Introducing the latest CoaXPress over Fiber Frame Grabber

The FireBird CoaXPress over Fiber 4xCOF-12 frame grabber, a new addition to Active Silicon’s FireBird frame grabber family, acquires image data at a rate of up to 40Gbps. Using fiber optics for high-speed imaging has significant benefits where long cable runs are required, or cameras are placed in harsh electrical environments. With the correct choice of cable and optical transceiver module, cameras can be placed kilometers from the frame grabber or PC. CoaXPress over Fiber is an extension of the CoaXPress Machine Vision standard for high-speed imaging in professional and industrial applications. CXP over Fiber allows the CoaXPress protocol to run over a fiber optic cable. The fiber optic cables and connectors needed for transmission are sourced from mainstream Ethernet technology (40 Gigabit Ethernet), this keeps their costs to a minimum and availability plentiful.