Grablink Express
Frame grabber for one base-configuration PoCL Camera Link camera
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Grablink Express
At a glance
- For one Camera Link Base configuration camera
- Directly compatible with hundreds of Camera Link cameras available on the market
- Supports PoCL, Power over Camera Link
- PCIe x1 bus
- 32-MByte on board memory
- Feature-rich set of 9 digital IO lines
Benefits
- Directly compatible with hundreds of Camera Link cameras available on the market
- General purpose I/O lines
- High-performance DMA (Direct Memory Access)
- Flexible line-scan camera operation with the rate converter
- Windows and Linux 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 | Grablink Express |
|---|---|
| Mechanical | |
| Format | Standard profile, half length, 1-lane PCI Express card |
| Cooling method | Air-cooling, fanless |
| Mounting | For insertion in a standard height, 1-lane or higher, PCI Express card slot |
| Connectors | • 'CAMERA LINK' on bracket: – 26-position Mini Delta Ribbon (MDR) socket – Camera Link connector • 'SYSTEM' on bracket: – 26-pin 3-row high-density male sub-D connector – I/O lines and power output • 'SYSTEM' on PCB: – 26-pin 2-row 0.1" pitch pin header with shrouding – I/O lines and power output • 'CAMERA POWER INPUT' on module: – 4-pin MOLEX power socket – 12 VDC power input for PoCL camera |
| Dimensions | L 168 mm x H 111 mm L 6.61 in x 4.37 in |
| Weight | 98 g, 3.46 oz |
| Host bus | |
| Standard | PCI Express 1.0 |
| Link width | 1 lane |
| Link speed | 2.5 GT/s (PCIe 1.0) |
| DMA | 32-bit |
| Peak delivery bandwidth | 256 MB/s |
| Effective (sustained) delivery bandwidth | 180 MB/s (Host PC motherboard dependent) |
| Power consumption | Max. 5.35 W (500 mA @ +3.3V, 300 mA @ +12V), excluding I/O power output |
| Camera / video inputs | |
| Interface standard(s) | Camera Link |
| Connectors | One Mini Delta Ribbon (MDR) Camera Link (CL) |
| Number of cameras | One Base camera |
| Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate | 2.04 Gbit/s (255 MB/s) |
| Camera Link configuration | Base |
| Camera Link clock frequency | From 20 MHz up to 85 MHz |
| Camera types | • Grayscale and color (RGB and Bayer) cameras • Area-scan and line-scan cameras |
| Video delivery | |
| Raw video format(s) | • Monochrome formats: Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Y16 • Packed RGB color formats: RGB24, RGB32 • Planar RGB color formats: RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB36PL, RGB42PL, RGB48PL • Additional formats: BAYER8, BAYER10, BAYER12, BAYER14, BAYER16, RAW8, RAW10, RAW12, RAW14, RAW16 |
| On-board processing | |
| On-board memory | 32 MB (16 MB for image data) |
| Image data stream processing | • Unpacking of 10-/12-/14-bit to 16-bit with selectable justification to LSb or MSb |
| General Purpose Inputs and Outputs | |
| Number of lines | 9 I/O lines: • 4 TTL input/output lines (ENHANCED I/O) • 2 differential inputs (TRA1, TRA2) • 1 isolated output (STA) • 2 multimode input/output lines (ISOA1, ISOA2) |
| Usage | • Camera and image acquisition trigger • Light strobe trigger • Camera synchronization using motion encoder • General purpose IO |
| Electrical specifications | • ISOA1, ISOA2: Inputs or outputs, isolated up to 500 V: – Input: compatible with TTL or 12V signals – Output: TTL, open-collector or open-emitter • TRA1, TRA2: Inputs compatible with TTL, LVTTL, differential LVDS, differential RS-422, differential RS-485 signals, protected against electrostatic discharge, with choke for the rejection of common-mode noise • STA: Opto-isolated outputs, compatible with signals up to 60V, with 3 μs fall time, isolated up to 500V • ENHANCED IO Inputs or outputs compatible with TTL signals, protected against electrostatic discharge, with high-frequency noise filter |
| Filter control | • Glitch removal filter available on input lines used as trigger sources: • Configurable with five time constants: – 100 ns, 500 ns and 2.5 μs for trigger/ page trigger /page end trigger sources – 100 ns, 500 ns, 2.5 μs for line trigger source |
| Power output | • Non-isolated +5V, 1A and +12V, 500 mA with self-resettable fuse protection • Isolated +5V 250 mA with electronic fuse protection |
| Software | |
| Host PC Operating System | • Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1, 7 for x86 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit) processor architectures • Linux for x86 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit) processor architectures |
| APIs | • MultiCam 32- and 64-bit binary libraries (Windows and Linux), for ISO-compliant C/C++ compilers |
| Environmental conditions | |
| Operating ambient air temperature | 0 to +50 °C / +32 to +122 °F |
| Operating ambient air humidity | 10 to 90% RH non-condensing |
| Storage ambient air temperature | -20 to +70 °C/ -4 to +158 °F |
| Storage ambient air humidity | 10% to 90% RH non-condensing |
| Certifications | |
| Electromagnetic - EMC standards | • European Council EMC Directive 2004/108/EC • United 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 61000-4-2 • EN 61000-4-3 • EN 61000-4-4 • EN 61000-4-6 |
| 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 |
