T TM M X64- -C CL L Dual KEY FEATURES O VER VIEW • Simultaneous acquisition from two Camera Link Base cameras  Flexible mix mode features simultaneous acquisition from area and linescan monochrome and RGB digital cameras Fast, flexible, highly reliable image  Rapid image acquisition rates up acquisition to 255MB/s per input channel (510MB/s total) and image With the ability to acquire images from two unsynchronized Base Camera Link™ compatible transfer to host memory at 528MB/s cameras simultaneously and to transfer images at a rate of up to 528MB/s, the X64-CL Dual  Up to 2GB local frame buffer is one of the fastest and most flexible 64-bit image acquisition boards on the market.  Supports Camera Link operations Universal PCI slot compliant (32/64-bit 33/66MHz 3.3/5V), the X64-CL Dual supports multiple up to 85MHz (66MHz standard) tap area scan and linescan monochrome and RGB cameras. With its ability to support two cameras with different tap configurations simultaneously, the X64-CL Dual provides a highly flexible solution to a variety of computer imaging applications. The X64-CL Dual has been built within Coreco Imaging’s Trigger-to-Image Reliability technology framework. Trigger-to-Image Reliability leverages Coreco Imaging’s hardware and software innovations to control, monitor and correct the image acquisition process from the time that an external trigger event occurs to the moment the data is sent to the PCI bus. Trigger-to- Image Reliability enables more efficient and reliable machine vision inspections by securing the image acquisition process, providing traceability when errors do occur and permitting recovery from those errors. Control Data Data Data Control MDR26 #1 24 Data Data 4 iLUT FVAL & Grab Camera Link LVAL Controls Receiver DVAL SPARE 2 CLK CLK CC1 LVDS CC2 4 Drivers & CC3 Receiver CC4 TX TX UART #1 RX RX Time Base #1 MDR26 #2 Data 24 FVAL 4 Data Camera Link LVAL iLUT Frame Buffer & Grab Receiver DVAL Controls Memory SPARE 2 ACU-Plus CLK CLK (32 - 256MB) CC1 LVDS CC2 4 Drivers & CC3 Receiver CC4 TX TX UART #2 RX RX Time Base #2 Camera On Status Indicator 1 \Grab On Camera On Status Indicator 2 DTE \Grab On Data Destinaton Buffer Data-Transfer- Address Table 1 Engine Strobe TTL Shaft LVDS Encoder I/O 1 Controller Trigger In TTL/LVDS 1.5A/reset 12V Power In 5V Power Out General I/Os (optional) General Inputs TTL Drivers General Outputs & Receiver PCI Controller 64-Bit@66/33MHz Host PCI 5V/3.3 Slot X64-CL Dual - Functional Block Diagram and cost effective. The X64-CL Dual supports fixed and variable size Unprecedented Acquisition Control frames ranging up to 256KB horizontal pixels per line and up to 16 Succesful industrial machine vision applications require consistent million vertical lines per frame for area scan cameras. Precise timing and predictable results in demanding operating environments. The controls allow frame size adjustments in steps of 8 pixels/step for X64-CL Dual’s Acquisition Control Unit (ACU) delivers an horizontal lines and in steps of one line/step vertically. unprecedented level of acquisition functionality. The X64-CL Dual not In conjuction with an onboard quadrature shaft-encoder input, the only provides the industry’s most flexible front-end for interfacing ACU acquires images from a linescan camera at a rate that is locked Camera Link cameras, it also incorporates to the speed of the web. The X64-CL shaft-encoder feature now a fault tolerant image synchronization supports cascaded divide and multiply to further increase the step design, allowing it to automatically detect resolution. More accurate step resolution results in a higher quality report and recover from a lost camera signal ensuring a greater level image that makes processing algorithms more accurate and tolerant of reliability within the imaging sequences. to motion artifacts. One feature of particuliar interest to OEMs The X64-CL Dual gives machine vision application developers the developing web-scanning applications is the X64 CL’s ability to ability to combine color and monochrome acquisition on a single support infinite length frames from a linescan camera, which enables board. Developers can perform critical pixel transformations during 100 percent line capture as well as repeatable accuracy and faster the acquisition process saving