Matrox Radient eV-CXP RADEV1G4C6 Value-packed high-performance CoaXPress Frame Grabber

Description

Value-packed high-performance CoaXPress frame grabber

The Matrox Radient eV-CXP is a cost-effective CoaXPress (CXP) frame grabber with specific models supporting up to two (Dual) or four (Quad) simultaneous connections. By combining a field proven design with the new CXP interface, the Matrox Radient eV-CXP is a dependable high-performance image capture solution for today and into the foreseeable future.

Moving forward with CoaXPress

CoaXPress is a new camera interface standard that takes advantage of common coax cabling to transmit images at rates and distances above and beyond previous standards. With CXP, image data can be transmitted at up to 6.25 Gbps using a single coaxial cable and up to 25 Gbps using four cables to a maximum of 40 meters3. CXP’s high-bandwidth makes it the right match for a new generation of cameras with larger and faster image sensors.

CXP’s full duplex design enables the transmission of camera configuration and control along with image data on the same cable. The Power over CoaXPress (PoCXP) capability further simplifies cabling by providing a camera with up to 13W per cable. This unified cabling facilitates the upgrade of legacy imaging systems from analog to digital.

Reliable high-performance image acquisition

The Matrox Radient eV-CXP provides two (Dual) or four (Quad) independent CXP connections through BNC connectors. This allows for simultaneous capture from up to two (Dual) or four (Quad) cameras each running at different CXP speeds (i.e., 1.25, 2.5, 3.125, 5.0 or 6.25 Gbps). For high-bandwidth applications, the Radient eV-CXP frame grabber can also capture from a single camera transmitting image data at up to 12.5 Gbps (Dual) or 25 Gbps (Quad) using connection aggregation.

To reliably handle these high data rates, the Matrox Radient eV-CXP uses a PCIe® 2.0 x8 host interface – with a peak transfer rate of up to 4GB/s – combined with up to 4GB SDRAM of on-board buffering. The frame grabber can also offload the host CPU from having to perform image pre-processing task (i.e., Bayer interpolation, color space conversion and LUT mapping).

The Matrox Radient eV-CXP further simplifies overall system integration by providing camera power, trigger and control over each CXP connection, as well as two (Dual) or four (Quad) independent sets of auxiliary I/O for interfacing with rotary encoders, photoelectric sensors and strobe controllers. By having the primary set of auxiliary I/Os on the same bracket as the BNC connections, the Matrox Radient eV-CXP offers a true single PCIe® slot solution for single camera applications4.

Hardware

• half-length full-height board
• PCIe® 2.0 x 8 host bus interface
• 1/2/4 GB of DDR3 SDRAM
• CoaXPress (CXP) acquisition
– JIIA NIF-001-2010 Ver. 1.0 certified
– two (Dual) or four (Quad) independent CXP connections (up to 6.25 Gbit/s)
• BNC connector
• Power over CXP (PoCXP) with Safe Power (up to 13W)
• Auto connection speed detection
• LED indicator of connection state
• supports frame and line scan sources
• on-board image reconstruction
• on-board color space conversion
– input formats
• 8/16-bit mono/Bayer
• 24/48-bit packed BGR
– output formats
• 8/16-bit mono
• 24/48-bit packed/planar BGR
• 16-bit YUV
• 16-bit YCbCr
• 32-bit BGRa
• on-board look-up tables (LUTs)
– 8/10/12 bit support
• on-board Bayer conversion
– GB, BG, GR and RG pattern support
• Up to four (4) DBHD-15 male GPIO connectors (one (1) on main board through MiniDP adaptor cable and three (3) on separate brackets)
– three (3) TTL configurable auxiliary I/Os
– two (2) LVDS auxiliary inputs
– one (1) LVDS auxiliary output
– two (2) opto-isolated auxiliary inputs
• support for one (1) quadrature rotary encoder per CXP connection
• MIL License fingerprint and storage

Dimensions and environmental information

• 167.6 mm L x 111.1 mm x 18.7 mm (6.6” x 4.38” x 0.74”)
• 250m A @ 3.3V, 1.25 @ 12V or 15.8 W total power
• operating temperature: 0oC to 55oC (32oF to 131oF)
• FCC Class A
• CE Class A
• RoHS-compliant

Software drivers

• Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) drivers for 32/64-bit Windows® 7/8(.1)
• MIL driver for RTX642
• MIL drivers for 32/64-bit Linux®