CHEETAH Hardware User’s Manual
Imperx, Inc.
Rev 1.7
6421 Congress Ave.
8/26/2016
Boca Raton, FL 33487
+1 (561) 989-0006
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always be disabled and is not supported when using pixel averaging is used and
when Camera Link Base output is selected.
CAUTION NOTE
1.
If the frame time is greater than 50ms, the camera vibration must be kept to a
minimum otherwise a motion induced smear will appear on the image.
2.2.2 Camera Output Control
CHEETAH camera supports the following Camera Link Outputs: 2-Tap, 4-Tap, 8-
Tap or 10-Tap Output. This corresponds to Base, Medium, Full or Deca Output.
These camera settings combined with the output bit-depth (8 or 10-bit) to control the
total the interface bandwidth. The output interface clock speed for the Cheetah
Camera is 85-MHz (Camera Link Spec is 85 MHz maximum) It is important to
match the camera’s output to the frame grabber.
Select a frame grabber or camera output based upon the following criteria of data
rate:
CLF-C5180
Camera
Bit Depth
Output
Data Rate
(Gbit/s)
Full Resolution
Imperx
VCE-CLPCIe04
(fps)
Full
Resolution
Frame Rate
(fps)
C5180
8,10
2-Tap (Base)
2.04
6.4
7
8,10
4-Tap (Medium)
4.08
12.8
14
8-Bit
8-Tap (Full)
6.12
25.6
28
10-Bit
8-Tap (Full)
6.12
20.2
23
8-Bit
10-Tap (Deca)
6.8
25.8
32
Table 14:
C5180 frame rates vs output taps
CLF-C4181
Camera
Bit Depth
Output
Data
Rate
(Gbit/s)
Full Resolution
Frame Rate (fps)
C4181
8,10
2-Tap (Base)
2.04
11
8,10
4-Tap (Medium)
4.08
23
8-Bit
8-Tap (Full)
5.44
35
10-Bit
8-Tap (Deca)
6.8
35
8-Bit
10-Tap (Deca)
6.8
50
Table 15:
C4181 frame rates vs output taps
