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Controlling image capture

The following flow diagram shows how to set up a sequence.

Figure 61: Sequence mode flow diagram

During sequencing, the camera obtains the required parameters, image by image, from the
corresponding FIFOs (e.g. information for exposure time).

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Summary of Contents for F-131B

Page 1: ...AVT Marlin Allied Vision Technologies GmbH Taschenweg 2a D 07646 Stadtroda Germany Technical Manual For CCD models with serial numbers xx yy 6zzzzzzz and all CMOS models...

Page 2: ...of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense You are cautioned that any chang...

Page 3: ...d are all implicit warranties concerning the negotiability the suitability for specific applications or the non breaking of laws and patents Even if we assume that the information supplied to us is ac...

Page 4: ...lin W90 S90 32 6 4 Marlin W270 33 6 5 Marlin W270 S90 34 6 6 Tripod adapter 35 7 Camera interfaces 36 7 1 IEEE 1394 port pin assignment 36 7 2 HiRose jack pin assignment 37 7 3 Status LEDs 38 7 4 Oper...

Page 5: ...aicing 85 8 15 2 Color correction 86 8 15 3 RGB YUV conversion 86 8 15 4 Hue and Saturation 86 8 16 Serial interface 87 9 Controlling image capture 91 9 1 Trigger modi 91 9 1 1 Trigger delay 94 9 2 Ex...

Page 6: ...absolute value CSR offset address 148 12 3 9 Status and control register for feature 149 12 3 10 Feature control error status register 150 12 3 11 Video mode control and status registers for Format_7...

Page 7: ...Safety instructions 12 4 23 Soft Reset 170 13 Firmware update 171 14 Declarations of conformity 172 15 Index 182 MARLIN Technical Manual Page 7...

Page 8: ...he following typographical styles and symbols are used Styles Style Function Example Courier Programs inputs etc Input upper case Register REGISTER italics Modes fields Mode parentheses and or blue Li...

Page 9: ...ble in Japan include Electronic Equipment Technology Criteria by the Ministry of Trading and Industry Similar to NFPA 70 Wired Electric Communication Detailed Law 17 by the Ministry of Posts and Telec...

Page 10: ...nstructions 1 1 Environmental conditions Ambient temperature when camera in use 5 C 45 C when being stored 10 C 60 C Relative humidity 20 80 no condensed water Protection IP 30 MARLIN Technical Manual...

Page 11: ...mager SVGA 780 h x 582 v up to 53 fps MARLIN F 080B C 1 3 Sony Progressive Scan CCD imager XGA 1032 h x 778 v up to 20 fps MARLIN F 080B C 30 fps 1 3 Sony Progressive Scan CCD imager XGA 1032 h x 778...

Page 12: ...AVT Marlin 4 5m 1394 standard cable Jenofilt 217 IR cut filter built in ptional Tripod Adapter 4 5m latching cable Driver and documentation e following illustration shows the spectral sensitivity of t...

Page 13: ...m 0 5m x 0 67m 1 0m x 1 33m 8mm 0 3m x 0 4m 0 6m x 0 8m 12mm 0 195m x 0 26m 0 39m x 0 58m 16mm 0 145m x 0 19m 0 29m x 0 38m 25mm 9 1cm x 12 1cm 18 2cm x 24 2cm 35mm 6 4cm x 8 51cm 12 8cm x 17 02cm 50m...

Page 14: ...ransfer by command Trigger delay Internal FIFO Memory Up to 17 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit Gamma 0 45 Smart Functions Real time shading correction image sequencing two con...

Page 15: ...Trigger_Mode_1 Advanced feature Trigger_Mode_15 bulk image transfer by command Trigger delay Internal FIFO Memory Up to 17 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit Gamma 0 45 Smart Fu...

Page 16: ...lay Internal FIFO Memory Up to 13 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit Gamma 0 45 Smart Functions Real time shading correction image sequencing two configurable inputs two configur...

Page 17: ...r_Mode_1 Advanced feature Trigger_Mode_15 bulk image transfer by command Trigger delay Internal FIFO Memory Up to 13 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit Gamma 0 45 Smart Functions...

Page 18: ...l FIFO Memory Up to 7 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit Gamma 0 45 Smart Functions Real time shading correction image sequencing two configurable inputs two configurable outputs...

Page 19: ...rigger_Mode_0 Trigger_Mode_1 Advanced feature Trigger_Mode_15 bulk image transfer by command Trigger delay Internal FIFO Memory Up to 7 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit Gamma 0...

Page 20: ...O Memory Up to 3 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit Gamma 0 45 Smart Functions Real time shading correction image sequencing two configurable inputs two configurable outputs imag...

Page 21: ...e_15 bulk image transfer by command Trigger delay Internal FIFO Memory Up to 3 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit Gamma 0 45 Smart Functions Real time shading correction Image se...

Page 22: ...er by command Trigger delay Internal FIFO Memory Up to 4 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit separate Gamma 0 45 LUT Smart Functions Dark signal non uniformity DSNU correction Rea...

