The Teledyne Dalsa/Coreco Imaging PC-Camlink is a half-slot PCI frame grabber designed for high-speed image acquisition from Camera Link compliant digital cameras. It interfaces with both area and line scan cameras across Base, Medium, and Full Camera Link configurations, supporting 8, 10, 12, or 16-bit monochrome and 24-bit color image formats. The board’s ping-pong architecture enables simultaneous acquisition and host transfer, while on-board hardware scatter-gather and sustained transfer rates up to 120 MB/s minimize CPU overhead for demanding industrial vision applications.
Technical Specifications
• Host Interface: PCI bus (5V or 3.3V compatible)
• Camera Interface: Camera Link (LVDS serial)
• On-Board Memory: 16 MB for image buffering
• Sustained Data Transfer Rate: Up to 120 MB/s
• Image Bit Depths: 8, 10, 12, or 16-bit monochrome; 24-bit color
• Power Connector: Floppy power connector
• Digital I/O: 16-bit OPTO-22 compatible
• Form Factor: Half-slot PCI card
– Key Features
• Ping-pong buffer architecture decouples acquisition from host transfer cycles
• Hardware scatter-gather DMA eliminates CPU intervention for large block transfers
• Programmable X/Y zoom (×2, ×4) and decimation (2, 4, 8, 16) reduce data volume
• On-board image transforms: flip, mirror, rotate 180 degrees
• Planar color image transfers and 4:2:2 pixel packing circuitry
• Fully programmable trigger, strobe, and asynchronous reset with configurable source (internal/external), electrical format (TTL, LVDS, OPTO-coupled), and active edge or level selection
• 16 bits of digital I/O for external event control and monitoring
– Typical Applications
Industrial machine vision, automated inspection, real-time image processing, and high-throughput camera-based metrology where sustained acquisition rates and minimal host CPU load are critical.
– Compatibility & Integration
Supported by DALSA Sapera LT SDK with Sapera Configuration and Grab Demo tools. Compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 environments.
