Kaya Instruments Predator CoaXPress KY-FGP-200 User manual

Predator CoaXPress Frame Grabber
Hardware Reference and Installation
Guide
(Part-No. KY-FGP-200)
2014
June
Sky Blue Microsystems GmbH
Geisenhausenerstr. 18
81379 Munich, Germany
[phone], [email protected]
www.skyblue.de
In Great Britain:
Zerif Technologies Ltd.
Woodberry House, 2 Woodberry Grove
Finchley, London N12 0DR
[phone], [email protected]
www.zerif.co.uk
International Distributors

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Figures and Tables ..................................................................................................2
Introduction............................................................................................................. 3
Safety Precautions..................................................................................... 3
Disclaimer.................................................................................................4
Key Features............................................................................................................ 6
Overview................................................................................................... 6
Features..................................................................................................... 6
Product Applications................................................................................. 7
Related documents and accessories .......................................................... 8
System Description ................................................................................................. 9
Example System Block Diagram.............................................................. 9
External View of the Board ......................................................................10
Mechanical Specifications ...................................................................................... 11
Essentials to get started............................................................................. 11
Power supplies .......................................................................................... 11
Mechanical dimensions............................................................................. 13
Installation and Configurations............................................................................... 14
6.1 Installation instructions............................................................................. 14
6.2 Connecting to CoaXPress output connectors............................................ 14
6.3 Predator LEDs........................................................................................... 15
6.4 Predator Hardware Reference...................................................................16
6.5 Predator Board Block Diagram................................................................. 17
6.6 Video stream acquisition........................................................................... 18
6.7 Auxiliary Input/Output signals.................................................................. 18
6.8 Absolute maximum ratings....................................................................... 21
6.9 Electrical characteristics for board IO’s: ..................................................22
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Figures
FIGURE 1:COAXPRESS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM ................................................................................9
FIGURE 2: PREDATOR BOARD EXTERNAL VIEW ...................................................................................10
FIGURE 3: EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR.............................................................................12
FIGURE 4: PCB MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS........................................................................................13
FIGURE 5: PREDATOR BOARD LED’S LOCATIONS...............................................................................16
FIGURE 6: PREDATOR BOARD BLOCK DIAGRAM.................................................................................17
FIGURE 7: GPIO CONNECTORS LOCATION...........................................................................................18
FIGURE 8: GPIO CONNECTOR SCHEMATIC..........................................................................................19
Tables
TABLE 1: COAXPRESS LINKS STATUS LED’S......................................................................................15
TABLE 2: BOARD STATUS LED’S........................................................................................................16
TABLE 3: GPIO CONNECTOR PINOUT ..................................................................................................21
TABLE 4: ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ...........................................................................................21
TABLE 5: ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS FOR GPIO ..........................................................................21
TABLE 6: LVDS OUTPUT DC SPECIFICATIONS (DRIVER OUTPUTS)....................................................22
TABLE 7: LVDS INPUT DC SPECIFICATIONS (RECEIVER INPUTS).......................................................22
TABLE 8: LVTTL INPUT SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................22
TABLE 9: LVTTL OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................23
TABLE 10: TTL INPUT SPECIFICATIONS...............................................................................................23
TABLE 11: TTL OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................23
Revision History
Version
Date
Notes
1
16/6/2014
Initial Release
2
1/8/2016
Changed section 6.7
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Safety Precautions
With your Predator CoaXPress Frame Grabber board in hand, please take a minute to
read carefully the precautions listed below in order to prevent unnecessary injuries to you
or other personnel or cause damage to property.
Before using the product, read these safety precautions carefully to assure correct
use.
These precautions contain serious safety instructions that must be observed.
After reading through this manual, be sure to act upon it to prevent misuse of
product.
Caution
In the event of a failure, disconnect the power supply.
If the product is used as is, a fire or electric shock may occur. Disconnect the power supply
immediately and contact our sales personnel for repair.
If an unpleasant smell or smoking occurs, disconnect the power supply.
If the product is used as is, a fire or electric shock may occur. Disconnect the power supply
immediately. After verifying that no smoking is observed, contact our sales personnel for repair.
Do not disassemble, repair or modify the product.
Otherwise, a fire or electric shock may occur due to a short circuit or heat generation. For
inspection, modification or repair, contact our sales personnel.
Do not touch a cooling fan.
As a cooling fan rotates in high speed, do not put your hand close to it. Otherwise, it may cause
injury to persons. Never touch a rotating cooling fan.
Do not place the product on unstable locations.
Otherwise, it may drop or fall, resulting in injury to persons or failure.
If the product is dropped or damaged, do not use it as is.