Page 23: ...ger_Mode_15 bulk image transfer by command Trigger delay Internal FIFO Memory Up to 4 frames Look Up Tables One user programmable 10 Bit 8 Bit separate Gamma 0 45 LUT Smart Functions Dark signal non u...

Page 24: ...cations 4 11 Spectral sensitivity Figure 2 Spectral sensitivity of MF 033B without cut filter and optics Figure 3 Spectral sensitivity of MF 033C without cut filter and optics MARLIN Technical Manual...

Page 25: ...Specifications Figure 4 Spectral sensitivity of MF 046B without cut filter and optics Figure 5 Spectral sensitivity of MF 046C without cut filter and optics MARLIN Technical Manual Page 25...

Page 26: ...Specifications Figure 6 Spectral sensitivity of MF 080B without cut filter and optics Figure 7 Spectral sensitivity of MF 080C without cut filter and optics MARLIN Technical Manual Page 26...

Page 27: ...Specifications Figure 8 Spectral sensitivity of MF 145B2 without cut filter and optics Figure 9 Spectral sensitivity of MF 145C2 without cut filter and optics MARLIN Technical Manual Page 27...

Page 28: ...Specifications Figure 10 Spectral sensitivity of MF 131B without cut filter and optics Figure 11 Spectral sensitivity of MF 131C without cut filter and optics MARLIN Technical Manual Page 28...

Page 29: ...lternatively the FirePackage API SDK can be used This replaces the MS IEEE 1394 driver with the driver produced by the company Intek A more detailed description for these installation routines can be...

Page 30: ...Camera dimensions 6 Camera dimensions 6 1 Marlin standard housing Figure 13 Camera dimensions Body size 58 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm l x w x h Weight 120 g without lens MARLIN Technical Manual Page 30...

Page 31: ...Camera dimensions 6 2 Marlin W90 This version has the sensor tilted by 90 degrees clockwise so that it views upwards Figure 14 Marlin W90 MARLIN Technical Manual Page 31...

Page 32: ...ons 6 3 Marlin W90 S90 This version has the sensor tilted by 90 deg es clockwise so that it views upwards and additionally rotated by 90 degrees clockwise re Figure 15 Marlin W90 S90 MARLIN Technical...

Page 33: ...6 4 Marlin W270 This version has the sensor tilted by 270 degrees clockwise so that it views downwards Consult your dealer if you have inquiries for this version Figure 16 Marlin W270 MARLIN Technica...

Page 34: ...Marlin W270 S90 is version has the sensor tilted by 270 degrees clockwise so that it views downwards Th Additionally the sensor is tilted by 90 degrees clockwise Figure 17 Marlin W270 S90 MARLIN Tech...

Page 35: ...Camera dimensions 6 6 Tripod adapter Figure 18 Tripod dimensions MARLIN Technical Manual Page 35...

Page 36: ...t frames ossible to control Figure 19 Rear view of camera IEEE 1394 port pin assignment e IEEE 1394 plug is designed for industrial use and has the following pin assignment as per ecification ables wi...

Page 37: ...bridged with pin 7 to avoid ground noise to be induced into the camera and prevent ground loops Use pin 1 only when you want to connect to the serial interface of the camera in combination with pin 8...

Page 38: ...nk codes are used to signal warnings or error states Class S1 Error code S2 Warning 1 blink DCAM 2 blinks MISC 3 blinks FPGA 4 blinks Stack 5 blinks FPGA Boot error 1 5 blinks Stack setup 1 blink Stac...

Page 39: ...y if you need power output at this pin instead of power in 7 5 Control and video data signals The camera has 2 inputs and 2 outputs These can be configured by software The different modes are describe...

Page 40: ...nd 24 V a 2 2 k resistor controlled via the IO_INP_CTRL1 2 must be placed in series U Voltages above 45 V may damage the optical coupler The optical coupler inverts all input signals Polarity is regis...

Page 41: ...feature read only 1 6 Polarity 7 1 high 0 low active active 8 10 InputMo 1 de 1 15 Mode 16 30 PinState 31 nt state of RD Curre pin 0xF1000304 IO_INP_CTRL2 Same as IO_INP_CTRL1 Table 17 Input configur...

Page 42: ...R_DELAY_INQUIRY Presence_Inq 0 Indicates presence of this feature read only Abs_Control_Inq 1 e Capability of control with absolute valu 2 Reserved One_Push_Inq 3 de ally by the One Push auto mo Contr...

Page 43: ...lay the In addition the cameras have an advanced register which allows to even mor e after receiving a hardware trigger image captur Trigger delay advanced register Register Name Field Bit Description...

Page 44: ...he plied a ype o t which you want it may b necessary to swit h an external re ries en GPOutl and ground Figure 24 Output schematics Output features are configured by software Any signal can be placed...

Page 45: ...mine if the camera is busy y simply polling the BUSY output Figure 25 Output block d IO_OUTP_CTRL 1 2 Th m via the PinState flag From firmware 2 03 onwards it is possible to read back the status of an...

Page 46: ...id 0x07 Busy Output 2 0x08 Follow corresponding input Inp1 Out1 Inp2 Out2 0x09 0x0F reserved 0x10 0x1F reserved The Polarity setting refers to the input side of the optical coupler output PinState 0 s...

