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Camera Link™ is an interface protocol that includes standardized interconnects between cameras and framegrabbers. It is based on an implementation of National Semiconductor's Channel Link™ technology. The Camera Link standard was developed with the participation of several camera and framegrabber manufacturers, and defines a standard connector for both the frame grabber and the camera, which ensures that products bearing the Camera Link logo are interchangeable.
The specificaton defines standard signals for clock, line, and frame, dedicated control and serial signals, and data width in various configurations of number of bits per pixel and pixels per clock. The specification does not define a minimum and maximum clock speed, however the Channel Link parts' 20-85 MHz is the de-facto standard.
EDT's Camera Link solutions include PCI and PCI Express frame grabbers, simulators, and innovative extenders that shatter Camera Link's inherent 10 meter cable length limitation by converting the Camera Link signal to fiberoptic or coaxial for up to 10 kiliometers of range. All EDT Camera Link products come with support for Windows and Linux, and MacOS.
The Camera Link specification can be purchased through Machine Vision Online.
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