CoaXPress-over-Fiber Bridge IP Core

• Available as CXP to nGMII (device) or nGMII to CXP (host) Bridge IP Cores
• Ultra-high data/frame rates
• Many accessory and cabling options to cover any length requirement
• Low CPU overhead, low latency, low jitter image acquisition
• Highest camera count per PC performance
• Very competitive cost/performance ratio
• Wide industry acceptance due to JIIA standardization
• Ready for CXP25

The CoaXPress-over-Fiber Device Bridge IP Core allows to connect a CoaXPress Device IP Core to an nGMII (10/25 Gbps Media Independent Interface) bus inside an FPGA. nGMII, as defined in IEEE Std 802.3 Clause 46, is the main access to the 10/25G Ethernet physical layer. The generic nature of this interface facilitates mapping the CoaXPress signaling into the PCS/PMA Ethernet sublayers. The IP converts CoaXPress control and streaming packets to nGMII packets going towards an Ethernet PCS/PMA block.

As of February 2021
Started in 2018, the development of CoaXPress-over-Fiber by Euresys and Sensor to Image has received in February 2021 the final approval and incorporation into the standard by the CoaXPress Workgroup.
Euresys had anticipated this approval and readily offers CoaXPress-over-Fiber Bridge IP Cores as well as a Four-connection CoaXPress-over-Fiber frame grabber (QSFP+) for evaluation and integration to camera manufacturers / integrators.
The CoaXPress Workgroup includes most major vision machine manufacturers working under the leadership of the Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA).

CoaXPress-over-Fiber is a light but significant extension of the existing CoaXPress specification to support transport over fiber optics.

CoaXPress (CXP) is the de-facto standard for high-bandwidth computer vision applications. CoaXPress 2.1, the latest version of the specification, specifies the CXP-12 speed, a 12.5 Gbps (Gigabit per second) connection over a coaxial copper cable. As link aggregation is common with CoaXPress, bandwidths of 50 Gbps (12.5 x 4) are easily achievable with four CXP-12 connections. CoaXPress-over-Fiber has been designed as an add-on to the CoaXPress specification. It provides a way to run the CoaXPress protocol, as it is, unmodified, over a standard Ethernet connection, including fiber optics. As such, CoaXPress-over-Fiber uses standard electronics, connectors and cables designed for Ethernet, but the protocol is CoaXPress, not Ethernet, not GigE Vision.

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