Aexeon PCI/PCI Express Video Capture Board is Ideal When Looking For A Low Cost Analog Camera System

Perfect for analog camera systems (typically used by OEMs), the Aexeon video frame grabber board by dPict Imaging is low cost and packed with features needed for high quality video acquisition.

With video input circuitry that digitizes between multiple composite, S-Video, or composite video signals in both NTSC and PAL formats, on-board processing, complete camera control, video output and backwards compatible SDK, the Aexeon is the perfect frame grabber for anyone needing a cost-effective analog camera system for their application.

dPict Aexeon PCI & PCI Express Video Capture Board

Form Factor

• PCI or PCI Express form factor
• PCI 2.2 compliant, 5V and 3.3V universal slot
• PCI Express x1 slot

Video Inputs

• Up to 9 composite or monochrome inputs
• Up to 4 S-Video inputs
• Up to 3 RGB or YPbPr component inputs

Video Digitization

• Supports NTSC (J, M, 4.43), PAL (B, D, G, H, I, M, N, Nc, 60), SECAM (B, D, G, K, K1, L)
• 10-bit digitization
• Square pixel or ITU-601 (CCIR-601) resolution support
• Programmable contrast, brightness, saturation, hue, and sharpness control
• On-board EEPROM for calibration settings

Video Acquisition

• Smooth interpolated scaling to randomly sized windows
• Bus-mastered video transfers to system or display memory
• Hardware overlay of graphics over video
• 32 MB on-board frame buffer
• Area of interest transfers to on-board and system memory
• RGB 32/24/16/15/8 and YUV 4:2:2 pixel formats
• Extensive interrupt control for robust capture
• Real-time image flip, mirror or rotate

Video Output

• Composite, S-Video, and component video
• Output video can be from video overlay, system memory, or display memory

I/O Triggers

• 8 General Purpose I/O triggers
• Programmable between input and output triggers

Camera Control

• On-board DSP for robust capture and control
• RS-232 serial interface
• Camera exposure control
• Switched and fused camera power

Physical and Environmental

• 5.00″ (length) x 4.20″ (height)
• HD44 connector
• Operating Temperature: 0° C to 55° C
• Relative humidity: 5% up to 95% non-condensing
• FCC and CE approved

Available SDK

• Compatible with dVeloper SDK
• Windows 2000 and XP support
• NET support
• DirectShow and DirectDraw support
  
• TWAIN support
• Extensive documentation and sample code
• dPiction Windows-based capture application
• Sample applications with source code

Aegis Electronic Group, Inc. Announces the Addition of dPict Imaging Frame Grabbers To Product Line

Aegis Electronic Group, Inc.  is pleased to announce the addition of dPict Imaging frame grabbers to their product line. This popular frame grabber line extends their product offerings to now include all of your image acquisition solution needs.

dPict Imaging’s unique DSP-based designs offer the ultimate in flexibility at general-purpose frame grabber prices. So whether you are using traditional standard definition analog or high-speed, high-resolution HDTV or Camera Link cameras, dPict has the right solution for you.

Product Line Features:

• PCI or PCI Express Interface
• Standard definition NTSC/PAL input support
• High-resolution HDTV or Camera Link input support
• Texas Instruments DM642 DSP
• Real-time Image Processing
• Simultaneous transfer of video data to host and display memory
• Extensive camera control
• Windows 2000, XP, Vista and .NET support
• Free dPiction video capture application
• DirectShow support

dPict Frame Grabber Products Include:

• Aexeon Bus-Mastering Analogue Video Acquisition Board
• Aexeon Quattro Real-Time 4 Channel Analogue Video Acquisition and Compression Board
• Aexeon Analytix DSP Boards for Real-Time Video Analytics for DVR Applications
• Nexeon CL Low-Cost CameraLink® Acquisition Board for Area or Line scan cameras
• Nexeon HD High-Definition Acquisition Board for Analogue or Digital Video Inputs

BitFlow Frame Grabbers Are A Less Expensive, Higher Performance Alternative for Industrial and Machine Vision Applications

Analog, Digital and Camera Link camera Frame Grabbers able to meet the demands of Industrial and Medical applications that frequently require:

• High data rates,
• Wide camera/application control flexibility,
• Zero-latency data transfers of camera data to host memory with near zero CPU usage,
• Multiple cameras,
• Numerous triggering modes,
• Support for up to 64 bit versions of Windows and Linux to address more than 4 GB of RAM
• and more…

is what BitFlow has come to offer at a much lower price than the competition.

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BitFlow, a leading manufacturer of high performance Analog, Digital and Camera Link camera interface products (Frame Grabbers) for the imaging industry has earned a solid reputation of manufacturing products that meet the demands of high performance industrial applications in areas where other frame grabbers tend to fall flat.

