Euresys Grablink Duo Camera Link Frame Grabber

Euresys Grablink Duo Camera Link Frame Grabber

The Euresys Grablink Duo is a PCIe Camera Link frame grabber designed for high-performance machine vision and image acquisition applications. It supports one Camera Link Base, Medium, Full, 72-bit, or 80-bit camera, or two independent Camera Link Base cameras, with aggregate camera data rates up to 850 MB/s. The Grablink Duo features a PCIe 2.0 x4 host interface, Power over Camera Link (PoCL), ECCO Extended Camera Link Cable Operation, 512 MB onboard memory, 20 digital I/O lines, and advanced triggering and synchronization for area scan and line scan imaging applications.

Euresys frame grabbers provide high-performance image acquisition for demanding machine vision, industrial inspection, automation, and scientific imaging applications. Available for CoaXPress, CoaXPress-over-Fiber, and Camera Link cameras, Euresys frame grabbers combine high-speed data transfer with advanced triggering, synchronization, and camera control.

Datasheet

Grablink Duo Features

  • Supports Camera Link Base, Medium, Full, 72-bit, and 80-bit configurations
  • Supports one Base through 80-bit camera or two independent Base cameras
  • Up to 850 MB/s aggregate camera data rate
  • PCIe 2.0 x4 host interface
  • Power over Camera Link (PoCL) with two independent controllers
  • ECCO Extended Camera Link Cable Operation
  • Supports area scan and line scan cameras
  • 512 MB onboard memory
  • 20 digital I/O lines with advanced triggering and synchronization
  • C2C-Link, eGrabber software, GenCP, and Memento diagnostics

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Grablink Duo Specifications

Mechanical
Form Factor PCI Express card
Format Standard profile, half length, 4-lane PCI Express card
Cooling Air cooling, fan-cooled heatsink
Mounting Standard-height, 4-lane or higher PCI Express card slot
Dimensions 167.65 × 111.15 mm (6.6 × 4.38 in)
Net Weight 167 g (5.9 oz)
Host Bus
Host Interface PCI Express 2.0 (Gen 2)
Link Width x4; x1 or x2 operation supported with reduced performance
Link Speed 5.0 GT/s (PCIe 2.0); 2.5 GT/s (PCIe 1.0) with reduced performance
Maximum Payload Size 512 bytes
Peak Delivery Bandwidth 2,000 MB/s
Sustained Delivery Bandwidth 1,700 MB/s (host PC motherboard dependent)
PCIe Slot Power Rating 10 W
Power Consumption 7.1 W typical, excluding camera and I/O power output
Camera / Video Inputs
Camera Interface Camera Link 2.0
Camera Link Configurations Base, Medium, Full, 72-bit and 80-bit
Camera Connectors 2 × 26-position SDR Miniature Camera Link (MiniCL) connectors
Maximum Number of Cameras 2
Camera Configurations One Base, Medium, Full, 72-bit or 80-bit camera; or two independent Base cameras
Maximum Camera Link Clock 85 MHz
Camera Link Clock Range 20 to 85 MHz
Maximum Aggregate Camera Data Rate 6.8 Gbps (850 MB/s)
Camera Power PoCL (Power over Camera Link)
PoCL Two independent PoCL Safe Power controllers with device detection, automatic power-on, overload and short-circuit protection
Extended Cable Operation ECCO (Extended Camera Link Cable Operation)
Camera Types Area scan and line scan; monochrome and color
Line Scan Camera Support Yes
Camera Control
Area Scan Triggering Asynchronous reset, exposure control, exposure/readout overlap, external hardware trigger, programmable delay and trigger decimation
Strobe Control Programmable strobe position with early and late strobe pulse support
Line Scan Triggering Start-of-scan and end-of-scan triggering, external hardware trigger and continuous acquisition
Motion Encoder Support Quadrature encoder support with programmable noise filtering, acquisition direction selection, backward motion compensation, rate conversion and rate division
On-Board Processing
On-Board Memory 512 MB
Image Data Processing 10-/12-/14-bit unpacking to 16-bit with selectable LSb or MSb justification
Input LUT Monochrome 8-, 10- and 12-bit lookup table transformations
Bayer CFA Decoding 3 × 3 interpolation using average and median functions
Data Stream Statistics Frame rate, line rate and data rate measurement
General Purpose I/O
Digital I/O Lines 20
I/O Configuration 4 differential inputs, 4 TTL inputs/outputs, 8 isolated inputs and 4 isolated outputs
I/O Expansion Supported through the I/O EXTENSION connector
Input Filtering Programmable glitch-removal filtering
Polarity Control Yes
I/O Power Output +12 V, 1 A, non-isolated, electronically fused
Synchronization
C2C-Link Yes
C2C-Link Function Synchronization of multiple grabber-controlled area scan and line scan cameras across cards and systems
Maximum C2C-Link Trigger Rate Up to 2.5 MHz in supported single-PC configurations
Trigger Propagation Delay <10 ns for cameras on the same card or on different cards in the same PC
Software
Driver eGrabber
APIs C++, .NET and GenICam GenTL
GenCP Supported
Operating Systems Windows 10/11, Linux x86-64 and AArch64, macOS x86-64 and AArch64
Memento Supported
Environmental
Operating Temperature 0°C to +50°C (+32°F to +122°F)
Operating Humidity 10% to 90% RH, non-condensing
Storage Temperature -20°C to +70°C (-4°F to +158°F)
Storage Humidity 10% to 90% RH, non-condensing
Ordering Information
Product Status Released
Product Code PC1628
Product Name Grablink Duo


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