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BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual

Imperx, Inc.

Rev. 2.0.6

6421 Congress Ave.

11/20/2012

Boca Raton, FL 33487
+1 (561) 989-0006

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–Mount Camera Link (CL) Output

Figure 1.8cc – F-mount camera link output – with external heatsink dimensional drawings for

ICL-B3340, and ICL-B6640

Summary of Contents for bobcat

Page 1: ...ducts can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury Imperx customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Imperx...

Page 2: ...nd B4820 cameras added all related tables and figures updated Minor errors fixed Rev 0 9 04 12 10 P Dinev GEV option added to all cameras all related tables and figures updated Minor errors fixed Rev...

Page 3: ...TY 41 1 4 1 Camera Link Output 41 1 4 2 GigE Output 46 1 4 3 Power Supply 47 1 5 MECHANICAL OPTICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL 48 1 5 1 Mechanical 48 1 5 2 Optical 62 1 5 3 Environmental 62 CHAPTER 2 CAMERA FE...

Page 4: ...and OFFSET 120 2 8 1 Analog Domain manual control 120 2 8 2 Digital Domain manual control 121 2 8 3 Automatic Gain Control AGC 121 2 9 DATA OUTPUT FORMAT 122 2 9 1 Bit Depth 122 2 9 2 Digital Data Sh...

Page 5: ...lti Point Correction 146 CHAPTER 4 CAMERA CONFIGURATION 150 4 1 OVERVIEW 151 4 2 CAMERA CONFIGURATION 151 4 2 1 Configuration Memory parameter FLASH 151 4 2 3 Camera Serial Protocol 152 4 3 CAMERA CON...

Page 6: ...sters Error Bookmark not defined CHAPTER 5 CONFIGURATOR FOR CAMERALINK 194 5 1 OVERVIEW 195 5 2 DISCOVERY PROCEDURE 195 5 3 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE 196 5 4 MAIN GUI MENU 198 5 5 VIEW GUI WINDOWS 202...

Page 7: ...231 7 1 ORDERING INFORMATION 232 7 2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 233 7 3 WARRANTY 234 APPENDIX A CAMERA CONFIGURATION REFERENCE 235 A 0 ABBREVIATIONS 236 A 1 SAVING AND RESTORING REGISTERS 236 A 2 CAMERA INFORM...

Page 8: ...LOOK UP TABLES 243 B 1 OVERVIEW 244 B 2 USING AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR 244 B 3 USING MICROSOFT EXCEL 245 APPENDIX C CREATING DPC AND HPC TABLES 246 C 1 OVERVIEW 247 C 2 USING AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR 247 APPE...

Page 9: ...UESENSE CCD typical spectral response with AR coated cover glass 27 Figure 1 2a ICX SONY CCD typical mono spectral response 28 Figure 1 2b ICX Sony CCD typical color spectral response 28 Figure 1 3 Ba...

Page 10: ...21 and ICL B6620 53 Figure 1 8cb F mount camera link output dimensional drawings for ICL B3340 54 and ICL B6640 54 Figure 1 8cc F mount camera link output with external heatsink dimensional drawings f...

Page 11: ...sition for B2020 KAI 04022 B4020 KAI 11002 and B4820 KAI 16000 cameras 65 Figure 1 9d Optical plane position for B1020 KAI 01050 B1621 02050 B1921 02150 B1922 ICX 674 and B2320 04050 cameras 66 Figure...

Page 12: ...B1410 86 Figure 2 10 1g Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1411 87 Figure 2 10 1h Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1610 88 Figure 2 10 1i Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1620 89 Fi...

Page 13: ...ical window size for B6640 104 Figure 2 11 2 2 Horizontal and vertical binning 105 Figure 2 11a AOI within horizontal and vertical binned image 109 Figure 2 12 Electronic shutter position 110 Figure 2...

Page 14: ...a corrected video signal 135 Figure 2 32 Custom LUT 135 Figure 2 33a Original image showing shading effect 139 Figure 2 33b Flat field corrected image 139 Figure 2 34 Normal and Negative Image 140 Fig...

Page 15: ...5 2a CamConfig GUI Basic 197 Figure 5 3 Main Menu 198 Figure 5 5 Command terminal 200 Figure 5 6 Download terminal 201 Figure 5 7 View GUI Windows 202 Figure 5 8 Help menu 203 Figure 5 9 About CamConf...

Page 16: ...mera Specifications 36 Table 1 1f B2020 B2320 and B2510 Camera Specifications 37 Table 1 1g B2520 B3320 and B4020 Camera Specifications 38 Table 1 1h B4820 B4821 and B6620 Camera Specifications 39 Tab...

