● Overview

CLR-HSMC (Camera Link Receiver) card is designed to provide standard Camera Link connections which are communication interfaces for vision applications. The card uses the High Speed Mezzanine Card (HSMC) connector to interface with boards hosting the HSMC/HSTC headers such as the DE4, DE3 and DE2-115. 

● Specification

Camera Link Receiver Card

• Support of standard Camera Link modes (base, medium, dual base assembly)
• Serial Communication with camera
• Simple interface
• Automatic detection by hardware / software
• Two LVDS 28-bit channel link chip (DS90CR288A)
  • 28 bit, 20 to 85 MHz shift clock support
  • Up to 2.38 Gbps throughput
  • Up to 297.5 Mbytes/sec bandwidth
• Support 2.5V and 3.3 V I/O standard

Block Diagram

Block diagram of the CLR-HSMC (Base mode)

Block diagram of the CLR-HSMC (Medium mode)

Block diagram of the CLR-HSMC (Dual-base mode)

Connectivity with Camera

Camera Link Receiver Card connection to the Base Mode Camera

Camera Link Receiver Card connection to the Medium Mode Camera

Connectivity with FPGA Board

Camera Link Receiver Card connection to the Altera DE2-115 Development Board

Camera Link Receiver Card connection to the Altera DE3 Development System
Note. An adapter (HFF) is required to connect CLR-HSMC with DE3. It is bundled in DE3 kit.

Camera Link Receiver Card connection to Altera DE4 Development and Education Board
Note. An adapter (HMF2) is required to connect CLR-HSMC with DE4. It is bundled in DE4 kit.

Applications

• Machine Vision System

Reference Designs

Digital Camera Demonstration for DE4

The example demonstrates a combinational application of digital Camera Link camera and Camera Link Interface Card on DE4 board.

Digital Camera Demonstration Hardware Setup

Digital Camera Demonstration for DE3

The example demonstrates a combinational application of digital Camera Link camera and Camera Link Interface Card on DE3 board.

Digital Camera Demonstration Hardware Setup

Digital Camera Demonstration for DE2-115

The example demonstrates a combinational application of digital Camera Link camera and Camera Link Interface Card on DE2-115 board.

Digital Camera Demonstration Hardware Setup

Digital Camera with PCI Express Interface for DE4

This example is an extension of the above demo on DE4, we replace the DVI interface monitor with a PC terminal application which communicate with DE4 board via PCIe interface and can perform better real-time display of the video frames.

Digital Camera with PCI Express Interface Demonstration Hardware Setup

● Resources

Document

Title	Version	Size(KB)	Date Added	Download
THDB_CLR_HSMC_User_manual.pdf	-	3394	2011-03-22

CD-ROM

Title	Version	Size(KB)	Date Added	Download
THDB_CLR_HSMC CD-ROM	-		2011-02-22

● Kit Contents