Features

Key Features:
• Dual Camera Link High Speed compatible links
support
• Up to 2 Multi-streams
• PCI Express card
• PCIe 3.0 x8 bus
• 4 GB DDR4 frame buffer
• Camera controls and triggers
• Link Status LED indication
• Flexible GPIO interface:
– 4 TTL configurable I/Os
– 4 LVTTL configurable I/Os
– 2 LVDS inputs
– 2 LVDS outputs
– 4 opto-isolated inputs
– 4 opto-isolated outputs
– 4 quadrature rotary encoders
– Integrated strobe controller
– 4 timers
• Camera Link High Speed compatible v1.2 compliant
• Multiple camera synchronization
• Multiple Frame Grabbers synchronization
• SFP+ connectors for Camera Link High Speed
compatible links
• GUI Interface
• Supporting Windows, Linux OS and Nvidia Jetpack
• API for custom application development
• Plug-in modules for Matlab, HALCON, Cognex and
Labview
• Gen<i>Cam compliant
• GenTL support
• Data rates up to 10.3125 Gbps per link
• Transfer rates of up to 6,695 MB/s
• 0°C to +50°C operating environment temperatures

Ordering code: KY-FGF-III-CLHS-2ch

Specifications

Mechanical
Form factor	PCI Express card
Format	Standard profile, half-length, 8-lane PCI Express card
Cooling method	Passive, requires airflow
Mounting	For insertion in a standard height, 8-lane or higher, PCI Express card slot
Connectors	• Ports 1 through 2 via x2 SFP+ connectors for Camera Link High Speed compatible v1.2 interface • x1 I/O connector 26-pin 2-row 0.1” pitch pin header with shrouding on board
Dimensions	167.65 mm x 111.15 mm (6.6” x 4.4”)
Weight	220 g (7.8 oz)
Host Bus
Standard	PCI Express 3.0
Link width	• 8 lanes • 1, 2 or 4 lanes with reduced performance
Link speed	• 8.0 GT/s (PCIe 3.0) • 5.0 GT/s (PCIe 2.0) with reduced performance
Maximum payload size	2,048 bytes
DMA	• 64-bit addressing support • Scatter gather support • Physical address support (GPU transfers)
Peak delivery bandwidth	7,877 MB/s
Effective (sustained) delivery bandwidth	6,695 MB/s (Host PC dependent)
Power consumption	16 W, excluding camera and I/O power output
Camera / Video Inputs
Interface standard(s)	Camera Link High Speed compatible v1.2
Status LEDs	• 1 bicolor status LED per camera connector • 4 System status LEDs
Number of cameras	Up to 2
Number of links per single camera	Up to 2
Number of streams per single camera	Up to 2
Total number of streams per frame grabber	Up to 2
Synchronization between cameras	Yes
Line-scan cameras supported	Yes
Maximum aggregated camera data transfer rate	20.6 Gbit/s
Supported down-connection speeds	• 10.3125 Gbit/s
Supported up-connection speeds	• 10.3125 Gbit/s
Maximum stream packet size	8,192 bytes
Power over protocol	–
Camera types	Area-scan cameras: • Gray-scale and color (RGB and Bayer CFA) • Single-tap (1X-1Y) progressive-scan • Single-tap (1X-1Y) interlaced Line-scan cameras: • Gray-scale and color RGB
Camera pixel formats supported	Raw, Monochrome, Bayer, RGB, YUV, YCbCr and RGBA (PFNC names): • Raw • Mono8, Mono10, Mono12, Mono14, Mono16 • BayerXX8, BayerXX10, BayerXX12, BayerXX14, BayerXX16 where XX = GR, RG, GB, or BG • RGB8, RGB10, RGB12, RGB14, RGB16 • RGBA8, RGBA10, RGBA12, RGBA14, RGBA16 • YUV411 8, YUV411 10, YUV411 12, YUV411 14, YUV411 16 • YUV422 8, YUV422 10, YUV422 12, YUV422 14, YUV422 16 • YUV444 8, YUV444 10, YUV444 12, YUV444 14, YUV444 16 • YCbCr601 411 8, YCbCr601 411 10, YCbCr601 411 12, YCbCr601 411 14, YCbCr601 411 16 • YCbCr601 422 8, YCbCr601 422 10, YCbCr601 422 12, YCbCr601 422 14, YCbCr601 422 16 • YCbCr601 444 8, YCbCr601 444 10, YCbCr601 444 12, YCbCr601 444 14, YCbCr601 444 16
