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.
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
