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4CXP MC408x Camera Manual Rev. 1.24 
Camera-Firmware:

MC0000408x-V0.23.1-F0.28.670

Camera ID:

MC408x

Copyright 

 2013 Mikrotron GmbH

Mikrotron GmbH

Landshuter Str. 20-22

D-85716 Unterschleissheim

Germany

Tel.: +49 89 726342 00
Fax: +49 89 726342 99

[email protected]

www.mikrotron.de

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Summary of Contents for MC408x

Page 1: ...x V0 23 1 F0 28 670 Camera ID MC408x Copyright 2013 Mikrotron GmbH Mikrotron GmbH Landshuter Str 20 22 D 85716 Unterschleissheim Germany Tel 49 89 726342 00 Fax 49 89 726342 99 info mikrotron de www m...

Page 2: ...ation 13 6 2 Bootstrap registers 14 6 2 1 Standard 15 6 2 2 Revision 15 6 2 3 XmlManifestSize 15 6 2 4 XmlManifestSelector 16 6 2 5 XmlVersion XmlManifestSelector 16 6 2 6 XmlSchemaVersion XmlManifest...

Page 3: ...10 HeightMax 35 6 5 11 PixelFormat 36 6 5 12 TapGeometry 36 6 5 13 Image1StreamID 36 6 5 14 Image2StreamID 37 6 6 User Set Control 37 6 6 1 UserSetSelector 37 6 6 2 UserSetLoad UserSetSelector 38 6 6...

Page 4: ...ly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the lim...

Page 5: ...of the Council Directives 2004 108 EG for the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic consis tency The following standards were consulted for the conformity testing...

Page 6: ...6 Warranty Note Do not open the body of the camera The warranty becomes void if the body is opened 1 7 Remarks Warnings This document contains important remarks and warnings See the corresponding symb...

Page 7: ...cameras Configuring the camera to Full HD resolution at 1920 x 1080 and a frame rate of nearly 1000 fps offers a wide field for new and exciting applications Full HD recordings make it possible to use...

Page 8: ...nk Speed they support The table below shows the different camera models and their max frame rate Type Data width bits Color Mono C F Mount lens adaption Link speed max frame rate 2336 x 1728 MC4080 8...

Page 9: ...y the cameras are using or what features they are implementing the application programming interface API should be always the same GenICam Specification 1 0 Although CoaXPress do not support the full...

Page 10: ...ring of the connector as described below Before applying power to the camera we strongly recommend to verify the used pins of the power connector the polarity of the leads and the supply voltage The c...

Page 11: ...according to the CoaXPress specification Take care that all components of the camera host chain camera grabber software are fully CoaXPress compliant For a detailed cable description read the accordin...

Page 12: ...firmware revision from the camera see feature list below The serial number is also marked on the type plate of the camera 5 2 PowerUpProfile A Power Up Profile permanently stored in the non volatile m...

Page 13: ...s itself in the XML file are grouped according to their meaning e g Bottstrap regis ters Image format The XML file itself can be saved compressed or uncompressed in the camera or can be an external fi...

Page 14: ...er camera connection may be not of interest for the normal application programmer Name Address Access Length bytes Interface Chapter Standard 0x00000000 R 4 IInteger 1 3 1 Revision 0x00000004 R 4 IInt...

Page 15: ...provides a magic number indicating the Device implements the CoaXPress stan dard Access Read Type Unsigned integer In Out 0xC0A79AE5 Remark 6 2 2 Revision Description This register provides the revisi...

Page 16: ...Reserved Shall be 0 23 16 XMLMajorVersion The major version number of the XML file 15 8 XMLMinorVersion The minor version number of the XML file 7 0 XMLSubMinorVersion The sub minor version number of...

Page 17: ...stored in the camera Extension xml indicates an uncompressed text XML file zip indicates a ZIP format compressed text file Address The start address of the file in the Device memory map given in hexad...

Page 18: ...Vendor name Remark Example Mikrotron GmbH 6 2 10 DeviceModelName Description DeviceModelName Access Read Type String 0 32 In Out Model name Remark Example MC4082 6 2 11 DeviceManufacturerInfo Descrip...

Page 19: ...ess Read Type String 0 32 In Out Device version string Remark Format of the version string Byte numbers from left to right Byte Description Sample 0 Hardware tag H 1 3 Hardware version major number 00...

Page 20: ...re version major number 000 4 5 7 Software version minor number 013 8 9 13 Software version sub minor number 00007 14 Delimiter 15 FPGA program version tag F 16 18 FPGA version major number 000 19 20...

Page 21: ...rved even if the camera power is switched off 6 2 16 LinkReset Description Initiates a Device link reset Access Read Write Type Unsigned integer In 0x00000001 Out 0x00000000 Remark A Link Reset sets t...

Page 22: ...er provides the maximum control packet data size the Host can read from the Device or write to the Device in multiples of 4 bytes Access Read Type Unsigned integer In Out Control packet size in multip...

Page 23: ...6 LINK2SPEED3125 Two Links 3 125 Gbps per Link CXP 3 CXP 6 LINK3SPEED3125 Three Links 3 125 Gbps per Link CXP 3 CXP 6 LINK4SPEED3125 Four Links 3 125 Gbps per Link CXP 3 CXP 6 LINK1SPEED5000 One Link...