Otherwise, a fire or electric shock may occur.
Do not touch the product with a metallic object.
Otherwise, a fire or electric shock may occur.
Do not place the product in dusty or humid locations or where water may splash.
Otherwise, a fire or electric shock may occur.
Do not get the product wet or touch it with a wet hand.
Otherwise, the product may break down or it may cause a fire, smoking or electric shock.
Do not touch a connector on the product (gold-plated portion).
Otherwise, the surface of a connector may be contaminated with sweat or skin oil, resulting in
contact failure of a connector or it may cause a malfunction, fire or electric shock due to static
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electricity.
Do not use or place the product in the following locations.
● Humid and dusty locations
● Airless locations such as closet or bookshelf
● Locations which receive oily smoke or steam
● Locations close to heating equipment
● Closed inside of a car where the temperature becomes high
● Static electricity replete locations
● Locations close to water or chemicals
Otherwise, a fire, electric shock, accident or deformation may occur due to a short circuit or heat
generation.
Do not place heavy things on the product.
Otherwise, the product may be damaged.
Be sure to drain static electricity from body before you touch any electronics component
The electronic circuits in your computer and the circuits on Predator board are sensitive to static
electricity and surges. Improper handling can seriously damage the circuits. In addition, do not
let your clothing come in contact with the circuit boards or components.
Otherwise, the product may be damaged.
Disclaimer
This product should be used for interfacing of CoaXPress camera and acquiring of
CoaXPress video streams. KAYA Instruments assumes no responsibility for any damages
resulting from the use of this product for purposes other than those stated.
Even if the product is used properly, KAYA Instruments assumes no responsibility for any
damages caused by the following:
- Earthquake, thunder, natural disaster or fire resulting from the use beyond our
responsibility, acts caused by a third party or other accidents, the customer’s willful or
accidental misuse or use under other abnormal conditions.
- Secondary impact arising from use of this product or its unusable state (business
interruption or others).
- Use of this product against the instructions given in this manual or malfunctions due to
connection to other devices.
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KAYA Instruments assumes no responsibility or liability for:
- Erasure or corruption of data arising from use of this product.
- Any consequences or other abnormalities arising from use of this product, or damage of
this product not due to our responsibility or failure due to modification.
Repair of this product is carried out by replacing it on a chargeable basis, not repairing the
faulty devices. However, non-chargeable replacement is offered for initial failure if such
notification is received within two weeks after delivery of the product.
Introduction

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Overview
Predator is low-cost Frame Grabber supporting CoaXPress standard. The Predator is
capable of receiving video streams of up to 4 CoaXPress links in single, dual and quad
modes, for simultaneous capture from up to two dual link or four single link cameras or
single quad link camera. Each link supports standard CoaXPress bitrates up to 6.25 Gbps.
This CoaXPress Frame Grabber is ideally suited for industrial, defense and aerospace
Machine Vision Systems and applications. The Predator can easily receive video streams
on the CoaXPress links and transmit them to computer memory through the PCIe interface
using DMA mechanism and to one more Frame Grabber through 2 transmitter links. This
product also provides GPIO for machine control signals, such as triggers, shaft encoders,
exposure control and general I/O, which can be control aside video streams receive.
The Predator uses standard DIN connectors as a CoaXPress interface to the camera and
standard 100 mil headers for general purpose I/O. The Frame Grabber utilizes PCIe Gen2
x4 links for communication with Host PC for video uploading and configuration.
Features
Up to 2 CoaXPress links
Multi-stream support
Camera controls and triggers
Per-link LED indication on card bracket
Power over CoaXPress with 13W per link
Multiple Camera synchronization
Multiple Frame Grabbers synchronization
DIN 1.0/2.3 connectors for CoaXPress links
CoaXPress compliant
GUI interface
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Supporting Windows and Linux OS
API for developing custom applications
Plug-ins modules for Matlab
Gen<i>Cam compliant
GenTL support
Full or Half-height bracket
8Gb image buffer
PCIe Gen2 x4 Half-length PCIe card
Data rates up to 6.25Gpbs per link
PCI Express Transfer Rate of up to 12.5 Gbps
0°C to 55°C operating environment temperature
Flexible machine I/O:
4 TTL configurable I/Os
4 LVTTL configurable I/Os
2 LVDS inputs
2 LVDS outputs
4 opto - isolated outputs
4 opto - isolated inputs
4 quadrature rotary encoder
8 programmable timers (Strobe Controller , exposure , etc)
Product Applications
CoaXPress vision systems testing and development
AOI
3D
Broadcasting and sports analytics
High-speed DVR
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Related documents and accessories
Documents:
Vision Point App User Manual
Vision Point API Reference Book
CoaXPress standard 1.1
KAYA Frame Grabbers Programming Guide
Accessories:
CoaXPress cables (DIN to DIN)
CoaXPress cables (DIN to BNC)
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Example System Block Diagram
The Predator Frame Grabber supports multiple modes of configuration and system topology. Few of these
are presented in following diagrams.
