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SILICONSOFTWARE GigabitEthernet
microEnable IV
Best reliable solution for image acquisition and image processing on GigabitEthernet camera based applications
microEnable IV-GigE CHARACTERISTICS • Performance solution for image acquisition and image processing with GigabitEthernet cameras • Ultimative PCI Express x4 performance • Highly flexible and scalable product concept • Highly reliable acquisition even at maximum bandwidth and cable length microEnable IV-GigE FEATURES • More than 400 MB/s data input of GigE Vision conform cameras supported • Gen<i>Cam standard supported • Quad Lane PCI Express interface • 512 MB DDR-RAM on-board • Vision processor FPGA and on-board memory for pre-processing • Highly reliable image acquisition • Intuitive graphical interface for an easy frame grabber and camera configuration • Graphical approach to program FPGA vision processors by VisualApplets® • Included software package: microDisplay viewer and configuration software, GigE Explorer camera configuration tool, Software Development Kit (SDK), Diagnosis tool VisualApplets compatible PCI Express compliant GigE Vision compliant Gen<i>Cam compliant
microEnable IV-GigE family is a PCIe based product line. It enables the connection of GigabithEthernet cameras on a frame grabber. The board offers an exceptional image acquisition and processing performance. microEnable IVGigE guarantees a reliable, stable and robust image acquisition. The board copes even with advanced requirements of multi-cameras applications by its FPGA capability for customized adaptations with VisualApplets®. Benefits of microEnable IV-GigE • Simultaneous operation of up to 4 asynchronous GigabitEthernet cameras at full speed • No additional CPU load due to DMA • Minimal interrupt load - only one interrupt per image • Trigger control with very short delays and marginal jitter • Parallel real-time data pre-processing on all channels at full speed • Programmable by VisualApplets® • GigE Vision™ and Gen<i>Cam™ compatible Standard Features: • Support of all gray and color GigE Vision input formats • Max. image acquisiton size 16,383 x 65,536 pixels • Transfer rate of up to 760 MB/s on PCIe quad lane systems • White balancing • Hardware generated image number • Regions of Interest (ROI) support • 8bit or 16bit output per color component (Gray8/Gray16 or RGB24)
• Highly customizable I/O system (VisualApplets supported) • Camera detection abilities Special Features: • On-board Bayer Pattern interpolation (bi-linear, 8 bit input, 9 bit precision, correct edge handling) Camera Interface: • Four physical GigabitEthernet ports • All GigE Vision conform cameras supported • Bandwidth of 4* 1000 MBit/sec. (>100MBytes/s) per port • Support of up to 32 logical cameras in multiplexed mode (final stage of extension) • Supported cable length of more than 100 meters PC Interface: • PCI Express interface (PCIe x4) Performance Data: • Vision processor on-board (Xilinx Spartan 3 XC3S 4000 FPGA) • System processor (Xilinx Spartan 3 - XC3S 4000 FPGA) • 512MB on-board DDR-RAM memory Software Interfaces • Gen<i>Cam™: GenApi & Siso SDK • Processing and interpretation of the XML description of the connected camera(s) • Access to all camera features via GenApi interface • Camera parameters can be controlled from
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Technical Specifications
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• PixelPlant • PX100 • Vision processor (Xilinx Spartan 3 XC3S 1600 FPGA)
microEnable IV-GigE
MAC XILINX SPARTAN3 XC3S4000
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DDRRAM
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Available Add-on Boards: • TTL and opto-decoupled digital I/O boards • 8 digital inputs and 8 digital outputs • Configurable with microDisplay, SDK (software included) • Programmable with VisualApplets
PixelPlant-IF
Digital I/O-IF
DDRRAM
Available Software Products: • VisualApplets® • microDisplay • GigE Explorer • microDiagnosis • microEnable SDK
DDRRAM
Available Product Types: • microEnable IV - GigE
• 256MB DDR-RAM • 1GB/s read + write • PX200 • Vision processor (Xilinx Spartan 3 XC3S 4000 FPGA) • 512MB DDR-RAM • 1GB/s read + write
GigabitEthernet
GigE Explorer and microDisplay software tools • The well-known SILICONSOFTWARE SDK (Software Development Kit) can be used • Gen<i>Cam™: Gen<i>cam Transport Layer (GenTL) Support • Standardized interface to high-level tools • Automatic integration in third party tools: Common Vision Blox (CVB), HALCON and others
PCIe x4
Scematic layout of microEnable IV-GigE
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Camera Type
PixelPlant-IF
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Color Processing
Image Enhancement Image Correction Signal Control
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PCIe Controller Clock
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Host PCIe 5V/3.3V Slot
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DDRRAM 128 MBytes
Performances Image Formats Transfer Rates
GigE Vision Gen<i>Cam Multiplexed input per port* Area Scan / Line Scan GrayScale / RGB / Bayer Supported Cameras White Balancing Bayer Bilinear Algorithm Look-up Table Image Enhancements Median Filter Image Processing Image Format Reconstruction Shading Correction 1D* Shading Correction 2D Software trigger Digital input signals Digital output signals I/O boards opto/TTL available Max. width [in k pixels] Max. height [in k lines] Gray8 (8bit output) Gray16 (16bit output) RGB 24 (3x8bit output) Input rate per port [MB/s] Total PCIe output rate [MB/s]
Block diagram of microEnable IV-GigE
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Camera Support 34 pol.
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GigabitEthernet PortA PortB PortC PortD
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Dig I/O ST1
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Quad Area Bayer 24
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Any information without obligation. Technical specifications and scope of delivery are liability-free and valid until revocation. Mistakes are excepted.
SILICONSOFTWARE Steubenstrasse 46 Phone: +49(0)621 789507-0 Email: info@silicon-software.de D-68163 Mannheim Fax: +49(0)621 789507-10 Web: www. silicon-software.de Germany www. silicon-software.com