KAYA Instruments

What KAYA Instruments does

KAYA Instruments is a privately held designer and manufacturer of high-speed machine vision interface products, founded in 2008 and operating dual locations in Nesher, Israel and Boca Raton, Florida. The company specializes in FPGA-based frame grabbers, signal converters, camera simulators, and ruggedized vision systems supporting CoaXPress, CoaXPress-over-Fiber, and Camera Link HS interface standards. Its products serve industrial machine vision, aerospace and defense, broadcasting, high-speed imaging, traffic inspection, environmental monitoring, and scientific and medical customers worldwide, with applications spanning factory-floor inspection, airborne and satellite imaging, sports broadcasting, ballistics testing, and laboratory automation. A complementary ruggedized camera line is sold under the kaya.vision subdomain.

The technology stack centers on proprietary FPGA IP cores for CoaXPress protocol implementation, licensable across Xilinx, Intel (Altera), and Microsemi FPGA families with GenICam compliance. The product portfolio includes the Komodo III series (Octo, Quad, and Dual CoaXPress 12G frame grabbers at up to 12.5 Gbps per link with PCIe 3.0 x8 bus and DDR4 frame buffers), the lower-cost Predator and Predator II series, the RPU104 rugged vision system combining NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier with a CoaXPress frame grabber in a MIL-STD-810G enclosure, the Chameleon II camera simulator family for CoaXPress v2.1 and CoaXPress-over-Fiber v2.1 test pattern generation, FPGA mezzanine cards compliant with VITA 57.1, range extenders and signal converters enabling fiber transmission up to 80 km, and licensable FPGA CoaXPress IP cores. The Vision Point software suite provides GUI, SDK, and API access with GenICam and GenTL support, plus plug-in modules for MATLAB, HALCON, Cognex, and LabVIEW.

KAYA generates revenue through hardware product sales (frame grabbers, camera simulators, range extenders, mezzanine cards, cables, and complete acquisition systems), FPGA IP licensing with multiple tiers from encrypted netlist to full source code, and custom design engineering services for specialized monitoring, high-speed imaging, and broadcasting applications. The company sells direct to enterprise customers via its website using a Request for Quote (RFQ) model with no public pricing, supported by phone, email, and a dedicated technical support portal. It holds ISO 9001:2015 certification, and products carry CE, UL, FCC, RoHS, REACH, VITA 57, MIL-STD-810G, and European EMC compliance as applicable. No public financials, funding history, or investor disclosures are available.

Name

KAYA Instruments

Legal name

KAYA Instruments

Website

https://kayainstruments.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KAYA Instruments designs and manufactures FPGA-based high-speed machine vision interface products — frame grabbers, camera simulators, range extenders, and ruggedized vision systems supporting CoaXPress, Camera Link HS, and fiber optic standards — serving industrial automation, aerospace & defense, broadcasting, and scientific imaging customers globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nesher

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Products: Sale of frame grabbers, camera simulators, range extenders, signal converters, mezzanine cards, cables and assemblies, and complete vision systems. Products are sold as one-time hardware purchases with varying channel configurations and form factors.
2. FPGA IP Licensing: Licensing of CoaXPress FPGA IP cores for Host and Device implementations. Multiple licensing tiers available including encrypted netlist, netlist IP with support hours, and full source code options.
3. Custom Design Services: Custom design engineering services for specialized monitoring systems, high-speed imaging solutions, and broadcasting solutions for harsh conditions. Includes professional engineering consultation and system development.
4. Software & SDK: Vision Point software package including GUI application, SDK, and API sold with frame grabbers. Additional software support and updates available.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KAYA Instruments designs and manufactures FPGA-based machine vision and image acquisition hardware for industrial, aerospace and defense, broadcasting, high-speed imaging, traffic inspection, environmental monitoring, and scientific/medical applications. Its product lines include CoaXPress and CoaXPress-over-Fiber frame grabbers, camera simulators, signal converters, range extenders, an embedded vision processing unit, FPGA IP cores, and compatible cabling.

