A Compact API for GigE Vision Cameras under Linux

This document describes the GigE-V Framework for Linux which is a simplified, user-level API for accessing the features of GigE Vision devices. Its compact footprint is ideal for embedded platforms.

It is implemented in the C language and has an operating system independent layer that allows it to run, potentially, on any operating system which supports threads, events, and a socket based network interface. This implementation is intended Linux and is supported on most popular distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Suse/openSuse, and Red Hat (RHEL/Fedora/CentOS/Scientific).