Pike Technical Manual
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Pike cameras
Pike cameras
Pike
The Pike is a fast IEEE 1394b camera for demanding applications. Numerous pre-
processing functions produce an outstanding image quality. Pike cameras oper-
ate with very high frame rates and offer much more real-time functions than
specified in the IIDC standards.
They can even emulate traditional frame grabber functions.
IEEE 1394b
IEEE 1394b provides a plug & play interface standard with high-speed, deter-
ministic data transmission. The camera communication protocol is standardized
and can easily be integrated into your application
GOF
Pike cameras are available both with two copper ports (for daisy-chaining) and
with copper/GOF (glass optical fiber) ports.
Advantages of GOF:
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800 Mbit/s over 400 meters and more
•
No additional repeaters required
•
Transmission of light instead of electricity: No ground problems and no
interference with electromagnetic fields.
Image applications
Allied Vision can provide users with a range of products that meet almost all the
requirements of a very wide range of image applications.
FireWire
The industry standard IEEE 1394 (FireWire or i.Link) facilitates the simplest com-
puter compatibility and bidirectional data transfer using the plug & play pro-
cess. Further development of the IEEE 1394 standard has already made 800
Mbit/second possible. Investment in this standard is therefore secure for the
future; each further development takes into account compatibility with the pre-
ceding standard, and vice versa, meaning that IEEE 1394b is reverse-compatible
with IEEE 1394a. Your applications will grow as technical progress advances.
Note
All naming in this document relates to FirePackage, not to
GenICam.
Note
For further information on FireWire read Chapter
