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Page 1: ...C BLUE One User Manual C BLUE One User Manual_20211129...

Page 2: ...11 Test report 11 Additional resources 11 4 SPECIFICATIONS 12 Operating conditions 12 Storage conditions 12 Sensor specifications 12 Global shutter and IWR 13 Quantum efficiency curve 14 Angular acce...

Page 3: ...31 Connector Indicator lamps 31 CoaXPress supported functionalities 32 Power over CoaXPress 32 9 SETTING UP AND STARTING UP CAMERA 33 Configuring your computer 33 Recommended system requirements 33 So...

Page 4: ...el bit depth 50 Analog control 50 Conversion efficiency 50 Analog and digital gains 50 Black level adjustment 51 Camera presets 51 Region of interests 52 Single ROI support 52 Multiple ROI support 53...

Page 5: ...Products Offered As Is 65 No Other Warranties 65 Limitation of Liability 65 Purchaser Warranties 65 Purchaser Indemnification 65 For the rest of the World 66 FLI s legal guarantee and limit to the gu...

Page 6: ...tization is done with 8 bits or 12 bits for all versions but the resolution and the maximum framerates of the sensors are different Sensor Resolution Width x Height pixels Pixel size m FPS max 8 bits...

Page 7: ...s Please follow the instructions of use to take advantage of all C BLUE One performances Please carefully read the warnings section 2 and follow the safety precautions to avoid any personal injury or...

Page 8: ...UNPLUGGED before any technical intervention The security provided with this equipment is only guaranteed with a use in accordance with the specified purpose Only use the provided MEAN WELL USA Inc mod...

Page 9: ...This pictogram refers to Protection class category 1 This pictogram indicates that the product is compliant with the RoHS limitation Disposal DEEE DO NOT throw the camera in municipal waste This symb...

Page 10: ...compatible with respect of the minimum requirements refer to section 9 1 1 Table 2 Optional items can be bought separately On the left closed Pelicase On the right opened Pelicase with dedicated spac...

Page 11: ...can create a personal account on the website www first light imaging com and have access to Your library as specific directory with all the documents concerning your camera Table 3 List of additional...

Page 12: ...rs with a global shutter These sensor can be used for numerous applications in astronomy Laser Guide Star LGS wavefront sensing life sciences etc Table 6 Sensor specifications Spectral range is indica...

Page 13: ...the sensor works in IWR Integrated while read the readout is done during the exposure As a result almost no light is lost between two integrations In full frame the exact dead time are the following...

Page 14: ...ned at 580 nm Quantum efficiency of the Sony IMX425LLJ C sensor between 400 and 1000 nm Angular acceptance The angular response is an intrinsic property of the sensor it characterizes the optical effi...

Page 15: ...Low Analog gain Min 0 dB 0 dB Max 24 dB 24 dB Granularity 0 1 dB 0 1 dB Digital gain Min 0 dB 0 dB Max 24 dB allowing up to 48 dB total gain 24 dB allowing up to 48 dB total gain Granularity 0 1 dB 0...

Page 16: ...external liquid cooling plate sold separately It can be mounted directly on the camera see Figure 6 Please use thermal paste recommended reference Fischer elektronik WLPK10 between the cooling plate...

Page 17: ...he recommendations of your cooling system To avoid leaks make sure that the cooling system is correctly connected before turning on the chiller Water will damage the camera For more information please...

Page 18: ...ing Electronics protection In case of overheating or too cold temperature depending on external operating conditions the camera will automatically shut itself down to protect electronic components Ple...

Page 19: ...the sensor For further information about mechanical tolerances see drawing below The camera s latest mechanical drawings are available from First Light at support first light fr or on Your Library on...

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Page 24: ...One back face interface overview Camera status LEDs Once the camera is properly powered up by following the steps of section 9 the system boots and C BLUE One is ready to operate A purple diode signa...

Page 25: ...s completed Power supply C BLUE One can be powered either using Power over CoaXPress PoCXP with a compliant CoaXPress frame grabber or using a dedicated power input supplied in the delivery package No...

Page 26: ...performed using custom registers The IP configuration of the camera can be done statically or dynamically using DHCP When using DHCP in the absence of answer from a DHCP server the camera will use li...

