Falcon 4M Camera Manual
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• DVAL—Data Valid (DVAL) is defined H IGH w hen data is valid.
• Spare— A spare has been defined for future use.
All fou r enable signals m u st be p rovid ed by the cam era on each Channel Link chip . All
u nu sed d ata bits m u st be tied to a know n valu e by the cam era. For m ore inform ation on
im age d ata bit allocations, refer to the official Cam era Link sp ecification from the
Know led ge Center p age on ou r Web site,
here
.
Camera Control Signals
Fou r LVDS p airs are reserved for general-p u rp ose cam era control. They are d efined as
cam era inp u ts and fram e grabber ou tp u ts. Cam era m anu factu rers can d efine these signals
to m eet their need s for a p articu lar p rod u ct.
All fou r enable signals m u st be p rovid ed by the cam era on each Channel Link chip . All
u nu sed d ata bits m u st be tied to a know n valu e by the cam era. For m ore info rm ation on
im age d ata bit allocations, refer to the official Cam era Link sp ecification from the
Know led ge Center p age on ou r Web site,
here
.
Camera Control Configuration
4M Falcon Cameras
Camera Link
Name
EXSYN C
CC1
Reserved for fu tu re u se
CC2
Reserved for fu tu re u se
CC3
Wind ow Toggle
CC4
Communication
Tw o LVDS p airs have been allocated for asynchronou s serial com m u nication to and from
the cam era and fram e grabber. Cam eras and fram e grabbers shou ld su p p ort at least 9600
bau d . These signals are
• SerTFG—Differential pair w ith serial communications to the frame grabber.
• SerTC—Differential pair w ith serial communications to the camera.
The serial interface w ill have the follow ing characteristics: one start bit, one stop bit, no
p arity, and no hand shaking. It is recom m end ed that fram e grabber m anu factu rers su p p ly
both a u ser interface and a softw are ap p lication p rogram m ing interface (API) for u sing
the asynchronou s serial com m u nication p ort. The u ser interface w ill consist of a term inal
p rogram w ith m inim al cap abilities of send ing and receiving a character s tring and
send ing a file of bytes. The softw are API w ill p rovid e fu nctions to enu m erate board s and
send or receive a character string. See Ap p end ix B in the Official Cam era Link
sp ecification available from the Know led ge Center p age on ou r Web site,
here
.
Power
Pow er w ill not be p rovid ed on the Cam era Link connector. The cam era w ill receive p ow er
throu gh a sep arate cable. Cam era m anu factu rers w ill d efine their ow n p ow er connector,
cu rrent, and voltage requ irem ents.