Page 17: ...65 Table 2 4b Image sizes and frame rates for different V binning modes 107 Table 2 4c B0620 Center mode image sizes and frame rates during V binning 107 Table 2 4a BOBCAT Input Mapping 128 Table 2 4b...

Page 18: ...dware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 18 of 265 Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction This chapter outlines the key features of the BOB...

Page 19: ...2 3 Sony ICX 285AL ICL B1410C 1392 1360 x 1040 1024 23 30 fps Color 2 3 Sony ICX 285AQ ICL B1411M 1392 1360 x 1040 1024 24 31 fps Mono 1 2 Sony ICX 267AL ICL B1411C 1392 1360 x 1040 1024 24 31 fps Col...

Page 20: ...ps Mono 43 3 mm Kodak KAI 16000M ICL B4820C 4904 4872 x 3280 3248 3 2 4 2 fps Color 43 3 mm Kodak KAI 16000C ICL B4821M 4920 4896 x 3280 3264 3 1 4 2 fps Mono 32 36 mm Kodak KAI 16050M ICL B4821C 4920...

Page 21: ...e pixel provides for a superior image in any orientation The interline transfer CCD permits full vertical and horizontal resolution of high speed shutter images The combination of electronic shutter a...

Page 22: ...tical AOIs Programmable horizontal and vertical resolution Programmable line time frame time and speed Programmable external trigger 3 triggering sources 5 triggering modes Automatic gain exposure and...

Page 23: ...voltage signal is buffered by a video amplifier and sent to the corresponding video output There are two floating diffusions and two video amplifiers at each end of the HCCD and the charges can be tr...

Page 24: ...r s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 24 of 265 Figure 1 0a Interline CCD pixel structure Figure 1 0b Kodak TRUESENSE color filter interline C...

Page 25: ...1608 1600 1208 1200 KAI 2020 7 40 m sq B1621 1632 1600 1232 1200 KAI 2050 5 50 m sq B1920 1928 1920 1084 1080 KAI 2093 7 40 m sq B1921 1952 1920 1112 1080 KAI 2150 5 50 m sq B1922 1944 1932 1460 1452...

Page 26: ...Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 26 of 265 1 3 2 Spectral Response Figure 1 1a KAI Kodak CCD typical mono spectral response Monochrome with the cover glass Figure 1 1b KAI Kodak CCD typical UV spect...

Page 27: ...0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 27 of 265 Figure 1 1c KAI Kodak CCD typical color spectral response Color with the cover glass Figure 1 1d KODAK TRUESENSE CCD typic...

Page 28: ...6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 28 of 265 Figure 1 2a ICX SONY CCD typical mono spectral response Monochrome with the cover glass Figure 1 2b ICX Sony CCD typical co...

Page 29: ...reen and Blue arranged in a Bayer pattern are placed over the pixels The starting color is typically GREEN for Kodak CCDs and RED for SONY CCDs Figure 1 3 TRUESENSE Panchromatic clear pixels Pixel 1 1...

Page 30: ...int up to 16 sec Auto White balance Yes Auto iris Yes Binning 2x2 3x3 4x4 8x8 Test image Yes Image superimposition Mirror image H Mirror Yes Defective pixel correction Static Dynamic User DPM Hot pixe...

Page 31: ...6 0 dB Black level offset 1024 levels per output 1024 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain exposure Yes with AOI...

Page 32: ...n illumination 1 0 Lux f 1 4 1 0 Lux f 1 4 Lens Mount C mount 1 3 format C mount 1 3 format Supply voltage range 10 V to 15 V DC 10 V to 15 V DC Power CL GigE 1 4 W 3 9 W 2 4 W 4 9 W Upgradeable firmw...

Page 33: ...els per output 1024 levels per output 1024 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain...

Page 34: ...3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 dB Black level offset 1024 levels per output 1024 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain exposure Y...

Page 35: ...per output 1024 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain exposure Yes with AOI Yes...

Page 36: ...4 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain exposure Yes with AOI Yes with AOI Yes w...

Page 37: ...levels per output 1024 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain exposure Yes with A...

Page 38: ...4 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain exposure Yes with AOI Yes with AOI Yes w...

Page 39: ...24 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain exposure Yes with AOI Yes with AOI Yes...

Page 40: ...ls per output 1024 levels per output Digital gain 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step 1 0x to 3 0x 0 1x step Digital offset 511 to 511 511 to 511 Auto gain exposure Yes with AOI Yes with AOI Area of interest Eight...

