CoaXPress (CXP) is truly the new kid on the block. The continuous quest for increased speeds in machine vision products and the demand for quicker cameras led to the production of this new generation of sensors. With impressive image resolutions at lightening high speeds, these new CMOS sensors yield big increases in data rates. CoaXPress was developed with several companies in the imaging business whose sole purpose was to develop this contemporary technology, and while it evolved rapidly, the thoroughness of its development was the paramount goal.

CoaXPress moves high speed serial data from camera to frame grabber with lightening speed.

The BitFlow Cyton-CXP4 CoaXPress Frame Grabber successfully doubles the speed thanks to the Gen 2.0 PCIe bus. The DMA engine was designed specifically to manage these modern machine vision application requests. Capturing video at speeds up to 6.25 Gigabits/Second (Gb/S), it will support both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. [caption id="attachment_6426" align="alignright" width="300"]Bitflow CTN-PC2-CXP4 Cyton Quad Channel CoaXPress Frame Grabber Bitflow CTN-PC2-CXP4 Cyton Quad Channel CoaXPress Frame Grabber[/caption] Camera Link®, GigE Vision® and FireWire® digital video interfaces all have restrictions, and are not able to meet the new generation of imaging application requirements. Conquering these diverse limitations (cable length, speed and simplicity in use) was the primary influence in the evolution of CoaXPress development. With the ability to join the finest features of the current interfaces, and have them produce a single interface solution, CoaXPress is able to tackle high speed imaging with simplification and ease. This streamlined ability allows CoaXPress cameras to be interfaced with a CoaXPress frame grabber by one single coaxial cable, eliminating the need for an auxiliary power supply or added cables for uplink communication to the camera. CoaXPress cameras and frame grabbers tackle high-speed imaging by moving high speed serial data from a camera to a frame grabber. And its benefits are numerous; elevated data rates of up to 6.25Gbps (Gigabits per second) over a single coax cable, and up to 25Gbps using four cables can be accomplished. Longer cable distances of more than 100m (without any hubs, repeaters etc.) are achieved. Simplified integration via one coax cable allows video, communication, uplink, downlink, control and power to be combined, resulting in cost effective cabling solutions. Dependable and adaptable, thanks to the use of standard coax cabling i.e., RG59 and RG6. With its 20Mbits/s (20 million bits per second), speed, it is 400 times faster than Camera Link. The next generation of higher resolution and higher speed cameras using the CoaXPress interface will revolutionize the sending of video over a single coax cable with increased data rates. CoaXPress is also designed for `plug and play` interface solutions in current and future applications, making this a cost-effective way to brings new life to existing functions. This powerful, yet simple new standard for moving high speed serial data from a camera to a frame grabber effectively opens the door to high speed video, image and data downlinks and lower speed uplinks for control and communications, and accomplishes this all over a single-cable process. Aegis Electronic Group, Inc., is able to assist you in conquering your camera solution for this exciting new CoaXPress asymmetrical high speed point to point serial communication guideline. Their technical expertise will make sure this newest video addition is correct for your camera and application. Cost and the absence of longer cable lengths have previously prevented the move to high resolution, high speed digital cameras. CoaXPress is able to unite the straightforwardness of coaxial cable with advanced high speed serial data technology resulting in imaging leaping forward into the next decade. Ready to celebrate its jump as the leader of high speed data transfer, CoaXPress understands that currently, Camera Link holds that title (though with shorter transfer distances). But watch out, CoaXPress is out there, and is ready to take you into the next era of video … paraphrasing T. S. Eliot … with not a whimper, but a BANG!