Image capturing and processing in applications like autonomous driving, automated optical inspection or augmented reality requires high performance industrial cameras. EKF provides several popular interface solutions for machine vision systems, suitable for demanding data rates.
Starting at 5Gbps, the system integrator can chose from USB 3.0, Camera Link, 10Gb Ethernet and PCI Express®.
USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
EKF offers an advanced USB 3.0 interface card, which provides four independent USB controllers for a sustained data transfer rate of 4 x 5Gbps (SBX-DUB). With the additional use of rear I/O modules, up to 16 cameras can be attached. Each USB port can supply up to 1.5A/5V.
Starting at 5Gbps, the system integrator can chose from USB 3.0, Camera Link, 10Gb Ethernet and PCI Express®.
USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
EKF offers an advanced USB 3.0 interface card, which provides four independent USB controllers for a sustained data transfer rate of 4 x 5Gbps (SBX-DUB). With the additional use of rear I/O modules, up to 16 cameras can be attached. Each USB port can supply up to 1.5A/5V.
Camera Link (6.8Gbps)
The Camera Link (CL) interface has a long tradition and is still popular today. Depending on the configuration, different transfer rates of 5.44Gbps or 6.8Gbps are achievable. EKF integrates the Interface Card from Active Silicon for applications requiring CL cameras.
10Gb Ethernet
The SN5-TOMBAK is a dual port 10Gb Ethernet controller with two SFP+ ports.
Fibre Cable lengths of up to 20km are possible.
For compact systems SFP+ twinax copper cables can also be used. EKF offers the SN3-GONG, a dual port 10GbE NIC with RJ45 front panel connectors for CAT6A cable lengths to 100m.
PCI Express® (20Gbps)
Active optical cables are available to cover distances up to 300m.
The SX2-SLIDE is a dual port PCIe x4 (Gen 2) interface with PCI-SIG specified front panel connectors. The nominal data transfer rate for each port is 20Gbps.
Graphics Controller
The EKF SV2-MOVIE is a MXM 3.0 carrier board, suitable for a type A or type B form factor module. AMD and Nvidia both offer GPU modules for industrial systems based on the MXM 3.0 standard.
Processing Performance
EKF CPU Boards are equipped with proven and reliable Intel® IoT high end processors, e.g. Core™-i7 or XEON®. M.2 style SSD modules achieve an outstanding performance up to 1500MByte/s for sequential write. EKF offers different mezzanine solutions based either on the classic SATA interface (optionally with hardware RAID support), and also NVMe (PCIe x4 Gen3).
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The Camera Link (CL) interface has a long tradition and is still popular today. Depending on the configuration, different transfer rates of 5.44Gbps or 6.8Gbps are achievable. EKF integrates the Interface Card from Active Silicon for applications requiring CL cameras.
10Gb Ethernet
The SN5-TOMBAK is a dual port 10Gb Ethernet controller with two SFP+ ports.
Fibre Cable lengths of up to 20km are possible.
For compact systems SFP+ twinax copper cables can also be used. EKF offers the SN3-GONG, a dual port 10GbE NIC with RJ45 front panel connectors for CAT6A cable lengths to 100m.
PCI Express® (20Gbps)
Active optical cables are available to cover distances up to 300m.
The SX2-SLIDE is a dual port PCIe x4 (Gen 2) interface with PCI-SIG specified front panel connectors. The nominal data transfer rate for each port is 20Gbps.
Graphics Controller
The EKF SV2-MOVIE is a MXM 3.0 carrier board, suitable for a type A or type B form factor module. AMD and Nvidia both offer GPU modules for industrial systems based on the MXM 3.0 standard.
Processing Performance
EKF CPU Boards are equipped with proven and reliable Intel® IoT high end processors, e.g. Core™-i7 or XEON®. M.2 style SSD modules achieve an outstanding performance up to 1500MByte/s for sequential write. EKF offers different mezzanine solutions based either on the classic SATA interface (optionally with hardware RAID support), and also NVMe (PCIe x4 Gen3).
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