Page 41: ...12 pin Power Connector provides power and I O interface 3 USB type B programming SPI connector 4 Status LED indicates the status of the camera refer to Status LED section 5 Serial Number shows camera...

Page 42: ...AIR 4 5 X CLK LVDS Out Camera Link Clock Tx PAIR 4 18 X CLK LVDS Out Camera Link Clock Tx PAIR 5 6 X 3 LVDS Out Camera Link Channel Tx PAIR 5 19 X 3 LVDS Out Camera Link Channel Tx PAIR 6 7 SerTC LVDS...

Page 43: ...A9 A9 DATA 10 Port B2 B2 N C A10 A10 DATA 11 Port B3 B3 N C A11 A11 DATA 12 Port B4 B4 B8 B8 A12 DATA 13 Port B5 B5 B9 B9 A13 DATA 14 Port B6 B6 N C B10 N C DATA 15 Port B7 B7 N C B11 N C DATA 16 Port...

Page 44: ...Description 1 12 VDC Return Ground Return 12 VDC Main Power Return 2 12 VDC Power Input 12 VDC Main Power 3 IRIS VCC Power Input 12 V Iris Power 4 IRIS Video Analog Output Iris Video Output 5 IRIS Ret...

Page 45: ...ig tail cables for the external trigger input black and strobe output white The corresponding BNC connector pin mapping is shown on Table 1 5a Pin Signal Cable color Description Case In 1 Return BNC B...

Page 46: ...el and serial number Figure 1 6 Camera back panel GigE output The Camera data along with the serial communication and triggering signals are serialized and continuously transmitted over the Gigabit Et...

Page 47: ...s not available a universal desktop power supply adapter providing 12 VDC 10 and up to 2 5A constant DC current is available for additional price from Imperx for the BOBCAT cameras The operating input...

Page 48: ...aluminum alloy and anodized aluminum For maximum flexibility the camera has twelve 12 M3X0 5mm mounting located towards the front and the back An additional plate with 20 UNC tripod mount and hardware...

Page 49: ...Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 49 of 265 C Mount Camera Link Output Figure 1 8a C mount camera link output dimensional drawings for ICL B0610 B0620 B131...

Page 50: ...s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 50 of 265 C Mount Camera Link Output Figure 1 8b C mount camera link output dimensional drawings for ICL...

Page 51: ...perx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 51 of 265 C Mount Camera Link CL Output Figure 1 8ba C mount camera link output dimensional drawings for ICL B1020 B1...

Page 52: ...nual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 52 of 265 F Mount Camera Link Output Figure 1 8c F mount camera link output dimensional drawings for ICL B2020...

Page 53: ...al Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 53 of 265 F Mount Camera Link CL Output Figure 1 8ca F mount camera link output dimensional drawings for ICL B33...

Page 54: ...Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 54 of 265 F Mount Camera Link CL Output Figure 1 8cb F mount camera link output dimensional drawings for IC...

Page 55: ...erx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 55 of 265 F Mount Camera Link CL Output Figure 1 8cc F mount camera link output with external heatsink dimensional dra...

Page 56: ...nc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 56 of 265 C Mount GigE Vision GEV Output Figure 1 8d C mount GigE vision output dimensional drawings for IGV B0610 IGV B062...

Page 57: ...Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 57 of 265 C Mount GigE Vision GEV Output Figure 1 8e C mount GigE vision output dimensional drawings for IG...

Page 58: ...perx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 58 of 265 C Mount GigE Vision GEV Output Figure 1 8ea C mount GigE vision output dimensional drawings for IGV B1020 B...

Page 59: ...al Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 59 of 265 F Mount GigE Vision GEV Output Figure 1 8f F mount GigE vision output dimensional drawings for IGV B20...

Page 60: ...al Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 60 of 265 F Mount GigE Vision GEV Output Figure 1 8fa F mount GigE vision output dimensional drawings for IGV B3...

Page 61: ...s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 61 of 265 Figure 1 8g Small Bobcat mounting plate using in 20 thread Figure 1 8ga Big Bobcat mounting plat...

Page 62: ...led The monochrome cameras are without IR filter If necessary an IR filter 1 mm thickness or less can be inserted under the front lens bezel CAUTION NOTE 1 Avoid direct exposure to a high intensity li...

Page 63: ...mperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 63 of 265 Figure 1 9a Optical plane position for B0610 KAI 0340 B0620 KAI 0340 B1410 ICX 285 B1610 ICX 274 B2510 ICX...

