Frame Grabbers

CoaXPress and Camera Link Acquisition Cards

Active Silicon designs and manufactures a wide range of Camera Link and CoaXPress frame grabber cards in different form-factors based around leading-edge hardware technology. Operating system support includes 64-bit versions of Windows and Linux.

Our high-speed FireBird CoaXPress and Camera Link frame grabbers are fully GenICam compliant, provide reliable acquisition in real time and support systems with demanding triggering requirements. GPU processing is supported and FireBird frame grabber cards are compatible with both AMD‘s DirectGMA and NVIDIA’s GPUDirect for Video.

The ActiveSDK software development kit provides comprehensive example applications and optimized libraries. Camera and frame grabber control is delivered by our GenICam compliant front-end software ActiveCapture.

Contact us to find the optimal solutions for your vision system.

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FireBird Dual CoaXPress 2.0 frame grabber 2xCXP12 3PE4 low profile

FireBird CoaXPress Frame Grabber (2xCXP12-3PE4L)

Part Number: AS-FBD-2XCXP12-3PE4L

The FireBird Dual CXP-12 low profile frame grabber is a high-performance two-connection board, compliant to CoaXPress v2.1. This 4-lane PCI Express 3.0 (Gen3) frame grabber supports CoaXPress speeds up to 2x CXP-12, resulting in data rates of up to 12.5 Gbps per connection. As a low profile board it is suitable for small embedded PC enclosures and 2U rack mount cases, as well as standard PCs.

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

FireBird CoaXPress Frame Grabber (1xCXP12-3PE4L)

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

The FireBird Single CXP-12 low profile frame grabber is a high-performance one-connection board, compliant to CoaXPress v2.1. This PCI Express 3.0 (Gen3) 4-lane frame grabber supports CoaXPress speeds up to CXP-12, resulting in data rates of 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.

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FireBird CoaXPress frame grabber low profile 1x CXP-6 - product image

FireBird CoaXPress Frame Grabber (1xCXP6-2PE4L)

Part Number: AS-FBD-1XCXP6-2PE4L

The FireBird Single CoaXPress Low Profile is a high-performance and cost-effective single CoaXPress connection (6.25 Gbps) board. The 4-lane PCI Express 2.0 (Gen2) frame grabber is fitted with a HD-BNC (Micro-BNC) connector and offers access to I/O on the end bracket. DMA engine technology “ActiveDMA” guarantees zero CPU intervention, high-speed and image data transfers in real time.

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FireBird Camera Link frame grabber 80-bit 1xCLD 2PE4 low profile

FireBird Camera Link Frame Grabber (1xCLD-2PE4L)

Part Number: AS-FBD-1XCLD-2PE4L

FireBird Camera Link 80-bit Low Profile is a cost-effective and fast PCI Express 2.0 (Gen2) 4-lane interface board for capture from two Base cameras or a single Base, Medium, Full or 80-bit Camera Link camera (including PoCL). The low profile design allows this board to be used in small embedded PC enclosures and rackmount cases where the full height PC cards are not suitable.

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FireBird Camera Link Frame Grabber cPCI Serial 80-bit - product photo

FireBird Camera Link 3U cPCI Serial Frame Grabber

Part Number: AS-FBD-1XCLD-3CPCIS-2PE4

The FireBird Camera Link CompactPCI Serial card is a member of Active Silicon’s state-of-the-art FireBird frame grabber family. FireBird is designed for ultimate performance providing the very fastest image acquisition without any CPU intervention using the latest FPGA families, DDR3 memory, and a fast PCI Express 2.0 (Gen2) 4-lane interface.