General Purpose Inputs and Outputs
Number of lines	20 I/O lines: • 2 differential inputs • 2 differential outputs • 4 singled-ended TTL inputs/outputs • 4 singled-ended LVTTL inputs/outputs • 4 opto-isolated inputs • 4 opto-isolated outputs
Usage	• Any System I/O input lines can be connected to any I/O output line • Any I/O input line can be used to decode A/B and Z signals of a motion encoder • Any I/O input line can generate any trigger event • Any I/O input line can trigger a timer
Electrical specifications	• Differential lines – LVDS compatible • TTL lines: 5 V TTL compliant • LVTTL lines: 3.3 V LVTTL compliant • Isolated lines: opto-isolated lines with voltage range up to 30 V
Encoders	• 4 quadrature encoders with A/B and Z inputs • 32-bit position counter • Forward and backward counting • Position trigger support • Noise filtering
Timers	• 4 general purpose timers • Configurable delay and duration • 32-bit accumulator
Event reporting	• 64-bit system timestamp event reporting • Each I/O line can generate event on configurable edge • Each Timer can generate event • Each encoder can generate event
Frame Grabber Synchronization	Precise area and line-scan cameras synchronization across different frame grabbers
Line-Scan Camera Control	• Precise control of start-of-scan and end-of-scan triggers • Support of external hardware trigger, with optional delay and filtering • Support of triggering from encoder • Support of infinite acquisition without missing lines
Line trigger	Support for quadrature motion encoders, with programmable filters, selection of acquisition direction and backward motion compensation
On-Board Processing
On-board memory	4 GB DDR4
Color transformation	• Full 16-bit resolution 18-bit coefficients table • Color space conversion • Gain and Offset
Decimation	Line skip
Additional features	Unpacking of 10/12/14-bit to 16-bit LSB aligned
Frame timestamp	64-bit with 8 ns precision
Software
Host PC operating system	• Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit version • Microsoft Windows 11 64-bit version • Signed and certified kernel driver supporting Windows 10 and 11 • Source code Linux kernel driver (Automaticlly compiled during installation) • Tested for Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04 versions • Nvidia Xavier AGX (Jetpack 5.1.1 and 4.6.1) • Nvidia Orin AGX (Jetpack 5.1.1)
Gen<i>Cam	• Support of Gen<i>Cam 3.2 • Full camera and Frame Grabber parameters configuration
Buffer management	• Circular buffer support • Accumulation of several frames/lines to single buffer to reduce CPU load • Flexible buffer queuing • DMA Buffer filling directly to system memory
GUI	• Supported for Windows and Linux OS • Multi camera display and configuration • Image/video recording and playback
Debugging capabilities	• Event logging • Statistics counters
APIs	• Gen<i>Cam, GenTL producer libraries, ANSI C, Python and NET bindings • x86 64 dynamic library designed to be used with ISO-compliant C runtime • Allows for development of x86 64 applications • Plug-in modules for Matlab, HALCON, Cognex and Labview • Export straightforward, unified and easy-to-use API across all Grabber types • Include practical examples based on API functions, for supported language wrappers • Documentation include sample snippets for API usage
Environmental Conditions
Operating ambient air temperature	0°C to +50°C (32°F to +122°F)
Operating ambient air humidity	10% to 90% RH non-condensing
Storage ambient air temperature	-20°C to +70°C (-4°F to +158°F)
Certifications	–