PIXCI® CL1

• Base Camera Link PCI Bus Frame Grabber
• Up to 4,096 pixels per line
• Up to 65,535 lines per frame
• Camera frame rate sequence capture
• Triggered image sequence capture
• Integration from seconds to minutes
• Images stored in motherboard memory
• 132 Mbytes per second burst transfers
• 32 Bit PCI Bus Master
• Windows & Linux, 32 & 64–bit Compatible
• RoHS Compliant Boards Available

Connect a CAMERA LINK CAMERA to the PCI BUS for ONLY $495 (US)

The PIXCI® CL1 Camera Link board accepts data from a Camera Link camera while providing exposure, reset, and serial control. The PIXCI® CL1 capture and control board reduces the cost of digital imaging systems by reducing the cost of cabling and integrated circuits for interfacing a camera to a computer. The PIXCI® CL1 has a single 26 pin connector and supports a camera with the Base configuration of the Camera Link specification. The PIXCI® CL1 transfers video data to the PCI bus at up to 100 megabytes per second sustained rates as a PCI bus master. The PIXCI® CL1 operates in a 32 bit, 33 MHz PCI bus slot.

VIDEO CAPTURE and CAMERA CONTROL

The PIXCI® CL1 has a programmable video capture window to allow capture of less than the entire image from the camera. The user can select a minimum of 1 line of 8 pixels or select up to the entire image array from the camera. A camera control circuit specific to the timing requirements of the attached camera provide camera reset, exposure control, and a strobe output. A trigger input allows the circuit to respond to external events. Camera integration can be programmed from microseconds to minutes.

SOFTWARE

XCAP-Lite is a no-cost, ready-to-run interactive program which features camera control, line and column pixel plots, image sequence capture, image sequence display, and image save to disk.

XCAP-STD is a ready-to-run interactive image processing and analysis program for quantitative and qualitative image operations running under Windows. A few mouse clicks can select FFTs, histograms, morphology, subpixel edge measurements, correlations, arithmetic operations, blob analysis, and many other functions. XCAP controls up to 8 PIXCI® CL1 boards in one computer.

VIDEO DISPLAY

Images are displayed using the host computer's VGA adapter and monitor or LCD screen. Display resolution is a function of these devices. An XCAP software look-up-table allows display of 8 bits of pixel data from the pixel depth of the camera, which may be up to 16 bits. An Advanced Graphics Port VGA allows live update of images on the VGA.

SOLUTIONS and SUPPORT

EPIX, Inc. has provided imaging solutions and support for OEM machine vision manufacturers and engineers since 1984.

TTL MODULE

The optional TTL Module minimizes false triggers when using a TTL trigger with a cable longer than one foot. The TTL MODULE converts the TTL trigger into a differential signal for reliable triggering with up to 200 feet of cable. The TTL MODULE also can generate a TTL strobe from the attached PIXCI® board. Compatible with PIXCI® CL1, CL2, CL3SD, D2X, D3X, SI, and SI4.

SPECIFICATIONS