FRAME GRABBER SOFTWARE

OVERVIEW

Alacron provides the complete software environment needed to get your machine vision or imaging application up and running quickly — from concept to working high performance systems. O/S environments supported include Windows 2000, WIN XP, Solaris, and Linux. Alacron's CODE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS provides all the facilities needed to develop and debug code for simple framegrabbers to multiprocessor applications. The diagram below outlines the extensive suite of imaging and machine vision application tools and libraries that Alacron provides for rapid development. Just click on the box of interest and you will be linked to the detail page for that application or library.

ALACRON TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS

TOOLS AND LIBRARIES

GUI BASED CODE DEVELOPMENT

• ALRT( )

• FASTLIB( )

• FOIL( )

APPLICATIONS

• MORPHOLOGY( )

• PATTERN RECOGNITION( )

• MEASUREMENT( )

• JPEG2000( )

• H261/263 COMPRESSION( )

 

FastSeries GUI-based Development Environment

Alacron provides a comprehensive suite of system software tools to compile and debug applications,analyze and optimize performance, and simulate execution on the processor. The diagram below illustrates the design flow for C/C++ program development, debugging, optimization, and simulation.

 

The Alacron Software SDE

Software Tools Include:

• Assembler
• Linker
• Simulator
• Optimized Compiler
• C runtime library
• C source-level debugger
• ALRT and ALFAST I/O Libraries

Assembler

• Easy-to-use algebraic syntax simplifies programming
• Allows use of C-style preprocessor directives (e.g. #include, #ifdef #else)

Assembly Library

• Optimized arithmetic and DSP routines
• Librarian tools allow you to create your own library or add your own routines to existing libraries

Linker

• Combines assembly object files and library files to produce executable program

Simulator

• Powerful debugging tool
• Models the architecture of the processor
• Performs instruction-level simulation of program execution
• Supports symbolic level debugging
• Integrates with the C source-level debugger

Optimized Compiler

• Optimized for processor Instruction set

C Runtime Library

• ANSI-standard functions to ease program development

C Source Level Debugger

• Full-featured source-level debugger
• Used along with simulator to debug code on single - and multiprocessor systems
• User-friendly graphic interface provides full control over program execution

ALRT/ALFAST

• Alacron's run-time development software to control the input/output resources on the FastSeries boards. It consists of libraries that handle capture operations, control the accelerator, and direct data to the digital input/output port.