Custom Frame Grabber Solutions

Custom frame grabber solutions - example FireBirdCXP-12

Active Silicon’s frame grabbers are employed in many different applications worldwide. Where it was necessary or advantageous to the end application, we have customized our boards to meet additional functional or structural requirements.

We can deliver custom frame grabber solutions

  • Software and firmware modification for applications with additional requirements
  • Hardware feature changes, e.g. custom connectivity, custom I/Os, CAN bus, etc.
  • Different embedded form factors e.g. cPCI Serial, PCIe/104, XMC, etc.

Benefits of a customized frame grabber

Customization brings many benefits:

  • Easier integration into your imaging system
  • Delivery of unique custom functionality
  • Reduction of size and cost

For example, a customized frame grabber board can deliver additional functionality that would normally be implemented as a separate processing board, hence reducing the requirement for extra hardware, space and cost.

Custom carrier boards for CoaXPress and Camera Link systems

Active Silicon can also assist in building custom carrier boards to integrate CoaXPress or Camera Link frame grabbers into AI on the edge systems, for example, developed with Jetson Orin platforms. Find more on frame grabbers / Jetson Orin integration on our Solutions for NVIDIA Jetson page.

Get in touch to see how we can support your vision system.

Our skills and capabilities

Active Silicon offers custom design services

How can we assist you with our hardware, FPGA design and software development skills and our experience in efficient prototyping and manufacturing?

Custom camera solutions

Custom camera solutions - example showing a Harrier 3G-SDI Camera Interface Board that can be customized

Our Harrier camera solutions and BlueBird video adapters can be customized to meet your requirements for additional functionality.

Custom frame grabbers

Custom frame grabber solutions - example FireBirdCXP-12

Customized frame grabber products to meet your additional functional or structural needs. Read more to find out what we can do for you.

Custom embedded systems

Full-custom embedded systems and other custom design services

Active Silicon has over 30 years' experience of full-custom solution design, often incorporating our cutting-edge vision technology.

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