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Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
Appendix A: Camera Link
Output Signals, Camera Link Clocking Signals
These signals ind icate w hen d ata is valid , allow ing you to clock the d ata f rom the cam era to you r
acqu isition system . These signals are p art of the Cam era Link configu ration and you shou ld refer to the
Cam era Link Im p lem entation Road Map , available at ou r
, for the stand ard location of
these signals.
Clocking Signal
Indicates
LVAL (high)
Ou tp u tting valid line
DVAL
N ot u sed , stu ck low
STROBE (rising ed ge)
Valid d ata
FVAL (high)
Ou tp u tting valid fram e
The sensor internally d igitizes to 10, 9, or 8 bits. The cam era ou tp u ts the 8 m ost significant bits
(MSB‘s) or all 10-bits d epend ing on the Camera Link m od e that the camera is operating in .
Camera Link cable quality and length
The m axim u m allow able Cam era Link cable length d ep end s on the qu ality of the cable u sed and the
Cam era Link strobe frequ ency. Cable qu ality d egrad es over tim e as the cable is flexed . In ad d ition, as the
Cam era Link strobe frequ ency is increased the m axim u m allow able cable length w ill d ecr ease.
The cam eras are cap able of d riving cables less than 7 m etres in length. We d o not gu arantee good
im aging p erform ance w ith low qu ality cables of
any
length. In general, w e recom m end the u se of high
qu ality cables for any cable len gth.
Recommended Cables
We recom m end the u se of high -qu ality m ini-CL cables. Teled yne DALSA has 3 m eter and 5 m eter cables
available as accessories. Contact Cu stom er Su p p ort.
Data Connector: Camera Link
The cam era u ses tw o m ini-Cam era Link SDR-26 cables transm itting the Cam era Link Fu ll or Extend ed
configu ration. The figu re below show s the SDR-26 m ini Cam era Link Connector and the tables that
follow list the Cam era Link Fu ll and Extend ed configu ration s.
For d etailed inform ation on Cam era Link p lease refer to the Cam era Link Road Map available from the
Kn ow led ge Center on the Teled yne DALSA Web site:
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http :/ / w w w .teled yned alsa.com / m v/ know led ge/ ap p notes.asp x
