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.
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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