T TM M X64- -C CL L Full KEY FEATURES O VER VIEW • Acquires images from one Base, Medium or Full Camera Link camera  Rapid image acquisition rates up to 680 MB/s and high-speed image transfer to host memory at 528MB/s Camera Link™ frame grabber for  Up to 2GB local frame buffer high speed machine vision  Supports Camera Link operations up to 85MHz Compatible with one Base, Medium or Full Camera Link camera, the X64-CL Full is universal PCI slot compliant and supports all standard multiple tap area and linescan color and monochrome Camera Link cameras. For greater versatility, the X64-CL Full can also interface with custom camera formats, including pixel depths and tap configurations not covered by the Camera Link standard. The X64-CL Full 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 iLUT 4 FVAL & Camera Link LVAL Grab Receiver DVAL Controls SPARE 2 CLK CLK CC1 LVDS CC2 4 Drivers & CC3 CC4 Receiver TX TX Frame Buffer UART #1 RX RX Memory Time Base (32MB - 2GB) MDR26 #2 24 Data Data FVAL iLUT & 4 LVAL Grab Camera Link DVAL Controls Receiver ACU-Plus SPARE 2 CLK CLK Data Data iLUT FVAL & 4 Camera Link LVAL Grab Receiver DVAL Controls SPARE Data 2 DTE Destinaton Buffer CLK CLK Address Table Data-Transfer- 1 Strobe Engine TTL Shaft Encoder LVDS 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 Full - Functional Block Diagram cost effective. The board supports fixed and variable size frames Unprecedented Acquisition Control ranging up to 256KB horizontal pixels per line and up to 16 million Successful industrial machine vision applications require consistent 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 Full Acquisition Control Engine (ACU), delivers an horizontal lines and in steps of one line/step vertically. unprecedented level of acquisition functionality. The X64-CL Full 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 Full 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 Full’s Data Transfer Engine (DTE) features high speed memory Capable of acquiring images at rates up to 255MB/s per channel interface, multiple independent Direct Memory Access (DMA), and (510MB total), the X64-CL Full makes image acquisition from the new onboard tap descriptors, the DTE’s powerful architecture delivers generation of CMOS and multi-tap CCD camras more efficient and robust performance for critical machine vision tasks. Twisted Pairs Twisted Pairs Twisted Pairs Aux. Slot Aux. Slot The DMAs allow the DTE to transfer images from the acquisition External Event Synchronization control unit to local frame buffer memory, or transfer the same image The X64-CL Full features a trigger input, along with strobe and to multiple addresses in the host memory. The ACU and DTE use the exposure control output signals, to synchronize image captures with onboard memory to perform these operations concurrently, yet at external events. different rates, yielding optimal utilization of system bandwidth. Moreover, the X64-CL Full now supports up to 2GB of onboard RS-232 Communications Ports memory for higher speed frame rate cameras. The X64-CL Full features an onboard RS-232C serial port that Designed to simplify machine vision tasks, the DTE is also provides integrated support for camera control and setup for machine responsible for on-the-fly input tap adjustments for directions, pixel vision applications. PC-independent in nature, this communication overlap and under lap. This enables the DTE to deliver images that port can be used with off-the-shelf communication utilities such as are ready for processing while freeing up the host CPU for other HyperTerminal to control and configure Camera Link cameras with image analysis tasks. ease and without requiring additional external cabling. Conventional PCI bus transfers utilizing scatter-gather techniques rely on the CPU to load the host frame buffer destination memory Software Support addresses during live acquisition, which increases the load on the CPU and slows image-processing tasks. The DTE offloads this task by Acquisition, processing and analysis using a sophisticated control unit to automatically capture and store The X64-CL Full is fully supported by Coreco Imaging’s Sapera™ LT the destination frame buffer addresses from the host memory. In software development libraries enabling applications to be developed addition, the control unit performs autonomous and robust image under Windows NT®, Windows®2000, and Windows®XP . Sapera LT transfers to ensure data integrity during continuous image acquisition allows users to develop applications with C language DLLs, C++® in non-real-time operating systems, such as Windows®XP , classes or Active X®controls for Microsoft®Visual C/C++®6.0 (or Windows®2000 and Windows NT®. higher) or Visual Basic®6.0 (or higher) development platforms. Sapera LT’s advanced image acquisition and control functions are an Camera Support integral part of Coreco Imaging’s stringent Trigger-to-Image Reliability The X64-CL Full is compatible with one Full, one Medium or one Base technology framework. Sapera LT offers users a single API across Camera Link area or linescan mono or RGB camera. In addition, the Coreco Imaging’s current and future hardware platform, to deliver a X64-CL Full provides optional support for non-Camera Link formats comprehensive feature set including program portability, versatile and acquisition from two synchronized Base cameras. It further camera controls, flexible display functionality and management, and supports custom camera formats such as four 14/16-bit taps and easy to use application development wizards. 1 ten 8-bits/tap . Sapera LT (ver. 5.0) comes bundled with Coreco Imaging’s advanced CamExpert, a proprietary camera configuration utility specifically Visual Status LED designed to leverage the power of Coreco Imaging’s image acquisition The X64-CL Full further facilitates ease-of-use by utilizing visual status boards. This Windows-based utility provides an interactive LEDs, mounted on the card’s bracket, to simplify system installation environment within which to create a new, or modify an existing, and setup. A status indicator LED provides visual feedback when the configuration file for area and linescan applications. correct camera connection is made and when a grab is in progress; a For image processing and analysis Coreco Imaging offers Sapera second LED shows when a valid external trigger is detected. These Processing. Fully integrated with Sapera LT functionality, Sapera visual indicators allow developers to instantly recognize if cabling has Processing is a dynamic Windows-based comprehensive programming been correctly set up greatly facilitating the diagnostic process. library. Hardware independent and designed to simplify vision application development, Sapera Processing is based on a set of high General Purpose I/Os performance C++ classes and uses MMX, SSE (streaming SIMD The X64-CL Full offers optional opto-coupled input modules for Extensions), and SSE2 to meet the challenging operational demanding industrial environments. These interrupt-driven, requirements of today’s imaging systems. Scalable in design, Sapera general-purpose input and output controls allow X64-CL Full boards to Processing offers a comprehensive set of optimized tools, available react to external inputs more rapidly and predictably to increase the as a suite or standalone, including image processing, search (pattern quality of acquired images. matching), OCR, barcode decoding, and blob analysis. Sapera LT and Sapera Processing combine seamlessly to deliver a powerful and easy to use development resource for advanced image acquisition, processing, and analysis. 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) 2 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 cameras 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 3 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. Please contact Coreco Imaging for more information on these formats 2. For 4 x 8-bit/tap or 4 x 10-bit/tap maximum 3. Optional module requires auxiliary slot 7075 Place Robert-Joncas, Suite 142, St-Laurent, Quebec, Canada H4M 2Z2 Tel: 514.333.1301 US Subsidiary: 978-670-2000 Email: info@corecoimaging.com visit us online @ ® All trademarks are registered by their respective companies. Coreco Inc. reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice. CODS-1165 Coreco Inc. 2004