Specifications

Camera interfaces
Bonito Technical Manual V2.2.1
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Camera interfaces
This chapter gives you information on the control junction, inputs and outputs
and trigger features.
Requirements and serial I/O
Frame grabber requirements
Special care has to be taken in selecting the Camera Link frame grabbers. They
should be able to process the 10 taps of each Bonito channel at 80 MHz clock
frequency, which leads to a mean data rate of approx. 2 x 737 MiB/s (= 2 x 773
MB/s) net and a burst rate of up to 2 x 763 MiB/s (= 2 x 800 MB/s) net.
Camera configuration files for several frame grabbers are available from AVT
GmbH on request.
PC Hardware requirements
A PC with high performance PCI Express (PCIe) system architecture is needed to
cope with the high data rates. At least one free PCIe x4/x8/x16 slot is needed
per frame grabber, depending on the specific frame grabber requirements.
Generally a short PCIe card may be plugged into a longer PCIe slot (e.g. a PCIe
x4 frame grabber into a PCIe x16 slot). Often the main board manufacturers do
not connect all lanes of a physical slot to the chipset. So ensure that at least the
number of lanes which is needed by the frame grabber is electrically connected
in the slot. Refer to the reference manual of the main board for details.
Currently we recommend main boards with Intel X58 chipset or better
specification regarding the PCIe architecture.
Camera link cable length
The maximum Camera Link cable length for the Bonito is about 7 m, depending
on the cable quality and the frame grabber.
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For accessories like cables or power supply see:
http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/accessories
Go to Camera Link section.
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For more information on frame grabbers see manuals from
frame grabber manufacturer.