valuable preprocessing time. execution times. Embedded timing logic within the ACU identifies each acquired image Optimized Data-Transfer with a time code, allowing image data to be readily correlated with physical objects on the production line. Delivering fast and secure data transfer with zero CPU usage, the X64-CL Dual’s Data Transfer Engine (DTE) features high speed Capable of acquiring images at rates up to 255MB/s per channel memory interface, multiple independent Direct Memory Access (DMA), (510MB total), the X64-CL Dual makes image acquisition from the and onboard tap descriptors, the DTE’s powerful architecture delivers new generation of CMOS and multi-tap CCD camras more efficient robust performance for critical machine vision tasks. LEDs Twisted Pairs Twisted Pairs Aux. Slot Aux. Slot The DMAs allow the DTE to transfer images from the acquisition RS-232 Communications Ports control unit to local frame buffer memory, or transfer the same image The X64-CL Dual features two independent onboard RS-232C ports to multiple addresses in the host memory. The ACU and DTE use the that provides integrated support for camera control and setup for onboard memory to perform these operations concurrently, yet at machine vision applications. PC-independent in nature, this different rates, yielding optimal utilization of system bandwidth. communication port can be used with off-the-shelf communication Moreover, the X64-CL Dual now supports up to 2GB of onboard utilities such as HyperTerminal to control and configure Camera Link memory for higher speed frame rate cameras. cameras with ease and without requiring additional external cabling. Designed to simplify machine vision tasks, the DTE is also responsible for on-the-fly input tap adjustments for directions, pixel Software Support overlap and under lap. This enables the DTE to deliver images that Acquisition, processing and analysis are ready for processing while freeing up the host CPU for other image analysis tasks. The X64-CL Dual is fully supported by Coreco Imaging’s Sapera™ LT software development libraries enabling applications to be developed Conventional PCI bus transfers utilizing scatter-gather techniques rely under Windows NT®, Windows®2000, and Windows®XP . Sapera LT on the CPU to load the host frame buffer destination memory allows users to develop applications with C language DLLs, C++® addresses during live acquisition, which increases the load on the classes or Active X®controls for Microsoft®Visual C/C++®6.0 (or CPU and slows image-processing tasks. The DTE offloads this task by higher) or Visual Basic®6.0 (or higher) development platforms. using a sophisticated control unit to automatically capture and store the destination frame buffer addresses from the host memory. In Sapera LT’s advanced image acquisition and control functions are an addition, the control unit performs autonomous and robust image integral part of Coreco Imaging’s stringent Trigger-to-Image Reliability transfers to ensure data integrity during continuous image acquisition technology framework. Sapera LT offers users a single API across in non-real-time operating systems, such as Windows®XP , Coreco Imaging’s current and future hardware platform, to deliver a Windows®2000 and Windows NT®. comprehensive feature set including program portability, versatile camera controls, flexible display functionality and management, and Camera Support easy to use application development wizards. The X64-CL Dual supports acquisition from up to two independent Sapera LT (ver. 5.0) comes bundled with Coreco Imaging’s advanced format Base Camera Link cameras. The images can be acquired from CamExpert, a proprietary camera configuration utility specifically area and linescan cameras (both mono or RGB) simultaneously. designed to leverage the power of Coreco Imaging’s image acquisition boards. This Windows-based utility provides an interactive environment within which to create a new, or modify an existing, Visual Status LED configuration file for area and linescan applications. The X64-CL Dual further facilitates ease-of-use by utilizing visual For image processing and analysis Coreco Imaging offers Sapera status LEDs, mounted on the card’s bracket, to simplify system Processing. Fully integrated with Sapera LT functionality, Sapera