Cheetah C3880, User Manual

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CHEETAH Hardware User’s Manual
Imperx, Inc. Rev 1.7
6421 Congress Ave. 8/26/2016
Boca Raton, FL 33487
+1 (561) 989-0006
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2.16 CAMERA INTERFACE 53
2.16.1 Status LED 53
2.16.2 Temperature Monitor 53
2.16.3 Exposure Time Monitor 54
2.16.4 Frame Time Monitor 54
2.16.5 Current image size 54
HAPTER 3
– CAMERA CONFIGURATION
55
3.1 Overview 56
3.2 CAMERA CONFIGURATION 56
3.2.1 Configuration Memory – parameter FLASH 56
3.3 CAMERA CONFIGURATION REGISTER DESCRIPTION 60
3.3.1 Startup Procedure 60
3.3.2 Saving and Restoring Settings 60
3.3.3 Retrieving Manufacturing Data 62
3.3.4 Camera Information Registers 64
3.3.5 Frame Exposure Control 66
3.3.6 Exposure Time (Internal) 66
3.3.7 Programmable Frame Period Enable 67
3.3.8 Output Pixel Clock Rate and Zero ROT 67
3.3.9 Fixed Frame Period 67
3.3.10 Area of Interest 68
3.3.11 Decimation (Averaging or Subsampling) 68
3.3.12 Black Level auto-calibration 69
3.3.13 Analog and Digital Gain 69
3.3.14 Triggering Workspace Registers 70
3.3.15 Strobe Control Registers 72
3.3.16 Pulse Generator Registers 73
3.3.17 Test Pattern Workspace Registers 74
3.3.18 Input/output Workspace Registers 75
3.3.19 Data Output Bit Depth/Format Selector 76
3.3.20 White Balance (WB) Workspace Registers 76
3.3.21 Data Correction Workspace Registers 78
3.3.22 Flat Field Correction and FPN Correction 79
CHAPTER 4 - CONFIGURATOR FOR CAMERALINK 80
4.1 OVERVIEW 81
4.2 DISCOVERY PROCEDURE 81