Grablink Full Key Features:
- Supports one Full-, Medium-, or Base-configuration Camera Link camera
- PoCL (Power over Camera Link) support for simplified cabling and reliable camera powering
- High-bandwidth PCI Express host interface for fast data transfer
- Advanced triggering and synchronization options for precise system control
- Flexible digital I/O for integration with encoders, strobe controllers, and PLCs
- Compatible with both area-scan and line-scan Camera Link cameras
- Rugged, industrial-grade design for long-term reliability
Ideal Solution For:
- High-resolution industrial inspection
- Electronics and semiconductor manufacturing
- Web and surface inspection using line-scan cameras
- Scientific and research imaging
- High-speed packaging and print inspection
- Multi-component machine-vision systems requiring precise synchronization
Technical Specifications
Specification |
Grablink Full |
Mechanical |
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| Form Factor | PCI Express Card |
| Format | Standard profile, half length, 4-lane PCI Express card |
| Cooling | Air-cooling, fanless |
| Mounting | For insertion in a standard height, 4-lane or higher, PCI Express card slot |
| Connectors |
'Base' on bracket: 26-pos SDR socket, CameraLink Base connector 'Medium/Full': 26-pos SDR socket, CameraLink Medium/Full/80-bit connector 'External I/O' on bracket: 26-pin 3-row high-density female sub-D connector, I/O lines and power output 'Internal I/O' on PCB: 26-pin 2-row 0.1" pitch pin header with shrouding, I/O lines and power output 'Power Input' on module: 4-pin MOLEX power socket, 12 VDC power input for I/O |
| Dimensions | PCB L X H: 167.65 mm x 111.15 mm, 6.6 in x 4.38 in |
| Weight | 133 g |
Host Bus |
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| Standard | PCI Express 1.0 |
| Link Width | 4 lanes |
| Link Speed | 2.5 GT/s (PCIe 1.0) |
| Max Payload Size | 1024 bytes |
| DMA | 32- and 64-bit |
| Peak Delivery Bandwidth | 1,024 MB/s |
| Effective (sustained) Delivery Bandwidth |
Up to 833 MB/s for a PCI Express payload size of 256 bytes and 64-bit addressing Up to 844 MB/s for a PCI Express payload size of 256 bytes and 32-bit addressing Up to 754 MB/s for a PCI Express payload size of 128 bytes and 64-bit addressing Up to 780 MB/s for a PCI Express payload size of 128 bytes and 32-bit addressing |
| Power Consumption | Max. 6.9 W; Typ. 5.7 W (0.48 A @ 3.3V, 0.34 A @+12V) |
Camera/Video Inputs |
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| Camera Interface Standard | Camera Link 2.0 |
| Max Link Speed | 85 MHz |
| Max Link Width | 80-bit |
| Connectors | Two Shrunk Delta Ribbon (SDR) Miniature Camera Link (MiniCL) |
| ECCO-Extended Camera Link Cable Operation | ECCO |
| Number of Cameras | One 80-bit / 72-bit / Full / Medium / Base configuration camera |
| Max Number of Cameras | 1 |
| Line-scan Supported | Yes |
| Max Aggregated Camera Data Transfer Rate | 6.8 Gbps (850 MB/s) |
| CL Configuration |
Base, Medium, Full, 72-bit, 80-bit NOTE: Unpacking to 16-bit and image reconstruction are not available for the 8x 10-bit variant of the 80-bit configuration. |
| Camera Link Clock Frequency | From 20 MHz up to 85 MHz |
| Camera Types | Grayscale and colour (RGB and Bayer) area- and line-scan cameras |
| Camera Pixel Formats Supported |
Mono8, Mono10, Mono12, Mono14, Mono16 BayerXX8, BayerXX10, BayerXX12, BayerXX14, BayerXX16 where XX = GR, RG, GB, or BG RGB8, RGB10, RGB12, RGB14, RGB16 |
On-board Processing |
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| On-Board Memory | 128 MB (64 MB for image data) |
| Image Data Stream Processing | Unpacking of 10-/12-/14-bit to 16-bit with selectable justification to LSb or MSb |
| Input LUT |
Monochrome: 8-bit, 10-bit or 12-bit per pixel, up to 1000 MPixel/s RGB: 3x8-bit, 3x10-bit or 3x12-bit per pixel, up to 250 MPixel/s |
| Bayer CFA to RGB decoder |
Advanced interpolation method using average and median functions on a 3x3 kernel Up to 225 MPixel/s |
General Purpose Inputs/Outputs |
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| Number of Lines |
10 I/O lines: 2 differential inputs (DIN) 4 isolated inputs (IIN) 4 isolated outputs (IOUT) |
| Electrical Specifications |
DIN: High-speed differential inputs, up to 5 MHz, compatible with ANSI/EIA/TIA-422/485 differential line drivers and complementary TTL drivers IIN: Isolated current-sense inputs with wide voltage input range up to 30V, compatible with totem-pole LVTTL, TTL, 5V CMOS drivers, RS-422 differential line drivers, potential free contacts, solid-state relays and opto-couplers IOUT: Isolated contact outputs compatible with 30V / 100mA loads NOTE: IIN and IOUT lines provide a functional isolation grade for the circuit technical protection. It does not provide an isolation that can protect a human being from electrical shock. |
| Filter Control | Glitch removal filter available only on input lines used as trigger sources. Configurable with five time constants. |
| Power Output | Non-isolated, +5V, 1A and +12V, 1A, with electronic fuse protection |
Software |
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| Driver | MultiCam |
| Host PC OS |
Microsoft Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 7 , including the Server and the IoT Enterprise versions, for x86 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit) processor architectures Linux for x86 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit) processor architectures |
| APIs | MultiCam 32- and 64-bit binary libraries (Windows and Linux), for ISO-compliant C/C++ compilers |
| Momento Supported | Yes |