Matrox Imaging designs frame grabber for Camera LinkCM specification
January 16, 2001, Montreal, Canada - In response to Camera LinkCM – the new high-speed digital serial link for vision
applications – Matrox Imaging introduces a new member of its family of basic frame grabbers: Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link.
Camera Link is a high-speed digital interface specifically designed for scientific/industrial imaging applications. Developed by a consortium of camera
and frame grabber manufacturers, it provides a simple and standard interconnect between these devices. Camera Link is built on Channel LinkCM – an LVDS-based high-speed serial transmission technology from National
Semiconductor®. Channel Link technology delivers transmission rates up to 2.38 Gbits/sec over distances of up to 10 meters (32 feet). An industry
standard cable for video data and device control greatly facilitates the interchange of one Camera LinkCM device for another. Custom cables for digital data are no longer required.
Meteor-II/Camera Link frame grabber
The Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link is the latest member of the Matrox Meteor-II family of high-performance frame grabbers for cost-sensitive applications.
It provides a simple standard connection to digital imaging devices using the Camera LinkCM interface specification. Through a flexible design, the
Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link supports one, two or four tap monochrome, as well as component RGB, area or line scan video sources. Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link
provides the means to connect to a new generation of advanced industrial/scientific video cameras from companies such as BASLER-VC, Dalsa and Pulnix.
Other key features include:
acquisition rates up to 50 MHz
configurable LUT (four 256 x 8-bit and two 4K x 12-bit)
trigger input and timer outputs
real-time transfer to system or VGA memory
extensive on-board buffering (32 MB) for reliable capture
32-bit, 33 MHz PCI or bus master interface
supports packed or planar transfers of color or multiple monochrome streams
software includes Matrox Imaging Library (MIL)/ActiveMIL and MIL-Lite/Active MIL-Lite
supports Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000
Established in 1976 and headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, Matrox Imaging is a leading designer and manufacturer of PC-based hardware and
software for machine vision, image analysis and medical imaging. For company information, visit About us.
acquisition rates up to 50 MHz
