Matrox Rapixo CL Pro frame grabber

Matrox Imaging has announced the Matrox Rapixo CL Pro frame grabber, with support for high-performance Camera Link cameras. Each Pro board delivers onboard image processing offload to FPGA devices, high frame-rate image capture, support for extended cable lengths and good image acquisition.

The product makes use of an FPGA device from the Xilinx Kintex-7 family, directly integrating control, format and stream logic onto the frame grabber itself. Paired with the Matrox FDK, a powerful development kit, the Pro models support development of custom FPGA configurations to relieve the host system of intensive image-processing functions.

An enhanced iteration of the Matrox Radient eV series of Camera Link boards, the frame grabber capably handles image capture from an extensive range of devices, from a single low data-rate Camera Link device to multiple maximum-bandwidth Camera Link cameras. Users can interface with up to four Base or two Full/80-bit mode Camera Link cameras at up to 85 MHz on a single board. With integrated Power-over-Camera Link (PoCL) and extended cable lengths support, the Pro boards are designed to simplify cabling requirements.