SpectraVideo Camera User’s Manual
Data Acquisition Boards
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9. D
ATA
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CQUISITION
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OARDS
9.1. L
YNX
PCI
D
ATA
A
CQUISITION
B
OARD
The LynxPCI data acquisition board can be used for 8-, 12-, and 16 bit input from
scientific and non-standard digital cameras. With the serial input option, the board
can accommodate the input simultaneously from up to four data streams.
9.1.1.
F
EATURES
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PCI bus data transfer rates greater than 80 Mbytes/second
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Single 16 bit parallel acquisition or up to four 16 bit serial fiber optic
channels
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Master Mode PCI Plug-and-Play compatible
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Fiber optic serial input option available to reduce environmental
corruption of data
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Software drivers available for Microsoft Windows 95, Windows NT,
or Windows 3.1
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Uses system memory
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Fiber optic transmission option allows cameras to be “remoted” up to
two kilometers away
9.1.2.
G
ENERAL
D
ESCRIPTION
Specifically designed for use with digital camera systems, the LynxPCI data
acquisition board captures and stores the parallel or serial data from digital
cameras to system memory.
The LynxPCI can accommodate up to four digital serial data streams, and when
implemented with other LynxPCI boards, can accommodate an unlimited number
of serial inputs. ‘Plug-and-Play’ PCI operation allows users to easily add
LynxPCI boards to expand the number of captured channels. No special
configuration file is required. This makes it ideal for multiple camera head
systems or for camera systems that have multiple output data streams. By using
fiber optic serial cables, the LynxPCI overcomes the limitation of SCSI type data
transmissions, and allows operation of your camera up to 2 kilometers from the
host computer system.
LynxPCI’s specially designed line buffering architecture eliminates the need for
costly full frame memory and reduces system complexity and size.