The advantages I have found as to why Integrators and OEMs should consider BitFlow:

• They offer support for hundreds of off-the-shelf and proprietary Analog, LVDS, RS422 cameras and ALL Camera Link cameras
• They have a common hardware platform for line scan and area scan cameras
• A flexible camera control architecture supports most camera modes
• Most PCI Express bus products with exceptional performance
• Support for multiple cameras per frame grabber
• Support for Full and 10-tap cameras (up to 2 per frame grabber!)
• Support for numerous triggering modes (Nearly any customer triggering scheme can be supported)
• Support for 64 bit versions of Windows and 32 bit and 64 bit Linux to address more than 4 GB of RAM (Basically as much as the computer’s motherboard can handle!)
• PRODUCT LIFE LONGEVITY!
  • BitFlow frame grabbers have a reputation of workin hard and for long periods of time (10+ years!)
  • All four generations of frame grabbers (since 1997) are still in full production and available for integration into new or old applications!
• Compatible with third party software INCLUDING Cognex VisionPro software

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BITFLOW Frame Grabbers:

• Alta-AN
  
  • Analog family of Frame Grabbers – 3 Choices
    1. Alta-AN1 (ALT-PCE-AN1) – Analog Interface, 1 Camera, PCIe x4
    2. Alta-AN2 (ALT-PCE-AN2) – Analog Interface, 2 Cameras, PCIe x4
    3. Alta-AN4 (ALT-PCE-AN4) – Analog Interface, 4 Cameras, PCIe x4

• Neon-CL
  
  • Camera Link Interface for One Base or Power Over Camera Link (PoCL) Camera Link camera

1. 1. Neon-CL (NEO-PCE-CLB) – Base Camera Link & PoCL Interface, 1 Camera, PCIe x4

• Karbon-CL
  
  • Camera Link family of products  for 2, 3, or 4 Base Camera Link Cameras OR 1 or 2 Medium, Full or 10-tap  Camera Link camera

1. 1. Karbon-CL (KBN-PCE-CL2-D) – Base Camera Link Interface, 1 or 2 Cameras, PCIe x8
   2. Karbon-CL (KBN-PCE-CL2-F) – Base to Full Camera Link Interface, 1 Camera, PCIe x8
   3. Karbon-CL (KBN-PCE-CL2-F-IP4) – Base to 10-tap Camera Link Interface, 1 Camera, PCIe x8
   4. Karbon-CL (KBN-PCE-CL4-D) – Base Camera Link Interface, 1, 2, 3 or 4 Cameras, PCIe x8
   5. Karbon-CL (KBN-PCE-CL4-F) – Base to Full Camera Link Interface, 1 or 2 Cameras, PCIe x8
   6. Karbon-CL (KBN-PCE-CL4-F-IP4) – Base to 10-tap Camera Link Interface, 1 or 2 Cameras, PCIe x8

Given the cost and the high performance capabilities of BitFlow’s family of frame grabbers, it seems to be only a matter of time before they become the preferred choice of Industrial Imaging Integrators and OEMs alike.

BitFlow Karbon-CL PCI Express bus Frame Grabber now compatible with Basler Camera Link Camera

BitFlow recently made the announcement that their Karbon-CL PCI Express bus frame grabber now supports the new Basler A406k 10-tap Camera Link camera. The BitFlow Karbon-CL is the fastest frame grabber in the world, capable of taking in up to 160 bits of data, up to 20 taps, and clock rates of up to 85MHz. The Karbon-CL plugs into the x8 PCI Express bus, and DMA’s camera data directly into application memory at up to 1.7 Gigabytes per second. The Karbon-CL has several of every type of I/O to support even the most demanding industrial or medical application.

The Karbon-CL is designed with two main applications in mind. First, in situations where more than one camera is needed, the Karbon-CL can reduce both the system cost and the hardware footprint by its ability to acquire from up to four cameras. Second, in situations where extremely high data rates and/or frame rates are required, the Karbon-CL has been designed to acqcuire up to 160 bits at 85 MHz pixel clock rate and DMA at data rates up to 2.0 GB/S. For example, the Karbon-CL can acquire simultaneously from two 10-tap CL cameras.

