1.0 Camera Link
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Conventions
1.3 LVDS Technical Description
1.4 Channel Link
1.5 Camera Link’s Five Configurations
1.6 Technology Benefits
1.6.1 Smaller Connectors and Cables
1.6.2 High Data Transmission Rates
2.0 Camera Signal Requirements
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Video Data
2.2.1 Camera Link Base/Medium/Full
2.2.2 Camera Link Lite
2.2.3 Camera Link 80 bit
2.3 Camera Control Signals
2.3.1 Camera Link Base/Medium/Full
2.3.2 Camera Link Lite
2.3.3 Camera Link 80 bit
2.4 Communication
2.4.1 Camera Link Base/Medium/Full
2.4.2 Camera Link Lite
2.4.3 Camera Link 80 bit
3.0 Port Assignments
3.1 Port Definition - all Configurations
3.2 Camera Hardware Routing and Block Diagram
3.2.1 Base, Medium, Full Configurations
3.2.2 Lite Configurations
3.2.3 80 bit Configurations
4.0 Bit Allocation of the Channel Link Chip to the Connectors
4.1 Bit Allocation for Base, Medium and Full Configurations
4.2 Bit Allocation for the 80-Bit, 10-tap/8-bit Configuration
4.3 Bit Allocation for the 80-Bit, 8-tap/10-bit Configuration
4.4 Bit Allocation for the Lite Configuration
5.0 Bit Assignments According to Configuration
5.1 Bit Assignments for Base Configuration
5.2 Bit Assignment for Medium Configuration
5.3 Bit Assignment for Full/80 bit Configuration
5.4 Bit Assignments for 80 bit Configuration, 10-tap/8-bit mode
5.5 Bit Assignments for 80 bit Configuration, 8-tap/10-bit mode
6.0 Camera Link Connections
6.1 Camera Link Cable Pinout For Base, Medium, Full and 80 bit Configurations
6.2 Shielding Recommendations
7.0 Chipset Criteria
8.0 Serial Communications API
8.1 Functionality
8.1.1 Features
8.1.2 Requirements and Recommendations
8.1.2.1 Frame Grabber Companies
8.1.2.2 Camera Companies
8.2 C Interface to “clallserial.dll”
8.3 Visual Basic Interface to “clallserial.dll”
8.4 The Manufacturer DLL “clserxxx.dll”
9.0 Serial Communication API Function Reference
9.1 clFlushPort
9.2 clGetErrorText
9.3 clGetManufacturerInfo
9.4 clGetNumBytesAvail
9.5 clGetNumSerialPorts
9.6 clGetNumPorts
9.7 clGetPortInfo
9.8 clGetSerialPortIdentifier
9.9 clGetSupportedBaudRates
9.10 clSerialClose
9.11 clSerialInit
9.12 clSerialRead
9.13 clSerialWrite
9.14 clSetBaudRate
9.15 Status Codes
9.16 Constants
10.0 Mechanical Interface and Cable Requirements
10.1 Mechanical Interface
10.1.1 Overview
10.1.2 Camera Link Connectors
10.1.2.1 Contact Finish
10.1.2.2 Camera Link (CL) Connector
10.1.2.3 Miniature Camera Link (MiniCL) Connector
10.1.2.4 Power over Camera Link Lite (PoCL-Lite) Connector
10.1.2.5 Connector Pin Assignment for Base, Medium and Full Configuration Camera Link
10.1.2.6 Connector Pin Assignment for PoCL-Lite Configuration
10.1.2.7 Mechanical Drawings
10.1.2.8 Connector Retention
10.1.2.9 Camera Link Connector Jack Socket Requirements
10.1.2.10 Camera Link Cable Threaded Fastener Requirements
10.1.2.11 MiniCL/PoCL-Lite Connector Jack Socket Requirements
10.1.2.12 MiniCL/PoCL-Lite Cable Threaded Fastener Requirements
10.1.3 Camera Link Cabling
10.1.3.1 Camera Link Cable Certification
10.1.3.2 Cable Jacket
10.1.3.3 Shield Requirement
10.1.3.4 Cable Length
10.1.3.5 Types of Camera Link Cabling
10.1.3.6 Cable Requirements – Camera Link
10.1.3.6.1 Number of Signal Conductors
10.1.3.6.2 Insulation
10.1.3.6.3 Wire Gauge
10.1.3.7 Cable Requirements – Power over Camera Link (PoCL)
10.1.3.7.1 Number of Signal Conductors
10.1.3.7.2 Insulation – Differential Pairs
10.1.3.7.3 Insulation – Power and Drain Conductors
10.1.3.7.4 Wire Gauge
10.1.3.7.5 Labeling
10.1.3.8 Cable Requirements - PoCL-Lite Configuration
10.1.3.8.1 Number of Signal Conductors
10.1.3.8.2 Insulation - Differential Pairs
10.1.3.8.3 Insulation - Power and Drain Conductors
10.1.3.8.4 Wire Gauge
10.2 Testing Requirements
10.2.1 Electrical Requirements
10.2.1.1 Dielectric Withstanding Voltage of PoCL and PoCL-Lite power wires
10.2.1.2 Shield Isolation
10.2.1.3 Impedance of Differential Signal Lines
10.2.1.4 Near End Crosstalk of Differential Signal Lines
10.2.1.5 Far End Crosstalk of Differential Signal Lines
10.2.1.6 Crosstalk of Power Lines (PoCL and PoCL-Lite cabling only)
Test Conditions
10.2.1.7 Within Pair Skew of Differential Signal Lines
10.2.1.8 Pair to Pair Skew of Differential Signal Lines within data and clock groups
10.2.1.9 Eye Mask Definition
10.2.1.10 Current Capacity for PoCL and PoCL-Lite
10.2.1.11 Conductor Resistance for PoCL and PoCL-Lite
11.0 Power over Camera Link (PoCL)
11.1 Introduction
11.1.1 Overview
11.1.2 Backward Compatibility
11.1.3 Simplified Block Diagram (Base Configuration)
11.2 PoCL Pinouts for Specific Configurations
11.2.1 Camera Link Cable Pinout Changes For PoCL Configuration
11.2.2 Camera Link Cable Pinout For PoCL-Lite Configurations
11.3 Camera Requirements
11.3.1 Operating Requirements
11.3.1.1 Voltage
11.3.1.2 Power
11.3.2 Support for SafePower
11.3.2.1 Input Resistance
11.3.2.2 Input Capacitance
11.3.2.3 Camera Link Clock
11.3.3 Labeling
11.3.4 Medium, Full, 80 bit Cameras
11.3.5 Additional Power Connectors
11.4 Frame Grabber Requirements
11.4.1 Compatibility
11.4.2 Operating Requirements
11.4.2.1 Voltage
11.4.2.2 Power
11.4.3 Protection Systems
11.4.3.1 Over-Current Protection (OCP)
11.4.3.2 SafePower
11.4.4 Support for Medium/Full/80 bit Cameras
11.4.5 Power Supply Filter (LPF)
11.4.6 Labeling
11.4.7 Indicator Lamps
11.5 Cable Requirements
11.6 Miscellaneous
11.6.1 Repeaters