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ELiiXA® UC8/UC4

Color Line Scan Camera

Eliixa_Color–revF 04/11

e2v semiconductors SAS 2011

ELIIXA UC8/UC4 Camera

User Manual

Summary of Contents for ELiiXA UC4

Page 1: ...ELiiXA UC8 UC4 Color Line Scan Camera 1 Eliixa_Color revF 04 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 ELIIXA UC8 UC4 Camera User Manual...

Page 2: ...ERFACE 10 3 1 Mechanical Drawings 10 3 2 Input output Connectors and LED 11 3 2 1 Status LED Behaviour 11 3 2 2 Power Connector 11 3 2 3 Camera Link Output Configuration 12 4 STANDARD CONFORMITY 14 4...

Page 3: ...APPENDIX A Camera Status Details 55 7 1 Table 1 Processing Status 55 7 2 Table 2 Internal Task Status 55 7 3 Table 3 Error Diagnostic Status 56 8 APPENDIX C Thermal Management 57 9 APPENDIX E Optical...

Page 4: ...Scanning Tuneable Spatial Correction Internal 4x4 Color Matrix Correction 1 2 Key Specifications Sensor Characteristics at Maximum Pixel Rate Resolution Pixels 3 or 4 x 4096 Pixel Size square m 10 x...

Page 5: ...er to center enhanced blue response three lines RGB and four lines RGB and fourth line either monochrome or NIR The camera package is designed to increase efficiency and save cost at vision system lev...

Page 6: ...Speed 18 KHz BG38 2mm IR cut off EV71YUC8CL4010 BA1 RGB B W Full Speed 18 KHz BG38 2mm IR cut off EV71YUC8CL4010 BA2 RGB NIR Full Speed 18 KHz Band cut Filter on N BK7 Glass EV71YUC4CL4010 BA0 RGB Low...

Page 7: ...n Typ Max Min Typ Max Dark Noise RMS LSB 2 5 3 5 5 25 Dynamic Range 1170 1640 585 820 135 165 FPN rms LSB 1 2 2 7 FPN pk pk LSB 5 11 50 PRNU rms 0 2 0 3 0 8 PRNU pk pk 3 4 5 7 Note These figures in LS...

Page 8: ...ELiiXA UC8 UC4 8 Eliixa_Color revF 04 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 2 2 1 Raw response of the sensor 2 2 2 Response with BG38 filter for RGB and RGB B W versions...

Page 9: ...r of each Red Green and Blue colors than the Nir line itself In order to remove simply the Near Infra Red component from each Red Green and Blue colors we can define the following Color Correction Mat...

Page 10: ...3 CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE 3 1 Mechanical Drawings Sensor alignment Z 10 9mm 150 m X 14 52mm 100 m Y 38mm 100 m Planarity 35 m Rotation X Y plan 0 2 Tilt versus lens mounting plane 35 m References F...

Page 11: ...linking slowly Waiting for Ext Trig Trig1 and or Trig2 Red and continuous Camera out of order Internal firmware error 3 2 2 Power Connector Camera connector type Hirose HR10A 7R 6PB male Cable connect...

Page 12: ...7 G7 G7 nc B11 G7 Port C0 B0 B0 B0 B0 B0 B0 B0 Port C1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 Port C2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 Port C3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 Port C4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 Port C5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 Port C6...

Page 13: ...nc G5 G5 G5 G5 Port E6 nc nc nc G6 G6 G6 G6 Port E7 nc nc nc G7 G7 G7 G7 Port F0 nc nc nc M0 G8 G8 B0 Port F1 nc nc nc M1 G9 G9 B1 Port F2 nc nc nc M2 nc G10 B2 Port F3 nc nc nc M3 nc G11 B3 Port F4...

Page 14: ...ference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed...

Page 15: ...ed Magnification The FOV is grabbed by 4096 pixels in the width In order to get a ratio of 1 1 in your image at the web speed of S your line rate has to be set Line Rate S FOV x 4096 Ex if the FOV 11...

Page 16: ...UCL as Ultimate Camera Link which is based on the GenICam standard COMMCAM recognizes and detects automatically all the UCL Cameras connected on any transport layers Camera Link or COM ports of your...

Page 17: ...eration is w command_name command_parameters CR The command syntax for readout operation is r command_name CR 6 2 2 Command Processing Each command received by the camera is processed The setting is i...

Page 18: ...Scanning Direction Spatial Correction Exposure and Synchronization Synchronization Modes Integration Time Line Period Gain and Offset Preamp Gain Gain Digital Gain Offset Tap Balance Management Color...