Page 64: ...CAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 64 of 265 Figure 1 9b Optical plane position for B1620 KAI 2020 and B1920 KAI 2093 camer...

Page 65: ...are User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 65 of 265 Figure 1 9c Optical plane position for B2020 KAI 04022 B4020 KAI 11002 and B4820 KAI 16...

Page 66: ...s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 66 of 265 Figure 1 9d Optical plane position for B1020 KAI 01050 B1621 02050 B1921 02150 B1922 ICX 674 and...

Page 67: ...perx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 67 of 265 Figure 1 9e Optical plane position in mm for B3320 KAI 08050 Figure 1 9f Optical plane position mm for B482...

Page 68: ...re User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 68 of 265 Chapter 2 Camera Features Camera Features This chapter discusses the camera s features a...

Page 69: ...and the second only the active lines The camera speed Frames per Second is the same for both image size selections Typically the pixels outside of LVAL and FVAL primarily dark pixels and lines are mas...

Page 70: ...ards the left video amplifier Video L while the second right half of the pixels are shifted towards the right video amplifier Video R Figure 2 2 In the horizontal direction the first half of the image...

Page 71: ...emaining quadrants are shifted towards their respective video amplifiers VOUTb VOUTc and VOUTd Figure 2 3 In the horizontal direction the left side quadrants appear normal and the right side quadrants...

Page 72: ...first left half of the pixels are shifted out of the HCCD register towards the left video amplifier Video L while the second right half of the pixels is shifted towards the right video amplifier Video...

Page 73: ...B1411 B1610 and B2520 Models To achieve a higher frame rate B1320 B1410 B1411 B1610 and B2520 camera models can provide a fast readout where every the image is sub sampled 2 out of 8 lines pixels are...

Page 74: ...989 0006 74 of 265 Figure 2 5 Center columns output in dual tap mode CAUTION NOTE 1 Vertical and horizontal binning cannot be performed when the Center mode is used for B1410 B1610 and B2520 2 Curren...

Page 75: ...488 480 Single Dual B1410 1392 x 1040 1360 x 1024 348 340 x 259 256 Single B1610 1628 x 1236 1620 x 1220 407 405 x 309 305 Single B1620 1608 x 1208 1600 x 1200 N A Singe Dual B1920 1928 x 1084 1920 x...

Page 76: ...ns The camera frame time can be extended to 16 sec with a precision of 1 0us Please refer to EXPOSURE CONTROL section for more information CAUTION NOTE It is not recommended to use the Programmable L...

Page 77: ...A N A B1922 17 21 fps 20 27 fps N A N A B2020 8 6 10 8 fps 16 3 20 4 fps N A N A B2320 8 7 10 8 fps 16 4 20 6 fps N A N A B2510 6 8 fps N A N A N A B2520 N A 11 16 fps N A N A B3320 4 4 5 6 fps 8 5 10...

Page 78: ...ntal and Vertical Window For some applications the user may not need the entire image but only a portion of it To accommodate this requirement BOBCAT provides total of 8 eight Horizontal and Vertical...

Page 79: ...pletely inside MAOI All slave AOIs can be set independently with no restrictions for overlapping and order Figure 2 8 In addition each AOI can be included or excluded from the MAOI In figure 2 8 AOI2...

Page 80: ...ber of Lines please disable MAOI first change the Number of Lines and them enable MAOI again 4 Horizontal and vertical windows can be enabled in all camera modes including H V binning Refer to binning...

Page 81: ...e algorithm for the frame rate change so it is difficult to put a simple formula for the frame rate calculation The camera will calculate and display the actual frame rate at any vertical window selec...

Page 82: ...800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 B0620 FRAME RATE Active Lines Frame Rate fps Dual Output Normal window normal clock Normal window fast clock Center window normal clock Center window fast clock...

Page 83: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 83 of 265 Figure 2 10 1c Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1020...

Page 84: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 84 of 265 Figure 2 10 1d Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1310...

Page 85: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 85 of 265 Figure 2 10 1e Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1320...

Page 86: ...ress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 86 of 265 0 200 400 600 800 1000 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 B1410 FRAME RATE Active Lines Frame Rate fps 400 450 Normal clock Fast clock...

Page 87: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 87 of 265 Figure 2 10 1g Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1411...

Page 88: ...ess Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 88 of 265 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 B1610 FRAME RATE Active Lines Frame Rate fps Normal clock Fast clock...

Page 89: ...487 1 561 989 0006 89 of 265 1800 2000 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 B1620 FRAME RAT E Active Lines Frame Rate dual output normal clock single output normal clock dual output...