installation and setup. A status indicator LED provides visual Processing is a dynamic Windows-based comprehensive programming feedback when the correct camera connection is made and when a library. Hardware independent and designed to simplify vision grab is in progress; a second LED shows when a valid external trigger application development, Sapera Processing is based on a set of high is detected. These visual indicators allow developers to instantly performance C++ classes and uses MMX, SSE (streaming SIMD recognize if cabling has been correctly set up greatly facilitating the Extensions), and SSE2 to meet the challenging operational diagnostic process. requirements of today’s imaging systems. Scalable in design, Sapera Processing offers a comprehensive set of optimized tools, available General Purpose I/Os as a suite or standalone, including image processing, search (pattern The X64-CL Dual offers optional opto-coupled input modules for matching), OCR, barcode decoding, and blob analysis. Sapera LT and demanding industrial environments. These interrupt-driven, Sapera Processing combine seamlessly to deliver a powerful and general-purpose input and output controls allow X64-CL Dual boards easy to use development resource for advanced image acquisition, to react to external inputs more rapidly and predictably to increase processing, and analysis. the quality of acquired images. External Event Synchronization The X64-CL Dual features a trigger input, along with strobe and exposure control output signals, to synchronize image captures with external events. Specifications* Board Half length PCI 2.1 64-bit 66MHz compliant 5V and 3.3V slot compatible Acquisition Acquisition rates up to 680MB/s XX Horizontal Size (min/max): 8 byte/256KB XX Vertical Size (min/max): Linescan cameras: 1 line to infinity Area scan cameras: 1 line to 16 million/frame N° of inputs variable length frames Input lookup tables Onboard frame buffer memory up to 2GB (32MB standard) 1 Pixel jittter One 1024 x 1024 or 1024 x 256 input lookup table Pixel jittter Single slot solution supports 1 Medium, 1 Base or 2 synchronized Base Camera Link camera Interlaced output Interfaces to digital area scan or linescan color or monochrome cameras Resolution Max Supports standard multi-tap Camera Link configurations: 1 Full camera: 8 x 8-bit 1 Medium camera: 4 x 8-bit, 4 x 10-bit, 4 x 12-bit, 1 x 30-bit/RGB and 1 x 36-bit 1 Base camera: 3 x 8-bit, 2 x 10-bit, 2 x 12-bit, 1 x 14-bit, 1 x 16-bit, and 1 x 24-bit/RGB Expansion capable Alternate multi-tap Camera Link configurations support: 4 x 14-bit, 4 x 16-bit, 1 x 48-bit or 1 x 64-bit Pixel Formats Monochrome 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, or 36-bit/RGB Transfers Real-time transfers to system memory: PCI-32 bus: 32 bits @ 33MHz PCI-64 bus: 64 bits @ 66MHz PCI-X bus: 64 bits @ 66MHz Expansion capable On-the-fly tap adjustments for multiple tap area scan and linescan cameras Controls Comprehensive event notification includes start/end-of-frame, sequence or N-line events xpansion capable One independent TTL/LVDS trigger input programmable as active high or low (edge or level trigger) xxpansion capable One strobe TTL output for area scan and linescan cameras xpansion capable One PC independent RS-232 COM port provides seamless interface to MS Windows applications pansion capable Quadrature (AB) shaft-encoder inputs for external web synchronization; supports cascaded divide and multiply 2 pansion capable Up to 12 interrupt driven I/Os permit external event synchronization x Power Output Power-on-reset fused +12V/+5V DC output at 1.5A Software Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP compliant xpansion capable Full support of the Sapera programming package Transfers Compatible with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 and .Net (unmanaged code only), Visual Basic 6.0 and Borland C++ Builder 5.5 or higher x System Requirements PCI-64 or PCI-32 compliant system and 64MB system memory x Dimensions 8.27” (21cm) Length x 4.20” (10.7cm) Height x Temperature 0° C (32° F) to 55° C (131° F) Temperature Relative Humidity: up to 95% (non-condensing) x Markings FCC class B - approved Temperature CE class B - approved * Last updated April 2004 Notes: 1. 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