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FireBird CoaXPress Frame Grabber (4xCXP12-3PE8)
Part Number: AS-FBD-4XCXP12-3PE8
- CoaXPress v2.1 frame grabber.
- Supports CoaXPress speeds up to CXP-12.
- Four connections for up to four CXP-12 cameras.
- Fast PCI Express 8-lane Gen3 interface.
- ActiveDMA engine – acquisition with zero CPU usage.
- Comprehensive I/O including end bracket I/O.
- Supports PoCXP (Power over CoaXPress).
- Micro-BNC connectors.
- Standard half-length PCI form-factor.
- Full GenICam support in Windows or Linux (including GenTL Producer).
- Supported by the proven ActiveSDK.
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Description
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Product Specs
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Description
Products Specs
Downloads
Ordering Info
Videos
The FireBird Quad CXP-12 3PE8 frame grabber is one of the the latest members of Active Silicon’s state-of-the-art FireBird frame grabber family.
FireBird is designed for ultimate performance using Active Silicon’s proprietary DMA Engine technology, “ActiveDMA”. This technical innovation applies RISC based processor techniques and guarantees high speed, low latency image data transfers and zero CPU intervention.
The FireBird Quad CXP-12 3PE8 supports either one 4-connection camera, two 2-connection cameras, or up to four 1-connection cameras, all up to CXP-12.
CoaXPress is a leading transmission standard for high-speed imaging in professional and industrial applications, which now includes the faster CXP-10 and CXP-12 speeds (CoaXPress v2.0 and v2.1). Each CoaXPress connection supports up to 12.5 Gbps data rates, along with device power up to 13W and device control at up to 42 Mbps – all on a single coaxial cable. For faster devices, the connections can be concatenated to provide multiples of the single coax bandwidth. Very long cable lengths are supported – up to 35m at 12.5 Gbps and 100m at 3.125 Gbps using Belden 1694A coaxial cable – or even longer lengths using thicker cables. Active Silicon was one of the primary authors of the CoaXPress international standard, which is hosted by the JIIA (Japan Industrial Imaging Association).
FireBird is supported by Active Silicon’s software development kit, ActiveSDK. This is available as a separate item and allows rapid system development and integration. It provides comprehensive example applications and optimized libraries, and supports a variety of operating systems via a common API, including Windows, Linux (64-bit environments) and QNX. Drivers for third party applications are also available, such as Cognex VisionPro, HALCON, Common Vision Blox, StreamPix, LabVIEW etc.
Full GenICam support is included in the drivers and this includes a GenTL Producer for data streaming as well as register accesses. Additional to functions that control the hardware, the libraries include general purpose functions for the manipulation and display of images. A separate datasheet describes ActiveSDK in detail.
Further information and compatibility
- Fully GenICam compatible.
- GPU solutions available.
- Software Development Kit: ActiveSDK.
- GenICam consumer applications: ActiveCapture (Windows), Harvester GUI (Linux).
- Drivers for LabVIEW and Cognex VisionPro available.
- Compatible with a number of 3rd party applications and GenICam compliant software in general.
