Piranha ES-Sx User Manual
03-032-20162-00
Teledyne DALSA
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Introduction to the
Piranha ES-Sx Camera
1.1 Camera Highlights
Features
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12000 x 64 pixels TDI, 5.2 µm x 5.2 µm pixel pitch, 90% fill factor.
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90 kHz line rate.
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Bidirectional.
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Area Mode operation.
Programmability
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HSLink control interface, 115200 fixed signal baud rate.
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Programmable gain, offset, frame and frame rates, trigger mode, test pattern output,
and camera diagnostics.
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Mirroring and forward/reverse control. Mirroring is controlled by Sapera software,
not by the camera.
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Selectable Area or TDI Mode of operation. Area Mode facilitates camera alignment
and focusing. Area mode can also be used for regular operation.
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Flat-field correction—minimizes lens vignetting, non-uniform lighting, and sensor
FPN and PRNU. Flat-field correction is available in TDI mode only; it is not avaliable
in Area mode.
Description
The Piranha ES camera family represent Teledyne DALSA’s latest generation of enhanced
sensitivity, TDI based cameras. The Piranha ES family maximizes system throughput and
provides the largest number of pixels available in a TDI camera. All cameras are capable
of bi-directionality with 64 stages of integration.