Page 19: ...ixaUC8CL_RGB_NI_v1 EliixaUC4CL_RGB_NI_v1 EliixaUC8CL_RGB_BW_v1 EliixaUC4CL_RGB_BW_v1 EliixaUC8CL_RGB_v1 EliixaUC4CL_RGB_v1 Can not be written o Camera ID part number serial number of the Camera Read f...

Page 20: ...the Camera Status It can be accessed in CommCam software in the Status section Read function r stat Return by the camera A 32 bits integer value composed as follows Statut Diagnostique Erreur 31 22 21...

Page 21: ...section Read function r baud Return by the camera Value of the Baud Rate Write function w baud index with the index as follows 1 9600 Bauds default value at power up 2 19200Bds 6 57600Bds 12 115200Bd...

Page 22: ...mer ID Return idstr Firmware version r vers Get the camera software version Return id ver 0 id ver 1 With id ver N hexadecimal 32 bits long for id and version for module N Status r stat Get camera sta...

Page 23: ...ction w srce value 0 to switch to CCD sensor image 1 to switch to Test Pattern The Test pattern is a single ramp The detail of this test pattern is given in APPENDIX B The test pattern is generated in...

Page 24: ...function r rway Return by the camera 0 Reverse 1 Forward Write function w rway value Value Modes Dual Base 3 1 0 RGB 8bits Nir Mono 8bits 1 RGB 8bits Nir Mono 10bits 2 RGB 8bits Nir Mono 12bits RBG 8...

Page 25: ...on see explanation below This command is available in the CommCam Spatial Rebuild section Read function r loop Return by the camera 0 to 8 0 Correction inhibited 1 Delay 0 5 lines 2 Delay 1 line 3 Del...

Page 26: ...on the Camera Link connector Then the Spatial correction of 2 is for a pixel ratio width height of 1 1 square pixels We define the width in the sensor direction and the height in the web direction A...

Page 27: ...mode 8 3 3 outputs dual base 8 bits RGB RBNir RBMono w mode 9 3 3 outputs dual base 8 bits RGB BGNir BGMono w mode 13 Dual base interlaced 8bits RGB RGB Output Mode r mode Get current output mode w rw...

Page 28: ...ts low level defines the integration time 4 Ext Trig with two trig signal CC2 defines the start of the integration and CC2 defines the Stop of the integration Write function w sync value o Timing Spec...

Page 29: ...e time is the one defined in the Camera If the line period of the Trig signal provided to the camera is bigger than the exposure time set in the camera the short trig pulses will be ignored The exposu...

Page 30: ...posure time during the low level of the Trig Signal The line period between two rising edges of the Trig Signal INTEGRATION N INTEGRATION N 1 READOUT N 1 CC1 th READOUT N ti td1 td2 Ext Trig with Inte...

Page 31: ...ly when the synchronisation mode is free run 0 or Ext Trig with Integration time set 1 Otherwise it s ignored Line Period Defines the Line Period of the Camera in Timed mode This command is available...

Page 32: ...me to its maximum w sync 3 Set line period synchronisation start and period and integration time controlled by 1 signal ITC w sync 4 Set line period synchronisation start and period and integration ti...

Page 33: ...on Gain with a continuous tuning from 8 3dB to 14dB on the ELIIXA At each step of Preamp Gain a Tap balance has been performed in factory for both Gains and Offsets and saved in ROM memory When a new...

Page 34: ...ne of the different step values 0 5 4dB 1 3 6dB 2 1 8dB or 3 0dB Write function w pamp int Gain Set the Amplification Gain This command is available in the CommCam Gain Offset section Read function r...

Page 35: ...Tap Balance by Gains Choose the color line on which you ll perform the Gain balance Provide an uniform light target to the camera This is recommended to have a global level of around at least 70 of t...

Page 36: ...y finished Abort Offset balance Control in CommCam Gains Balance o Choice of the color line In CommCam the Choice of the line s is done through two different commands Red blue or green or a combinatio...

Page 37: ...me time Read function r rbal Get the current Tap Bank used 0 Factory or 1 to 4 w rbal val Load Tap Bank from bank val 0 Factory or 1 to 4 Write function w sbal val Save the current Tap Balance in the...

Page 38: ...nce OnePush button auto disable once finished val 1 Red val 2 Blue val 4 Green val 8 NIR val can be Combined with different values w balg 0 Stop gain tap balance Tap Balance r balg Get the gain tap ba...

Page 39: ...ch the level of the color which has the highest sensitivity Note After an automatic White Balance with CommCam the 3 colors gains values are not refreshed in the CommCam Interface How to perform the W...

