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Matrox RadientPro CL
Full-featured Camera Link® frame grabber with
FPGA-based processing offload

Full-featured Camera Link vision processor
Benefits
Capture images at the highest
Camera Link rates with support for
the Full and 80-bit modes at up to
85MHz (single-Full model).
Eliminate lost pixels through a PCIe®
2.0 x8 host interface and ample
on-board buffering.
Reduce cabling and eliminate power
supplies by way of Power over Camera
Link (PoCL) support.
Offload and accelerate image
processing to free and assist the host
CPU using an Altera® Stratix® V FPGA.
Simplify the development of custom
on-board image processing using the
optional Matrox FPGA Development
Kit (FDK).
Reduce development and validation
costs through a managed lifecycle
offering consistent long term
availability.
Implement image capture with ease
and confidence using Matrox Imaging
Library (MIL) application development
toolkit.
Maintain flexibility and choice by way
64-bit Windows 7/8(.1), Linux®1 and
RTX641 (RTOS) support.

The Matrox RadientPro CL is a vision processor board capable of handling the highest
image acquisition rates supported by the Camera Link interface standard, specifically
the Full and 80-bit modes (single-Full model). The Matrox RadientPro CL also makes
available a FPGA device capable of offloading the host system from having to deal with
repetitive compute-intensive image processing algorithms that consume substantial
host system bandwidth. This FPGA device can be tailored for specific algorithms either
by Matrox or by using the optional Matrox FPGA Development Kit (FDK).
Offload and accelerate repetitive tasks from the host CPU
As image size continues to grow, frame rate steadily increases, and applications
are expected to do more, the demands on the host system keep rising. The Matrox
RadientPro CL can lessen the pressure by offloading repetitive compute-intensive
image processing operations using the on-board Altera Stratix V FPGA, freeing
valuable processing resources for the rest of the application and even accelerating
the application. Candidate operations include spatial and temporal filtering, gain
and offset correction, dead pixel correction, optical and perspective distortion
correction, Bayer color interpolation, color space conversions, and frequency domain
transformations. The operations performed on-board are controlled through the
Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) application development software. Through MIL, a FPGA
configuration can be rearranged to perform a required sequence of operations without
having to necessarily generate a new FPGA configuration. When the need arises,
Matrox’s FPGA design services can be employed to generate an application-specific
FPGA configuration. Users can also use the Matrox FDK to create custom FPGA
configurations.
Versatile Camera Link interface
For low-latency and deterministic acquisition, Camera Link provides a scalable and
proven solution for vision applications. From cost-sensitive, low data rate
applications, to mainstream applications including color, and right up to
maximum bandwidth applications, Camera Link is an excellent fit.