Camera Link IO Module for microEnable IV (CLIO)

The CLIO module allows to output the Camera Link input stream received by the microEnable IV frame grabber. It outputs all signals generated by the camera, i.e., the image data (D00 to D23), strobes (FVAL, LVAL, DVAL, CTRL), and the pixel clock (PCLK).

Neither control signals generated by the frame grabber (CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4) nor the serial communication signals (SER2FG, SER2CAM) are output by the module.

CLIO is able to handle a single BASE camera, two BASE cameras, one MEDIUM camera, or one FULL configuration camera, depending on the main frame grabber module.

Because the Camera Link standard defines a link between a single source (camera) and a single destination (frame grabber on the PC), it is impossible to implement busses between a single source (camera) and multiple destinations (frame grabbers on different PCs). However, this may be useful in scenarios of very demanding applications. In these cases, the computing power of a single PC may be insufficient to solve an image processing task in time.

The CLIO module now allows distributing the task to several PCs working in parallel by copying the image data into a chain. The microEnable IV frame grabbers are now programmed to pass only a subset of the images to their PC, thus decreasing the computation time per unit dramatically.

 

 

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