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 Bonito Technical Manual

 

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Contents

Contacting Allied Vision Technologies

................................................... 5

Introduction

............................................................................................................ 6

Document history............................................................................................................ 6
Manual overview ............................................................................................................. 8
Conventions used in this manual ........................................................................................ 9

Styles ....................................................................................................................... 9
Symbols .................................................................................................................... 9

Before operation...........................................................................................................  10
Safety warnings ............................................................................................................ 10

Conformity

..............................................................................................................11

CE ..........................................................................................................................  11

Specifications

.......................................................................................................12

Bonito CL-400B/C

, 

Bonito CL-400B/C 200fps

...................................................................  12

Spectral sensitivity ........................................................................................................ 14

Camera dimensions

..........................................................................................15

Bonito CL-400B/C

 C-Mount ............................................................................................  15

Bonito CL-400B/C

 EF-Mount ...........................................................................................  16

Bonito CL-400B/C

 F-Mount ............................................................................................  16

Back view of 

Bonito CL-400B/C

 C-/EF-Mount......................................................................  17

Back view of Bonito CL-400B/C C-/EF-/F-Mount 200fps.........................................................  18

Camera interfaces

.............................................................................................19

Requirements and serial I/O ............................................................................................  19

Frame grabber requirements .......................................................................................  19
PC Hardware requirements..........................................................................................  19
Camera link cable length ............................................................................................  19
Accessories..............................................................................................................  20
Serial I/O ................................................................................................................  20

Camera I/O connector pin assignment
(15-pin D-Sub jack) ....................................................................................................... 23

Power supply (pin 1-4)...............................................................................................  23
Synchronization output (pin 6).................................................................................... 24
Serial interface (pin 7-8) ............................................................................................  24
Trigger input (pin 10-11)............................................................................................  25
Exposure output (pin 12-13) .......................................................................................  25
Reserve I/O (pin 5, 9 and 14-15) ..................................................................................  26

Camera Link interface (O1-O4 or CL1, CL2)

......................................27

Camera link connectors and 10-tap pin assignment ..............................................................  27

Summary of Contents for Bonito

Page 1: ...Technical Manual High speed high resolution CMOS Camera V2 2 1 11 May 2012 Allied Vision Technologies GmbH Taschenweg 2a D 07646 Stadtroda Germany AVT Bonito...

Page 2: ...ided by Allied Vision Technologies is supplied without any guarantees or warranty whatsoever be it specific or implicit Also excluded are all implicit warranties concern ing the negotiability the suit...

Page 3: ...ito CL 400B C F Mount 16 Back view of Bonito CL 400B C C EF Mount 17 Back view of Bonito CL 400B C C EF F Mount 200fps 18 Camera interfaces 19 Requirements and serial I O 19 Frame grabber requirements...

Page 4: ...ration F 37 Digital gain G 38 Line address increment I 38 Synchronization output J 39 Timer prescaler value K 39 Exposure control mode M 40 Number of lines N 46 Camera Link output mode setting S 47 Tr...

Page 5: ...9 36428 677 28 e mail info alliedvisiontec com Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 101 3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby BC V5J 5E9 Canada Tel 1 604 875 8855 Fax 1 604 875 8856 e mail info alliedvisiont...

Page 6: ...F Mount in legend of Figure 5 Bonito CL 400B C C F EF Mount back on page 17 Corrected power supply values in Chapter Accessories on page 20 Chapter Camera I O connector pin assignment 15 pin D Sub jac...

Page 7: ...ed Note This output is not recommended for new system designs on page 26 Added Chapter Synchronization output J on page 39 Updated the following chapter to new bit field order Chapter Exposure control...

Page 8: ...mera Link Full Chapter Bonito CL 400B C Bonito CL 400B C 200fps on page 12 Added 80 bit to clearly describe the 10 tap configuration of the Camera Link standard Chapter Camera Link interface O1 O4 or...

Page 9: ...65 gives you quick access to all relevant data in this manual Conventions used in this manual To give this manual an easily understood layout and to emphasize important information the following typo...

Page 10: ...formation The URL itself is shown in blue Example http www alliedvisiontec com Note Please read through this manual carefully before operating the camera Caution Before operating any AVT camera read t...

Page 11: ...rd cameras of the Bonito family to which this declaration relates are in con formity with the following standard s or other normative document s CE following the provisions of 2004 108 EG directive Ro...

Page 12: ...fps higher rates with smaller ROI Bonito CL 400B C 200fps with one Camera Link channel up to 193 fps ADC 10 bit Exposure time 1 5 s approx 1 s Operating temperature 0 C 45 C Storage temperature 30 C...

Page 13: ...Bonito CL 400B C EF Mount 410 g Bonito CL 400B C F Mount 390 g Bonito CL 400B C 200fps C Mount 350 g Bonito CL 400B C 200fps EF Mount 400 g Bonito CL 400B C 200fps F Mount 380 g Regulations CE RoHS 20...

Page 14: ...ons Bonito Technical Manual V2 2 1 14 Spectral sensitivity Figure 1 Spectral sensitivity of Bonito CL 400B Note Due to the sensor manufacturer the spectral sensitivity curve for the color sensor is no...