Page 27: ...input trigger signals and two output trigger signals Table 13 Pin Signal description Connector Pin Signal Dir Description 1 LEMO0 in Source Trigger in 0 2 SENSOR_EXPOSURE out Active during exposure ti...

Page 28: ...5 mA 0 21 V Input voltage Absolute maximum ratings 0 5 7 V Ouput voltage Absolute maximum ratings 0 5 3 8 V Input impedance HighZ Failure to observe the voltages indicated in the table will permanent...

Page 29: ...for normal operation The camera uses one Master connection and one Extension connection as defined in CoaXPress standards as illustrated in the two figures below This configuration enables to operate...

Page 30: ...m compliant solutions CoaXPress supports many topologies for connections between the camera and the frame grabber C BLUE One supports two cables connected to one frame grabber topology Always use two...

Page 31: ...4 04 5 92 10 16 Connector Indicator lamps Each connection has its own indication lamp Table 16 Connector indicator lamp states State Lamp Indication No power Off System booting Solid orange Powered b...

Page 32: ...ximum frame offered by the sensor Mono8 and Mono12 pixels formats Note that Mono10 is not supported One stream The camera sends one image at the time CoaXPress speeds o Discovery rate CXP 3 o Operatio...

Page 33: ...Duo CXP 12 Windows 10 Ubuntu 18 04 It is also possible to work with Windows 7 but it is not officially supported and First Light Imaging will not provide any support for this OS Software installation...

Page 34: ...does not power up when connected to a PoCXP compliant grabber please check that the PoCXP discovery is enabled The external power supply has precedence over PoCXP meaning that the camera will be power...

Page 35: ...of registers can be found in the Feature Reference Manual Please refer to the Feature Reference Manual Device control Basic device information Some basic information about the device is available from...

Page 36: ...y DeviceTemperatureSelector DeviceTecSelector RW TEC1 Primary TEC DeviceTecVoltage RO Float Voltage applied to TEC in volts Measured at the TEC selected using DeviceTecSelector DeviceTecCurrent RO Flo...

Page 37: ...lowing registers In Timed exposure mode the exposure duration time is set using the ExposureTime or ExposureAuto features and the exposure starts with the FrameStart or LineStart Table 23 Description...

Page 38: ...ition of AcquisitionBurstFrameCount frames FrameBurstEnd Trigger will be set up to stop an acquisition of AcquisitionBurstFrameCount frames FrameStart Trigger will be set up to start a single frame ac...

Page 39: ...y other trigger that can be enabled is AcquisitionEnd Note 3 The polarity of the start and stop cannot be set on the same edge of the same source If they are the triggerStopPolarity will automatically...

Page 40: ...tart Legend Blue AcquistionStart Line0 Pink SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow SENSOR_READOUT AcquisitionEnd Settings sequency TriggerSelector AcquisitionEnd TriggerMode ON TriggerSource Line0 TriggerActivation F...

Page 41: ...0 Pink SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow SENSOR_READOUT FrameBurstStart Settings sequency TriggerSelector FrameBurstStart TriggerMode ON TriggerSource Line0 TriggerActivation RisingEdge TriggerDelay 0 TriggerSel...

Page 42: ...DOUT FrameBurstStart FrameBurstEnd Settings sequency TriggerSelector FrameBurstStart TriggerMode ON TriggerSource Line0 TriggerActivation RisingEdge TriggerDelay 0 TriggerSelector FrameBurstEnd Trigge...

Page 43: ...stStop Legend Blue FrameBurstStart Line0 FrameBurstEnd Line0 Pink SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow SENSOR_READOUT FrameStart Settings sequency TriggerSelector FrameStart TriggerMode ON TriggerSource Line0 Trigg...

Page 44: ...ow SENSOR_READOUT ExposureStart ExposureEnd Settings sequency TriggerSelector ExposureStart TriggerMode ON TriggerSource Line0 TriggerActivation FallingEdge TriggerDelay 0 TriggerSelector ExposureEnd...

Page 45: ...45 Example 1 of ExposureStart ExposureEnd Example 2 of ExposureStart ExposureEnd...

