Product category: Sensors and Data Acquisition
News Release from: Pleora Technologies | Subject: EBus
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 2 May 2006
Driver turns network
cards to IP receivers
eBus is a ground-breaking PC driver claimed to set new benchmarks for flexibility and performance in GigE-based imaging and vision systems
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Pleora Technologies has unveiled eBus, a ground-breaking PC driver claimed to set new benchmarks for flexibility and performance in GigE-based imaging and vision systems. Pleora's patent-pending eBus software transforms almost any GigE NIC (network interface card/chip) into a high-performance, multimode IP data receiver.
When data arrive at the NIC, the eBus driver instantly recognises the IP transport protocol in the packet header and, using trivial amounts of CPU power, switches the data to the appropriate driver object in the host computer.
For example, when data is headed by a performance-oriented IP transport protocol - such as Pleora's iPort protocol or GVSP (GigE Vision Stream Protocol) - eBus streams the data directly to user memory in real time at GigE's full, 1Gbit/s throughput rate.
GVSP is the IP transport protocol used in the AIA's new GigE Vision standard, which will be officially launched next month.
With lower-performance protocols, such as TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), eBus switches the data to the PC's standard networking stack.
'Through eBus and other innovations, Pleora is meeting its commitment to add seamless support for the GigE Vision standard to our widely deployed iPort Connectivity Solution', said George Chamberlain, President of Pleora Technologies.
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'With eBus, our customers can use virtually any vendor's NIC to connect any type of IP device, including GigE cameras that use the iPort protocol, cameras that use GVSP, or even a mix of the two in one system, without the CPU penalty of a traditional filter driver'.
'eBus is an example of how Pleora uses the depth and breadth of its networking expertise to optimise the low-cost industry-standard Ethernet/PC platform for vision applications', said Alain Rivard, Vice-President of Engineering, Pleora Technologies.
'With eBus, our customers leverage the latest advances in PC architecture, such as dual-core CPUs and the PCI Express bus'.
Another key benefit of Pleora's new eBus driver is ease of use.
A straightforward installation tool makes it fast and easy to get the driver running on any GigE NIC.
After that, all eBus functions, including its powerful IP protocol management capabilities, are completely transparent to vision system users.
For demanding applications with heavy processing overheads, the eBus driver includes a premium-performance configuration optimised for the Intel Pro/1000 family of NICs and 825xx network interface chips.
These NICs and chips support the PCI, PCI-X (PCI extension) PCIe (PCI Express) and CSA (Communication Streaming Architecture) buses.
The premium-performance eBus configuration operates with the same low CPU load provided by Pleora's existing iPort high-performance IP device driver.
Pleora will make eBus available in Version 2.3 of the iPort SDK (software development kit).
Like today's iPort drivers, eBus will be bundled with the company's iPort IP Engines at no extra charge as part of a complete, end-to-end GigE connectivity solution.
eBus will also be offered to select OEMs as a stand-alone product.
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