Page 15: ...imensions Bonito CL 400B C C Mount Figure 2 Camera dimensions Bonito CL 400B C C Mount front side 50 M5 M5 M5 M5 UNC 1 4 UNC 1 4 and all M5 max screw depth 8mm 60 M5 4x 60 C Mount Connection 80 70 27...

Page 16: ...Camera dimensions Bonito CL 400B C F Mount front side 50 M5 M5 M5 M5 UNC 1 4 UNC 1 4 and all M5 max screw depth 8mm 60 M5 4x EF Mount Connection 80 70 65 27 35 UNC 1 4 and M5 max screw depth 8mm 27 50...

Page 17: ...perational indicator L3 Red Exposure indicator Figure 6 LEDs Connectors Description Control 12 V DC power supply RS 232 optocoupler inputs and outputs O1 Camera Link channel A left medium full O2 Came...

Page 18: ...lor Description Pwr Green Power indicator L2 Red Camera operational indicator L3 Red Exposure indicator Figure 9 LEDs Connectors Description Control 12 V DC power supply RS 232 optocoupler inputs and...

Page 19: ...e x4 x8 x16 slot is needed per frame grabber depending on the specific frame grabber requirements Generally a short PCIe card may be plugged into a longer PCIe slot e g a PCIe x4 frame grabber into a...

Page 20: ...400B C 200fps but the RS232 signals at the 15 pin D SUB control connector may also be used AVT provides the software DeviceConfig which can control the camera via standard PC RS232 COM ports and sinc...

Page 21: ...ial communication operates in echo mode by default This means that each character received by the camera is echoed back to the sender Thus all serial commands exceptions V Y a have the following gener...

Page 22: ...owed by CR At the beginning of a command sequence it is good practice to check the serial communication by sending just a CR to the camera and verify that the com mand prompt is returned Note There is...

Page 23: ...er supply 1 2 and 3 4 Figure 11 Camera I O connector pin assignment Pin Signal Direction Level Description RS232 9 pin D SUB 1 External Power 12 V DC 5 10 0 35 A 4 2 W max 0 36 A Power supply 2 3 Exte...

Page 24: ...xter nally via an RS232 COM Port A simple terminal program e g HyperTerminal is sufficient for manually controlling the camera Please note that operating this serial interface and the available port s...

Page 25: ...ction T and the current trigger mode M whether this input is enabled and how it controls the exposure time The optocoupler adds a typical delay of about 0 1 s to the externally applied signal For more...

Page 26: ...pull up resistor value R To let safely toggle the output between high and low state please use exposure times above 10 s and also observe a gap of 50 s or more between two exposures Faster rates may...

Page 27: ...dard also defines further non serialized signals There are four direct camera control lines CC1 CC4 from frame grabber to the camera as well as a bi directional asynchronous serial communication chann...

Page 28: ...a corresponding sensor tap which outputs specific pixel columns of the image Consequently up to 2 x 10 20 simultaneous pixels are transferred to the frame grabber s in parallel per Camera Link clock c...

Page 29: ...Camera Link interface O1 O4 or CL1 CL2 Bonito Technical Manual V2 2 1 29 Figure 16 Camera link connector 10 tap pin assignment O1 O3 or CL2 connector...

Page 30: ...y be deactivated Trigger inputs CC1 The two Camera Link connectors O2 and O4 or connector CL1 each provide a camera control signal CC1 A rising edge at either input may start an exposure But it depend...

Page 31: ...e S 0 max 193 full frames per second is transmitted from top left to bottom right line per line The diagram below shows how the image is reconstructed from the ten Camera Link taps A J Becauseeverytap...

Page 32: ...a travels over the corresponding connector pair From thehost spointof viewthe Bonitobasically behavesliketwocameraswith half of the possible image width Thus the host computer receives two images at t...

Page 33: ...or 20 per clock cycle in the dual channel mode The synchronisation signals LVAL and FVAL are used to designate valid data output Following charts illustrate the timing in continuous mode M 0 Please n...

Page 34: ...for dual channel mode full line length S 1 not for Bonito CL 400B C 200fps Camera Link timing for dual channel mode compatibility mode with reduced line length S 3 not for Bonito CL 400B C 200fps Figu...

Page 35: ...g address A The parameter A defines which line of the image sensor is the first line of the output image The sensor s first topmost line has the address A 0 the last line has the address A 6BD The val...

Page 36: ...PN correction data follow this sequence Try to eliminate bright light sources e g switch them off if possible For best correction quality close the iris or use a lens cover Ensure that the camera cont...

Page 37: ...the height of N 1 lines thus the resulting image has N 1 2 lines Exposure time E Theexposuretimeisa32 bitvalue Itstimeresolutiondependsontheprescaler value K and is 3 s by default See Chapter Timer p...

Page 38: ...to maximum Line address increment I The line address increment value I is added to the current address at the end of each line read out from the sensor Setting values 1 skip lines accordingly In conj...

Page 39: ...posure and at the same time start of sensor readout In PIV mode this pulse occurs at the exposure end of only the first image of each PIV pair For more information see Chapter Exposure control mode M...

