A new digital transmission method designed by vision manufacturers specifically for the machine vision industry. Camera Link is a cable specification that includes data transmission as well as camera control and asynchronous serial communications all on a single cable. Cameras and frame grabbers can easily be interchanged using the same cable.
Smaller cables are more robust and less prone to breakage.
It became apparent that the Channel Link technology lent itself well to a standard that could be adopted industry-wide. An ad-hoc committee, chaired by PULNiX America, Inc., was formed to discuss the creation of a standard for Channel Link communications specific to the vision industry. The result is Camera Link. It defines a single connector for both the frame grabber and camera end, and ensures that all Camera Link products are interchangeable with one another. This configuration will transfer up to 28 bits of image data, along with the serial communications and camera control signals.