CoaXPress v2.0 (CXP12)

CoaXPress (CXP) is a simple, yet powerful, standard for moving high speed serial data from a camera to a frame grabber. Video is captured at speeds of up to 6.25 Gigabits/Second (Gb/S). Simultaneously, control commands and triggers can be sent to the camera 20 Mb/S (with a trigger accuracy of +/- 2 nanoseconds). Up to 13 W of power can also supplied to the camera. All this happens over a single piece of industry standard 75 Ohm coaxial cable. Multiple CXP links can be aggregated to support higher data rates (e.g. four links provide 25 Gb/S of data). The CXP standard opens the door to applications where cable cost, routing requirements and long distances have prevented the move to high resolution, high speed digital cameras. In many cases, existing coaxial infrastructure can be repurposed for CXP with very low installation costs.

microEnable 5 marathon VCX-QP is a PCIe image processing device that allows the connection of up to four CoaXPress cameras with a bandwidth of 25 Gbit/s.

CoaXPress Version 2.0 doubles the speed of CXP up to 12.5 Gb/S. BitFlow stays ahead of the curve with its Claxon frame grabber that support up to four links of CXP-12.

The Claxon-CXP Features:

• Half-Size x8 PCI Express Gen 3.0 frame grabber
• CoaXPress 1.0/1.1/2.0 compliant
• Supports one to four CXP-12 cameras
• Supports multi-link CXP-12 cameras (up to four CXP links)
• Supports CXP speeds from 3.25 to 12.50 Gb/S
• Supports simultaneous capture from four CXP-12 cameras
• Low speed uplink supported on all links
• Uses micro BNC connectors
• Provides power for all cameras (up to 13 Watts per link)
• 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
• Cameras can be accurately synchronized, or can be completely independent

• Compatible with all PCIe x8/x16 slots Gen 1.0/2.0/3.0
• Separate I/O for each camera
• Highly deterministic, low latency frame grabber to camera trigger

• Supports simultaneous command and control to all cameras
• Windows “sees” a separate virtual frame grabber for each 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