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microEnable 5 marathon VF2 - Frame grabber

microEnable 5 marathon VF2 is a PCIe image processing device that allows an optical fiber connection of two cameras of Camera Link HS standard.

microEnable 5 marathon VF2 focuses on high-speed image processing with up to 2 x Camera Link HS cameras and offers with DMA1800 technology and optical connections an powerful access to special customized Machine Vision applications.

  • First Camera Link HS F2 Frame grabber with fiber optics cable support
  • Dual 1200 MB/s F2 fiber optic 300 meter distance interface (SFP connectors)
  • Support of Area and Line Scan cameras
  • Topologies: Multi-Camera/Single-frame grabber and Single-Camera/Multi-Frame grabber
  • DMA 1800 / up to 1800 MB/s PCIe Data bandwidth (PCIe x4 Gen2)
  • Opto-isolated front GPIO from 4,5 – 28V, TTL Outputs, RS 485 interface
  • Internal GPIO – interface with support for ad-on GPIO-Boards (requires additional slot)
  • 100% compliant with Silicon Software SDK und GUI control and services tools
  • Custom FPGA programming with VisualApplets supporting Xilinx Kintex FPGAs
  • IP Core available from AIA ensuring interoperability and short development times.

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Article Details
Order Number 108089
Accessory Type Frame grabber
Accessory Developer Basler
Model Name microEnable 5 marathon VF2
Product Line V-Line
Category Framegrabber

Device Features
Processor Vision Processor
On-Board Memory 2 GByte DDR3-RAM

Camera Interface
Standard Camera Link HS
Configurations Dual CLHS F2, Single CLHS F2
Connectors 2 x SFP
Camera Support line scan camera, area scan camera
Sensor Type Grayscale sensor, RGB sensor (VisualApplets)
Bit Depth 8-16-bit (grayscale, Bayer, RGB, VisualApplets)
Data Bandwidth 2 x 10 Gbit/s
Test Environment Camera Simulator

Host PC Interface
PC Bus Interface PCI Express x4 (Gen 2), DMA1800
PC Bus Interface Performance up to 1.800 MB/s (sustainable)

Controls and General-Purpose I/Os
On-board GPIO interface 4 opto-coupled outputs (4,5V - 28V), One 34-pin flat cable connector onboard: 4 opto-coupled inputs (4,5V - 28V), optional 2 opto-coupled differential inputs (RS422), Shaft encoder input, programmable rescaler, multiple-camera synchronization
On-board Front GPIO Interface One 15-pin D-Sub socket: 2 opto-coupled differential inputs (RS422) and 1 opto-coupled differential / single ended input, RS485 interface (PLC connection) scheduled, Shaft encoder input, programmable rescaler: multiple-camera synchronization, optional (conf.): 4 opto-coupled Inputs (4,5V - 28V) with up to 1 MHz frequency, 2 TTL outputs, up to 20 MHz frequency
GPIO Synchronisation and Control Configurable Trigger System supporting several trigger modes (grabber controlled, external trigger, gated, software trigger) and shaft encoder functionality with backward compensation, Multi-Camera-Synchronization
GPIO Interface Summary onboard: 8in/8out (max.), TTL or opto-coupled

Physical and Environmental Information
Dimensions PCIe Standard height, half length card: 167.64 mm length x 111.15 mm height
Weight (typical) 150 g
Power consumption / Power Source typ. 1 A @ 12V (actual values depend on image pre-processing)
Operating Temperature 50° (0 LFM*), 60° (100 LFM*) FPGA operating temperature: 0°C to 85°C, * LFM = Linear Feet per Minute, unit for measuring airflow velocity
Storage Temperature -50°C up to 80°C
Relative Humidity (operating, storage) 5% - 90% non-condensing (operating), 0% - 95% (storage)
MTBF pending
Compliances WEEE, RoHS, REACH

Software
Software drivers Windows 10 / 8 / 7 (32-Bit), Windows 10 / 8 / 7 (64-Bit)
Software Tools microDisplay (Acquisition control and viewer), GenICam Explorer (Camera configuration tool), microDiagnostics (Service tool), Device Drivers, SDK, Documentation
Software API Silicon Software SDK, .net interface
FPGA programming VisualApplets
BV-Software Compatibility Halcon, Common Vision Blox, others on request
Accessories and Bundles

Accessories and Bundles

Here you can find suitable accessories for your frame grabber.