Page 47: ...osure occurring Note that trigger delay in fact delays the image capture whereas the IntEna_Delay only delays the leading edge of the IntEna output signal but does not delay the image capture As menti...

Page 48: ...Source IIDC v 1 3 specification The video data for each pixel are outputted in either 8or 10 bit format Each pixel has a range of black and 255 or 1023 is white In 16 bit mode e data output is MSB ali...

Page 49: ...Camera interfaces Table 26 Y8 and Y16 format Source IIDC v 1 3 specification Table 27 Da cification ta structure Source IIDC v 1 3 spe MARLIN Technical Manual Page 49...

Page 50: ...f the cameras The following diagrams illustrate the data flow and the bit resolution of image data after being read from the CCD or CMOS sensor chip in the blocks are described in more detail in the f...

Page 51: ...Description of the data path 8 1 1 Black and white cameras Figure 27 Block diagram b w camera MARLIN Technical Manual Page 51...

Page 52: ...Description of the data path 8 1 2 Color cameras Figure 28 Bloc iagram color camera k d MARLIN Technical Manual Page 52...

Page 53: ...6B CCD SONY ICX 415AL 8 mm Yes HAD 7 48 x 6 15 8 3 x 8 3 782 x 582 MF 046C CCD SONY ICX 415AQ 8 mm Yes HAD 7 48 x 6 15 8 3 x 8 3 782 x 582 MF 080B CCD SONY ICX 204AL 1 3 6 mm Yes HAD 5 8 x 4 92 4 65 x...

Page 54: ...evel the analogue signal will no longer change despite further light exposure As shown in the diagram without any dual or multiple slope pulse pixels P3 and P4 reach saturation before the sample momen...

Page 55: ...t2 16 31 R W Time in s 0xF100028C K EEPOINT_3 15 N 0 0xF100028C Kneepoint3 16 31 R W Time in s Table 29 High dynamic range configuration register It is recommended that knee points be adjusted to 10 5...

Page 56: ...The figure below taken from the sensor s data sheet illustrates the nonlinear behavior of the Figure 30 IBIS5A nonlinear photo response curve with two slopes photo response curve in dual slope mode MA...

Page 57: ...nnels with lower output by 9 5dB in 106 steps relative to the channel with highest output The following screenshot is taken from the datasheet of the AFE and illustrates the details e analog color sig...

Page 58: ...served One_Push 5 Write Set Bit high to start Read Status of the feature Bit high WIP Bit low Ready ON_OFF 6 Write ON or OFF this feature ON 1 Read Status of the feature OFF 0 A_M_MODE 7 Set bit high...

Page 59: ...ernal trigger However if there is a capturing individual frames this process is aborted ustrates the automatic white balance sequence It BALANCE The camera automatically generates frames based on the...

Page 60: ...OFNC_AOI affects the auto shutter auto gain and auto white balance features and is independent of the Format7 AOI settings If this feature is switched off the work area position a llow the t active im...

Page 61: ...s o s are added and used as actual values for the feedback The following drawing illustrates the AUTOFNC_AOI settings in greater det e and or ion b s invalid this feature Wi he f the sample ail e samp...

Page 62: ...s reference Increasing the auto exposure value increases the average brightness in the image and vice versa T lgorithm u ortional on er PI hieve minimum delay with zero overshot The following table sh...

Page 63: ...red r OFF mode if readout ility is not le reading this field has no meaning this field when writing the value in Auto o capab availab Register Name Field Bit Description 0xF0F00804 AUTO_EXPOSURE Prese...

Page 64: ...SR The table below illustrates the advanced auto gain control register Register Name Field Bit Description 0xF1000370 AUTOGAIN_CTRL Presence_Inq 0 Indicates presence of this feature read only 1 3 MAXV...

Page 65: ...thm uses a proportional plus integral controller PI controller to achieve minimum delay with zero overshot The following table shows the Shutter CSR It is ossible to set the black level in the camera...

Page 66: ...e_Inq Indicates presence of this feature read only Pres 0 1 31 0xF1000364 AUTOSHUTTER_LO 0 31 Min Min Value value 0xF1000368 AUTOSHUTTER_HI Max Value 0 31 Max value Table 37 Au ter ctrl advanced reg V...

Page 67: ...ed offline e g with a spre This function needs to be loaded into the camera s RAM before use One example of using a LUT is the Gamma LUT Output Input 0 5 This is used with all CCD odels This is known...

Page 68: ...olatile 8 8 1 Loading a LUT into the camera ading the LUT is carried out through the data exchange buffer called GPDATA_BUFFER As this maximum of 2 kB and a complete LUT at 1024 x 8 bit is 1 kB progra...

Page 69: ...6 31 Use Lookup table with number LutNo 0xF1000244 LUT_MEM_CTRL Presence_Inq 0 Indicates presence of this f only eature read 1 4 Ena 5 abl bleMemWR En e write access 6 7 AccessLutNo 8 15 Add et 16 31...

Page 70: ...with non uniform illumination On the left you see the source image with non uniform illumination The graph on the right clearly shows the brightness level falling off to the right By defocusing the le...

