Product Description
Overview
Efficient high-bandwidth GigE Vision acquisition Matrox® GevIQ frame grabber is the industry’s first network interface card (NIC) offering generic GigE Vision® acquisition offload at speeds up to 25 Gigabits/s per port. With GigE Vision packet processing performed directly onboard, Matrox GevIQ boards enable capture from one or more cameras without any image data loss. GigE Vision is a camera interface standard that delivers rapid image transfer over distances up to 100 m using standard copper, and up to 5,000 m using standard fiber-optic Ethernet cabling. The standard supports physical links from 1 to 25 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). Use of 10 and 25 GbE by cameras are gaining industry popularity as they are ideal for vision applications requiring the utmost imaging speed and resolution. Machine vision applications requiring cameras with a 10+ GbE interface can, however, be challenging—they benefit from a high data transmission rate but suffer from increased demands on the host system, resulting in corrupted or dropped image frames, and increased processing latency. Matrox GevIQ NICs provide a more versatile and widely compatible alternative to custom-built or proprietary solutions based on 10+ GbE. The board is equipped with two 25 GbE ports and acquires from these with very little host CPU usage. Multiple 1, 2.5, 5, or 10 GbE cameras can be aggregated at each port for a total of up to 32 input sources. Support of the standard SFP28 connector allows users to select from standard RJ45, direct attach copper (DAC) or fiber-optic Ethernet cables for their specific installation requirements.
Pairs with MIL X1 software
Matrox GevIQ boards support 64-bit Windows® and Linux®2 through the latest MIL X software. The cards also act as a license fingerprint and can store a supplemental license for Matrox Imaging software, avoiding the need for a separate hardware key.
Camera configuration and test utility
Matrox Capture Works is a utility that allows users to rapidly evaluate the performance and functionality of virtually any GigE Vision-compliant camera or 3D sensor. Matrox Capture Works will list all detected GigE Vision-compliant devices connected to each allocated board. It can start or stop capturing images, display acquired images, save the last grabbed image, send a software trigger, as well as browse and control the selected device’s features. Users can view and change acquisition properties, as well as view acquisition statistics. Matrox Capture Works is distributed with MIL X software; it is also available with MIL-Lite X.
Thorough acquisition monitoring utility
Offered with the above-mentioned software is Matrox Gecho, a logging utility that records events generated by the Matrox GevIQ device driver and saves these to a JSON or CSV file. The utility is made to run concurrently with the application to log acquisition activity for the purpose of troubleshooting capture errors as well as measuring latencies and execution times to identify performance bottlenecks. Resulting trace files can be loaded into Google Perfetto for viewing on an interactively navigable graphical timeline. Matrox Gecho helps developers optimize image capture and make sure it runs as intended.
Hardware
GIQ2G2SF28 - Matrox GevIQ PCIe 3.1 x8 add-in card for GigE Vision interface and offload with 2 GB DDR4 SDRAM, two SFP28 ports and a passive heatsink3 . Partially licensed for MIL X software.
Software
Included with GIQ2G2SF28 Licensed for the MIL X Interface (GigE Vision) run-time package. See Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) X datasheet for more information. MIL-Lite X software available for download from www.matrox.com/imaging → Support → MIL-LITE X DOWNLOAD.
