FASTX3 FRAME GRABBER

The FastX3 frame grabber series is for users who anticipate a demand for extreme I/O requirements and/or higher bandwidth, complex image processing and real-time high-speed storage in a cost effective platform. The base FastX3, is a one half-length raw form factor PCIe (X4) Gen2 board with either six basic 85 MHz Camera Link Channels up to two extended full Camera Link camera interfaces. The front-end data is formatted and preprocessed by an Artix FPGA beforie being sent to the PCIe (X4) Gen 2 interface. It also is POCL and has isolated inputs including three LVDS I/Os.

Alacron FastX3 PCIe Frame Grabber Photo

 

FASTX3 PCIe KEY FEATURES:

  • Raw PCI form factor board with 4 GB dedicated high speed DD2 DRAM for the front end Xilinx Kintex FPGA for sustained real-time front-end processing
  • Collects data from up to six asynchronous Camera (channel) Links and has POCL
  • Programmable Xilinx ARTIX FPGA for I/O interface configuration and processing
  • Four lane PCIe gen-2 bus interfac
  • Optional high speed I/O interface for alternative input formats such as GigEx4, UXGA/DVI, or CoaXPress
  • Supported by industry standard firmware development tools, including fully optimized basic data manipulation, data formatting and image processing routines
  • Drivers for Windows 7, 10, and Linux

FASTX3 BOARD OVERVIEW

Alacron FaastX3 Pcie frame grabber diagram 

I/O INTERFACE

  • Up to six 85 MHz Bidirectional Camera (channel) Link I/O
  • Three LVDS Isolated I/Os

PCI-e INTERFACE

  • Data width of four lane PCI-express Gen-2
  • Peak DMA rate - 2GB/sec bidirectional.

CAMERA CONTROL

  • Serial port- Asynch., RS-232 which runs from 75 to 11.2K baud
  • USB
  • Camera Link controls (optional)
  • 3 LVDS I/Os isolated

FPGA/MEMORY OPTION

  • Four GB DDR2 DRAM memory directly connected to the input multiple ARTIX7 FPGA options for high-speed input and processing

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