Page 71: ...eference image The time required for this 0 bit pixel data to void the generation of missing codes How to proceed Figure 38 Automatic generation of a shading image calculated for each pixel to be mult...

Page 72: ...ature read only 1 4 EnableMemWR 5 Enable write access EnableMemRD 6 Enable read access 7 AddrOffset 8 31 Bytes 0xF1000258 SHDG_INFO Presence_Inq 0 Indicates presence of this feature RD only 1 7 MaxIma...

Page 73: ...at the curre olu If the Area of Interest AOI is later larger calculated none of the pixels lying outside are corrected For Format_7 i is advisable to generat g image in s format This ensures that any...

Page 74: ...n combination with the gamma feature on the dels m resu After the lens has been focused again the image below will be seen but now with a considerably more uniform gradient This is also made apparent...

Page 75: ...into the camera GPDATA_BUFFER is used to load a shading image into the camera Because the size of a shading image is larger than GPDATA_BUFFER input must be handled in several steps Figure 41 Loading...

Page 76: ...out of the camera GPDATA_BUFFER is used to load a shading image out of the camera Because the size of a shading image is larger than GPDATA_BUFFER input must be handled in several steps Figure 42 Uplo...

Page 77: ...al non uniformity DSNU of the CMOS sensor to level similar to CCD sensors the MARLIN F 131B is equipped e The DSNU function applies an additive co o replacing them with their neighbourhood pixels DSNU...

Page 78: ...help of the following register co Register Name Field Bit Description 0x1000294 BLEMISH_CONTROL Presence_Inq 0 Indicates presence of this feature read only ComputeError 1 see DSNU_CONTROL 2 3 ShowIma...

Page 79: ...time the shutter gain or offset settings are changed Generate the image by closing the lens to eliminate image information DSNU correction feature is not available for the MF 131C The FPN correction...

Page 80: ...the help of a mirror or in certain microscopy applications Mirror can be controlled with the following advanced register n Register Name Field Bit Description 0x1 0410 MIRROR_CONTROL Presence_Inq 0 In...

Page 81: ...increasing signal quality are accompanied by a reduction in Changing binning modes involve the generation of new shading reference images due to a change in the image size In general a difference is...

Page 82: ...s also increased by a factor of two 6 dB Signal to noise separation improves by approx 3 dB Horiz is Use Format_7 Mode_1 to activate horizontal binning Figure 47 Horizontal binning The image appears h...

Page 83: ...d Marlin models both color and b w have this feature FW 2 03 Sub sampling is used primarily for 2 reasons image area angle S Use Format_7 Mode_1 to activate horiz sampling T differe sub sampling patt...

Page 84: ...anging sub sampling modes involve the generation of new shading reference images due to a change in the image size 8 14 Sharpness All color models pness control applying a discreet horizontal high pas...

Page 85: ...image will be superimposed with a checkerboard pattern 8 15 1 Color interpolation BAYER demosaicing i d for each pixel Only two lines are needed for this interpolation interpolation already takes plac...

Page 86: ...128 082 0 420 0 498 0 128 498 0 33 0 169 0 11 0 59 0 3 B G R V B G R U B G R As mentioned above Color processing can be bypassed by using the so called RAW image transfer RGB YUV conversion can be by...

Page 87: ...of buffer sizes and serial interface errors Note that hardware handshaking is not supported Note that typical PC hardware is not supporting 230400 bps Base address for the function is F0F02100h The fo...

Page 88: ...atu WR 0 disable 1 Enable TE 1 Transmit enable RD Current status WR 0 disable 1 Enable 2 7 Reserved SERIAL_STATUS_REG TDRD 8 smit data buffer ready Tran ready Read only 0 not ready 1 9 Reserved RD ta...

Page 89: ...s 16 31 Reserved 00Ch TRANSMIT_BUFFER_STATUS_CONTRL TBUF_ST 0 7 SIO output buffer status RD Space left in TX buffer WR Ignored TBUF_CNT 8 15 SIO output buffer control RD Number of bytes written to tra...

Page 90: ...nd write the number of bytes to send copied from SIO register to transmit FiFo to TBUF_CNT Read the available data space left in TBUF_ST in the case the buffer can hold more bytes than are to t nsmit...

Page 91: ...obal sh n or shutter time is added to the readout time thus affecting the frame rates to be achieved and special igger_Mode_0 sets the shutter time according to the value set in the shutter or extende...

Page 92: ...overriding images Grab an unlimited amount of images after one external trigger Surveillance The next image details this mode Figure 55 Trigger_Mode_15 and bitgroup 12 15 of the DCAM register The fun...

Page 93: ...off leaving viewer in listen mode The second line prepares 830h register for external trigger and Mode_15 ode Only one image is grabbed precisely with the external trigger To repeat rewrite line thre...

Page 94: ...Abs_Control_Inq 1 Capability of control with absolute value 2 Reserved One_Push_Inq 3 One Push auto mode Controlled automatically by the camera once Readout_Inq 4 Capability of reading out the value...

Page 95: ...re after receiving a hardware trigger Trigger delay advanced register Register Name Field Bit Description 0xF1000400 TRIGGER_DELAY Presence_Inq 0 Indicates presence of this feature read only 1 5 6 Tri...

