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Camera Link Electrical Specification

Each channel link is composed of 5 LVDS pairs:

The following requirements apply to each channel link separately.

Clock Line Requirements

For each channel link individually, the clock signal must satisfy the following requirements:

Data Lines Requirements

For each channel link individually, the electrical signal of the 4 data lines must conform to Camera Link requirements, as specified in the table A-1 (National Semiconductor chip) of the Camera Link Specification v1.1.

Cable Requirements

The camera cables must be Camera Link compliant, and terminated with a MiniCL connector at the frame grabber side.

Both PoCL and non-PoCL cables can be used.

Note. The usage of poor quality Camera Link cables may cause malfunction. This becomes critical for systems with high clock rates or with long cables length. Euresys recommends using Camera Link cables that are certified by the cable manufacturer for the length vs. clock rate combination.

Some Camera Link cables are not operable in the Camera Link Full (or 10-tap) configuration. Such cables implements only 5 high-quality pairs and should be used exclusively on Base and Medium configurations.

Multiple Channel Links Requirements

For configurations using more than 1 channel link, it is mandatory to follow the additional requirements: