Video tutorial - Introduction to ActiveCapture
ActiveCapture is a consumer application for camera and frame grabber control and is provided with all FireBird frame grabbers.
The FireBird CoaXPress over Fiber 4xCOF-12 frame grabber is a brand-new member 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 and low latency image data transfers and zero CPU intervention.
CoaXPress over Fiber is an extension of the CoaXPress Machine Vision standard for high-speed imaging in professional and industrial applications. CoaXPress over Fiber allows the CoaXPress protocol to run over a fiber optic cable. The fiber optic cables and connectors needed for transmission are sourced from mainstream Ethernet technology (40 Gigabit Ethernet), this keeps their costs to a minimum and availability plentiful. Using fiber optics for communications has significant benefits where long cable runs are required, or cameras are placed in harsh electrical environments. With the correct choice of optical transceiver module, cameras can be placed multiple kilometers from the frame grabber/PC.
The FireBird CoaXPress over Fiber 4xCOF-12 frame grabber is also available with data forwarding functionality. Here a second QSFP+ connector allows data forwarding (Aurora, CoaXPress over Fiber formats) for daisy-chained data-processing applications.
CoaXPress over Fiber Interface | One QSFP+ transceiver cage. The 4xCOF-12 frame grabber supports:
LEDs on the end bracket show the link status according to the CoaXPress over Fiber specification. |
Buffer Memory | Up to 4GBytes of DDR4 memory is fitted for buffering between the CoaXPress over Fiber interface and the PCI Express bus. |
PCI Express | PCIe 3.0 (Gen3) 8-lane interface to support up to 6.8 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:
All these I/O signals are provided on a 50 way header on the FireBird board.
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PCI Express Interface: | PCI Express Bus 3.0 (Gen3) 8-lane interface to Specification Revision 3.1, with a max payload size of 512 bytes. FireBird 4xCOF-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: | FireBird 4xCOF-12 3PE8 conforms to v2.1 of the CoaXPress specification, and CoaXPress over Fiber Bridge Protocol 1.0. |
Approvals: | EU
US
The printed circuit board is manufactured by UL recognized manufacturers and has a flammability rating of 94V-0. |
Download | File Type | File Size | |
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Datasheets |
Datasheet FireBird CoaXPress over Fiber 4xCOF-12 | 271.98 KB | |
Datasheet ActiveSDK | 199.78 KB | ||
Datasheet ActiveCapture front-end software | 829.51 KB | ||
GenICam solutions for FireBird frame grabbers | 236.43 KB | ||
Manuals & Quick Start Guides |
FireBird Quickstart Guide v2.6 | 3.71 MB | |
Other Downloads |
Tech Note TN011: Using a CXP Uplink Trigger & FireBird Timers | 1.04 MB | |
Tech Note TN013: Using an External Trigger Input with a FireBird CoaXPress Board | 576.37 KB |
Part number | Description |
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AS-FBD-4XCOF12-3PE8 |
FireBird CoaXPress over Fiber 4XCOF12 frame grabber with four-lane QSFP+ interface and 8-lane PCIe 3.0 interface, supporting: |
AS-FBD-4XCOF12-3PE8-DF |
FireBird 4XCOF12 CoaXPress over Fiber frame grabber with four-lane QSFP+ interface and 8-lane PCIe 3.0 interface, supporting: High-speed QSFP (CoaXPress over Fiber) interface up to 40 Gbits per second line rate delivering 4x CXP-12 data payloads. With second QSFP+ connector for data forwarding (Aurora, CoaXPress over Fiber formats) for daisy-chained data-processing applications. |
AS-ACTIVESDK-xxx |
Software Development Kit for xxx operating system (xxx standing for WIN, LIN or QNX). |
Cable Solutions |
Fiber optic cable solutions are available (please contact sales). |
ActiveCapture is a consumer application for camera and frame grabber control and is provided with all FireBird frame grabbers.
Frame grabbers from Active Silicon bring real-time, high-resolution image acquisition to your vision system. Learn more about Active Silicon's range of frame grabbers, about possible customization and additional benefits by watching this video: