Description and Features

Grablink DualBase is a cost-effective full-featured frame grabber for two Camera Link cameras applications. It supports two Base- or Lite-configuration Camera Link cameras. Grablink DualBase features on-board processing, such as LUTs and a Bayer CFA decoder, and two rich sets of I/O lines compatible with a wide range of sensors and encoders. Grablink DualBase features a 4-lane PCI Express bus.

Camera Link interface
- Two Base or Lite Camera Link cameras
- The full data rate range is supported: from 20 MHz up to 85 MHz
- PoCL SafePower compliant frame grabber
- Four fully-configurable upstream control lines
- Serial communication interface (600 ~230400 bit/s)
Supported camera classes
- Monochrome, Bayer CFA, and color RGB progressive area-scan cameras
- Monochrome and color RGB line-scan cameras
On-board processing
- Image reconstruction: tap re-ordering, H/V flipping
- 3 look-up table transformation and Bayer CFA decoder
- High-performance up to 850 Megabytes/s DMA transfers (application and motherboard dependent) into user allocated memory with both 64-bit addressing capability and image cropping capability
20 digital I/O lines compatible with a wide range of sensors and encoders including quadrature incremental motion decoders
- They form a rich set of I/O lines with:
  - Two high-speed differential RS-422 inputs
  - Four individually-isolated wide-voltage-range inputs
  - Four individually-isolated contact outputs
- +5V and + 12V power output with electronic fuse protection
Mechanical specification
- 4-lane half-length PCI Express add-on board
- Bracket with:
  - Two mini Camera Link SDR connectors
  - One external system IO connector
  - Two LED indicators
- 2 internal system I/O connectors
ECCO: Extended Camera Link Cable Operation
- Go beyond Camera Link specifications at no additional cost!
- Operate with 30% longer cables, achieve 30% higher speed or use less costly cables

Camera Link frequency vs. cable length with Grablink DualBase featuring ECCO