Pleora’s iPORT™ NTx-Mini Embedded Video Interface hardware provides system and camera manufacturers with a straightforward way to integrate Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) video connectivity into their products. With the NTx-Mini, manufacturers can shorten time-to-market, reduce development and deployment risk, and lower design and system costs. For manufacturers requiring deeper levels of integration, the NTx-Mini technology is available in the iPORT NTx-Pro2 Intellectual Property (IP)package that includes an FPGA IP core, a hardware reference design, and expert design review services.
NTx-Mini embedded hardware interacts seamlessly with Pleora's other products in networked or point-to-point digital video systems. The hardware also complies fully with the GigE Vision® and GenICam™ standards, enabling interoperation with third-party equipment in multi-vendor environments. The embedded hardware converts video data to packets at GigE's full, 1 Gb/s throughput rate and sends it with low, consistent latency over a GigE link to receiving software or hardware. To speed time-to-market, Pleora offers an evaluation kit for the NTx-Mini. This kit allows manufacturers to produce system or camera prototypes and proof-of-concept demonstrations easily and rapidly, often without undertaking hardware development.
Features:
Applications:
iPORT Embedded Video Interfaces | • Highly reliable, 1 Gb/s data transfer rate with low, end-to-end latency • OEM, in-camera board • 32 MB of DDR2 RAM |
eBUS SDK | • eBUS Universal Pro driver • Sample applications, including NetCommand™ sample application, a demonstration of multi-device network connectivity • Driver installation tool • Documentation |
AutoGEV™ XML Generation Tool | Unique GenICam™ XML management tool for seamless GenICam integration |
GigE Vision | • Fully compliant firmware load • Guarantees delivery of all packets • Comprehensive data transfer diagnostics |
Accepts LVCMOS/ LVTTL signals | Compatible with internal camera signaling |
Integrated acquisition engine | Can acquire images from a wide variety of sources, with pixel depths up to 24 bits, color or B/W, and multi-tap at up to 90 MHz |
Free running or externally triggered | Flexible acquisition modes |
Static configuration | Configuration settings are saved to on-board Flash memory |
FlexEBoard | • 12-pin (Hirose HR10A-10P-12P(73)) • 20-pin FPC (FH12-20S-0.5SH) |
AdaptRBoard | • 40-pin DF12(3.5)-40DP-0.5V(86) • Mates with DF12-40DS-0.5V(86) |
Network | RJ45. Can be mounted horizontally or vertically on the NTx-Mini Main Board |
Camera Head Interface | 60-pin (Molex 51374-6073) |
4 inputs (TTL) 3 outputs (TTL) 4 outputs (LVCMOS/LVTTL to camera head connector) |
• Provides a flexible, general-purpose interface • Allows synchronization of multiple devices or system elements • Flexible triggering capabilities, including Boolean combinations, deserialized Camera Link control signals, encoders, and time stamps • Built-in debouncers |
1 RS-232 serial link | • Serial control of external devices via PC application over the GigE link • Can be bridged to an internal UART serial link |
2 UART serial links (LVCMOS/LVTTL) | Serial control of camera and other devices via PC application over the GigE link |
Delayer, rescaler, general-purpose counter | Allows full synchronization of line scan cameras and other system elements |
Timestamp trigger, counter, and reset | • Allows system actions to be triggered based on timestamps • Allows resets to be broadcast to all iPORT IP engines in system from host |
Host Interrupts | Allows host to be interrupted based on events on any input or internal signal |
GigE-based | • 10/100/1000 Mb/s • IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet), IPv4, IGMPv.2, UDP and ICMP (ping) • Long reach: 100 m point-to-point, further with Ethernet switches or fiber |
GigE Vision Protocol | • Guarantees delivery of all packets • Comprehensive data transfer diagnostics |
Multicast Capability | Enables advanced distributed processing and control architectures |
Size | 42 mm X 42 mm |
Operating Temperature | 0°C to 45°C (higher with thermal pad) |
Storage Temperature | -40°C to 85°C |
Power Supply | 4.5V to 16V |
Power Consumption | From 1.6 W (input voltage and temperature dependent) |
ORDERING INFORMATION |
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904-3000 |
•iPORT NTx-Mini main board (vertical RJ45 jack) |
904-3200 |
•iPORT NTx-Mini main board (horizontal RJ45 jack) |
904-3001 |
•iPORT NTx-Mini board set (vertical RJ45 jack) Includes 904-3000 and AdaptRBoard |
904-3201 |
•iPORT NTx-Mini board set (vertical RJ45 jack) Includes 904-3200 and AdaptRBoard |
904-3002 |
•iPORT NTx-Mini board set (vertical RJ45 jack) Includes 904-3001 and FlexEBoard. |
904-3202 |
•iPORT NTx-Mini in-camera set (horizontal RJ45 jack) Includes 904-3201 and FlexEBoard. |
904-3003 |
•iPORT NTx-Mini Development kit (vertical RJ45 jack) Includes 904-3002, prober board, |
904-3203 |
•iPORT NTx-Mini Development kit (horizontal RJ45) Includes 904-3202, prober board, flat flex cables, power supply, Gigabit Ethernet desktop NIC, Ethernet cable, 12-pin circular connector soldered on FlexEBoard, and eBUS SDK USB stick |