2014/03/08: EDT has introduced VisionLink – a new line of Camera Link PCIe Gen2 frame grabbers and extenders featuring SDR26 connectors.

VisionLink frame grabbers (20-85 MHz) are half-height boards with full or half-height backpanels, optional IRIG-B handling, and compatibility with EDT fiber- optic extenders, including the VisionLink RCX.

The low-cost 1-lane VisionLink F1 frame grabber is for base mode (up to 400MB/s).

The maximum-performance 4-lane VisionLink F4 frame grabber is for base through extended full mode (up to 850MB/s).

The 20-85MHz VisionLink RCX extender is for extending Camera Link over fiber (up to 100km).

Common API and full SDK are included for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Engineer-to-engineer support is available.

VisionLink F1 product page
VisionLink F4 product page

EDT’s innovative RCX modules were the first reliable Camera Link extenders over fiber – and they are still the best. These compact modules convert and extend raw, hi-res Camera Link video data over fiber or coax, with no compression or loss of data.

You can use the modules in pairs with standard EDT or third-party Camera Link framegrabbers – or singly with EDT FOX-series framegrabbers, which have fiberoptics built in.

One end of the module plugs in directly to the camera or framegrabber, while the other attaches to a length of fiberoptic or coaxial cabling to replace Camera Link cabling. All components operate exactly as they would with Camera Link cables.

EDT provides Camera Link repeaters, simulators and framegrabbers. Board-level products are available for multiple form factors (PCI, PCI Express, cPCI, and PMC) and include drivers for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

For pricing and availability, contact sales.
For technical support or information, contact technical support.
For specific details on EDT Camera Link products, see the links below.
Camera Link repeater over fiber: RCX C-Link
Camera Link repeater over coax: RCX C-Link Coax2
Camera Link framegrabbers & simulators: Camera Link Products

2010/11/01: EDT, Inc. announces the release of the PCIe8 DV CLS — a dual-purpose Camera Link simulator / framegrabber board for PCI Express.

In simulator mode, the image source can be user-provided data, transferred from host memory via DMA, or fixed, predefined counter data generated on the board itself. The board allows emulation of UART commands and supports line and frame triggering over camera control lines.

In framegrabber mode, the board supports Camera Link functionality for base through full mode, at data rates of up to 850 MB/s. An optional 7-pin Lemo can support external triggering or IRIG-B timecode input.

The board converts between simulator and framegrabber modes with a simple firmware reload.

Like all EDT products, the PCIe8 DV CLS comes with a full software development kit, a common application programming interface, and engineer-to-engineer support.

For details on the PCIe8 DV CLS, see the PCIe8 DV CLS product page.
For details on the PCIe8 DV C-Link, see the PCIe8 DV C-Link product page. 
For pricing and availability, contact sales.
For technical information, contact technical support.

Colorado-based Boulder Imaging has developed a machine-vision system to help wind turbine manufacturers better understand how blade oscillations affect the performance of wind turbines. The system is featured in the September 2010 issue of Vision Systems Designmagazine.

The story, entitled Vision speeds wind turbine blade analysis, discusses how Boulder Imaging developed the system as a result of the limitations of classical CAD-based analysis. The fact that high-speed Camera Link cameras were remotely located on the turbines themselves meant that a robust solution was needed to overcome the inherent distance limitation of Camera Link over standard cables. EDT’s RCX C-Link extenders, which provide up to 100 kilometers of range over fiberoptic cables, were the ideal solution. Given the height of wind turbines and the likelihood of lightning strikes, the fact that the RCX C-Link extenders also provide electrical isolation from the receiving computer was also important. Read the full article.