Preliminary
The Karbon-CL family
The Karbon
KBN-1-2
BitFlow, Inc.
Version F.0
The idea of modifying a frame grabber by making changes to its firmware is not new.
BitFlow has been doing this since its very first product. However, what is new about
the Karbon family, is the fact the entire frame grabber is written in firmware. The only
fixed hardware components are the interfaces to the outside world (e.g. the CL chips
on the front end). Everything else that makes up the board, camera control, data buff-
ering, DMA engine, etc. is written in firmware. This gives the Karbon plaform incredi-
ble levels of flexiblity and opens the door to unlimited customization.
To understand which models support which modes see Section 1.4. Also to see exam-
ples of the different modes, see Section 1.3. However, keep in mind, the Karbon is
only limited by your imagination, if you need a mode you don’t see, just let us know.
1.1.3 Karbon Configuration Spaces
The four basic Karbon-CL boards support from one to four VFGs. Each VFG has its
own configuration space (PCI interface) and will look like a separate device to the
operating system. Each VFG will be connected to one or more CL interface chips. Fig-
ure 1-1shows the block diagram of the “D” models. The D models support base two
or four base CL cameras. Figure 1-1 shows the diagram of the F models, which sup-
port one or two medium, full or 10-tap CL cameras. Of cousre, F models support base
cameras as well.
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