KARBON-CL MODELS AVAILABLE INCLUDE:

• KBN-PCE-CL2-D – Supports up to 1 to 2 independent base CL cameras
• KBN-PCE-CL2-F – Supports 1 base, medium or full CL camera
• KBN-PCE-CL2-F-IP4 – Supports 1 base, medium, full or 10 tap CL camera
• KBN-PCE-CL4-D – Supports up to 4 independent base CL cameras
• KBN-PCE-CL4-F – Supports up to 2 independent base, medium or full CL cameras
• KBN-PCE-CL4-F-IP4 – Supports up to 2 independent base, medium, full or 10-tap CL cameras

KARBON-CL Features:

• Half-Size x8 PCI Express Board
• Up to 160 bits input at 85 MHz
• Acquire from four independent Base CL cameras
• Acquire from two independent Medium/Full CL cameras
• Acquire from two 10-tap CL cameras
• FlowThru technology eliminates the need for on-board frame buffers, even with the fastest cameras
• Hardware Bayer matrix decoding (optional)
• Multi-tap cameras rasterized on the fly
• Highly configurable acquisition engine
• DMA at data rates up to 2.0 GB/S
• Supports images up to 256K x 128K
• No frame rate limit
• Independent trigger and encoder inputs for each camera
• Independent CCs outputs for each camera
• General purpose I/O
• Appears to software as four independently programmable frame grabbers
• Supported by the BitFlow SDK on 32 and 64-bit Windows
• Acquire image sequences well beyond the 4 GB barrier
• RoHS Complaint

Imagenation Frame Grabbers from CyberOptics ~ Digital, Analog Monochrome & Analog Color

The PXD digital frame grabber offers data rates high enough for the most demanding video capture applications. Compatible with single, dual or four channel cameras, the PXD comes with a camera configuration application that makes it one of the easiest machine vision components to set up and use.

• PXD-1000-00
  • Interface for color and monochrome (RS422 & RS644) digital cameras.

PXD FAMILY Specifications

• Input signal RS422 (up to 30 MHz per channel); EIA-644 (LVDS) (up to 40 MHz per channel)
• Camera output Single channel: up to 32 bits/pixel and pixel rates to 40M pixels/sec for EIA-644 (LVDS) signals; Dual channel: up to 16 bits/pixel and up to 80M pixel/sec rates; Four channel camera at 8 bits/pixel and up to 160M pixels/sec rates
• Camera connector Single connector has 100 pins
• Camera power + 12V out at 800 mA and + 5V at 800 mA, available on user connector and camera connector
• Supported Operating systems Win 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
• Supported Languages C / C++, C#, Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET

Features

• Image capture area Up to 32K x 32K pixels
• Line scan camera image capture Up to 32K in width
• Programmable frequency synthesizer Allows flexible synchronization
• On-board memory 4MB image FIFO
• Programmable debounced trigger
• Programmable horizontal and vertical synchronization
• Works with resettable and interlaced cameras
• Strobe output Two strobes, programmable pulse-width and polarity can be used as camera exposure controls; TTL and RS422
• General purpose I/O (TTL) Four, two-in and two-out
• General purpose RS422 outputs Three, for camera control
• Input look up tables (LUTs) 4×8:8 or 2×16:16, facilitates on-the-fly gamma correction, contrast, brightness, etc.
• On-the-fly hardware pixel reordering for multi-channel cameras Two channel cameras: alternate pixels, alternate lines, alternate half-lines with normal/reverse scan; four channel cameras: alternate 1/4 lines with normal/reverse scan and quadrants with normal and reversed scans
• Software image cropping Select region of interest, provides lower bandwidth
• Optional interface cable Supplied for popular cameras
• Optional cable kit Unsoldered connections on one end for other cameras
• User connector Facilitates easy interface of strobes and triggers to external equipment
• Camera configuration application Easy-to-use window for entering data for specific camera configuration. Available for Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000 only
• Optional software protection
• FCC(A) and CE approved
• Compatible with CVB, Halcon, ActiVision Tools and Xcaliper

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The PXC analog frame grabber provides high-accuracy and low-pixel jitter for color and monochrome frame grabber processing. Complete with features normally only found in more expensive boards, the PXC is an easy-to-integrate value for industrial and commercial applications.

• PXC-200AL
  • Low cost framegrabber for color and monochrome standard analog industrial cameras
• PXC-200AF
  • Precision frame grabber for color and monochrome standard analog industrial cameras
    with Option Package

PXC FAMILY Specifications

• Bus PCI bus master design for real-time image capture
• Input video format NTSC, PAL, SECAM, S-video
• Input video 1 V peak to peak, 75 ohms
• Output formats Color: YcrCb 4:2:2 and 4:1:1; RGB 32, 24, 16, 15; Monochrome: Y8
• Resolution NTSC: 640 x 480; PAL/SECAM: 768 x 576
• Power + 5 VDC, 500 mA
• Camera Power + 12 VDC output
• Supported Operating systems Win 95 / 98 / ME, Win NT / 2000 / XP
• Supported Languages C / C++, C#, Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET

