Camera Link™ Interface; Camera Link™ Overview - Dalsa PC2-CamLink User Manual

Camera Link™ Interface
Camera Link™ Overview
Camera Link™ is a communication interface for vision applications developed as an extension of
National Semiconductor's Channel Link technology. The advantages of the Camera Link™ interface
are that it provides a standard digital camera connection specification, a standard data communication
protocol, and simpler cabling between camera and frame grabber.
The Camera Link™ interface simplifies the usage of increasingly diverse cameras and high signal
speeds without complex custom cabling. For additional information concerning Camera Link™, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_Link.
Rights and Trademarks
Note: The following text is extracted from the Camera Link Specification 1.1 (January 2004).
The Automated Imaging Association (AIA), as sponsor of the Camera Link committee, owns
the U.S. trademark registration for the Camera Link logo as a certification mark for the mutual
benefit of the industry. The AIA will issue a license to any company, member or non-member,
to use the Camera Link logo with any products that the company will self-certify to be
compliant with the Camera Link standard. Licensed users of the Camera Link logo will not be
required to credit the AIA with ownership of the registered mark.
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3M™ is a trademark of the 3M Company.
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Channel Link™ is a trademark of National Semiconductor.
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Flatlink™ is a trademark of Texas Instruments.
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Panel Link™ is a trademark of Silicon Image.
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