First Light C-RED 3 - Data Format and Interfaces

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9. OPERATION
Data format
Camera Link
®
(for C-RED 3 CL only)
C-RED 3 CL uses the Camera Link
®
Full interface which requires two data cables. Data are
transmitted with a standard protocol using 4 taps of 16 bits width. With this configuration, pixels are
sent 4 by 4 through the Camera Link
®
, and the Camera Link
®
Pixel Clock is 72.9 MHz.
Figure 19: Print screen of Intellicam software from Matrox
Note: When a Matrox acquisition board is used, the user needs to set x to 160(=640/4).
Camera Link
®
frame grabber
The camera is compliant with Camera Link
®
standard.
However, please note that our cameras have been developed and tested with specific grabbers, and
we highly recommend using these grabbers.
Any malfunctions related to the use of a non-certified grabber will not be supported by First Light
Imaging
.
List of tested and recommended grabbers:
- MATROX Radient eV-cl full (drivers available for Linux® and Windows ®)
- DALSA/TELEDYNE X64 Xcelera-CL (drivers available for Windows ® only)
- EDT visionLink F4 (drivers available for linux and windows) (NEW)
Note: With EDT frame grabber, it is recommended to use CL cables up to 7m only.