PIXCI® EC1

Pricing

Software
XCAP XCLIB PXIPL 

• Full, Medium & Base Configuration
  Camera Link Frame Grabber
• ExpressCard Compatible
• 250 Megabyte/sec Burst Transfers
• Line Scan or Area Scan
• Camera Frame Rate Sequence Capture
• Triggered Image Sequence Capture
• 64-Bit Memory Addressing
• Camera Integration & Async Reset Control
• Integration From Microseconds to Minutes
• Images Stored in Motherboard Memory or directly to hard drive
• Compatible with 32 / 64-bit Windows & Linux
• RoHS Compliant

The PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber supports all Full, Medium, and Base configuration Camera Link cameras with bandwidth requirements of 191 Megabytes (1528 Mbits) per second or less. Compatible with ExpressCard, the mobile PCI Express interface for notebook computers, the PIXCI® EC1 offers dedicated support to more than 70 of the newest, most advanced, highest bandwidth machine vision cameras.

The PIXCI® EC1 offers:

• 191 megabytes per second, sustained, data transfer rate to laptop. Faster notebooks may provide up to 204 megabytes per second, sustained, data rates. Burst transfers at 250 megabytes per second.
• Camera specific controls - exposure, bit depth, gain, frame rate, etc.
• Camera operation in free-run mode for maximum frame rate capture.
• Camera operation in control (trigger) mode.
• $995 with XCAP-Lite imaging program.

The PIXCI® EC1 is a plug-n-play frame grabber requiring no hardware setup or adjustment. Install the board, load the software, connect the camera, and capture images. Upon startup, the XCAP imaging program reads a camera identification chip on the PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber, allowing XCAP to load the appropriate video format and display the camera's dedicated Capture & Adjust Dialog.

The XCAP imaging program offers video-to-disk capture subject to the performance of the notebook's hard drive. Capture 1600 x 1200 Bayer pattern color images, 14 frames per second, 8 bits per pixel, directly to notebook hard drive for 2 hours!

Interfaces to almost any camera link camera. The PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber requires a computer with an ExpressCard/54 slot. Few cameras exceed the frame grabber's 191 megabyte per second sustained data rate. Support for higher bandwidth camera link cameras is available with the PIXCI® E4 frame grabber in a desktop computer with a x4 PCI Express bus. The PIXCI® E4 interfaces to cameras with a bandwidth requirement up to 700 Megabytes (5600 Mbits) per second.

Solutions and Support:

I-CUBE has been providing imaging solutions and support for OEM machine vision manufacturers,  engineers, and life science professionals since 1989. I-CUBE offers complete imaging systems with cameras, frame grabbers, and high-performance notebook computers, custom designed to your specifications. Contact I-CUBE for help selecting cameras, frame grabbers, imaging software, optics, and computer systems.

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Notebook Compatibility:

The PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber requires a notebook with ExpressCard/54 slot. When purchasing a notebook, ask the computer supplier for their return policy. Plan the purchase to coincide with the purchase of the PIXCI® EC1 and camera. Allow a few days to complete testing and for returning the notebook if it proves incompatible.

The PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber always ships with a version of the XCAP program -- either XCAP-Lite (no charge) XCAP-Ltd, or XCAP-Std. XCAP provides camera control, image display, image capture, pixel examination and image save – everything required to immediately test and verify compatibility without the need for software development.

Install the XCAP program, the PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber, and the targeted camera to verify that all work properly together. Operate the camera at maximum frame rate, resolution, and bit depth. Contact EPIX® technical support, or your distributor of EPIX® imaging products, with any questions.

If the notebook proves incompatible, then please report the incompatibility to either EPIX, Inc., or to your distributor of EPIX® imaging products. We can extend the evaluation period to allow compatibility verification with another notebook.

HP/Compaq, Toshiba, Lenovo, Eurocom and Intel Whitebox Notebooks have been tested and are recommended. Dell notebooks equipped with an Intel 915 chipset are recommended. Dell notebooks equipped with an Intel 945 chipset are not recommended. Update: Customers are reporting Dell notebooks working after updating the BIOS.