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Matrox Radient eV-CLHS
Value-packed high-performance Camera Link HS™
frame grabber

High-performance Camera Link HS frame grabber
Benefits
Capture from the next generation of
higher resolution and higher speed
cameras using the Camera Link HS
M-Protocol interface.
Ensure reliable delivery to host
memory by way of PCIe® 2.0 x8
host interface and ample on-board
buffering.
Maximize PC compatibility and
minimize slot usage through a halflength design with video input and
auxiliary I/Os on the same bracket.
Offload host processing with on-board
Bayer interpolation, color space
conversion and look up tables.
Simplify application development
using the Matrox Imaging Library
(MIL) toolkit on 64-bit Windows®
7/8(.1), Linux®1 and RTX641 (RTOS).

The Matrox Radient eV-CLHS is one of the first frame grabbers in the industry to
support the new Camera Link HS camera interface standard. As a new addition to the
Radient eV-series, the Radient eV-CLHS continues to build on the family’s tradition
as a cost-effective frame grabber while providing reliable high-performance image
acquisition for demanding machine vision applications.
A major step with Camera Link HS
Camera Link HS (CLHS) brings improvements to the field-proven Camera Link2
standard by offering upgraded performance, higher data bandwidth and longer
cable reach, to ensure its longevity as a leading camera interface standard for the
foreseeable future. CLHS is designed to support copper connections encoded using
8b/10b technology (M-Protocol). This delivers data transmission rates of up to 2.1
GB/s per cable at up to 15m with a copper cable. In addition to data transmission,
CLHS also embeds trigger signals, GPIOs and a command channel between the
camera and frame grabber into the same single cable to simplify system connectivity.
These new features provide CLHS with the means and flexibility to adapt to the needs
of differing and demanding imaging applications.
Reliable high-performance image acquisition
The Matrox Radient eV-CLHS offers a single CX4 (copper) connector as per CLHS’s
M-protocol specification, supporting 7 data lanes and 1 command channel, each
running at 3.125 Gbit/s. This enables image acquisition from CLHS cameras at up to
2.1GB/s at distances of up to 15m.
To reliably handle these high data rates, the Matrox Radient eV-CLHS uses a PCIe® 2.0
x8 host interface – with a peak transfer rate of up to 4GB/s – combined with up to 2GB
SDRAM of on-board buffering. The frame grabber can also offload the host CPU from
having to perform image pre-processing task (i.e., Bayer interpolation, color space
conversion, and LUT mapping).
Maximizing PCIe® slot efficiency, The Matrox Radient eV-CLHS provides
a set of auxiliary I/Os on the same bracket as the CX4 connector for
interfacing with rotary encoders, photoelectric sensors and strobe
controllers, all in a true single PCIe® slot solution.