Hello: I need to get a small size picture at very high speed (128*128 or 64*64 @ 40000FPS), I only need to have the sum of all frame / the sum of successive frame different. I already purchased a 1483 with flexrio 7976, I can get 128*128*12000 fps with camera link camera. it is fast, but not fast enough for us. So I checked the image sensor itself, the image sensor is actually faster when we directly read from it, (without Cameralink in between), which is a good news for us. (off the topic, the CXP version of the very same camera can also offer such performance, but NI doesn't have a CXP to FPGA adaptor😂) But the problem is the sensor is outputting serial LVDS signal, I have checked the image sensor datasheet it says it can output up to 500Mbps at one LVDS port, while the image sensor can output at 40 LVDS port. I checked FlexRIO 6587/6589, also other NI hardware, it seems to me I have to deal with this sensor with SOM 9651 or SBRIO 9609? Both of which have enough LVDS port. (9651/9609 have 48/45 pair of LVDS port) But there comes the question, I have no idea about how can I use the embedded ISERDER in SBRIO/SOM, can anyone give me a hint? Thanks！

Hi Jiangliang I've looked into your concerns some more and realize I was mistaken in my previous post. The 200MHz guideline mentioned in the linked page is a guideline for what is reasonably achievable for differential IO without significant effort to customize the CLIP. In your case you would in fact be making significant modifications to the CLIP by implementing Xilinx's ISERDESE2 and OSERDESE2 resources. This would allow you to reasonably achieve much higher rates and should allow you to hit the 500Mbps that your sensor can reach. In addition to implementing the ISERDESE2 and OSERDESE2 resources you should also keep in mind that meeting timing requirements will be a concern at higher speeds. In your case it would likely be necessary to write some timing constraints by modifying the XDC file provided by the CLIP generation wizard. The purpose of this is to make sure the data you're outputting to the sensor meets it's timing requirements and the data being inputted from the sensor meets the Zynq's timing requirements.

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Is it possible to read Image Sensor using SBRIO 9651 or 9609?

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Sorry, I wasn't able to found time for this.

I actually think I should just use a SERDES to generate LVDS lane and try to decode it from my newly arrived SBRIO 9609, although I'm not sure if I can make it or not, I'm no good at VHDL after all...