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Camera Link Requirements

Each channel link is composed of 5 LVDS pairs:

Note. The Lite configuration uses a subset of the original channel link with 3 LVDS pairs i.o. 5: 1 for the clock, 2 for the data.

The following requirements apply to each channel link separately.

Clock Line Requirements

For each channel link individually, the clock signal must satisfy the following requirements:

Data Lines Requirements

For each channel link individually, the electrical signal of the 4 data lines must be conform to the Camera Link requirements, namely be generated by a National Semiconductor chip as specified in the Table A-1 of the Camera Link Specification v1.1.

The Lite configuration uses a specific bit assignment for the two data lines. It conforms to the requirements of Camera Link 2.0 specification.

Cable Requirements

The camera cables must be Camera Link compliant and terminated with a MiniCL connector at the frame grabber side.

Both PoCL and non-PoCL cables can be used.

The usage of poor quality Camera Link cables may cause malfunction. This becomes critical for systems with a high clock rate or with long cables length. Therefore, Euresys recommends using Camera Link cables that are certified by the cable manufacturer for the length vs. clock rate combination.

Cameras using the Lite configuration must be connected using a 14-pin MiniCL to 26-pin MiniCL cable.