Product overview

KAYA Instruments provides a comprehensive machine vision product portfolio centered on frame grabbers and image acquisition systems. The core offerings include the Komodo III series (Octo, Quad, Dual CoaXPress 12G variants) and Predator II series for industrial and aerospace applications. The product line spans CoaXPress 12G, CoaXPress over Fiber, and Camera Link HS interfaces with PCIe and Thunderbolt form factors. Supporting products include signal converters, range extenders, camera simulators (Chameleon II series), FPGA mezzanine cards (FMC II), and FPGA IP cores for CoaXPress. Vision Point software provides GUI, SDK, and API access with GenICam and GenTL support, plus plugin integrations for Matlab, HALCON, Cognex, and LabVIEW. The RPU104 Vision System integrates NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier with CoaXPress frame grabber for AI-enabled edge applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Komodo Frame Grabber FPGA-based CoaXPress frame grabber for high-speed image acquisition from CoaXPress cameras, used by industrial machine vision OEMs, integrators, and imaging system builders.
• Predator Frame Grabber FPGA-based CoaXPress-over-Fiber frame grabber that enables long-distance, high-bandwidth image acquisition for applications such as broadcasting, surveillance, and machine vision installations that require extended cable runs.
• Chameleon II Camera Simulator Camera simulator that emulates imaging sensor output to allow developers, integrators, and QA teams to test frame grabbers, vision systems, and pipelines without a physical camera.
• RPU104 Vision System Compact embedded vision processing unit for image acquisition and processing in space-constrained or ruggedized deployments such as industrial inspection, traffic monitoring, and defense imaging.
• FPGA IP Cores Licensable FPGA IP cores that allow OEMs and embedded developers to integrate KAYA's proven high-speed imaging interface implementations into their own FPGA-based products.
• Signal Converters Hardware signal converters that bridge between different imaging interface standards so customers can connect cameras and processing boards from multiple vendors in mixed environments.
• Range Extenders Range extender accessories that extend the usable cable distance for high-speed imaging interfaces, enabling deployment in larger facilities, outdoor sites, and distributed camera networks.
• CoaXPress and Fiber Cables CoaXPress and fiber optic cables sold as compatible accessories for the company's frame grabbers, vision systems, and converters.

Quantifiable outcome

• Orders shipped within 24 hours of purchase
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Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Teledyne (DALSA / FLIR): Teledyne's machine vision division (DALSA, FLIR) is a broad incumbent offering cameras, frame grabbers, and software across industrial, scientific, and defense markets — directly comparable to KAYA's frame grabber and rugged vision portfolio but with substantially larger scale and product breadth.
• Basler AG: Basler is a broad industrial machine vision incumbent producing cameras and increasingly interface/accessory products. While its core focus is cameras (vs. KAYA's frame grabbers), it competes for the same system integrator budget and design wins.
• National Instruments (NI): NI offers PXI frame grabbers and vision software integrated with LabVIEW. KAYA's Vision Point SDK explicitly integrates with LabVIEW, and NI represents both a complementary ecosystem partner and a broad incumbent competitor for vision test and measurement budgets.
• Adlink Technology: Adlink provides industrial vision platforms including frame grabbers, embedded computing, and edge AI systems (NVIDIA Jetson-based). Comparable to KAYA's combined frame grabber + RPU104 rugged AI vision system offering.

Direct peers

• Euresys: Belgium-based Euresys is a leading CoaXPress and Camera Link frame grabber vendor with the Open eVision software library. KAYA competes head-to-head with Euresys in CoaXPress frame grabbers and acquisition software for industrial machine vision integrators.
• Matrox Imaging: Matrox Imaging is a long-established direct peer offering frame grabbers (Radient eV, Rapixo) and MIL software for machine vision. Overlaps directly with KAYA's Komodo/Predator frame grabber families in factory automation and inspection applications.
• BitFlow: BitFlow is a specialized frame grabber manufacturer supporting CoaXPress, Camera Link, and Camera Link HS — a direct niche competitor to KAYA in industrial imaging interface boards for OEMs and system integrators.
• Active Silicon: Active Silicon designs embedded and board-level frame grabbers for CoaXPress, Camera Link, and HD-SDI, including ruggedized variants. Highly comparable to KAYA's portfolio across industrial, defense, and broadcast imaging use cases.

Emerging players

• Pleora Technologies: Pleora specializes in video interface technologies (GigE Vision, USB3 Vision, CoaXPress-over-Fiber), overlapping with KAYA's CoaXPress-over-Fiber and FPGA IP business in the video transmission layer.

Others

• MVTec Software: MVTec provides HALCON and MERLIC machine vision software, which integrates directly with KAYA's Vision Point SDK via plug-in modules. While not a hardware competitor, it is an adjacent ecosystem participant tied to KAYA's interoperability value proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KayaInstruments
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/5003362

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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