The R64 takes BitFlow's proven Camera Link and FlowThru technology to the next level by offering a Full Camera Link interface on the 64-bit/66 MHz PCI bus.
The R64-CL
The new R64-CL Camera Link frame grabber takes high-speed imaging to the next level by offering a solution for the 64-bit/66MHz PCI bus. Featuring an enhanced version of the time-tested and proven FlowThru architecture that BitFlow pioneered nearly 10 years ago, the R64-CL product line follows the tradition of its predecessors by supporting image acquisition at today's camera speeds with zero latency or CPU usage. Combining the built-in flexibility to support hundreds of off-the-shelf and proprietary cameras with the simplicity of a Camera Link interface, the R64-CL offers the best camera interface solution for the most demanding OEM, System Integrator or End-User applications.
The R64-CL features a single or dual Camera Link camera interface configuration. In the single camera configuration, the R64-CL is capable of supporting a base, medium or full Camera Link camera. Output configurations include two taps, three taps (RGB), four taps and eight taps. The dual camera configuration R64e-CL is capable of supporting two identical base Camera Link cameras.
Features
Camera Link Interface
The R64-CL features a single or dual Camera Link camera interface configuration. In the single camera configuration, the R64-CL is capable of supporting a Base, Medium or Full Camera Link camera. Output configurations include two taps, three taps (RGB), four taps and eight taps. The dual camera configuration R64-CL is capable of supporting two identical Base Camera Link cameras. Area cameras can simply be synchronized via a common vertical reset signal.
Flow Thru Architecture
For the last 6 years, BitFlow's camera interface products have been built around our revolutionary FlowThru architecture. Comprised of a user-programmable Video Pipeline, a flexible Camera Control Unit, efficient high-speed video FIFOs and a highly-optimized scatter/gather DMA engine, the FlowThru architecture allows the R64-CL to control, acquire, reformat and transfer video data directly into the user's application at camera speeds with zero latency or CPU usage. Our FlowThru architecture has been continuously optimized and enhanced to support a wide variety of imaging applications such as document/package processing, semiconductor, continuous web inspection, sequence capture and motion analysis and can easily be adapted to the specific needs of your application.
Real Time Bayer Processor
BitFlow's R64-PCE-CL-IP2 model features real-time Bayer filter interpolation for the latest color Camera Link cameras and allows the user to maintain the camera's specified frame rate while also offloading the host CPU. BitFlow's BayView application, which is offered as part of our Software Development Kit, offers full control over all processing parameters as well as a live preview window.
Camera Control and I/O
Supported by a GUI camera file editing utility (CamEd), the R64-CL's Camera Control Unit (CCU) provides full support for monochrome or color area and line scan cameras and their operating modes. The CCU can acquire fixed or variable size frames (up to 256K x 128K) and lines (up to 256K x unlimited lines in continuous acquisition mode, 256K x 128K in triggered acquisition mode) and features a programmable AOI (Area Of Interest) sub-windowing capability. Camera control signals such as exposure and asynchronous reset can be customized to the camera's capabilities. Programmable TTL, differential and opto-coupled I/O signals such as trigger, encoder (with on-board rate control capability), general purpose inputs and general purpose outputs provide flexibility when interfacing to system control equipment and ensure trigger to image accuracy. The R64-CL board, as with our past interface products, is capable of supporting not only simple triggering modes but also extremely complicated, application-specific modes as well.
64-bit/66MHz PCI Interface
The R64-CL supports the following bus configurations: 32-bit/33MHz, 32-bit/66MHz, 64-bit/33MHz, 64-bit/66MHz as well as PCI-X.
Applications
The flexibility of the R64-CL product allows it to be used in virtually any imaging application that requires a Camera Link camera and utilizes the power, scalability and cost-effectiveness of the desktop computer for processing.
R64 Models
R64-PCI-CL-D
R64-PCI-CL-F
R64-PCI-CL-IP2D
R64-PCI-CL-IP2F