Summary of Contents for MICROTRONIX ViClaro IV GX
- Page 1 Microtronix Camera Link Development Kit User Manual Revision 1.9.0 Unit 126-4056 Meadowbrook Drive London, ON Canada N6L 1E3 www.microtronix.com...
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Page 2: E-Mail
Document This User Manual provides basic information about using the Revision Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit, PN: 6282- History 03-01. The following table shows the document revision history. Date Description Initial release – Version 1.0 May 2011 June 2011 Camera Link Medium added - Version 1.1... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Full IP Core License ........................12 Supported Video Resolution .......................13 Camera Link Frame Grabber Reference Design ................13 Microtronix ViClaro Video Host Board Reference Project ............14 Hardware Setup ........................14 Running the Frame Grabber Project ..................15 Camera Link Transmitter Reference Design ................. 16 Supported Video Resolution .......................17... -
Page 4: Options
Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit, PN 6282- 03-01. The kit is designed to help engineers use the Microtronix Camera Link IP Core to build vision systems incorporating Camera Link™ Base, Medium & Full Channel Link configurations. The Design Kit supports camera control signals, serial communication, and video data. -
Page 5: Related Documentation
Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Video Host Board and the Microtronix HDMI Transmitter / Receiver HSMC Daughter Card. The two boards are shown below: Figure 1: ViClaro IV GX Video Host Board and HDMI Transmitter / Receiver Daughter Card Page 5 of 19... -
Page 6: Microtronix Ip Cores
Figure 2: Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card with optional PN: 811-MDR26 cables IP C ICROTRONIX ORES The ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit is supplied with a 1-year OpenCore Plus licenses for the following Microtronix IP cores: Camera Link IP Core, ... -
Page 7: Reference Designs
Microtronix Camera Link Receiver HSMC Daughter Card. Camera Link Trasmitter supporting Base, Medium, Full, Full Octo and Full Deca modes on the Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Video Host Board. This design requires the optional Microtronix Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card. -
Page 8: Camera Link Transmitter Hsmc Daughter Card
AMERA RANSMITTER AUGHTER The Microtronix Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card (PN: 6287-01-01) is shown in Figure 3 below. It provides two Camera Link MDR-26 female connectors (3M – 14B26-SZLB-X00-OLC). The card supports configuration to indicate Power over Camera Link (PoCL). -
Page 9: Hdmi Transmitter/Receiver Hsmc Daughter Card
Link Receiver User Manual. HDMI T HSMC D RANSMITTER ECEIVER AUGHTER The Microtronix HDMI Transmitter/Receiver HSMC Daughter Card (PN: 6256-00-00) provides a HDMI output/input port. The HDMI port is used to display the incoming Camera Link video. Page 9 of 19... -
Page 10: Cameral Link Software
Quartus FPGA design software (either the Altera Web Edition or the Full Edition). The Cameral Link Design Kit software is supplied by Microtronix on a CD or as a zipped file. If you received the latter, unzip the file to a temporary file directory and run the setup.exe file. -
Page 11: Installation
Camera Link IP Core Design Kit – User Manual NSTALLATION Follow these steps to install the Microtronix Camera Link IP Core Design Kit files on your computer. 1. Insert the Microtronix Camera Link IP Core Design Kit Installation CD into your CD-ROM (or equivalent). Or run the setup file contained in the zip file. -
Page 12: Installing The Microtronix Ip Core License
Your NIC number is the number on the physical address line, minus the dashes, for example, 00C04FA392EF. Once either is received, Microtronix will send you the license file(s) to enable Quartus to generate a .sof file for you to run on your target board. -
Page 13: Supported Video Resolution
LVDS core (CC21_6246) will show in the Quartus License Setup (Tools->License Setup). Please contact sales at Microtronix (sales@microtronix.com) for additional licensing details. The ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit is shipped with a Camera Link Frame Grabber Quartus Reference Design for the ViClaro IV (Cyclone Frame Grabber IV GX) board. -
Page 14: Microtronix Viclaro Video Host Board Reference Project
ViClaro IV Video Host board requires the hardware to be installed and connected as follows: Install the Microtronix Camera Link HSMC Daughter Card on HSMC Connector J3 of the ViClaro IV Host Video board. a. Attach the MDR26 cable between J2 on the Camera Link board and the Camera Link video source. -
Page 15: Running The Frame Grabber Project
3. Use pushbutton switch PB0 to reset the design. 4. Observe the LEDs on the ViClaro IV GX Board: LED0 indicates the receiver PLL for the Base mode link has locked to a clock on the camera link Base port. This LED should be ON for all camera link modes when a camera link source is connected. -
Page 16: Camera Link Transmitter Reference Design
6. The design treats the four camera link control signals (CC1 .. CC4) as a 4 bit binary value that can be incremented by pressing PB2. Camera Link The ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit is shipped with a Transmitter Camera Link Transmitter Quartus Reference Design for the Microtronix Reference ViClaro IV (Cyclone IV GX) board. -
Page 17: Supported Video Resolution
24 bit. The designs do not use all camera link ports when operating in Medium and Full modes. ICROTRONIX LARO IDEO OARD EFERENCE ROJECT This section describes how to run the Quartus Reference Design on the Microtronix ViClaro III Video Host board. Page 17 of 19... -
Page 18: Hardware Setup
To run the Camera Link Camera Reference Project on the ViClaro IV Video Host board requires the hardware to be installed and connected as follows: 1. Install the Microtronix Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card on HSMC Connector J3 (HSMC 3) of the ViClaro IV Host Video board. - Page 19 Camera Link IP Core Design Kit – User Manual 5. The design displays the state of the Camera Link Control Signals (CC1 to CC4) on LED0 to LED3. Page 19 of 19...
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