Chapter 4
Data Interfaces
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4.3 Camera
Link
Camera link is a point-to-point connection with a 200 –
1000 Mb/s bandwidth. The pco.cameras use the “base –
configuration” (1 cable) which gives a transfer speed of
200 Mb/s at 66 MHz and 255 Mb/s at 85 MHz. The clock
rate is selectable with camera commands. There is no de-
fined standard software (API). Updated information can be
found at:
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http://www.machinevisiononline.org/public/articles/in
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http://www.datatranslation.com/solution_center_imag
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http://www.nortechsys.com/intercon/camlinkart.shtml
4.4 Gigabit
Ethernet
Gigabit-Ethernet is a Peer-to-Peer architecture. If only a
camera is connected with a PC and the usual transfer
protocol TCP/IP is not used, then this connection is re-
duced to point-to point. The advantage is to use the Gi-
gabit-Ethernet’s sophisticated physical transport medium
with a 100 Mb/s maximum transfer speed. The cables can
be up to 100m long with simple CAT5 and even longer
with optical units. Until now, a camera-specific software
standard did not exist, although many proposals from
several groups are being discussed. Further information
can be found at:
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