Single Camera Topology:
Single or Dual CoaXPress links
with up to 6.25 Gb per link topology.
Maximum throughput to PCIe of
12.5 Gb/sec.
Dual Camera Topology:
Two Single CoaXPress links with up
to 6.25 Gb per link topology.
Maximum throughput to PCIe of
12.5 Gb/sec.
Figure 1: CoaXPress system block diagram
System Description

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External View of the Board
Figure 2 shows the Predator Frame Grabber board specification.
System Description
Figure 2: Predator board external view

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Essentials to get started
To begin using your Predator Frame Grabber, you must have a computer with the
following:
Processor with an Intel 64-bit architecture, or equivalent.
An availably x4 (or x8 or x16) PCIe slot. Gen 2 support is recommended to faster data
transfer.
Vision Point Application installation
KAYA Instruments doesn’t guarantee compatibility with all computers that have the above
specifications. Please, consult KAYA representative for any specific issue.
Power supplies
The Predator board receives its power directly from PCIe slot of the motherboard.
According to PCIe standard 2.0, the board might consume up to 10W of power, while
actual power consumption depends on usage mode and interfaces.
In order to support PoCXP feature the boards is capable of supplying up to 13W of power
per each CoaXPress link.
The PSU connector (standard PCI power connector), located on the top right side of the
board. It may be used to supply PoCXP power for connected cameras.
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Figure 3: External Power supply connector
Mechanical Specifications
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Power
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Mechanical dimensions
The Predator board is a Low profile PCIe card according to PCI Express Card
Electromechanical Specification.
This card can be installed in both Standard Height and Low profile computers, simply by
replacing the bracket.
The exact board mechanical dimensions are as defined in Figure 4.
For more detailed information please, contact KAYA Instruments representative.
Figure 4: PCB Mechanical Dimensions
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Installation instructions
Predator board is standard PCIe card with 4 lanes connector.
It can be installed in any PCIe Gen2 connector of the motherboard with 4 lanes and up.
Note: Board should be installed before you install your software.
1. Before installing, turn off the power of the computer and its peripherals.
2. Firmly insert the Predator board to PCIe connector of the motherboard.
3. Anchor the PCIe bracket to the computer chassis using M3 screw.
4. Verify the Predator board inserted correctly to the PCIe slot.
5. Connect external power supply to dedicated connector (J13).
6. Power on the computer.
7. After OS is up, you will be asked to install a driver for new Multimedia Device.
At this stage, you should Cancel the installation.
Under Windows and Linux the compatible drivers for Predator board will be installed
during installation of Vision Point App software.
You can install and use multiple Predator boards in a single computer.
The number of Predator boards that can be installed in a computer depends on the number
of available PCIe slots.
Connecting to CoaXPress output connectors
Predator board implements CoaXPress standard Din 1.0/2.3 connectors for CoaXPress
interface. When attaching cables to your Predator Frame Grabber, you must use 75 Ω
coaxial cables. For best performance, it’s recommended to use high quality cables, such as
Belden 1694A.
Note: If you are using more than single cable to connect to the same frame grabber, the
cables you use must be of the same type and length.
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Predator LEDs
Each CoaXPress link of the Frame Grabber equipped with indication bi-color LED.
The LEDs behaves according to the defined in section 5.3 of the CXP standard. The
possible LED’s states described in Table 1.
LED state
Description
Solid orange
System is not initialized
Slow pulse red
No camera is connected
Fast flash alternate green / orange
Connection detection in progress, PoCXP
active
Fast flash orange
Connection detection in progress, PoCXP not
in use
Solid red
PoCXP over-current
Solid green
Camera is connected, no data being
transferred
Slow pulse orange
Camera connected. Waiting for trigger event
Fast flash green
Camera connected , data is being transferred
Slow flash alternate green / orange
Connection test packets being sent
Table 1: CoaXPress links status LED’s
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In additional to CoaXPress links LEDs, the Predator Board is equipped with status LEDs.
Figure 5: Predator Board LED’s locations
Board Status LEDs functionality is described in Table 2:
LED #
Description
LED 0
Alive led. Blinks when the board receives
clock from PCIe
LED 1
PCIe L0 state. When lit, indicates that the
PCIe interface is powered up at active state.