Features

• Sampling jitter Maximum of ± 4 ns relative to horizontal synchronization (for a stable source)
• External trigger Input pulled by 10k ohm to 5 V, trigger requires a TTL pulse of 100 ns (minimum); software programmable edge or level sensitivity; software programmable polarity
• Video noise < 1 LSB (least significant bit)
• Video Multiplexer Standard product: four video inputs (only one can S-video); Standard product plus Optional Control Package: four video inputs, any or all of which can be S-video
• Real time scaling With interpolation, plus horizontal and vertical cropping
• DAC reference generator Eliminates inconsistency of AGC
• FCC verification and CE marked
• Compatible with CVB, Halcon, ActiVision Tools and Xcaliper

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The PXR, a precision monochrome analog frame grabber can be used with progressive scan or resettable cameras for guaranteed grabs. Do you have an ISA bus? The CX is the right machine vision component for you with low level register access and video output with overlay.

• PXR-800
  • Real time precision framegrabber for monochrome analog cameras (2 cameras)
• PXR-801
  • Camera Extender Board (for 3 – 4 camera applications) for the PXR800

PXR FAMILY Specifications

• Bus PCI bus master design for real-time image capture
• Input composite video format Monochrome, RS-170 (NTSC), CCIR (PAL), interlace, progressive scan and resettable
• Input video Software selectable termination (75 ohms or 10K ohms)
• Resolution RS-170: 640 x 480 pixels (maximum 768 x 486 pixels); CCIR: 768 x 576 pixels; 256 gray level, 8 bit
• Power + 5 VDC, PCI, 700 mA
• Camera power + 12V at 1A for four cameras
• Supported operating systems Win 98, 98-SE, 2000, ME, NT4, XP
• Supported languages C/C++, C#, Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET

Features

• Sampling jitter ± 2.6 ns with 1-line resync from reset; 0 using pixel clock input
• Video noise <- 0.5 LSB (least significant bit)
• Software programmable look up tables (LUTs) 256-byte programmable
• External trigger Four optically isolated or TTL trigger inputs
• Strobe and exposure output One strobe output, two exposure outputs (up to four pulses, up to 59.99 min)
• General purpose input/output (I/O) Four TTL inputs, four TTL outputs
• Video multiplexing Up to four video inputs (switch on trigger)
• On-board memory 8MB image FIFO memory
• Direct memory access (DMA) Dual mode — incremental or burst options
• Flexible memory allocation Through scatter/gather technology
• ImageInfo “Stamps” images with complete image acquisition status information
• Programmable linear offset and gain ­
• Standard product Verified to FCC Part 15 Class A requirements. Full compliance to CE EMC standards (EN-55022, EN-55024, CISPR-22)
• Software and manual CD included on first purchase
• Compatible with CVB, Halcon, ActiVision Tools and Xcaliper

BitFlow Karbon-CL Frame Grabber

Initially introduced by BitFlow at Vision East in 2006, the Karbon-CL is the world’s first four-camera PCI Express frame grabber.

The Karbon-CL:

• Can acquire simultaneously from up to four Base CL cameras or two Full CL cameras (including 10-tap CL).
• Has an x8 PCI Express interface that provides data bandwidth into host memory of up to 2.0 GB/S
• Is the first member of BitFlow’s Karbon family, which will provide a platform that can host a wide variety of virtual frame grabbers.

The Karbon-CL’s design was created for two specific applications in mind;

(1) For situations where more than one camera is needed, the Karbon-CL reduces both the system cost and the hardware footprint by its ability to acquire from up to four cameras.

(2) For situations where extremely high data rates and/or frame rates are required, the Karbon-CL handles up to 160 bits at 85 MHz pixel clock rate and can DMA at data rates up to 2.0 GB/S.

Designed with industrial camera applications in mind, the board has a full set of output signals for controlling the camera, strobes and other hardware on the factory floor. The board also has trigger, encoder and user specifiable inputs for controlling acquisition and other software processes. In addition, when being used in two or four camera mode, there is a full complement of I/O signals for each camera. On the acquisition side, the board uses BitFlow’s FlowThru technology, which provides zero latency access to data, super low CPU usage, and unlimited DMA destination size. The Karbon-CL will not only acquire from complex cameras at very high data rates, but it will also play nicely with your computer’s CPU resources and integrate well with the external equipment in your machine vision environment.

Available Karbon-CL Frame Grabber models include: KBN-PCE-CL2-D, KBN-PCE-CL2-F, KBN-PCE-CL2-F-IP4, KBN-PCE-CL4-D, KBN-PCE-CL4-F, KBN-PCE-CL4-F-IP4

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