Page 40: ...ite function w sawb 1 Launch the Auto white Balance calibration process w sawb 0 Abort the Auto white Balance calibration process No effect if already stopped Manual White Balance Access to the RGB Mo...

Page 41: ...rection consists in a linear operation to convert the RGB triplet form the camera color space to the RGB triplet of the final color space The final color space can be a monitor a printer or others app...

Page 42: ...void changing the White Balance For the RGB or RGB Mono Versions 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Not Available for the RGB Version 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Some values of the RGB Matrix will be proposed in Appendix C for diff...

Page 43: ...value of the designed coefficient line and column are defined as follow 1 Red 2 Blue 3 Green 4 Nir or Mono if exists Write function w cm line column val sets the coefficient of the matrix line and col...

Page 44: ...lors matrix coefficients This command is available in the CommCam Color Management section Read function r rcol Get the current Tap Bank used 0 Factory 1 to 4 for User 5 for Integrator w rcol val Load...

Page 45: ...ar White Balance Green r wbag get green white balance coefficient w wbai val Set NIR white balance coefficient same representation as wbar White Balance IR r wbai get NIR white balance coefficient w c...

Page 46: ...source with some LEDs more blue and others more red Before After How is calculated Applied the FFC The FFC is a digital correction on the pixel level for both Gain and Offset Each Pixel is corrected...

Page 47: ...White Balance White uniform moving target Launch the FFC Enable the FFC You can save the FFC result both FPN PRNU in the same time in one of the 4 x FFC User Banks Advices The ELIIXA has 4 x FFC Bank...

Page 48: ...s just a warning message This will change the Status Register which is displayed in CommCam The warning messages possible are detailed in the Appendix 6 Table 2 6 2 FPN coefficient Reset Reset the FP...

Page 49: ...way as it s just a warning message This will change the Status Register which is displayed in CommCam The warning messages possible are detailed in the Appendix 6 Table 2 6 2 Manual Flat Field Correct...

Page 50: ...for Red coefficients 5001 for Blue Coefficients 10001 for Green coefficients 15001 for NIR Coefficients Output is val crcval Write function w ffco addr nbrval val crcval Write nbrval FPN user coeffici...

Page 51: ...cval Write nbrval FPN user coefficients starting from the addr address If crcval is added the crc value is computed on the all the val val is signed addr starts from 1 for Red coefficients 5001 for Bl...

Page 52: ...FPN user calibration status w calg 1 Start PRNU user calibration for all colors OnePush button auto disable once finished W calg 0 Stop PRNU user calibration PRNU User Calibration r calg Get the PRNU...

Page 53: ...for Red coefficients 5001 for Blue Coefficients 10001 for Green coefficients 15001 for NIR Coefficients nbrval is between 1 and 10 Output is val crcval w ffcg addr nbrval val crcval Write nbrval PRNU...

Page 54: ...ngs This command is available in the CommCam Save Restore settings section Read function r rcfg Get the current Bank used 0 Factory 1 to 4 for User 5 for Integrator w rcfg val Load settings from bank...

Page 55: ...settings after the reboot of the Camera Processing Status FFC Modified 0 Set to 1 after a valid change of a FPN or PRNU coefficient Set to 0 after each save or restore action on a FFC memory bank Noti...

Page 56: ...area Err user application settings 0 At the Camera startup Notify that an error is detected in one parameters of the User Application Settings EEPROM area Err factory camera settings 0 At the Camera...

Page 57: ...or is larger to increase the surface in contact with the front face and then improves the dissipation In the system the camera has to be fixed by its front face with the largest contact possible with...

Page 58: ...ELiiXA UC8 UC4 58 Eliixa_Color revF 04 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 9 APPENDIX E Optical Mounts available F Mount Kit10 Part number AT71KFPAVIVA ABA...

Page 59: ...ELiiXA UC8 UC4 59 Eliixa_Color revF 04 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 M42x0 75 T2 Mount Kit30 Part number AT71KFPAVIVA AKA M42x1 Mount Kit40 Part number AT71KFPAVIVA ADA...

Page 60: ...ELiiXA UC8 UC4 60 Eliixa_Color revF 04 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 APPENDIX F Color Matrix Examples Please contact the Camera hotline hotline cam e2v com for more information...

Page 61: ...ry release Firmware 2 0 0 Rev D Spatial correction extended to 0 5 and 1 5 values inhibition Mechanical drawing detailed Reverse forward 0 1 and explanation drawing Firmware 3 0 0 Rev E Status command...

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