Camera Throughput Calculator
Calculate camera data rate and compare against interface bandwidth limits.
High-speed and scientific imaging systems are often constrained not by the sensor itself but by the bandwidth of the camera interface connecting it to storage or processing hardware. This tool computes the raw data rate generated by a camera acquisition in MB/s and Gbps from sensor dimensions, bit depth, frame rate, pixel binning, and region-of-interest (ROI) fraction. It then checks that rate against seven common machine-vision interfaces — USB3 Vision (400 MB/s), GigE Vision (125 MB/s), 10 GigE (1,100 MB/s), Camera Link Full (680 MB/s), and CXP-6 and CXP-12 in single and quad-link configurations — reporting pass/fail and utilization percentage for each. Buffer fill times for 16 GB, 64 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB of onboard RAM are also calculated.