filter time constants: for DIN and TTLIO lines: 50 ns, 100 ns, 200 ns, 500 ns, 1 µs for IIN lines: 500 ns, 1 µs, 2 µs, 5 µs, 10 µs |
| Polarity control | Yes |
| Power output | Non-isolated, +12V, 1A, with electronic fuse protection |
| I/O Toolbox tools | The I/O Toolbox is a configurable interconnection of tools that generates events (usually triggers): Line Input tool (LIN): edge detector delivering events on rising or falling edges of any selected input line. Quadrature Decoder tool (QDC): a composite tool including: A quadrature edge detector delivering events on selected transitions of selected pairs of input lines. An optional backward motion compensator for clean line-scan image acquisition when the motion is unstable. A 32-bit up/down counter for delivering a position value. Device Link Trigger tool (DLT): delivers an event on reception of a valid high-speed CoaXPress 2.0 connection trigger packet message from the remote device. User Actions Scheduler tool (UAS): to delegate the execution of 'User Actions' at a scheduled time or encoder position. Possible user actions include setting low/high/toggle any bit of the User Output Register or generation of any User Events. Delay tool (DEL): to delay up to 16 events from one or two I/O toolbox event sources, by a programmable time or number of motion encoder ticks (any QDC events). Divider tool (DIV): to generate an event every nth input events from any I/O toolbox event source. Multiplier/divider tool (MDV): to generate m events every d input events from any I/O toolbox event source. The 'Input Tools' (LIN, QDC, DLT and UAS) can be further processed by the 'Event Tools' (DEL, DIV and MDV) to generate any of the following "trigger" events: The "cycle trigger" of the Camera and Illumination controller The "cycle sequence trigger" of the Camera and Illumination controller The "start-of-scan trigger" of the Acquisition Controller (line-scan only) The "end-of-scan trigger" of the Acquisition Controller (line-scan only) |
| I/O Toolbox composition | 8 LIN, 1 QDC, 2 DLT, 1 UAS, 2 DEL, 1 DIV, 1 MDV, 3 C2C |
| C2C-Link | |
| Description | Accurate synchronization of the trigger and the start-of-exposure of multiple grabber-controlled area-scan cameras. Accurate synchronization of the start-of-cycle, start-of-scan and end-of-scan of multiple grabber-controlled line-scan cameras. |
| Specification | C2C-Link synchronizes cameras connected to: the same card to different cards in the same PC (requires an accessory cable such as the "3303 C2C-Link Ribbon Cable" or a custom-made C2C-Link cable) to different cards in different PCs (requires one "1636 InterPC C2C-Link Adapter" for each PC and one RJ 45 CAT 5 STP straight LAN cable for each adapter but the last one) Maximum distance: 60 cm inside a PC 1200 m cumulated adapter to adapter cable length Maximum trigger rate: 2.5 MHz for configurations using a single PC, or up to 10 PCs and 100 m total C2C-Link cable length 200 kHz for configurations up to 32 PCs and 1200m total C2C-Link cable length Trigger propagation delay from master to slave devices: Less than 10 ns for cameras on the same card or on different cards in the same PC Less than 265 ns for cameras on different cards in different PCs (3 PCs and 40m total C2C-Link cable length) |
| Software | |
| Host PC Operating System | Microsoft Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 7 for x86-64 (64-bit) processor architecture Linux for x86-64 (64-bit) and AArch64 (64-bit) processor architectures macOS for x86-64 (64-bit) and AArch64 (64-bit) processor architectures |
| APIs | EGrabber class, with C++ and .NET APIs: .NET assembly designed to be used with development environments compatible with .NET frameworks version 4.0 or higher GenICam GenTL producer libraries compatible with C/C++ compilers: 'x86_64' dynamic library designed to be used with ISO-compliant C/C++ compilers for the development of x86-64 (64-bit) applications 'aarch64' dynamic library designed to be used with ISO-compliant C/C++ compilers for the development of AArch64 (64-bit) applications |
| Environmental conditions | |
| Operating ambient air temperature | 0 °C to +55 °C / +32 °F to +131 °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 | European Council EMC Directive 2014/30/EU United States FCC rule 47 CFR 15 |
| EMC - Emission | EN 55032:2015 / CISPR 32:2012 Class A FCC 47 Part 15 Class A |
| EMC - Immunity | EN 55035:2017 / CISPR 35:2016 EN 61000-6-2:2005 / IEC 61000-6-2:2016 EN 61000-4-2:2009 EN 61000-4-3:2006 EN 61000-4-4:2004 EN 61000-4-6:2014 |
| KC Certification | Korean Radio Waves Act, Article 58-2, Clause 3 |
| Flammability | PCB compliant with UL 94 V-0 |
| RoHS | European Union Directive 2015/863 (ROHS3) |
| REACH | European Union Regulation 1907/2006 |
| WEEE | Must be disposed of separately from normal household waste and must be recycled according to local regulations |



