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Piranha2 User’s Manual
Contents
Introduction to the Piranha2 Line Scan Camera __________________________________ 5
1.1 Camera Highlights.......................................................................................................................................................5
1.2 Image Sensors .............................................................................................................................................................7
1.3 Camera Performance Specifications ............................................................................................................................8
Camera Hardware Interface________________________________________________ 13
2.1 Installation Overview...................................................................................................................................................13
2.2 Input/Output................................................................................................................................................................13
2.3 Connectors, Pinouts, and Cables..................................................................................................................................14
2.4 Power Supplies............................................................................................................................................................16
2.5 Control Inputs, Camera Link........................................................................................................................................16
2.6 Data Bus, Camera Link................................................................................................................................................17
2.7 Timing .........................................................................................................................................................................19
2.8 Camera Link Serial Communication............................................................................................................................22
Software Interface: How to Control the Camera __________________________________ 23
3.1 Overview......................................................................................................................................................................23
3.2 Command Format........................................................................................................................................................24
3.3 Processing Chain..........................................................................................................................................................24
3.4 Startup.........................................................................................................................................................................25
3.5 Saving and Restoring Settings.....................................................................................................................................25
3.6 Setting Baud Rate........................................................................................................................................................26
3.7 Setting the Data Mode.................................................................................................................................................26
3.8 Setting the Video Mode ...............................................................................................................................................27
3.9 Setting Line Rate and Exposure Mode.........................................................................................................................27
3.10 Setting a Region of Interest.......................................................................................................................................29
3.11 Returning Video Information ....................................................................................................................................29
3.12 Optimizing Offset Performance.................................................................................................................................31
3.13 Setting Gains .............................................................................................................................................................34
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How to Calibrate the Camera....................................................................................................................................35
3.15 Setting and Reading FPN Coefficients.......................................................................................................................38
3.16 Setting and Reading PRNU Coefficients....................................................................................................................39
3.17 Generating Test Patterns...........................................................................................................................................39
3.18 Monitoring the Camera .............................................................................................................................................40
3.19 Rebooting the Camera...............................................................................................................................................41
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