Link grabber drivers#
Link grabber driver#
Link grabber full#

Both Camera Link connectors support PoCL, which with SafePower allows the use of any combination of PoCL and conventional cameras.ģ20 MBytes of DDR3 memory is fitted for buffering between the Camera Link interface and the PCI Express bus.Ĥ-lane Gen2 interface typically providing 1.7 Gbytes/sec transfer from FireBird to the PC, subject to PC performance. This safety mechanism ensures that power is not applied to conventional non-PoCL cameras.įireBird can supply up to 4W at a nominal 12V to a Base mode PoCL camera, or 8W to Medium/Full/80-bit cameras, as required by the Camera Link specification. In addition to this the FireBird implements SafePower, an intelligent sense mechanism which detects the presence of a PoCL camera before applying power to it. The interface supports the following configurations:įireBird supports effective clock rates from DC to the Camera Link maximum of 85 MHz, using the Camera Link Strobe (STB) and Data Valid (DVAL) signals.įireBird supports Power over Camera Link (PoCL) functionality and is able to provide power to PoCL enabled cameras via the Camera Link data cable, therefore removing the need for a separate power supply. LEDs by each connector show the link status.

Using an External Trigger Input with a FireBird Camera Link BoardįireBird is fitted with 26‑way Camera Link Mini connectors (SDR/HDR) and screwlocks as specified in the Camera Link v2.1 specification.

Using a Camera Link trigger & FireBird timers.Compatible with a number of 3rd party applications and GenICam compliant software in general.

Link grabber drivers#

Drivers for LabVIEW and Cognex VisionPro available.Fully featured GenICam Consumer application: ActiveCapture.

Link grabber driver#

A GenTL Producer is provided as part of the FireBird driver installation which allows the frame grabber to be used with GenICam GenTL compliant applications. A separate datasheet describes ActiveSDK in detail.įireBird also supports GenICam for Camera Link cameras which support CLProtocol, including those using GenCP. In addition to functions that control the hardware, the libraries include general purpose functions for the manipulation and display of images. Drivers for third party applications are also available such as Cognex VisionPro, HALCON, Common Vision Blox, StreamPix, LabVIEW etc. It provides comprehensive example applications and optimized runtime libraries, and supports a variety of operating systems via a common API, including Windows, Linux and QNX. This is available as a separate item, and allows rapid system development and integration.

Link grabber full#

The FireBird also supports capture from two simultaneous Base Camera Link cameras as well as single Base, Medium and Full configurations.įireBird is supported by Active Silicon’s software development kit, ActiveSDK. The 4-lane Gen2 interface used on the FireBird is fast enough to cope with the full data rate that the Camera Link 80 bit interface can support. This technical innovation applies RISC based processor techniques and guarantees zero CPU intervention, high-speed and low-latency image data transfers.įireBird supports the latest version 2.1 Camera Link specification, including both 80-bit modes: 8-bit 10-tap and 10-bit 8-tap modes – often referred to as Camera Link “Deca”, at clock rates up to 85 MHz. FireBird Camera Link 80-bit (Deca) is a member of Active Silicon’s state-of-the-art FireBird frame grabber family.įireBird is designed for ultimate performance using Active Silicon’s proprietary DMA Engine technology, “ActiveDMA”.