CAMERAS FRAME GRABBERS IMAGING SOLUTIONS
BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual
IMPERX
Rev. 2.0.9
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4/8/2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION
20
1.1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 24
1.2
BOBCAT SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................... 26
1.3.1
General Information .......................................................................................................... 26
1.3.2
Spectral Response .............................................................................................................. 29
1.3.3
Bayer and TRUESENSE Pattern Information ................................................................... 32
1.3.4
Technical Specifications .................................................................................................... 33
1.3
CAMERA CONNECTIVITY ............................................................................................ 49
1.4.1
CLB (Base) - Camera Link (CL) Output ........................................................................... 49
1.4.2
CLM (Medium) - Camera Link (CL) Output .................................................................... 55
1.4.3
GigE (GEV) Camera Output ............................................................................................. 62
1.4.4
CoaXPress (CXP) Camera Output ................................................................................... 65
1.4.5
Power Supply .................................................................................................................... 68
1.4
MECHANICAL, OPTICAL, and ENVIRONMENTAL ................................................. 69
1.5.1
Mechanical ........................................................................................................................ 69
1.5.2
Optical ............................................................................................................................... 69
1.5.3
Environmental ................................................................................................................... 70
CHAPTER 2 – CAMERA FEATURES
105
2.1
IMAGE RESOLUTION ................................................................................................... 106
2.1.1
Normal Mode – Single Output ........................................................................................ 106
2.1.2
Normal Mode – Dual Output ........................................................................................... 107
2.1.3
Normal Mode – Quad Output .......................................................................................... 108
2.1.4
Center Mode .................................................................................................................... 109
2.2
FRAME TIME CONTROL ............................................................................................. 113
2.2.1
Internal Line and Frame Time Control ............................................................................ 113
2.2.2
Camera Speed Control ..................................................................................................... 113
2.2.3
External Line and Frame Time Control .......................................................................... 115
2.3
REGION OF INTEREST ................................................................................................. 115
2.3.1
Horizontal and Vertical Window .................................................................................... 115
2.3.2
Calculating the Frame Rate using Vertical Window ....................................................... 118
2.4
BINNING ........................................................................................................................... 160
2.5
EXPOSURE CONTROL .................................................................................................. 165