Matrox Imaging has announced Matrox Rapixo CXP, a series of multi-link CoaXPress 2.0 frame grabbers. Leveraging the latest version of CoaXPress, the Rapixo CXP boards support data rates of up to four times 12.5 Gbps, with a PCIe x8 host computer interface to match, as required in machine vision applications. Rapixo CXP features up to four connections, and has support for Power-over-CoaXPress (PoCXP) that combines power, command, and data interfaces onto one cable. Matrox Rapixo CXP boards also offer custom onboard image processing using their field-programmable gate array device (FPGA) and can also host the license for Matrox Imaging software, avoiding the need for a separate hardware key.

Matrox Rapixo CXP frame grabber will support version 2.0 of the CoaXpress digital interface standard

The major feature of the CoaXPress 2.0 standard is the increased data rate; now to up to 12.5 Gbps. The doubled bandwidth per connection is thoroughly ready for the new generation of high-resolution high-rate image sensors.

Rapixo CXP supports up to four connections to either interface with up to four CXP 2.0-compliant cameras or to accommodate higher data rates from one or two cameras through connection aggregation.

Rapixo CXP makes use of a FPGA device from the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale family for integrating the control, formatting, and streaming logic of the various interfaces, and also allowing developers to incorporate Matrox Imaging- or user-developed custom image pre-processing operations—developed in C/C++—to offload from the host computer.

Applications using the Rapixo CXP are programmed using the MIL software development kit (SDK) and can target either 64-bit Windows or Linux. The frame grabber series also facilitates application deployment through an integrated license fingerprint for MIL software.

For more information, visit Matrox Imaging website.