Page 96: ...time set by register is 10 s the real minimum exposure time of an MF 033 is th 9 2 1 Extended shutter Th EXTENDED_SHUTTER register Register Name Field Bit Description 0xF100020C EXTD_SHUTTER q Indica...

Page 97: ...bles the camera to grab exactly on If cl Figure 57 One_shot control 9 3 1 One Shot command on the bus to start of exposure e following sections describe the time response of the camera using a single...

Page 98: ...end of exposure 9 4 Multi Shot Setting MultiShot and entering a quantity of images in Count_Number in the 61Ch register enables the camera to record a specified number of images The number is indicat...

Page 99: ...number 63 as the target node with no acknowledge This makes it possible for all cameras on a bus to be triggered by software simultaneously e g by broadcasting a One_Shot All cameras receive the One_S...

Page 100: ...is is different to the way the CMOS sensor of the MF 131 works the image sensitive area is also the storage area which means that it cannot be used for the integration of the new frame until it has be...

Page 101: ...ble ize Deferred image transport is especially useful for multi camera applications where a multitude of cameras grab a certain number of images without having to take available bus bandwidth DMA er i...

Page 102: ...oldest images are overwritten The extra SendImage flag is set to true to import the images from the camera The camera sends the number of images that are entered in the NumOfImages parameter If NumOfI...

Page 103: ...n FiFo Read out the first image of FiFo Stop continuous mode of camera Check pres of deferred mode and Fi Switch deferred mode on Do first One_shot Do second One_shot Check Check how many images are l...

Page 104: ...pt where the camera holds a set of different image parameters sequence of images The parameter set is stored volatile in the camera for each image to be ed This sequence of parameter sets is simply ca...

Page 105: ...ndicates presence of this feature read only 1 4 AutoRewind 5 ON_OFF 6 Enable Disable this feature 7 15 MaxLength 23 ax p le le of a sequence read only 16 M ossib ngth SeqLength 24 31 gth o e uence 2de...

Page 106: ...iagram shows how to set up a sequence Figure 61 Sequence mode flow diagram During sequencing the camera obtains the required parameters image by image from the corresponding FIFOs e g information for...

Page 107: ...n example of a sequence for eight different image settings It ses the AVT program AVTFiretool as graphical representation Please note the changes in the shutter time that creates descending image brig...

Page 108: ...s to be sent for one image and thus the creation of new image events Sequence m par eters an s not req corre re iving lead to image corruption or loss of subsequent images Please ask for detailed supp...

Page 109: ...the generic se r se d w t binning m m frame rates can be ram This means that with ul higher than 25 fr s tte proportionally 1 For mat Mode Resolution 60 fps 30 fps 15 fps 7 5 fps 3 75 fps 1 875 fps 0...

Page 110: ...80 RGB8 x x x x x 5 640 x 480 MONO8 x x x x x x x x x x 0 6 640 x 480 MONO16 x x x x x 0 780 x 580 MONO8 780 x 580 YUV 53 fps 36 YUV 4 2 2 49 YUV 4 1 1 fps 1 388 x 580 MONO8 780 x 582 MONO8 RAW 53 fps...

Page 111: ...x x x x x x x x 3 1024 x 768 YUV422 x x x x 4 1024 x 768 RGB8 x x x 5 1024 x 768 MONO8 x x x x x x x x x 6 800 x 600 MONO16 x x x x x 1 7 1024 x 768 MONO16 x x x x 0 1032 x 776 MONO8 1032 x 776 YUV 2...

Page 112: ...1280 x 960 MONO 8 x x x x x x x x 3 1600 x 1200 YUV422 4 1600 x 1200 RGB8 5 1600 x 1200 MONO8 6 1280 x 960 MONO16 x x x x 2 7 1600 x 1200 MONO16 0 1392 x 1036 YUV411 422 fps s 10 15 fp 0 1392 x 1040 M...

Page 113: ...22 4 1600 x 1200 RGB 5 1600 x 1200 MONO 6 1280 x 960 MONO16 2 7 1600 x 1200 MONO16 0 1280 x 1024 MONO8 1280 x 1020 YUV 25 fps YUV 4 1 1 17 fps YUV 4 2 2 12 fps 1 640 x 1024 MONO8 640 x 1020 YUV 48 fps...

Page 114: ...xed by the IIDC specification thereby determining the highest possible frame rate in Format_7 mode the user can set the upper l d width and height of the section Area of Interest he is interested in t...

Page 115: ...the Area of Interest some other parameters have an effect on the maximum frame the time for reading the image from the sensor the time for transferring the image over the FireWire bus The coordinates...

Page 116: ...0 fps 30 fps 15 fps 7 5 fps 3 75 fps 0 160 x 120 YUV 4 4 4 24 bit pixel 1 2H 80p 60q 1 4H 40p 30q 1 8H 20p 15q 1 320 x 240 YUV 4 2 2 16 bit pixel 1H 320p 160q 1 2H 160p 80q 1 4H 80p 40q 1 8H 40p 20q 2...

