The Great Interface Debate: Are We Done Yet?

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1 The Great Interface Debate: Are We Done Yet?

2 Before 1997 the good old days + = SIMPLICITY, CLARITY, EASE

3 THE BIG CHANGE No need for a frame grabber End to end imaging solution from one source Ability to control the camera Ability to update the firmware in field Ability to have multiple cameras Higher resolution and frame rate AND Lower system prices

4 Timeline of the BIG CHANGE IEEE-1394a Camera Link USB 2.0 GigE IEEE-1394b

5 Will one interface win? Does BetaMAX vs. VHS argument apply in the vision industry? Customer requirements are too diverse to have one interface fit everybody s needs Customers have a choice to stay with one interface or to stay with one brand of cameras Many are still choosing to stay with analog cameras What camera interface does not do is often more important than what it does NOT LIKELY

6 Requirement: Size Analog MAYBE YES Limitation changing during Vision 2009 YES YES

7 Requirement: Cable length YES Analog MAYBE MAYBE Limitations changing during Vision 2009 MAYBE

8 Requirement: End to end solutions YES Analog YES NO YES

9 Requirement: Bandwidth over 120MB/s Analog NO NO Limitations changing during Vision 2009 YES NO

10 List of requirements goes on Power and data on one cable Availability on all computers Low CPU overhead Automatic configuration Multiple cameras Automatic synchronization Fast software trigger Locking connectors Etc. Etc.

11 Any winners? We do not have a clear winner in the slower interfaces HOWEVER, Camera Link is a clear winner in the high bandwidth applications

12 Before 2009 the good old days + = SIMPLICITY, CLARITY, EASE

13 THE BIG CHANGE AGAIN No need for a frame grabber End to end imaging solution from one source Ability to control the camera Ability to update the firmware in field Ability to have multiple cameras AND Lower system prices

14 Key features of new interfaces Bandwidth Advantage Disadvantage IEEE-S1600 IEEE-S MB/s 320MB/s Established standard Same cable, same software All the benefits of FireWire PCIe 250MB/s Removes a layer of interface Schedule is being finalized Not mature as a peripheral interface USB MB/s Will be standard on all PCs, high amount of bandwidth Cable length up to 10m 10GigE 1000MB/s Established standard Cable length Server technology Copper cables? and many other like HDMI, HDSDI, SATA may also be important

15 Timeline for the new interfaces (a prediction) PCIe USB S S GigE

16 Classic machine vision (FPS) (Mpix) 1.5 2

17 Migration in the last 5 years 200 VGA@200FPS 150 (FPS) 100 VGA@120FPS Mpix@30FPS 2Mpix@30FPS (Mpix) 1.5 2

18 Staying below the ~100MB/s bandwidth MB/s (FPS) (Mpix) 1.5 2

19 New interfaces will broaden applications S3200 USB S800 GigE S1600 PCIe 150 (FPS) 100 Majority of new sensors (Mpix) 1.5 2

20 400 Sensor options offered by Point Grey Existing sensors 100MB/s (FPS) (Mpix) 4 5 6

21 400 New sensor options offered by Point Grey Existing sensors New sensors 400MB/s 100MB/s (FPS) (Mpix) 4 5 6

22 New products up to 100MB/s Flea3 and Grasshoper2 are extensions of existing products Choice between Firewire and GigE interface at the same price The two product families feature 18 CCD types The resolutions ranges from VGA to 5Mpix Compliant with IIDC V1.32 and GigE Vision V1.1 Flea3 features ground breaking size for GigE cameras

23 100MB/s and beyond Choice of Firewire or USB 3.0 Platform designed for high speed quadtap CCDs Sensor options on the Firewire platform: Kodak KAI Kodak KAI New Sony sensor Faster frame rates will be available on the USB 3.0 platform

24 USB 3.0 demonstration World s first USB 3.0 camera is demonstrated in the Hall 4 Booth 4A31 Sony IMX036 CMOS sensor 1920 x 1080 resolution 60 frames per second Uncompressed HD video This is a demonstration camera, Grasshopper Express line of products are planned to support the USB 3.0 interface

25 Beyond 400MB/s High resolution, high-frame rate CMOS sensors Camera Link base, full and 10-tap configurations Sensor options: CMOSIS CMV2000 CMOSIS CMV4000 Sony IMX067

26 What do next 5 years hold? Cameras will continue to be a central part of all imaging systems, the cameras will get smaller and prices will continue to go down Camera vendors be less defined by the interfaces they support Market share of Camera Link will start converting to new interfaces USB 3.0 will become an important camera interface We will stop talking about analog to digital conversion

27 However discussion on interfaces will not end any time soon

28 Thank you for your attention Any questions?