Frame grabber components such as the trigger boards complement the frame grabber to synchronize image acquisition with the entire image processing system in real-time. The signal processing controls sensors and actuators such as cameras, lighting, light barriers and encoders.

For microEnable IV frame grabbers, the temperature upgrade guarantees an increase of the factory approved operating temperature. Power Supply enables a direct power supply of the GigE Vision cameras via the frame grabber.

Matching accessories often sold together with this product:

Triggerboard

Triggerboard

  • Opto trigger: opto-coupled signals
  • TTL trigger: standard TTL level
  • Multiple input and output signals (max. 8x in, 8x out)
  • Synchronization of the image acquisition process
  • Synchronization of multiple cameras in the image acquisition system
  • Control of the camera’s exposure time
  • Independent control of multiple cameras connected to a frame grabber
  • Highly flexible graphic programming of user-defined trigger functions with VisualApplets

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VisualApplets 3

VisualApplets 3

VisualApplets enables access to the FPGA processors in the image processing hardware, such as frame grabbers, industrial cameras and image processing devices, to implement individual image processing applications.

  • Programming of the V-series frame grabbers and image processing hardware with special applications
  • Bandwidth control and FPGA resource assessment
  • Without expert skills or hardware programming
  • Reuse proprietary VHDL libraries in VisualApplets
  • Shorten project times, accelerate market availability

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VisualApplets Embedder

VisualApplets Embedder

Image processing devices become compatible with VisualApplets

  • Unlimited configuration of FPGA hardware with specific image processing applications
  • Promptly adjust image processing applications to customer and market requirements
  • Plan and implement complete product lines in a short time
  • Transfer developed image processing applications to different vision devices with minimal effort
  • Reduce the data volume with image pre-processing and alternatively apply inexpensive interfaces such as Gigabit Ethernet
  • End customers get the added value of programming the devices themselves in a specified framework
  • End customers receive smart devices that guarantee them the most flexibility and investment reliability

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VisualApplets Expert

VisualApplets Expert

Experienced users have the option of applying existing hardware code, debugging the design under runtime conditions and creating paths to parameters in hierarchical structures.

  • With the custom library, system builders apply their image processing modules programmed in VHDL or Verilog (VHDL libraries) in VisualApplets as generic operators, thus preserving their preparatory work.
  • The debugging library enables enhanced debugging to detect programming errors, deadlocks and bandwidth problems and to increase the design stability.
  • The parameters library offers users tools to change even those parameters that might be deeply embedded in the design’s hierarchical structures. The changes are automatically and consistently updated during the runtime.

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VisualApplets Libraries

VisualApplets Libraries

VisualApplets libraries comprise multiple operator libraries which expand the operators’ scope with valuable image processing functions, such as those for segmentation, classification and compression.

  • Segmentation/classification: These operators are used to segment and define objects in images and assign characteristics to them.
  • Compression: The JPEG operator makes it possible to execute the JPEG image compression directly on the FPGA of the vision hardware to reduce image data.

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VisualApplets Protection

VisualApplets Protection

To prevent the use of proprietary applets on external frame grabbers and thus protect intellectual property from outside access, the applets and frame grabbers can each be securely encoded with a lock.

  • Applets and frame grabbers are each securely encoded with a lock.
  • Two protective mechanisms guarantee maximum security.

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Manuals

The manuals provide complete information on all aspects of usage - from installing frame grabbers and software to first acquisition checks to advanced image processing. Described are all frame grabber series and models available together with their hardware and software add-ons, their specific functionalities and all image processing options along with the graphical FPGA development environment VisualApplets.

Frame Grabber - User Manual

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Brochures

Basler product brochures provide an overview of the many benefits offered by Basler accessories. They describe technical characteristics and product features and offer detailed information about the technical specifications.

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Product Insights

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Customer Stories

Basler Customer Stories describe a broad diversity of applications and potential uses for Basler frame grabbers on a variety of markets. They explain the requirements Basler’s customers had to face while designing their image processing system and how Basler frame frabbers successfully contributed to resolving the problem.

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