Page 117: ...0q 5 8H 500p 125q 3 1024 x 768 YUV 4 2 2 16 bit pixel 3 2H 1536p 768q 3 4H 768p 384q 3 8H 384p 192q 3 16H 192p 96q 4 1024 x 768 RGB 24 bit pixel 3 4H 768p 576q 3 8H 384p 288q 3 16H 192p 144q 5 1024 x...

Page 118: ...7 1600 x 1200Y MONO16 16 bit pixel 5 4H 2000p 1000q 5 8H 1000p 500q 5 16H 500p 250q Table 61 Format_2 As already mentioned the recommended limit for transferring isochronous image data is 1000q quadle...

Page 119: ...assumes that the maximum frame rate is the inverse of the sum of all events in a CCD which take time such as The time to transfer the storage to the vertical shift register Charge transfer time The ti...

Page 120: ...mp Dummy eTrans Ch 1 27 _ 494 5 68 30 1 1 arg Formula 2 Frame rate calculation MF 033 Table 62 Frame rates MF 033 fps 0 00 100 00 200 00 300 00 400 00 500 00 600 00 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 AOI_ 4 4...

Page 121: ...Formula 3 Frame rate calculation MF 046 fps 0 00 50 00 0 100 100 00 150 00 200 00 250 00 300 00 350 00 400 00 450 00 200 300 400 500 600 700 AOI_HEIGHT fps Tf ms 582 53 02 18 86 480 62 51 16 00 400 7...

Page 122: ...00 80 00 100 00 120 00 140 00 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 AOI_HEIGHT 20 00 FPS AOI_HEIGHT fps Tf ms 778 20 16 49 60 20 34 49 16 768 20 39 49 04 20 57 48 60 29 21 34 24 0 29 68 33 69 30 18 33...

Page 123: ...mula 5 Frame rate calculation MF 080 0 00 20 00 40 00 60 00 80 00 100 00 140 00 160 00 180 00 200 00 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 120 00 fps AOI_HEIGHT fps Tf ms 778 30 24 33 06 768 30 58 32...

Page 124: ..._ 1040 288 105 1 1 arg Formula 6 Frame rate calculation MF 145 fps 0 00 10 00 20 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 AOI_HEIGHT fps Tf ms 1040 10 38 96 39 960 11 04 90 57 600 15 53...

Page 125: ...ertical as well as horizontal direction gives a proportional to CCD sensors where the horizontal image limit does not increase in speed This is in contrary increase the frame rate AOI_HEIGHT fps 1024...

Page 126: ...h fps PACKET PER BYTE 125 _ _ Formula 7 Byte_per_Packet calculation If the value for BYTE_PER_PACKET is greater than 4096 the maximum data payload the sought after frame rate cannot be attained The at...

Page 127: ...show a gray bar running iagonally One test image is static the other moves upwards by 1 pixel frame d Figure 64 Gray bar test image Formula for calculating the gray value Gray value x y MOD256 8 bit m...

Page 128: ...data Figure 66 Bayer coded test image e color camera outputs Bayer coded raw data in Mono8 instead of as described in IIDC v 1 3 a real Y signal The first pixel of the image is always the red pixel f...

Page 129: ...lowing mention is made of a CSR F0F00600h this means in full Bus_Id Node_Id FFFF F0F00600h Writing and reading to and from the register can be done with programs such as FireView or by other programs...

Page 130: ...shown is how the camera is switched into ISO_Enabled mode WriteQuad m_cmdRegBase CCR_FRAME RATE Frame Rate 29 WriteQuad m_cmdRegBase CCR_VMODE mode 29 WriteQuad m_cmdRegBas CCR_VFORMAT 29 WriteQuad m_...

Page 131: ...configu for all ters i F0000000h ro formation t the elated capabilities of the con and o zation such as The ba ress of the camera control register is calculated llows bas specific base address 0 7 8 1...

Page 132: ...number The entry with key D1 in the root directory 424h in this case provides the offset for the unit directory as follows 424h 000004 4 434h Offset 0 7 8 1 6 23 5 1 24 31 434h 00 03 93 7D 438h 12 00...

Page 133: ...am to read or write to a register the following value must be entered in the ess fie F0F00000h Offset And fin try with key 4 in this case vide offset for the FF F00000h The base address of the camera...

Page 134: ...A to XGA Format_ SV 2 2 GA Format_ SXGA to UX 3 3 5 Format_ Reserved 6 Format Format_ 6 Still Image _7 ge Fomat Format 7 Partial Ima 8 31 ved Reser Table 7 t 12 3 3 Inquiry reg ster for vid 1 Format i...

Page 135: ...1200 MONO8 Mode _6 6 1280 x 960 MONO16 1200 MONO16 Mode _7 7 1600 x 8 31 d zero Reserve 18Ch 97h Reserved fo other V_MODE a r _INQ_x for Form t_x always 0 1 198h V_MODE_INQ_6 Format_6 always 0 19Ch V_...

Page 136: ...2 2 FrameRate _3 3 15 fps FrameRate _4 4 30 fps FrameRate _5 5 60 fps 31 FrameRate _6 6 120 fps v1 FrameRate _7 240 fps v1 31 7 1 zero 8 3 Reserved 208h V_RATE_INQ Format_0 Mode_2 FrameRate_0 0 1 875...

