Imperx
Introduces FrameLink Express Frame Grabber
Imperx Incorporated, the world’s
leading supplier of frame grabbers for laptops, builds
on the success of the FrameLink and VCE series of PCMCIA
frame grabbers to introduce the new FrameLink Express.
FrameLink Express is a CameraLink frame grabber specifically
designed for ExpressCard laptops. This professional,
state-of-the-art ExpressCard video capture card allows
users to view and store real time megapixel video images
from CameraLink sources on their notebook computers.
Functionality, performance and versatility with
2.5 Gbp/s bandwidth
Providing the functionality, performance and versatility
required by today’s demanding vision systems, FrameLink
Express is a highly versatile frame grabber capable
of acquiring single or multiple frames and standard
AVI clips images from two independent Camera Link Base
Cameras or a single Medium camera. Each captured frame
can be stamped with a customizable user message along
with the date and time of capture. The ExpressCard/54
interface (x1 lane PCIe) provides an impressive 2.5
Gbp/s bandwidth. The frame grabber features a flow-through
pipelined architecture with an intelligent scatter/gather
DMA engine to provide over 200 Mbytes/s of throughput
for fast, efficient use of the ExpressCard bandwidth.
Adjustable RGB gain and offset with auto-white balance
The FrameLink Express features adjustable RGB gain and
offset with auto-white balance. It also allows the user
to select window sizes and offers a built-in programmable
CC pulse generator. Measuring a compact 4.28 in. x 2.1
in. x 0.7 in. (108 x 54 x 18 mm), the FrameLink Express
has a wide temperature range of 0°C to 65°C.
The plug-and-play unit uses two mini-CL connectors and
has hot insertion and removal for ease of use.
Full-featured software suite
A full-featured, intuitive, easy to use software suite,
including drivers and an application program is provided
with the card. The software allows for fast integration
of the card into demanding machine vision environments.
An optional C/C++ SDK is also available.
Integration into a wide variety of applications
The RoHS compliant FrameLink Express is ideal for integration
into a variety of applications including silicon wafer
and PCB inspection, machine vision and document scanning,
ultrasound, x-ray, CT and MRI. It is also well suited
for security applications including police in-car surveillance
and biometric identification, as well as military uses
including aerial mapping/survey, battlefield imaging
and UAV and robotic vision.
Easy upgrade from FrameLink
FrameLink Express makes it easy for FrameLink users
to upgrade to the next card. For example, a customer
that has been using the framelink can simply recompile
the application with the updated SDK and work with the
FrameLink Express.
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