LED 2
Gen2 PCIe indicator. When lit indicates that
PCIe is working as Gen2. When not lit the
boards works as PCIe Gen1
LED 3
Lane's indicator. When lit, indicates that all 4
PCIe lanes are up. If not lit, only one lane is
up.
Table 2: Board status LED’s
Predator Hardware Reference
This chapter provides information on Predator board hardware. It covers architecture,
features and pin assignments for various connectors.
Installation and Configurations
LED
0
LED
1
LED
2
LED
3
CH
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LED
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Predator Board Block Diagram
Processing
Unit
PCIe Gen 2.0 × 4
(up to 12.5 Gbps)
GPIO
Controller
DMA
GPIO
LED
Video stream
channel
Control channel
Equalizer/
Driver
Video stream
channel
Control channel
Equalizer/
Driver
Din
1.0/2.3
LED
Din
1.0/2.3
External
power
connector
PoCXP
Figure 6: Predator Board Block Diagram
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Video stream acquisition
Predator is designed to acquire different video streams compliant with CoaXPress standard
1.0 over up to 4 CoaXPress links.
When connected to transmitting device, the frame grabber communicates with Camera
device to determine link parameters, such as data rate.
For different options please refer to Vision Point Application User Manual.
Auxiliary Input/Output signals
The auxiliary signal of Predator board can be used to initiate on-board events, transmitted
to other devices or rerouted from other signals, such as CoaXPress triggers and GPIO’s.
Additionally, these auxiliary signals can be used to communicate with complex devices,
such as encoders, strobe controls and drive controls.
The GPIOs can be controlled from the Vision Point API and be set as a trigger sources.
The API enables routing of any input to any output as well as to the CXP IO and Trigger
lines. Please see a KAYA Frame Grabbers Programming Guide for more information
regarding the GPIO configuration.
The Predator’s GPIO is routed to single IO header with 2.54 mm (100 th) pitch.
Figure 7: GPIO connectors location
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The electrical connection of the GPIO connector is described following principal schematic
diagram:
Figure 8: GPIO Connector schematic
IO_IN_EXT3
IO_IN_EXT0
IO_IN_EXT1
IO_IN_EXT2IO_IN2
IO_IN3
IO_IN0
IO_IN1
2.5V
2.5V'
GPIO_VT1
GPIO_VT0
GPIO_5V_2
GPIO_5V_1
GPIO_5V_0
GPIO_VT3
GPIO_VT2
5V
GPIO_5V_3
TXB0104
Vcca
1
A1
2
A2
3
A3
4
A4
5
NC
6
Vccb 14
B1 13
B2 12
B3 11
B4 10
NC1 9
OE
8GND 7
PAD
15
RIN1p
J1
1
122
3
344
5
566
7
788
9
910 10
11
11 12 12
13
13 14 14
15
15 16 16
17
17 18 18
19
19 20 20
21
21 22 22
23
23 24 24
25
25 26 26
DOUT0nDOUT0p
DOUT1p DOUT1n
RIN1n
IO_IN_EXT1
IO_IN_EXT2
IO_IN_EXT0
RIN0nRIN0p
GPIO1
GPIO3
GPIO0
IO_OUT_EXT3IO_OUT_EXT2
IO_IN_EXT3
GPIO2
GPIO_5V_3GPIO_5V_2
IO_OUT_EXT1
RIN0p
RIN0n
GPIO_5V_1GPIO_5V_0
IO_OUT_EXT0
RIN1n
RIN1p
DS90LV049H
RIN1n 1
RIN1p 2
RIN2p 3
RIN2n 4
DOUT2n 5
DOUT2p 6
DOUT1p 7
DOUT1n 8 EN
9DIN1
10 DIN2
11
VDD 12
GND
13
ROUT2
14 ROUT1
15 EN
16
DOUT1p
DOUT1n
DIN1
ROUT1
ROUT0
DOUT0n
DOUT0p
3.3V
DIN0
MOCD207M
1 8
2
3
4
6
5
7
MOCD207M
1 8
2
3
4
6
5
7
IO_OUT_EXT0
IO_OUT_EXT3
IO_OUT_EXT1
IO_OUT_EXT2
MOCD207M 18
2
3
4
6
5
7
120
MOCD207M
18
2
3
4
6
5
7
120
120
120
3.3V
IO_OUT2
IO_OUT3
IO_OUT1
IO_OUT0 3.3V
3.3V
3.3V
1K 1K 1K 1K
3.3V3.3V3.3V
1K
3.3V
1K
1K
1K
IO Controller
GPIO0
GPIO3
GPIO2
GPIO1
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