Pike
Technical
Manual
V5.2.3
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FireWire
FireWire
Example 2: More than one Pike camera at full speed
Due
to
the
fact
that
one
Pike
camera
can,
depending
on
its
settings,
saturate
a
32-bit
PCI
bus,
you
are
advised
to
use
either
a
PCI
Express
card
and/or
multiple
64-bit
PCI
bus
cards,
if
you
want
to
use
2
or
more
Pike
cameras
simultaneously
(see
the
following
table).
FireWire Plug & play capabilities
FireWire
devices
implement
the
ISO/IEC
13213
configuration
ROM
model
for
device
configuration
and
identification
to
provide
plug
&
play
capability.
All
FireWire
devices
are
identified
by
an
IEEE
EUI-64
unique
identifier
(an
extension
of
the
48-bit
Ethernet
MAC
address
format)
in
addition
to
well-
known
codes
indicating
the
type
of
device
and
protocols
it
supports.
For
further
details
read
Pike
F-1100B,
F-1100C
10.7
megapixel
2.6
fps
(single-tap)
4.9
fps
(dual-tap)
26.6
MByte/s
50.0
MByte/s
Pike
F-1600B,
F-1600C
15.8
megapixel
1.7
fps
(single-tap)
3.1
fps
(dual-tap)
25.7
MByte/s
46.8
MByte/s
Note
All
data
are
calculated
using
Raw8
/
Mono8
color
mode.
Higher
bit
depths
or
color
modes
will
double
or
triple
bandwidth
requirements.
Number of cameras
PC hardware required
One
Pike
camera
at
full
speed
1
×
32-bit
PCI
bus
card
(85
MByte/s)
Two
or
more
Pike
cameras
at
full
speed
PCI
Express
card
and/or
Multiple
64-bit
PCI
bus
cards
Table 6: Required hardware for multiple camera applications
Pike model
Resolution
Frame rate
Bandwidth
Table 5: Pike model bandwidth (continued)