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Piranhs HS-xx Detailed Getting Started Guide 

 

DALSA Corp. 

 

 

03-32-10147-01 

 

© 2005 DALSA. All information provided in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. 
No responsibility is assumed by DALSA for its use. DALSA reserves the right to make changes 
to this information without notice. Reproduction of this manual in whole or in part, by any 
means, is prohibited without prior permission having been obtained from DALSA. 

About DALSA 

DALSA is an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company that 
designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital imaging products and solutions, in 
addition to providing wafer foundry services. DALSA’s core competencies are in specialized 
integrated circuit and electronics technology, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer 
processing. Products include image sensor components; electronic digital cameras; and 
semiconductor wafer foundry services for use in MEMS, power semiconductors, image sensors 
and mixed signal CMOS chips. 
DALSA is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “DSA”. 
Based in Waterloo, ON. Canada, the company has operations in Bromont, PQ; Colorado Springs, 
CO; Woodland Hills, CA; Eindhoven, NL; Munich, Germany and Tokyo, Japan.

 

All DALSA products are manufactured using the latest state-of-the-art equipment to ensure 
product reliability.  
For further information not included in this manual, or for information on DALSA’s extensive 
line of image sensing products, please call: 

DALSA Sales Offices 

 

Waterloo 

Europe 

Asia Pacific 

 

 

605 McMurray Rd 
Waterloo, ON  N2V 2E9 
Canada 
Tel: 519 886 6000 
Fax: 519 886 8023 
www.dalsa.com 
[email protected] 

Breslauer Str. 34 
D-82194 Gröbenzell (Munich) 
Germany 
Tel: +49 - 8142 – 46770 
Fax: +49 - 8142 – 467746 
www.dalsa.com 
[email protected] 

Space G1 Building, 4F 
2-40-2 Ikebukuro 
Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0014 
Japan 
+81 3 5960 6353 (phone) 
+81 3 5960 6354 (fax) 
www.dalsa.com 
[email protected] 

 

DALSA Worldwide Operations 

Waterloo 

Colorado Springs 

Europe 

Asia Pacific 

605 McMurray Rd 
Waterloo, ON  N2V 2E9 
Canada 
Tel: 519 886 6000 
Fax: 519 886 8023 
www.dalsa.com 
[email protected] 

4820 Centennial Blvd., Suite 115 
Colorado Springs, CO  80919 
USA 
Tel: 719 599 7700 
Fax: 719 599 7775 
www.dalsa.com 
[email protected] 

Breslauer Str. 34 
D-82194 Gröbenzell (Munich) 
Germany 
Tel: +49 - 8142 – 46770 
Fax: +49 - 8142 – 467746 
www.dalsa.com 
[email protected] 

Space G1 Building, 4F 
2-40-2 Ikebukuro 
Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0014 
Japan 
+81 3 5960 6353 (phone) 
+81 3 5960 6354 (fax) 
www.dalsa.com 
[email protected] 

Camera Link is a trademark registered by the Automated Imaging Association, as chair of a 
committee of industry members including DALSA. 

 

Summary of Contents for Piranha HS Series

Page 1: ...Piranha HS xx Detailed Getting Started Guide and Worksheet January 2005 03 32 10147 01...

Page 2: ...pan All DALSA products are manufactured using the latest state of the art equipment to ensure product reliability For further information not included in this manual or for information on DALSA s exte...

Page 3: ...ation A light source preferably with intensity control The lens that you intend to use for your application attached to the camera Terminal program or framegrabber equivalent such as Windows HyperTerm...

Page 4: ...er of taps and Camera Link configuration Figure 2 How to Read the Camera Link Mode Table Camera Link Mode Configuration Controlled by clm command Readout Direction Controlled by smm command Pixel Rate...

Page 5: ...ases it is best to select 96 stages stg 96 for optical alignment It may be necessary to reduce the number of stages if the field of view is less than 96 rows and the edges are highly reflective Highly...

Page 6: ...com port The camera doesn t echo characters so local echoing should be turned on 3 Confirm serial communication between the camera and the framegrabber by pressing the ENTER key If the camera does no...

Page 7: ...put gain or system gain to unity for all taps ssg 0 4096 OK Select a ramp input into the video chain svm 1 OK Part 3 Configure the Exposure Mode and User Controls Select the exposure mode Exposure mod...

Page 8: ...2 1 2 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 9 1 8 2 1 5 7 2 3 9 6 2 6 3 5 2 8 7 4 3 3 5 2 3 5 9 1 Framegrabber Configuration Camera Mirror Mode Direction Configuration matches smm 1 readout smm 0 Area Mode Forward Internal...

Page 9: ...3 0 5 6 3 3 1 2 3 5 6 8 3 8 2 4 4 0 8 0 1 0 0 8 Framegrabber Configuration Camera Mirror Mode Direction Configuration matches smm 0 readout smm 0 Area Mode Test Pattern 2 tdi 0 scd 0 svm 2 If your fr...

Page 10: ...rate in Hz or reduce the light If you using the maximum gain and the image is still dark you will need to add more light If you have a highly reflective aperture where the blacks are washed out and t...

Page 11: ...s not parallel to inspection surface and image is not uniformly in focus depth of field issues 7 Enter the wus command to save these settings for future use 8 If you plan to operate the camera in the...

Page 12: ...Open the TDI Mode framegrabber configuration file 3 Set the Camera Link mode to the configuration entered in Part 1 step 6 using the command clm desired camera link mode The camera should respond with...

Page 13: ...value from step 1 of Part 1 OK 8 Enter svm 1 to observe the camera s test pattern Grab an image with your framegrabber The test pattern should look like one of the figures below Note The following dia...

Page 14: ...Framegrabber Configuration Camera Mirror Mode Direction Configuration matches smm 0 readout smm 0 TDI Mode Reverse Internal Direction Test Pattern 1 tdi 1 scd 1 svm 1 If you see this test pattern you...

Page 15: ...ill need to reconstruct the pixel readout definitions in your framegrabber configuration file Repeat Part 1 Configuration matches smm 0 readout smm 1 scd 0 or 1 10 Return to internal forward direction...

Page 16: ...hanged 21 Enter the command wfc i 1 to save the FPN coefficients 22 If you performed FPN correction the output video should be near zero and you can skip to the next step If not the value should be ne...

Page 17: ...the camera s CCD shift direction using the scd direction command Conclusion This completes the procedure and your camera should now be imaging properly If you still need to improve your TDI image you...

Page 18: ...Piranhs HS xx Detailed Getting Started Guide 18 DALSA Corp 03 32 10147 01 strobed LED illumination with high sensitivity line scan cameras refer to DALSA document 03 32 00540...

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