Each hardware device that uses an VA IP Core is equipped with one runtime license. The costs of a runtime license are defined by the maximum sensor bandwidth, the number of FPGA resources that can be maximally used by the image processing application, and by the DRAM interface availability.
You can generate the runtime licenses yourself. For generating licenses, you get a dongle from Basler that works on a pay-per-use basis. On the dongle, a predefined number of utilization units (1 unit per runtime license) for a specific performance class is provided. When all units on the dongle have been consumed, you can buy a new allotment of units which is loaded onto the dongle.
Your advantages of pay-per-use:
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No additional hardware on your device required
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Reliable protection of your intellectual property as the FPGA-internal serial number (DNA of FPGA) is incorporated into the license
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Easy integration of licensing into the production flow
You can select from the following performance classes:
Moderate Resources, no DRAM Interfaces
Bandwidth Classes |
150 MB/s |
500 MB/s |
1000 MB/s |
unlimited |
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Performance Class |
E150 |
E500 |
E1000 |
EL |
Sensor Bandwidth |
Up to 150 MB/s |
Up to 500 MB/s |
Up to 1000 MB/s |
unlimited |
Available Resources |
Up to 50.000 LUT4 |
Up to 100.000 LUT4 |
Up to 150.000 LUT4 |
Up to 200.000 LUT4 |
DRAM Interfaces |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Not supported |
High Resources and Support of DRAM
Performance Class |
X150 |
X500 |
X1000 |
XL |
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Sensor Bandwidth |
Up to 150 MB/s |
Up to 500 MB/s |
Up to 1000 MB/s |
unlimited |
Available Resources |
Up to 100.000 LUT4 |
Up to 300.000 LUT4 |
Up to 500.000 LUT4 |
Up to 750.000 LUT4 |
DRAM Interfaces |
Supported |
Supported |
Supported |
Supported |