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Most frame grabber vendors offer a basic set of tools (example apps, drivers and SDK) for developing your application.  An alternative option is to use the vendors device drivers and a 3rd Party software package for development.  We will discuss these options with you when choosing the best frame grabber solution.

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Frame Grabbers

Frame Grabbers provide the interface between the camera you choose and your application. Ultimately this device needs to be compatible with your camera and all of it's modes, support your preferred computer platform and operating system, provide a suitable user interface and developer's environment and support the I/O requirements of your system. We offer a wide range of Analog, Camera Link, CoaXpress and GigE frame grabbers from BitFlow, Imperx and Matrox.

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BitFlow has been developing industrial frame grabbers and software for the imaging industry since 1993. We specialize in interfacing to cameras with very high data/frame rates; working in environments with complex triggering and I/O requirements; and running in applications where every CPU cycle is precious. Our software is some of the easiest to use, yet incredibly powerful and reliable.

Neon-CLB > Brochure

BitFlow PCIe x4 SINGLE Base Camera Link frame grabber, DMA up to 528MB/sec, PoCL with Safe Power and I/O on edge bracket.

Neon-CLD > Brochure

BitFlow PCIe x4 DUAL Base Camera Link frame grabber, DMA up to 700MB/sec, PoCL with Safe Power.

Neon-CLQ

BitFlow PCIe x4 QUAD Base Camera Link frame grabber, DMA up to 800MB/sec, PoCL with Safe Power.

Karbon-CL Family > Brochure

BitFlow Karbon PCI Express x8 DUAL or QUAD Base Camera Link frame grabber, DMA up to 2GB/sec.

Karbon-CXP Family

CoaXPress (CXP) is a simple, yet powerful, standard for moving high speed serial data from a camera to a frame grabber. Video is captured at speeds of up to 6 Gigabits/Second (Gb/S). On the same cable, control commands and triggers can be sent back at 20 Megabits /Second (Mb/S). Power is also supplied to the camera. All this happens over a single piece of industry standard 75 Ohm coaxial cable.

Multiple CXP links can be aggregated to support higher data rates (e.g. four links provide 25 Gb/S of data).

The CXP standard opens the door to applications where cable cost, routing requirements and long distances have prevented the move to high resolution, high speed digital cameras. In many cases, existing coaxial infrastructure can be repurposed for CXP with very low installation costs.

KBN-PCE-CXP1

One CXP camera up running at 6.25 Gb/S or slower.

KBN-PCE-CXP2

Two CXP cameras up running at 6.25 Gb/S or slower OR one two-link CXP camera up running at 6.25 Gb/S or slower.

KBN-PCE-CXP4

Four CXP cameras up running at 3.125 Gb/S or slower OR two two-link CXP cameras up running at 3.125 Gb/S or slower

 

Imperx, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, high-quality frame grabbers for various Industrial, Commercial, Military and Aerospace imaging applications including Flat Panel Inspection, Biometrics, Aerial Mapping, Surveillance, Traffic Management, Semiconductors & Electronics, Scientific & Medical Imaging, Printing, Homeland Security, Space Exploration, and other imaging and Machine Vision applications.

FrameLink Express/34 > Brochure | Express/54 > Brochure

The success of the FrameLink and VCE series of PCMCIA frame grabbers has positioned IMPERX as the world's leading supplier of frame grabbers for laptops. Using this experience as leverage, we have developed the FrameLink Express, a Camera Link frame grabber designed especially for ExpressCard laptops. It provides the functionality, performance and versatility required by today’s most demanding vision systems. The FrameLink Express is a highly versatile frame grabber capable of acquiring images from a Camera Link base camera. It features a flow-through pipeline architecture with an intelligent scatter/gather DMA engine providing over 235 Mbytes/s of throughput. A full software suite, including drivers, C/C++ SDK, and an application program, is provided with the card.

Frame grabber features

  • Supports one Base Camera Link interface.
  • ExpressCard/34 or /54 compliant providing 2.5 Gbps of bandwidth
  • Intelligent scatter/gather DMA (235 MBytes/sec) for fast, efficient use of ExpressCard bandwidth and system memory
  • Flow-through pipeline architecture for low latency
  • Built-in CC pulse generators
  • Many advanced features including lookup tables, histograms, RGB gain/offset with auto-white balance, hex pixel dump, etc.
  • Bayer pattern interpolation
  • Unique ‘auto-learn’ feature automatically recognizes camera parameters and simplifies CAM file creation
  • Plug-and-play operation with hot insertion/removal
  • Backwards compatible with FrameLink (PCMCIA) software

 

Leading developer of component-level solutions for machine vision, image analysis, medical imaging, and video surveillance.  Software, Smart Cameras, Industrial Cameras, Imaging Computers, Frame Grabbers and Vision Processors.

Matrox Solios Family

Matrox Solios is a family of cost-effective frame grabbers for analog, Camera Link® and GigE Vision® image acquisition based on high-performance PCIe® / PCI-X® interfaces. An optional, customizable FPGA-based processing core is available to off-load image processing tasks.

Solios eV-CL > Brochure

Matrox Solios eV-CL is a value-packed PCIe® x4 frame grabber that supports the full-range of Camera Link® interfaces (dual-Base, single Medium/Full, 10-tap and PoCL) and offloads typical pixel pre-processing tasks.

Solios eCL/XCL-B > Brochure

Matrox Solios eCL/XCL-B is an entry-level single-Base Camera Link® frame grabber available for PCIe® x1 or PCI-X®.

Solios GigE > Brochure

Matrox Solios GigE is an industrial Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network interface card (NIC) optimized for the use of GigE Vision® cameras. This PCIe® x4 short card features four Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports and a full range of auxiliary on-board I/O. An optional customizable FPGA-based processing core is available to accelerate or off-load image processing tasks.

Solios eA/XA > Brochure

Matrox Solios eA/XA is a high fidelity analog frame grabber with high-performance PCIe® x4 / PCI-X® interface.

Matrox Radient Family > Brochure

Matrox Radient is a family of high-performance PCIe® frame grabbers that acquires from Camera Link® sources and offers FPGA-based processing offload capabilities.

Benefits 

  • Offload and accelerate image processing to free and assist the host CPU using an Altera® Stratix® III / IV* FPGA
  • Optimize multi-camera applications via support for up to four independent Base (eCL-QB) or up to two Full (eCL-DF) Camera Link® cameras per board
  • Perform deterministic image acquisition by way of the jitter-free Camera Link® interface
  • Eliminate lost pixels through a PCIe® x8 host interface and ample on-board buffering
  • Use the highest-rate cameras with available support for 10-taps (eCL-F) at 85 MHz
  • Reduce cabling and eliminate power supplies by way of Power over Camera Link® (PoCL) support
  • Reduce development and validation costs through a managed lifecycle offering consistent long term availability
  • Implement image capture with ease and confidence using Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) application development toolkit
  • Maintain flexibility and choice by way of 32/64-bit Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista®/7 and 32/64-bit Linux® support

* Availability subject to pending qualification