Page 46: ...f the sensor is controlled with the ExposureStart and ExposureEnd triggers two consecutives ExposureEnd trigger must not occur at a faster rate than the value specified in AcquisitionFrameRateMaxReg S...

Page 47: ...rEnd and sensor readout In addition to the delay a jitter is present when integration starts This jitter comes from the sampling of the input trigger signal which is aligned to line multiple The same...

Page 48: ...48 Example of the 12bits pre exposition delay here 14 39 s Example of the 12bits post exposition delay here 18 30 s...

Page 49: ...h RO xxx m Physical size pitch in the x direction of a photo sensitive pixel unit SensorPixelHeight RO xxx m Physical size pitch in the y direction of a photo sensitive pixel unit SensorShutterMode RO...

Page 50: ...x fps Note Modification of the pixel format reverts many registers to their default value Analog control Conversion efficiency There are two built in conversion gain High Conversion Gain HCG and Low C...

Page 51: ...g standard SNFC BlackLevelAuto register Table 30 Description of the black level auto adjustment Name Access Values Description BlackLevelSelector RW All Black Level will be applied to all channels or...

Page 52: ...ROIs must be sent using different data streams but none of the grabbers tested in our lab is able to handle 64 streams To bypass this limitation all the ROIs data are sent in a single stream which sho...

Page 53: ...ical offset from the origin to the region of interest in pixels Definition of a single ROI Multiple ROI support The sensor allows to define different ROIs by selecting multiple set of active columns a...

Page 54: ...defining vertical ROIs all ROIS have a fixed height corresponding to the sensor height Table 34 Description of the SFNC registers associated to multiple ROI support Name Access Values Description Spa...

Page 55: ...55 Example of 2 vertical ROIs defined using 2 sets of active columns rows Example of 2 horizontal ROIs defined using 2 sets of active columns rows...

Page 56: ...Is defined using two sets of rows and columns All ROIs must be separated they cannot overlap and cannot be adjacent The figure below illustrates ROIs that cannot be defined once Region 1 is set Exampl...

Page 57: ...8 columns When a single ROI is defined the number of active lines corresponds to the ROI height When multiple ROIs are defined the number of active lines is the sum of all ROIs height Table 35 Frame r...

Page 58: ...o cooling cooling cold throttling Safemode diagnostic Or empty Detailed status of the device LogHistoryDepth RW Integer Specifies the log history depth in days LogCollect WO Command Collects the logs...

Page 59: ...status LED The camera is not powered The LEDs may have been turned off Check that the camera is correctly powered Make sure the LEDs have not been turned off The camera does not make images The camera...

Page 60: ...es 0x00 8 bits or 0x000 12 bits White Generate frames with fixed pixels values 0xFF 8 bits or 0x3FF 12 bits GreyHorizontalRamp Generate frames with pixels values from 0x00 to 0xFF in 8 bits and from 0...

Page 61: ...efer to paragraph 7 5 Cleaning of the window The camera is cleaned in a controlled environment before shipping To avoid having to clean the window make sure you protect the camera from dirt and finger...

Page 62: ...l number is available at the bottom of the camera You can also check the SFNC register DeviceSerialNumber to retrieve the information Please send your requests at support first light com Camera serial...

Page 63: ...ty environment Static electric shocks Your C BLUE One is an electronic equipment that requires precaution regarding static shocks Electrostatic Discharge ESD is dangerous for the camera We recommend y...

Page 64: ...ect to the following conditions FLI shall be under no liability with respect to defects arising in the Products as a result of any incorrect drawing design or specification supplied by Purchaser FLI s...

Page 65: ...bility and fitness for a particular purpose shall be limited in scope to the extent permitted by applicable law and shall be limited in duration to the duration of the limited warranty set forth above...

Page 66: ...ng from any cause external to the Product such as Failure to comply with FLI s recommendations Mishandling by the Purchaser Intervention by a third party involving the Product Poor maintenance or misu...

Page 67: ...8 USA Phone 33 4 42 61 29 20 E mail support first light fr Website www first light us For the rest of the world FIRST LIGHT IMAGING SAS Europarc Sainte Victoire B t 5 Route de Valbrillant Le Canet 135...

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