Bonito Technical Manual
V2.4.0
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Camera interfaces
Camera interfaces
This chapter gives you information on the control interface, inputs and outputs
and trigger features.
Requirements and serial I/O
Frame grabber requirements
Take special care in selecting the Camera Link frame grabbers. They should be
able to process the 10 taps of each Bonito channel at 80 MHz clock frequency.
This stands for a mean data rate of approx. 2 x 737 MiB/s (= 2 x 773 MB/s) net
and a burst rate of up to 2 x 763 MiB/s (= 2 x 800 MB/s) net.
Camera configuration files for several frame grabbers are available from Allied
Vision Technologies on request.
PC hardware requirements
A PC with high performance PCI Express (PCIe) system architecture is needed to
cope with the high data rates. At least one free PCIe x4/x8/x16 slot is needed per
frame grabber, depending on the specific frame grabber requirements.
Generally, a short PCIe card may be plugged into a longer PCIe slot (e.g. a PCIe
x4 frame grabber into a PCIe x16 slot). Often main board manufacturers do not
connect all lanes of a physical slot to the chipset. Therefore, ensure that at least
the number of lanes needed by the frame grabber are electrically connected in
the slot. Refer to the reference manual of the main board for details.
Currently, we recommend main boards with Intel X58 chipset or better specifica-
tion regarding the PCIe architecture.
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For accessories like cables or power supply see:
http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/accesso-
ries/camera-link.html
Note
For more information on frame grabbers see manuals from
frame grabber manufacturer.
