The Remote Camera Link Fiber-Optic (RCL) extension system enables frame acquisition from a remote camera at a distance of up to 10 km without repeaters. A remote camera connects directly to the RCL module that transmits the camera image over fiber optic cable. On the other end, the fiber-optic cable connects to either a Gidel PCIe HawkEye framegrabber board mounted in a host computer or to another Gidel RCLGR module that can interface with any user frame grabber. The RCL supports all Camera Link modes including 80 bit (DECA) and an option to connect two Base mode cameras.
