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Matrox Rapixo CL Pro

Matrox Rapixo CL Pro
Feature-packed high-performance Camera Link frame grabbers with FPGA-based image processing offload

Matrox® Rapixo CL Pro is a series of Camera Link® frame grabbers with the most comprehensive features currently available in the industry. Built upon the field-proven design of the Matrox Radient eV series of Camera Link frame grabbers, the Matrox Rapixo CL Pro offers reliable image acquisition, extended cable length support, high frame-rate image capture, and onboard image processing offload that will extend the effectiveness of the Camera Link standard for years to come.

Matrox Rapixo CL Pro at a glance

  • Support the most high-performance Camera Link cameras with available support for Full and 80-bit mode at up to 85 MHz
  • Perform deterministic image acquisition by way of the jitter-free Camera Link 2.1 interface
  • Offload host computer of custom image processing using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) device
  • Eliminate missed frames through a PCIe® 2.0 x8 host interface and ample onboard buffering
  • Optimize multi-camera applications via support for up to four Base or two Full/80-bit Camera Link cameras per board
  • Minimize space requirements and maximize PC compatibility through a half-length design with mini Camera Link connectivity for true single-slot operation
  • Improve and simplify system connectivity with Power-over-Camera-Link (PoCL) support at extended cable lengths

FGPA Based image processing offload

Processing Offload Rapixo CL Pro
The Matrox Rapixo CL Pro makes use of an FPGA device from the Xilinx Kintex™-7 family that integrates the controlling, formatting, and streaming logic of the various interfaces, and also allows developers to incorporate Matrox Imaging- or user-developed custom image pre-processing operations to offload from the host computer. Operations performed onboard are controlled through Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) X application-development software. Within MIL X, an existing FPGA configuration can be rearranged to perform a required sequence of operations without necessarily having to generate a new FPGA configuration. Using the Matrox FDK, developers generate their own FPGA configurations with custom operations written in C/C++.

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