Page 40: ...into three different sized bit groups e p and f Each bit group has a special function being independent of the other ones Parameter Value Line Duration S 0 tL 3 s Line Duration S 1 tL 1 5 s Line Dura...

Page 41: ...ising edge at the corresponding input starts exposure synchronized to the line after the next If the rising edge occurs during idle the camera is not transmitting an image the exposure starts with a c...

Page 42: ...re synchronized to the line after the next If the rising edge occurs during idle the camera is not transmitting an image the exposure starts with a constant delay of two line durations The next rising...

Page 43: ...be synchronized to the rising edge of an exter nally applied synchronization pulse Use parameter T to select the synchro nization signal source In case of synchronization event during exposure the cur...

Page 44: ...the camera The exposure of the first image ends one line duration tL after the rising edge of the incoming trigger signal Thus the first light pulse should end a few 100 ns before tL and the second l...

Page 45: ...or by external signal is ignored The light should flash between two image readout operations which may be the duration of one line at highest possible frame rate Decrease the frame rate accordingly if...

Page 46: ...duration calculations for the image on demand IOD mode For more information about calculation of the minimum frame duration and dependent IOD mode timing con straints see Chapter Exposure control mod...

Page 47: ...separately per channel Thus e g the trigger source selection T and serial port configuration s might need adjustments if O4 O3 are used The Bonito CL 400B C 200fps provides only one channel at the co...

Page 48: ...es because they have the same counter value Furthermore to test the Camera Link cabling and frame grabber operability a test image generator is available It forces the camera to output an almost fixed...

Page 49: ...re output The digital gain setting G also applies to the test image but the FPN correction C is temporary disabled Setting Function U 0 Normal image output U 1 Enable metadata overlay The overlay occu...

Page 50: ...CMC 040 xx yy Save parameters X Use the command X 1 to store all parameter values into the embedded flash memory After a re start they are automatically restored Parameter summary Y The command Y show...

Page 51: ...s The default settings are A 0000 B 0000 C 00 D 00 E 000006BE F 000006BF G 00 I 01 J 01 K A7 M 00 N 06BD S 00 T 03 U 00 W 18 s 2A Serial number a The camera s serial number is stored as 16 bit value U...

Page 52: ...11 CMC 4000C F Mount 0012 1064012 CMC 4000C EF Mount 4000 4064000 Bonito CL 400B 4001 4064001 Bonito CL 400B F Mount 4002 4064002 Bonito CL 400B EF Mount 4010 4064010 Bonito CL 400C 4011 4064011 Bonit...

Page 53: ...ones Bit group Description a Controls the enable state of the serial ports e Controls the echo mode x Controls the baud rate of the serial port Table 22 Baud rate bit groups F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3...

Page 54: ...mmand shows an embedded command reference text at the serial terminal It lists a short description for each command available in the firmware a 00 RS232 via 15 pin D SUB control connector only 01 Addi...

Page 55: ...left corner of the sensor like shown in the following pattern Changing the output mode parameter S does not affect the pattern align ment in the output image On the other hand modifying the ROI setti...

Page 56: ...eived by the module is echoed back to the PC Example set Baudrate to 115200 Baud RS 232 only s A CR After successful execution of the command the command prompt character is output If any error occurr...

Page 57: ...p16 Set the product variant code and save it to flash In user mode read access to this value is available c p8 Configure the FPGA with data from the specified file number d p8 Delete the file with the...

Page 58: ...ink clock phase Modify this byte value a few steps up or down to optimize the phase of the Camera Link clock It may eventually improve data transmission reliability with long cable runs in some cases...

Page 59: ...first line read out from the image sensor After processing each line the address is incremented by the amount specified by I p8 See N p16 for number of lines per image This parameter is only used in d...

Page 60: ...re time The time resolution depends on the prescale value K p16 Please note that the exposure time is only active when the trigger mode M p8 is set accordingly F p32 Frame duration The time resolution...

Page 61: ...duration 1 Image on demand mode IOD The exposure is directly controlled by an externally applied signal Use parameter T p8 to select the signal source A rising edge at the corresponding input starts...

Page 62: ...ger input the exposure of the first PIV image ends and its readout process begins The exposure is permanently active in this mode thus for a usual PIV application the first light strobe can also start...

Page 63: ...note that the CC signals and SerTC SerTFG are handled separately Thus e g the trigger source selection T p8 and serial port configuration s p8 might need adjustments if only the connectors O4 O3 are c...

Page 64: ...version information Use V 2 for a more detailed output W p8 Dark value offset This value is added to the pixel data It is used to adjust the dark level and avoid clipping of pixels to black in low li...

Page 65: ...37 External GND 23 External Power 23 F FCC Class B 11 Fixed Pattern Noise 36 FPN 36 Frame duration 37 FVAL 33 H Help text 54 I I O connector 23 L Legal notice 2 Line address increment 38 LVAL 33 M Me...

Page 66: ...l Manual V2 2 1 66 Index symbols 9 Synchronization output 39 T Technical information 5 test image generator 48 Timer prescaler value 39 Timing 33 Trigger input 23 Trigger source selection 48 V Version...

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