Specifications

• Half-Size, low profile x4 PCI Express Gen 2.0 frame grabber
• Regular or low profile bracket option
• CoaXPress 1.0/1.1/2.0 compliant
• Supports one single link CXP-12 camera
• Supports CXP speeds from 3.25 to 12.50 Gb/S
• Low speed uplink supported
• Uses micro BNC connector
• Provides power for camera (up to 13 Watts)
• Provides Safe Power, full protection from all power line faults
• Cameras are Plug and Play with automatic link speed and camera parameter detection
• Cable lengths of up to 100 meters are supported
• Compatible with all PCIe x4/x8/x16 slots Gen 1.0/2.0/3.0
• I/O available for camera
• Highly deterministic, low latency frame grabber to camera trigger
• Windows “sees” a virtual frame grabber for the camera
• StreamSync technology maximizes data through-put while minimizing image latency
• Acquire variable length frames from line scan cameras
• Triggers and encoders for external control of acquisition
• Drivers, utilities and examples for Windows and Linux
• Supported on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms
• Drivers for most 3rd party processing environments (e.g. HALCON, LabView, VisionPro, MATLAB, etc.)
• Full GenICam support for camera control and capture
• Programmable signal generator for camera control (independent for each camera)
• Quadrature encoder support including sophisticated triggering schemes
• Encoder divider/multiplier
• RoHS compliant
• Supports BitFlow BitBox

The Axion-CL is the most powerful CL frame grabber BitFlow has ever manufactured. A natural addition to this family was obvious…a CL Base version. The Axion xB series will be replacing the Neon series of Camera Link frame grabbers.

Hardware Specifications

• Base Camera Link interface
• All tap Camera Link tap formats are supported
• Supports two Base CL cameras
• Supports Power over Camera Link (PoCL) for both cameras
• Support both PoCL and non-PoCL cameras
• Provides Safe Power – full protection from all CL power line faults
• Fully backwards compatible with non-PoCL cameras and cables
• Half-Size x4 PCI Express Board
• Acquire up to 24 bits at 85 MHz
• Separate I/O for each camera
• MDR Camera Link connectors
• Both cameras can be independent or synchronized
• StreamSync technology means that no on-board memory is needed, even with the fastest cameras
• DMA at data rates up to 1.8 GB/S
• Supports images up to 32K pixels x 16M lines
• No frame rate limit (tested to over 250K FPS)
• The Axion 2xB appears to Windows as two separate frame grabbers
• Triggers and encoders for external control of acquisition
• Sophisticated triggering modes for complex applications
• Acquire, trigger controlled, variable length frames with line scan cameras
• Quadrature encoder support including sophisticated triggering schemes
• Encoder divider/multiplier
• Two general purpose, on-board timing generators (exposure control, strobe, solenoids, etc.)
• RoHS compliant

Software Specifications

• Drivers, utilities and examples for Windows and Linux
• Supported on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms
• Camera Link Specification compliant serial port support
• Fully supports GenICam based CL cameras (CL Protocol)
• GenTL producer supplied for working the GenICam based applications
• GenICam based camera control application, Ximilon, available for free
• Drivers for most 3rd party processing environments (e.g. HALCON, LabVIEW, VisionPro, MATLAB, etc.)
• Acquire image sequences well beyond the 4GB barrier