Application notes
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Specification summary
CoaXPress Interface: |
Four 75 Ohm Micro-BNC connectors (also known as HD-BNC) each operate at all CXP speeds up to 12.5 Gbps. Up to 17W is available to power cameras on each Micro-BNC via Power over CoaXPress (PoCXP), with 13W available at the camera according to the CoaXPress specification. This FireBird Quad CXP-12 3PE8 supports one camera using all four connections, two cameras each using two connections, or up to four cameras each using one connection, all up to CXP-12. LEDs on the end bracket BNC show the link status according to the CoaXPress specification. |
Buffer Memory: |
Up to 5 GBytes of DDR4 memory is fitted for buffering between the CoaXPress interface and the PCI Express bus. |
PCI Express: |
Eight-lane Gen3 interface typically providing 6.8 Gbytes/sec transfer from FireBird to the PC, subject to PC performance. |
I/O: |
The following I/O lines are provided for triggers, optical shaft encoders, exposure control and general I/O:
All these I/O signals are provided on a 50-way header on the FireBird board. A 15-way D-Type connector is located on the end panel bracket and allows access to a subset of the above I/O:
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Power Input: |
An 8-way PCI Express Graphics (PEG) connector is provided to connect to a 6- or 8-way PEG connector from the PC power supply. This is only needed for PoCXP. |
Fan Controller: |
The fan speed is linked to the temperature of the FPGA die for optimum cooling and noise level. |
Conformance
PCI Express Interface: |
PCI Express Bus eight-lane Gen3 interface to Specification Revision 3.1, with a max payload size of 512 bytes. The FireBird Quad CXP-12 3PE8 supports both Short (32-bit) and Long (64-bit) Address packets. It also generates Posted Writes for image data, thus achieving transfer rates up to 6.8 Gbytes/sec, subject to host performance. |
CoaXPress: |
The FireBird Quad CXP-12 3PE8 conforms to v2.1 of the CoaXPress specification. |
Approvals: |
EU
US
The printed circuit board is manufactured by UL recognised manufacturers and has a flammability rating of 94V-0. |
Physical and environmental details
Dimensions: |
PCB: 168mm by 111mm. |
Approximate Weight: |
190g. |
Power consumption (typical): |
(measured while acquiring from 4 CXP-12 connections) +3.3V: 80mA +12V: 1220mA +12V PEG connector: up to 68W for PoCXP |
Storage Temperature: |
-15ºC to +85ºC. |
Operating Temperature: |
0ºC to +60ºC. |
Relative Humidity: |
10% to 90% non-condensing (operating and storage). |
| Download | File Type | File Size | |
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Datasheets |
Datasheet FireBird CXP-12 Family incl. the 4xCXP12 3PE8 | 268.47 KB | |
| Datasheet ActiveSDK | 177.01 KB | ||
| Datasheet ActiveCapture front-end software | 801.54 KB | ||
| GenICam solutions for FireBird frame grabbers | 227.96 KB | ||
Manuals & Quick Start Guides |
FireBird Quickstart Guide v2.5 | 3.10 MB | |
CAD Drawings & Data |
3D CAD Model (STEP format zipped) | zip | 4.99 MB |
| Mechanical Overview | 228.19 KB | ||
| Machine vision cables available at Active Silicon | 106.09 KB | ||
Other Downloads |
Tech Note TN011: Using a CXP Uplink Trigger & FireBird Timers | 1,020.27 KB | |
| Tech Note TN013: Using an External Trigger Input with a FireBird CoaXPress Board | 533.24 KB |
Ordering Information
| Part number | Description |
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AS-FBD-4XCXP12-3PE8 |
FireBird Quad CXP-12 frame grabber with eight-lane Gen 3 interface. |
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AS-ACTIVESDK-xxx |
ActiveSDK, Software Development Kit for xxx operating system. (-WIN, -LIN or -QNX) |
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AS-CBL-1MM-0010-xM |
Micro-BNC to Micro-BNC cable x metres in length for use with CoaXPress video sources. Made from Belden 4855R cable rated to CXP-12. The standard stock lengths available are 3m, 5m or 10m. High-flex rating and much longer length cables also available – contact your distributor for details. |
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AS-CBL-1BM-0010-xM |
Micro-BNC to BNC cable x metres in length for use with CoaXPress video sources. Made from Belden 4855R cable rated to CXP-12. The standard stock lengths available are 3m or 10m. High-flex rating and much longer length cables also available – contact your distributor for details. |
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AS-CBL-1DM-0001-xM |
Micro-BNC to DIN1.0/2.3 ccable with x metres in length for use with CoaXPress video sources. Made from Belden 1855A cable (DIN connectors are only supported in CXP up to CXP-6 speeds). The standard stock lengths available are 3m or 10m. High-flex rating and much longer length cables also available – contact your distributor for details. |
Video tutorial – Introduction to ActiveCapture
ActiveCapture is a consumer application for camera and frame grabber control and is provided with all FireBird frame grabbers.
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