Solios eV-CLB Matrox Single Medium / Dual-Base Camera Link PCIe x4 Frame Grabber

The Matrox Solios eV-CL Series Camera Link Frame Grabbers provide connectivity to the market's most high-performance, multi-megapixel area- and line-scan Camera Link cameras, augmented with onboard Bayer interpolation (eV-CLB/CLBL models), color space conversions, and look-up tables (LUTs).

For field-proven, low-latency, and deterministic acquisition, Camera Link provides a scalable solution conceived specifically for machine vision applications. From cost-sensitive low datarate applications to mainstream applications including color and right up to maximum-bandwidth applications, Camera Link is an excellent fit. The introduction of the mini Camera Link connector (eV-CLB/CLF models) has led to compatibility with small-footprint PCs, enabling two Base-mode Camera Link interfaces with triggering and general purpose I/O in a single slot. Even the most space-constrained systems can now support dual Base or single Medium/Full configurations.

The Matrox Solios eV-CLB/CLBL is capable of simultaneously capturing from two completely independent Base Camera Link cameras at up to 85 MHz. Fully supporting PoCL, the Matrox Solios eV-CLB/CLBL can reduce cabling complexity, eliminating the need for bulky and costly external camera power supplies. Alternatively, the Matrox Solios eV-CLF/CLFL - capable of handling a single Full Camera Link camera with up to 10-taps at 70 MHz - can acquire and reconstruct images from the most advanced multi-tap high-performance area- and line-scan cameras.

A PCIe x4 host interface provides the throughput necessary to ensure the continuous flow of pixels from Matrox Solios eV-CL Series frame grabbers to host memory. With a peak bandwidth of up to 1 GB/s, the Matrox Solios eV-CL's host interface prevents pixels from inadvertently being discarded, while the point-to-point connectivity of PCIe stops other add-in devices from consuming valuable bandwidth between the frame grabber and the host PC.

As image sizes continue to grow, frame rates steadily increase, and applications are expected to do more, the demands for host-system processing are escalating. Alleviating this pressure, the Matrox Solios eV-CL Series Camera Link Frame Grabbers can offload repetitive CPU intensive tasks such as Bayer interpolation (eV-CLB/CLBL models), color space conversions, and LUTs, freeing valuable processing capability.