Camera Link Upgrade
In addition, CXP-10 and CXP-12 will allow the replacement of the popular ´Camera Link Full´ connection by a single CoaXPress connection. The Full configuration of the Camera Link standard provides a bandwidth of 850MB/s (80Bits at 85MHz). CXP-10, with a bandwidth of 1.000MB/s, will exceed that requirement, allowing the replacement of two complex Camera Link cables by a single simple coaxial cable in these applications. As frame grabbers with four (and more) connections are currently available, this will also reduce the number of PCIe slots required for frame grabbers in multiple camera applications. The new technology will also lower the cost of CoaXPress accessories, such as repeaters, split boxes or cables that would be required.
Cable Length
The bandwidth increase will be possible while retaining the advantage of the cable length, which is a significant benefit of the CoaXPress technology over other high transfer speed standards, such as USB3. The transfer protocol will integrate optional support for a forward error correction mechanism, enhancing even more the reliability of CoaXPress in harsh environments.
Data striping
At these data transfer rates, the amount of data to process may easily exceed the host PC processing power. To solve this issue, CoaXPress 2.0 will support solutions for distributing camera data to several PCs in parallel, allowing them to share the image processing workload.
