High-Speed Camera Simulator - CamSim

Gidel Camera Simulator Options help you validate frame grabbers and full imaging pipelines without a physical camera. Use CamSim-CL for Camera Link and CamSim-X for CoaXPress—both provide programmable timing, pattern generation, and API + GUI tooling for rapid test iteration.

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Camera Simulators: Overview & Comparison

Features & Capabilities
Product Name	CamSim-CL	CamSim-X
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Interface Modes	Camera Link 80-bit (Deca), Full, Medium, Base Pixel clock up to 85 MHz	CoaXPress Up to 4× 12.5 Gb/s ~500 MB/s single-link; up to ~1 GB/s aggregate (2–4 links) For higher bandwidth, please contact Us
Pixel Formats	Raw, Mono, Bayer RGBA (8/10/12/14/16 bits/color) RGB (8/10/12 bits/color) YUV, YCbCr601, YCbCr709	Raw, Mono, Bayer RGBA (8/10/12/14/16 bits/color) RGB (8/10/12 bits/color) YUV, YCbCr601, YCbCr709
Max Resolution	Horizontal: up to 16K pixels (24-bit) Vertical: up to 65K lines (16-bit) or infinite (line-scan sim)	Horizontal: up to 16K pixels (24-bit) Vertical: up to 65K lines (16-bit) or infinite (line-scan sim)
Camera Types	Area \| Line Scan	Area \| Line Scan
Memory	1GB \| 8GB \| 16GB	1GB \| 8GB \| 16GB
Form Factor	Low-profile PCIe card	Low-profile PCIe card
OS Support	Windows 10/11; Linux	Windows 10/11; Linux

For Camera Link Frame Grabber Options, Visit Camera Link Grabbers
For CoaXPress Frame Grabber Options, Visit CoaXPress Grabbers

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Camera Link Simulator

Camera Link Camera Simulator Card for Testing & Validating Imaging Systems

Gidel CamSim-X for CoaXPress Camera Simulations displayed against a digital network connectivity background

CoaXPress Simulator

CoaXPress Camera Simulator Card for Testing & Validating Imaging Systems

Gidel modular solutions

Modular Camera Simulator Solutions

Flexible FPGA-based simulator configurations for specific camera and system requirements.

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Camera Link

Base | Medium | Full
80-bit Deca | Dual Base

Gidel FantoVision20 Edge AI: Jetson Orin dual interface frame Grabber system with Dual 10 GigE Vision and Camera Link FPGA Frame Grabber displayed against a digital network connectivity background with Hand

Edge AI Camera Link

Compact NVIDIA Jetson with Built-in FPGA Camera Link Frame Grabbers

Gidel PCIe CoaXPress Frame Grabbers displayed against a digital network connectivity background

CoaXPress

CXP-6 | CXP-12
Up to 8 × CXP-12 Links

Gidel FantoVision40 Edge AI: Jetson Orin with Quad CoaXPress 12 links and optional Quad 10 GigE Vision FPGA Frame Grabber for imaging & vision applications displayed against a digital network connectivity background with Hand

Edge AI CoaXPress

Compact NVIDIA Jetson with Built-In FPGA CXP-12 Frame Grabbers

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Gidel’s CamSim Demonstration

Accelerating image processing development and validation with camera simulation

PCIe GigE Vision

PCIe GigE Vision

Edge AI GigE Vision

Edge AI GigE Vision

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