Frame Grabbers

FireBird CoaXPress Frame Grabber (1xCXP12-3PE4L)

Part Number: AS-FBD-1XCXP12-3PE4L

Product image - FireBird CoaXPress frame grabber 1x CXP-12 PCIe 3.0

Features

CoaXPress gives high speed data, power, and
camera control all over a single cable.
High performance CXP 2.1 with up to 25 Gigabits/s
input rate.
Fast PCI Express 3.0 (Gen3) 4-lane interface.
ActiveDMA engine – acquisition with zero CPU usage.
Comprehensive I/O including end bracket I/O.
Supports PoCXP (Power over CoaXPress).
HD-BNC (Micro-BNC) connectors.
Half-length low-profile PCIe form-factor.
Suitable for regular PCs, small embedded PCs and 2U rack mount cases.
Full GenICam support (including GenTL Producer).
High-speed data, power and camera control all over a single cable.
Supported by the proven ActiveSDK.

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The FireBird Single CXP-12 low profile frame grabber is one of the latest members of Active Silicon’s state-of-the-art FireBird frame grabber family. It supports a 1-connection CXP-12 camera with data rates up to 12.5 Gbps. As a low profile board it is suitable for small embedded PC enclosures and 2U rack mount cases, as well as standard PCs.

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 and low latency image data transfers and zero CPU intervention.

CoaXPress is a leading transmission standard for high-speed imaging in professional and industrial applications, now including the faster CXP-10 and CXP-12 speeds. A 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 coax cable. Very long cable lengths are supported – up to 35m at 12.5 Gbps and 100m at 3.125 Gbps using Belden 1694A 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.

The FireBird Single CXP-12 low profile frame grabber can be purchased with either a full height PC card bracket for use in regular PCs or with a low-profile PC card bracket to fit into small embedded PC enclosures and 2U rack mount cases.

Specification summary

CoaXPress Interface:	Two 75 Ohm HD-BNC connectors (also known as Micro-BNC) each operates at all CXP speeds up to 12.5 Gbps. To power cameras, up to 17W is available via the HD-BNC and Power over CoaXPress (PoCXP), with 13W available at the camera according to the CoaXPress specification. FireBird Single CXP-12 supports one single-connection CXP-12 camera. LEDs on the end bracket show the link status according to the CoaXPress specification.
Buffer Memory:	Up to 2GBytes of DDR4 memory is fitted for buffering between the CoaXPress interface and the PCI Express bus.
PCI Express:	Four-lane Gen3 interface to support up to 3.4 Gbytes/sec transfer from FireBird to the PC.
I/O:	The following I/O lines are available for triggers, optical shaft encoders, exposure control and general I/O: 4 opto-isolated inputs. 4 opto-isolated outputs. 4 TTL inputs, 5V tolerant. 4 TTL I/O, 5V logic. 4 RS-422 inputs. 4 RS-422 outputs. 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: 2 opto-isolated inputs. 3 TTL I/O, 5V logic. 2 RS-422 inputs. 1 RS-422 output.
Power Input:	A 6-way PCI Express Graphics (PEG) connector is provided to connect to a 6-way PEG connector from the PC power supply. This is only needed for PoCXP.

Conformance

PCI Express Interface:

PCIe 3.0 (Gen3) four-lane interface to Specification Revision 3.1, with a max payload size of 512 bytes.

The FireBird Single CXP-12 low profile frame grabber 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 3.4 Gbytes/sec, subject to host performance.

CoaXPress:

The FireBird Single CXP-12 conforms to v2.1 of the CoaXPress specification.

Approvals:

CE-mark for compliance with EMC EN 55022:2010 (class A) and EN 55024:2010 in accordance with EU directive 2014/30/EU.
RoHS compliance to RoHS3 directive 2015/863/EU.

EMC FCC Class A.

The printed circuit board is manufactured by UL recognized manufacturers and has a flammability rating of 94V-0.

Physical and environmental details

Dimensions:	PCB: 168mm by 69mm. Overall: 181mm by 69mm.
Weight:	TBA
Power consumption (typical):	+3.3V: TBA mA +12V: up to 25W with 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
Datasheets	Datasheet FireBird Single CXP-12 3PE4	pdf	298.38 KB
	GenICam solutions for FireBird frame grabbers	pdf	236.43 KB
Manuals & Quick Start Guides	FireBird Quickstart Guide v2.6	pdf	3.71 MB
Other Downloads	Tech Note TN011: Using a CXP Uplink Trigger & FireBird Timers	pdf	1.04 MB
	Tech Note TN013: Using an External Trigger Input with a FireBird CoaXPress Board	pdf	576.37 KB
	Machine vision cables available from Active Silicon	pdf	148.10 KB

Part number	Description
AS-FBD-1XCXP12-3PE4L-L	FireBird Single CXP-12 low-profile frame grabber with PCIe 3.0 (Gen3) four-lane interface and low-profile PC card bracket.
AS-FBD-1XCXP12-3PE4L-F	FireBird Single CXP-12 low-profile frame grabber as above, but with full-height PC card bracket.
AS-ACTIVESDK-xxx	ActiveSDK, Software Development Kit for xxx operating system. (-WIN, -LIN or -QNX) Supported environments include 64-bit Windows, Linux and QNX; more information on the ActiveSDK page.
AS-CBL-1MM-0010-xM	HD-BNC (Micro-BNC) to HD-BNC cable x metres in length for use with CoaXPress video sources. Made from Belden 4855R cable rated to CXP-12. The standard stock length is 3m, 5m or 10m. High-flex rating and much longer length cables also available – contact your distributor for details.
AS-CBL-1BM-0010-xM	HD-BNC (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.
AS-CBL-1DM-0001-xM	HD-BNC (Micro-BNC) to DIN1.0/2.3 cable 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.

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