Page 137: ...FrameRate _6 6 20 fps v1 31 1 FrameRate _7 7 240 fps v1 31 8 31 Reserved zero 218h V_RATE_INQ FrameRate_0 F ormat_0 Mode_6 0 1 875 fps FrameRate _1 1 3 75 fps FrameRate _2 2 7 5 fps FrameRate _3 3 15...

Page 138: ...120 fps v1 31 _7 1 31 FrameRate 7 240 fps v zero 8 31 Reserved 22Ch V_RATE_INQ Format_1 Mode_3 FrameRate_0 0 1 875 fps FrameRate _1 1 3 75 fps _2 FrameRate 2 7 5 fps FrameRate _3 3 15 fps 30 fps Frame...

Page 139: ...Mode_7 FrameRate_0 0 1 875 fps FrameRate _1 1 3 75 fps FrameRate _2 2 7 5 fps FrameRate _3 3 15 fps FrameRate _4 4 30 fps ps FrameRate _5 5 60 f FrameRate _6 6 120 fps v1 31 7 Reserved FrameRate _7 8...

Page 140: ...4 30 fps 60 fps FrameRate _5 5 FrameRate _6 6 Reserved FrameRate _7 7 Reserved 8 31 Reserved zero 250h V_RATE_INQ Format_2 Mode_4 FrameRate_0 0 1 875 fps FrameRate _1 1 3 75 fps FrameRate _2 2 7 5 fp...

Page 141: ...y Mode_x 2C0h V_REV_INQ_6_0 Format_6 Mode0 always 0 2C4h 2DFh Reserved V_REV_INQ_6_x for other Mode_x of Format_6 always 0 2E0h V CSR_INQ_7_0 0 3 _ Format_7 Mode_0 1 CSR quadlet offset for 2E4h V CSR_...

Page 142: ...Inq One Shot transmission capability 19 Multi_Shot_Inq 20 Multi Shot transmission capability 21 27 Reserved Memory_Channe Maximum memory channel number N f o use l 28 31 I available 0000 n r memory Ta...

Page 143: ...ntrol Serial Strobe_out 4 31 Strobe signal output 410h Reserved Address error on access 47Fh Offset Name Field Bit Description 480h Advanced_Feature_Inq Advanced_Feature_Quadlet_Offset 0 31 nced tial...

Page 144: ...C SIO_Control_Q of trol CSR s from the base address of initial register space or unique ontrol_CSR_Inq uadlet_Offset 0 31 Quadlet offset the SIO_Con Vend 48Ch Strobe_Output_CSR_Inq Strobe_Output_Quadl...

Page 145: ...to automatically by the camera Manual_Inq 7 Controlled by user Manual Mode Min_Value 8 19 Min value for this feature Max_Value 20 31 Max value for this feature 504h INQ Same definition as Brightness_i...

Page 146: ...ature ON and OFF Polarity_Inq Capability of changing the polarity of the rigger input 6 Reserved 7 15 Trigger_Mode0_ Presence of Trigger_Mode 0 Inq 16 Trigger_Mode1_Inq 17 Presence of 1 Trigger_Mode T...

Page 147: ...value for this feature 20 31 538 57Ch Reserved for other FEATURE_HI_INQ 580h ZOOM_INQ always 0 584h PAN_INQ always 0 588h TILT_INQ always 0 58Ch OPTICAL_FILTER_INQ always 0 590 Reserved for other FEA...

Page 148: ...HI_INQ_1 always 0 708h ABS_CSR_HI_INQ_2 always 0 70Ch ABS_CSR_HI_INQ_3 always 0 710h ABS_CSR_HI_INQ_4 always 0 714h ABS_CSR_HI_INQ_5 always 0 718h ABS_CSR_HI_INQ_6 always 0 71Ch ABS_CSR_HI_INQ_7 alway...

Page 149: ...ays 0 for Mono See 814h SATURATION See above always 0 for Mono 818h GAMMA See above 81Ch SHUTTER see Advanced Feature Timebase 820h GAIN See above 824h IRIS always 0 828h FOCUS always 0 82Ch TEMPERATU...

Page 150: ...4h PIXEL_NUMER_INQ 038h TOTAL_BYTES_HI_INQ 03Ch TOTAL_BYTES_LO_INQ 040h PACKET_PA _INQ RA See above 044h BYTE_PER_ above PACKET See Table 80 Fo l and status re For all modes in Format_7 ErrorFlag_1 rr...

Page 151: ...F1000258 SHDG_INFO 0XF1000260 DEFERRED_TRANS 0XF1000270 FRAMEINFO 0XF1000274 FRAMECOUNTER 0XF1000280 HDR_CONTROL MF131x only 0XF1000284 KNEEPOINT_1 MF131x only 0XF1 MF131x only 000288 KNEEPOINT_2 0XF1...

Page 152: ...001000 G UFFER PDATA_B Table 81 Advanced Registers Summary Advanced features should always be activated before accessing them Currently all registers ated This makes it easier to operate the camera us...

