PC-DIG TECHNICAL SPECS PCI frame grabber for digital line and area scan cameras Benefits • 40 MHz differential input supports single, dual or quad-tap cameras • Two RS-232 serial ports for control of camera functions • On the fly image reformatting from multi-tap cameras • Multiple PC-DIG boards can be cascaded to provide greater than 4 taps and 32 bits acquisition Overview PC-DIG is a high-performance, yet cost-effective PCI frame providing high resolution precision timing for critical grabber that interfaces with virtually all of today's com- events, such as long term exposure control. The PCI mercially available parallel output digital line and area interface supports a scatter gather feature that enables scan cameras. Available in both RS-422 and LVDS (EIA- automated image transfers, reducing CPU overhead and 644) versions, PC-DIG’s 32-bit differential interface sup- leaving much needed processing cycles for demanding ports a wide variety of input configurations and scanning continuous inspection applications. formats. In addition, direct camera control is made possi- ble through two on-board RS-232 ports. For industrial Comprehensive Vision Software Tools process control applications, PC-DIG provides OPTO-22 Four levels of software support exist for Coreco Imaging’s compatible I/O (8 in/8 out) port allowing monitoring or machine vision fame grabbers. At the highest level is control of external discrete events or operations. Sherlock, a Windows based point-and-click software envi- ronment enabling rapid configuration of alignment and PC-DIG provides the industry’s fastest transfer of image registration, on-line gauging, inspection, assembly verifi- data to host destination memory. The 32-bit PCI interface cation, automatic ID, and machine guidance tasks with- can easily sustain transfer rates of 120MB/s which guar- out the need for structured language programming. antees no loss of image data! The bus master interface is capable of transferring pixels with up to 32-bit depth MVTools software is next in line to provide technical pro- directly to host memory and can also transfer 8 and 16- fessionals with a complete C/C++ run-time library (DLL) bit images in 4:2:2 format display. The latter allows the of highly robust gray-scale vision tools - including Search, PC-DIG to deliver non-destructive overlay on live images Blob (connectivity), Caliper, Histogram, Morphology, Image with 0% CPU load - a first and only in the industry! The Processing, and more. MVTools is intended for OEMs and PC-DIG provides a programmable 16-bit timer counter. system integrators deploying machine vision in automat- This timer can be software controlled and interrupt-driven, ed machines. CE www.imaging.com PC-DIG Block Diagram • Transfer of 8 or 16-bit images in normal or 4:2:2 format • Output clipping of Windows colors during bus master to eliminate conflicts with Windows reserved colors On-Board I/O • OPTO-22 compatible 16-bit parallel port (8 in and 8 out) • Two RS-232 Serial Ports for control of camera functions Camera Timing I/0 • Pixel Clock, Frame Enable, Line Enable and Multipurpose inputs with programmable functionality • Pixel Clock, Sync, Programmable Integration and Mode control outputs External Triggers • Trigger divider to rate-divide trigger source • Advanced multi-trigger acquisition modes • Dual external triggers available as differential, TTL or Opto-coupled For developers who require maximum control of the frame • Software triggering for host controlled acquisition grabber hardware, IFC software (Imaging Foundation Class) Cascade capability library, is available for controlling all functions of the frame • Multiple PC-DIG boards can be cascaded to provide greater grabber hardware. Included in the Imaging Studio software than 4 taps & 32 bits development kit is a set of high level APIs for making complex • PC-DIG Link provides required timing and coordination board functions more straight forward and easier to use. between boards Also included in Imaging Studio is Coreco Imaging’s Camera Programmable Window Generator Configurator software utility. A first in the industry, it automati- • Enables acquisition of subset of camera image and has the cally searches for which frame grabber is installed and gener- following characteristics: ates the appropriate interface parameters required to run the • Maximum Window - 64K x 64K camera/frame grabber combination. This software greatly • Horizontal Resolution - 1 pixel improves the “out-of-box experience” and gets you up and • Vertical Resolution - 1 line viewing live images in minutes. • Programmable independent X/Y decimation (2, 4, 8, 16) performed during image acquisition • Color images stored using 32-bit or packed 24-bit Specifications Look-Up Tables (LUTs) • Dual 16 x 16 LUTs for pixel transformations Sensor Interface • Arithmetic operations on or between 8-bit image data • 32-bit differential LVDS to 40 MHz, or RS-422 to 20 MHz Multi-Tap Data Resequencing Video Input • Reformats multi-tap data “on the fly” • 8-bit single, dual and quad tap; 10-,12-,14- or 16-bit single • Provides line/row resequencing to output most any multi-tap and dual tap; and 32-bit single tap cameras image in normal raster scan format • 24-bit color cameras • Multi-camera acquisition Image Buffering and Output • 4MB of high bandwidth SGRAM supports acquisition rates up to 160MB/s (32-bits @ 40 MHz) • Provides ROI (cropped) transfer to reduce data volume To learn more about the PC-DIG, read the complete data sheet on our website at www.imaging.com/pc-series All trademarks are registered by their respective companies. 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