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

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CoaXPress Simulator

CoaXPress Camera Simulator Card for Testing & Validating Imaging Systems

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Gidel’s CamSim Demonstration

Accelerating image processing development and validation with camera simulation

In the Press

Concurrent Real-Time (Guest Article) – From Lab to Real-Time with Camera Simulation

See how CamSim™ delivers reproducible CoaXPress/Camera Link inputs for real-time validation. This guest article with Concurrent Real-Time shows how teams replay exact frames, synchronize multi-camera pipelines, and run closed-loop tests without risking optics—so bugs are deterministic and fixes are confirmed fast.

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VSD – How to Accelerate Image Processing Development with Camera Simulation

Vision Systems Design explains how camera simulation speeds testing, lowers costs, and improves repeatability—especially for multi-camera/HDR scenarios. Practical overview of using field sequences and controlled replay to validate algorithms before on-site installs.

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