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Active Silicon announces even faster interface boards in its expanded FireBird range

06 Mar 2020

Active Silicon is turbo-charging imaging systems with its new range of FireBird CoaXPress
frame grabbers.
The 4xCXP-12 acquisition card (PCIe Gen3 x8; CoaXPress v2.0) is the latest addition. With
speeds up to 12.5 Gbps per link, it supports the fastest cameras on the market and allows
acquisition of high-speed, high-resolution images in real-time. The board is ideal for single or
multi-camera solutions in high-speed applications, such as industrial inspection. It uses the
ActiveDMA RISC-based engine to guarantee zero CPU intervention, providing high-speed and
low-latency image data transfers. Long cable lengths are also supported.
For more cost-sensitive projects, the 4xCXP12-3PE4 version offers excellent value and
features. Similar in price to Active Silicon’s well-established CXP-6 quad frame grabber, this
board supports CXP-12 for dual applications, as well as quad CXP-6, along with many of the
advantages of the 3PE8 board.


Features of the new CoaXPress boards include:


• High-speed data, power and camera control all over a single cable.
• Fast PCI Express 4-lane and 8-lane Gen3 interfaces.
• ActiveDMA engine – RISC-based acquisition with zero CPU usage.
• Comprehensive I/O including end panel I/O.
• CoaXPress v2.0 support.
• Supports PoCXP (Power over CoaXPress).
• Micro-BNC connectors.
• Standard half-length PCI form-factor.
• Full GenICam support (including GenTL Producer).

All Active Silicon frame grabbers come with the easy-to-use, comprehensive ActiveSDK which
allows integrators to develop applications quickly and effectively, together with a range of
third-party software drivers.

Check out Active Silicon's product range.

CONTACT DETAILS
Active Silicon, Inc.
479 Jumpers Hole Rd Ste 301
Severna Park
MD
21146-1732
United States
Tel: 001 410 696 7642
Fax: 001 410 696 7643
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