Page 153: ...a typ See below FPGA version 16 3 s 1 Bcd coded ver F100001C 0 31 Reserved T rmation is register ho s information de_hw_version t the node_spec_ID camera type C version and FPGA version are bcd coded...

Page 154: ...131B only TriggerDelay 14 Misc 1 features 5 Soft Reset 16 High SNR 17 Oscar only Color n 1 Correctio 8 19 30 GP_Buffer 31 0xF1000044 ADV_INQ_2 Input_1 0 I 1 nput_2 2 3 7 Output_1 8 Output_2 9 10 11 1...

Page 155: ...the TIMEBASE register Register Name Field Bit Description 0xF1000208 TIMEBASE Presence_Inq 0 e s feature read Indicates presenc of thi only 7 1 2 Timebase_ID 28 31 Table 86 T se configuration registe...

Page 156: ...able 88 Extended shutter configuration register The longest exposure time 3FFFFFFh corresponds to 67 11 sec Exposure times entered via the 81Ch register are mirrored in the extended register but not v...

Page 157: ...e 1 0 Available Image_Inq_2 9 Presence o N A 1 f test image 2 0 Available Image_In 10 sence o 1 Available q_3 Pre f test image 3 0 N A Image_In 11 e o 0 N A 1 q_4 Presenc f test image 4 Available Imag...

Page 158: ...ture read 1 4 AutoRewind 5 ON_OFF 6 Enable Disable this feature 15 7 MaxLength 16 th quence read 23 Max possible leng of a se only SeqLength 24 the 31 Length of sequence 0xF1000224 SEQUENCE_PARAM 0 4...

Page 159: ...Pre Indicat this feature read only 5 1 F 6 feature ON_OF Enable Disable this 7 25 LutNo 26 3 with number LutNo 1 Use lookup table 0xF1000244 LUT_MEM_CTRL Inq e of is feature read only Presence_ 0 Indi...

Page 160: ...n subsequent image editing The camera has automatic shading correction to do this Provided that a shading image is present in the camera the on off bit can be used to enable ading correction The on of...

Page 161: ...n Off 6 Sha Busy Build in progress 7 8 23 GrabCount 24 31 Number of images 0xF1000254 SHDG_MEM_CTRL nce_Inq 0 Indicates presence of this feature read only Prese 1 4 EnableMemWR 5 Enable write access E...

Page 162: ...t mode deferred 7 Enable disable fast capture mode FastCapture 8 15 FiFoSize 16 23 Size of FiFo in number of images read only NumOfImages 24 31 Number of images in buffer W Number of images to send R...

Page 163: ...points possible in this mode 24 27 Points 1 Num of ac oi Knee 28 3 ber tive knee p nts 0xF1000284 KNEEPOINT_1 0 15 0xF1000284 Kneepoint1 16 31 Time in s 0xF1000288 KNEEPOINT_2 0 15 0xF1000288 Kneepoin...

Page 164: ...ollowing register Table 96 R r controlling DS H Register Name Field Bit Description 0xF1000294 BLEMISH_CONTROL Presence_Inq 0 Indicates presence of this feature read only ComputeError 1 see DSNU_CONTR...

Page 165: ...olarity flag determines whether the input is low active 0 or high active 1 The input can be seen in the followin le used to query the current status of the input For inputs the PinState bit refers to...

Page 166: ...gister Output mode ID Mode Default 0x00 Off 0x01 Output state follows PinState bit 0x02 Integration enable Output 1 0x03 reserved 0x04 tbd SPI internal DCLK 0x05 tbd SPI external DCLK 0x 6 FrameVal 0...

Page 167: ...enable delay 7 11 DELAY_TIME 12 31 Delay time in s Table 102 Delayed integration configuration register 12 4 16 Auto shutter The table below illustrates the advanced register for auto shutter control...

Page 168: ...llow the current active image size As a reference it uses a grid of at least 300 samples equally spread over the area of interest or a fraction of it The position and size of the control area Auto_Fun...

Page 169: ...layTime 11 31 Delay time in s Table 107 Trigger Delay Advanced CSR The advanced register allows to delay the start of the integration by max 2 21 s which is max 2 1s after a trigger edge was detected...

Page 170: ...er GPDATA_BUFFER can be used by only one function at a time 12 4 23 Soft Reset Register Name Field Bit Description 0xF1000510 SOFT_RESET Presence Inquiry 0 Read only 1 5 Reserved Reset 6 Initiate rese...

Page 171: ...2 Documentation for firmware update Please make sure that the new Marlin firmware matches with the serial numbering This means Marlins with serial numbers xx yy 6zzzzzzz need different firmware than M...

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Page 182: ...ferred image transport 101 Deferred Image Transport 162 Environmental conditions 10 Error states 38 Exposure time 29 96 100 106 115 155 156 Extended Shutter 96 156 FastCapture 55 101 103 162 163 FireV...

Page 183: ...utputs 15 36 37 39 44 Power 39 RBG to YUV 86 rolling shutter 100 Sequence 104 105 107 108 Sequence control 158 Sequence mode 104 105 106 107 108 Shading correction 70 160 Shading images 70 72 73 75 76...

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