Base/Medium Camera Link Cable

Cable Connectors

Designator

Connector family

Description

MDR

Mini Delta Ribbon

1.27 mm-pitch blade 26-blade 2-row male plug

SDR

Shrunk Delta Ribbon

0.8 mm-pitch blade 26-blade 2-row male plug

Any combination of MDR and SDR connectors are valid.

Cable composition

Structure

Impedance

Suggested Gauge

5 High-quality twisted pairs

100 ohms differential

AWG 28 (0.08 mm2à

6 Twisted pairs

4 wires

N/A

Overall shield

80% coverage

Twisted pairs must be individually shielded.

This Camera Link cable is built with 5 high-quality pairs dedicated to carry the signals of a single Channel Link. Consequently, this cable cannot be used as the second cable in Full and 80-bit configurations having two Channel Links.

This Camera Link cable supports POCL and non-POCL cameras

Wiring

Conductor

Signal*

Camera
Pin#

Frame Grabber
Pin#

Function*

Shield

SGND

Shell clamp

Shell clamp

EMC shield

HQ pair

Xclk+

18

9

Channel Link clock (Pos)

Xclk-

5

22

Channel Link clock (Neg)

HQ pair

X0+

15

12

Channel Link data 0 (Pos)

 X0-

2

25

Channel Link data 0 (Neg)

HQ pair

X1+

16

11

Channel Link data 1(Pos)

X1-

3

24

Channel Link data 1 (Neg)

HQ pair

X2+

17

10

Channel Link data 2 (Pos)

X2-

4

23

Channel Link data 2 (Neg)

HQ pair

X3+

19

8

Channel Link data 3 (Pos)

X3-

6

21

Channel Link data 3 (Neg)

Pair

CC1+

22

5

Camera Control 1 (Pos)

CC1-

9

18

Camera Control 1 (Neg)

Pair

CC2+

10

17

Camera Control 2 (Pos)

CC2-

23

4

Camera Control 2 (Neg)

Pair

CC3+

24

3

Camera Control 3 (Pos)

CC3-

11

16

Camera Control 3 (Neg)

Pair

CC4+

12

15

Camera Control 4 (Pos)

CC4-

25

2

Camera Control 4 (Neg)

Pair

SerTC+

7

20

Serial to Camera (Pos)

SerTC-

20

7

Serial to Camera (Neg)

Pair

SerTFG+

21

6

Serial to Grabber (Pos)

SerTFG-

8

19

Serial to Grabber (Neg)

Wire

Power

1

1

Power (nominal 12V DC)

Wire

GND

14

14

Power Return

Wire

GND

13

13

Power Return

Wire

Power

26

26

Power (nominal 12V DC)

NOTE

(*)The signal and function columns correspond to the cable used in a Base configuration and the first cable of a Medium configuration.

This wiring does not implement a straightforward pin-to-pin connection. However, the pin assignment is such that the cable can be installed in any direction.

Layout

CameraLinkStandardPoCLCameraSideWiring

Camera Link PoCL connector (cable side of the connector connected to the camera)

CameraLinkStandardPoCLBoardSideWiring

Camera Link PoCL connector (cable side of the connector connected to the board)