Page 24: ...automatically set the correct bit rate and obtain images from a Device 6 2 23 TestMode Description Writing the value 0x00000001 to this register enables test packets transmission from Device to Host A...

Page 25: ...k error count for the Device Link ID stored in register TestErrorCountSelector Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 0x00000000 Out Error count Remark Writing 0x00000000 to this register resets t...

Page 26: ...er W 4 ICommand 6 3 1 AcquisitionMode Description This feature controls the acquisition mode of the Device Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description Continuous In this mode the cam...

Page 27: ...age The end of the exposure time is defined by an following trigger stop mes sage After receiving the exposure stop message the exposed image gets streamed to the host So the exposure time corresponds...

Page 28: ...ends on the currently defined frame size on the used link speed and on the number of CoaXPress lines used for image streaming 6 3 9 TriggerSelector Description This feature selects the trigger type to...

Page 29: ...as reaction to a trigger signal The settings of ExposureMode are only relevant if the camera is in triggered mode 6 3 11 TriggerSource TriggerSelector Description This feature defines the source for t...

Page 30: ...dge To increase the trigger frequency by 2 the activator AnyEdge initiate a frame on arrival of a trigger rising edge trigger packet as well as on arrival of a trigger falling edge trigger packet Ther...

Page 31: ...odes the bits 1 0 in each pixel gets set to 0 Counter layout Pixel Meaning 0 Frame counter LSB part counter bits 7 0 The values of pixel 0 and 1 are used to build a consecutive running16 Bit frame cou...

Page 32: ...eger OffsetY R W 4 IInteger DecimationHorizontal R W 4 IInteger DecimationVertical R W 4 IInteger SensorWidth R 4 IInteger SensorHeight R 4 IInteger WidthMax R 4 IInteger HeightMax R 4 IInteger PixelF...

Page 33: ...ted as SensorHeight OffsetY 6 5 3 OffsetX Description Horizontal offset from the origin to the area of interest in pixels Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 0 OffsetXMax Out Horizontal offset...

Page 34: ...2 This will result in an image which is clinched in the hori zontal direction by factor 2 but covering the whole horizontal senor width 6 5 6 DecimationVertical Description Vertical sub sampling of t...

Page 35: ...h Remark 6 5 9 WidthMax Description Maximum width in pixels of the image Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In Out Max image width Remark The max possible image width is calculated in dependency...

Page 36: ...above Remark The available pixel formats depends on the type of the camera monochrome or color 6 5 12 TapGeometry Description This feature describes the geometrical properties characterizing the taps...

Page 37: ...d UserSetSelector W 4 ICommand UserSetSave UserSetSelector W 4 ICommand UserSetDefaultSelector R W 4 IEnumeration 6 6 1 UserSetSelector Description Selects the feature User Set to load save or configu...

Page 38: ...edefined by the manufacturer 6 6 3 UserSetSave UserSetSelector Description Save the User Set specified by UserSetSelector to the non volatile memory of the device Access Write Type Command In Out Rema...

Page 39: ...amplification of 1 Gain is set to 100 by default 6 7 2 BlackLevel Description BlackLevel defines a DC offset added to the video signal Access Read Write Type Integer In 0 500 Out Current BlackLevel R...

Page 40: ...wRevision Camera hardware revision InfoFpgaVersion Camera FPGA program version InfoSwVersion Microcontroller software version InfoPwrSource Returns the source of the camera power supply external Power...

Page 41: ...ersion of the FPGA program of the camera Bits Description 31 24 Major version number 23 16 Minor version number 15 00 Build number 0x02050001 Version 2 5 Build 1 InfoSwVersion Version of the Microcont...

Page 42: ...ature CustomSensorClk below Overwriting the default sensor clock by a higher sensor clock may result in substantial higher frame rates depending on the frame size but may also downgrade the image qual...

Page 43: ...ven customer modifications are possible to provide you with a camera that fits exactly your needs Normally it is not necessary to send your camera to us to do a firmware update To simplify the update...

Page 44: ...ynamics Up to 80 dB using Dynamic Range Adjustment Spectral bandwidth 350 850 nm Fill factor x quantum efficiency 40 Amplification Digital Gain 1 4 times 8 Bit modes 1 4 steps Video output CoaXPress C...

Page 45: ...n for an 8 bpp image and 4 CXP Coax Lines Please note that the max speed that fi nally can be achieved depends on the selected transfer rate CXP 6 CXP 3 and the number of CXP links used Resolution Spe...

Page 46: ...the sensor glass lid The color camera is by default equipped with a UV IR cut filter with a transmittance of 370 670nm resulting in a sensitivity shown in the second chart By request all types of cam...

Page 47: ...atrix are always the same The image below shows the colors and the order of a filter matrix as used by our cameras Green Red Blue Green The sensor is completely covered by identically 2 x 2 filter mat...

Page 48: ...T Manufacturer Hirose Order no HR10A 7P 6S Before applying power to the camera we strongly recommend to verify the used pins of the power connector the polarity of the leads and the supply voltage The...

Page 49: ...Technical Data CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 8 4 Mechanical dimensions 49 4CX camera body F Mount C Mount...

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