Camera Link Designed for Machine Vision

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Camera Link -Designed for Machine Vision

• Scalable price/performance
• Base 255 MB/s
• Medium 510 MB/s
• Full 680 MB/s
• Lines for real time handshaking between camera
  and framegrabber
• Dedicated lines for serial communication
• Standard cable and connectors with jackscrews
• Cable lengths up to 10 meters (depending on clock
  speed)

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Camera Link Block Diagram
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MDR is Standard I/O connector for
industrial market
MDR connector has superior quality and
reliability for Parallel, Serial, LVDS and I/O
applications

• Pin counts 14, 20, 26, 36, 40, 50, 68, 80, 100
• Cable termination method Soldering or IDC
  (Insulation Displacement Contact)
• Variety of products and accessories to support
  solution requirements
• Provides Parallel or Serial High speed
  transmission solutions (HS-MDR)
• Industry Machinery, Telecom, POS, ATM, OA,
  Medical Appliance

MDR Soldering Plug
MDR High Speed System (HS-MDR)
MDR IDC Plug
Length3m Bit Rate1Gbps
(NRZ)
Twin-ax Cable
Insulation Displacement Contact
Twinax AWG28
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New Developments

• Mini Camera Link Connector
• SDR approved November 2005
• Allows for smaller camera designs
• 3M SDR Cable Assemblies
• 1SF26-L1XX-00C-XXX Inline SDR plug Inline SDR
  plug
• 1MF26-L560-00C-XXX Inline SDR plug Inline MDR
  plug
• 1MF26-L5XX-00C-XXX R/A SDR plug Inline MDR plug