(COF) AS-FBD-4XCOF12-3PE8

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Date：2025-11-28 15:16:00
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Features

CoaXPress over Fiber gives high speed data, and camera control all over a fiber optic cable.
Using suitable optical transceivers cameras can be situated many hundreds of meters from the control PC.
One QSFP+ compliant port allows up to 40 Gbps of data.
Fast PCI Express 3.0 (Gen3) 8-lane interface.
ActiveDMA engine – acquisition with zero CPU usage.
Comprehensive I/O including end bracket I/O.
Standard half-length PCI form-factor.
Full GenICam support (including GenTL Producer).
Supported by the proven ActiveSDK.
Also available: this frame grabber integrated in a rugged computer, the Oncilla Machine Vision Computer – CXP over Fiber

Specification summary

CoaXPress over Fiber Interface	One QSFP+ transceiver cage. The 4xCOF-12 frame grabber supports: Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cables (up to 1m in length) 40GBASE-SR4 Optical Transceiver Modules – coupled with MTP/MPO connectors and OM3 optical cable the maximum cable length is 100m. 40GBASE-SR4 Optical Transceiver Modules – coupled with MTP/MPO connectors and OM4 optical cable the maximum cable length is 150m. 40GBASE-SR Active Optical Cable, the maximum cable length is 100m. 40GBASE-LR Optical Transceiver Modules and a suitable LC-Duplex optical cable the maximum cable length is >2km. LEDs on the end bracket show the link status according to the CoaXPress over Fiber specification.
Buffer Memory	Up to 4GBytes of DDR4 memory is fitted for buffering between the CoaXPress over Fiber interface and the PCI Express bus.
PCI Express	PCIe 3.0 (Gen3) 8-lane interface to support up to 6.8 Gbytes/sec transfer from FireBird to the PC.
I/O	The following I/O lines are available for triggers, optical shaft encoders, exposure control and general I/O: 4 opto-isolated inputs. 4 opto-isolated outputs. 4 TTL inputs, 5V tolerant. 4 TTL I/O, 5V logic. 4 RS-422 inputs. 4 RS-422 outputs. All these I/O signals are provided on a 50 way header on the FireBird board. A 15 way D-Type connector is located on the end bracket and allows access to a subset of the above I/O: 2 opto-isolated inputs. 3 TTL I/O, 5V logic. 2 RS-422 inputs. 1 RS-422 output.

Conformance

PCI Express Interface:

PCI Express Bus 3.0 (Gen3) 8-lane interface with a max payload size of 512 bytes.

FireBird 4xCOF-12 3PE8 supports both Short (32-bit) and Long (64-bit) Address packets. It also generates Posted Writes for image data, thus achieving transfer rates up to 6.8 Gbytes/sec, subject to host performance.

CoaXPress:

FireBird 4xCOF-12 3PE8 conforms to v2.1 of the CoaXPress specification, and CoaXPress over Fiber Bridge Protocol 1.0.

Approvals:

CE-mark for compliance with EMC EN 55022:2010 (class A) and EN 55024:2010 in accordance with EU directive 2014/30/EU.
RoHS compliance to RoHS3 directive 2015/863/EU.