FWB-PCIE-01 & FWB-PCIE-020 pages

IEEE-1394b PCI Express Card
®

FWB-PCIE-XX
LSI Logic ® PCIe 1394b Link/PHY chip
Two 800Mb/s 1394b locking ports
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Supports 160MB/s data transfer
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Acquire images from up to 16 cameras

Users can choose between a single or dual bus option. The dual
bus option allows simultaneous image acquisition from up to 16
cameras, and total data throughput of 160MB/s, using a single
card. The FWB-PCIE effectively leverages the x1 PCIe serial link to
increase throughput and minimize latency, and deep isochronous
FIFO’s minimize the possibilities of data loss due to overflows.

Part Number
FWB-PCIE-01/02

Each card includes a standard size PCIe mounting bracket, low
profile PCIe mounting bracket, two (2) bilingual 1394b ports with
locking screw connection, and internal power connector.

FEATURES

COMPATIBILITY

• Two (2) bilingual 1394b 9-pin ports with locking screw holes

• All Point Grey 1394 camera products

• Supports 100, 200, 400 and 800Mb/s transfer rates

• All Point Grey FirePRO™ products

• Single lane (x1) PCI Express serial link for 2.5Gb/s burst rates

• Microsoft Windows XP/2003/Vista, Linux, Macintosh OS X

• LSI Logic (Agere) FW643 PCI Express 1394b link/PHY chip
• Single or dual chip (bus) congurations available

SAMPLE CONFIGURATION

• Eight (8) isochronous transmit/receive contexts per chip

12 cameras streaming 160MB/s image data into a single card

• Deep 8 Kbyte isochronous transmit/receive FIFO’s

• Grasshoppers on the same 1394 bus auto sync

• Complies with PCIe 1.1 and 1394 OHCI draft 1.2

• MultiSync software syncs cameras across multiple buses

• Backward compatible with 1394-1995 and 1394a-2000

PC

• Internal IDE 4-pin DC power connector
• Plug and play for automatic device driver installation
• RoHS, FCC and CE compliant

FWB-PCIE-02
FWB-HUB-3PORT

FWB-HUB-3PORT

PART NUMBERS
• FWB-PCIE-01: single bus
• FWB-PCIE-02: dual bus
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FWB-PCIE-02 dual bus model only

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The FirePRO™ IEEE-1394b low profile PCI Express card designed
and manufactured by Point Grey Research is ideal for multiple camera arrays or high data rate applications that require fast and reliable
data transfers into the host system.