Page 90: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 90 of 265 Figure 2 10 1j Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1621...

Page 91: ...dual output normal clock single output normal clock dual output f ast clock single output fast clock Figure 2 10 1k Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1920 CAUTION NOTE The CCD used in B1920 KAI...

Page 92: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 92 of 265 Figure 2 10 1l Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1921...

Page 93: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 93 of 265 Figure 2 11 1m Frame rate vs Vertical window size for B1922...

Page 94: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 94 of 265 Figure 2 12 1n Frame rate vs vertical window size for B2510...

Page 95: ...ton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 95 of 265 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 B2520 FRAME RAT E Active Lines Frame Rate fps 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Frame...

Page 96: ...561 989 0006 96 of 265 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 B2020 FRAME RAT E Active Lines Frame Rate dual output normal clock single output normal clock dual ou...

Page 97: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 97 of 265 Figure 2 10 1q Frame rate vs vertical window size for B2320...

Page 98: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 98 of 265 Figure 2 10 1r Frame rate vs vertical window size for B3320...

Page 99: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 99 of 265 Figure 2 10 1s Frame rate vs vertical window size for B3340...

Page 100: ...n FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 100 of 265 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 B4020 FRAME RAT E Active Lines Frame Rate dual output normal clock single output normal clock dual output f ast cl...

Page 101: ...87 1 561 989 0006 101 of 265 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 B4820 FRAME RAT E Active Lines Frame Rate dual output normal clock single output normal clock dual output...

Page 102: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 102 of 265 Figure 2 10 1v Frame rate vs vertical window size for B4821...

Page 103: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 103 of 265 Figure 2 10 1w Frame rate vs vertical window size for B6620...

Page 104: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 104 of 265 Figure 2 10 1x Frame rate vs vertical window size for B6640...

Page 105: ...the horizontal CCD register before being read out This results in summing the charges of adjacent pixels in the vertical direction from two lines BOBCAT supports 4 binning modes 2x 3x 4x and 8x In 2 1...

Page 106: ...42 408 400 34 42 204 200 34 42 B1920 960 33 41 640 33 41 480 33 41 240 33 41 B1921 976 960 32 40 650 640 32 40 488 480 32 40 244 240 32 40 B1922 970 966 20 27 646 644 20 27 484 482 20 27 242 240 20 2...

Page 107: ...540 55 68 370 360 72 90 278 270 86 107 139 135 120 150 B1922 730 726 33 45 486 484 43 58 365 363 50 67 182 181 67 90 B2020 1030 1024 29 37 686 682 41 51 515 512 50 62 257 256 77 96 B2320 884 876 28 3...

Page 108: ...de Figure 2 11a illustrates the simultaneous usage of AOI and H V binning The original image is 640 x 480 Then after 2 x 2 binning the resultant image is 320 x 240 Then a master AOI is enabled with of...

Page 109: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 109 of 265 Figure 2 11a AOI within horizontal and vertical binned image...

Page 110: ...me Time Exposure Figure 2 12 Electronic shutter position 2 5 2 External exposure control The camera exposure can be controlled using an external pulse supplied to the camera The pulse duration determi...

Page 111: ...me time value 3 If the frame time is greater than 500ms the camera has to be kept still otherwise a motion smear will appear on the image 2 5 4 Automatic Exposure Control AEC The camera can be set to...

Page 112: ...linear i e equal exposure increments do not result in equal brightness increase In some rare occasions during such conditions an image brightness oscillation image flipping from bright to dark could o...

Page 113: ...rigger signal from the internal pulse generator Software the camera receives the trigger signal which is computer generated This input is available only for GigE Cameras The camera expects a one clock...

Page 114: ...unning 6 Exposure Delay delays the beginning of the exposure with respect to the trigger pulse The delay can be programmed from 0 to 16 777 seconds CAUTION NOTE 1 The de bounce interval MUST be smalle...

Page 115: ...the frame will be lost Only if the main strobe is enabled VCCD SHUTTER TRIGGER EXPOSURE FVAL DATA STROBE First Frame Exposure DATA Out Only if the trigger strobe is enabled Figure 2 14 Standard trigg...

Page 116: ...mera idles and waits for a trigger signal to come from the selected source Upon receiving the external trigger signal the camera clears the horizontal and vertical registers and starts integration The...

Page 117: ...inimum exposure is 10 us D Frame Accumulation Triggering When the Frame Accumulation triggering mode is enabled the camera idles and waits for a trigger signal Upon receiving the external trigger sign...

Page 118: ...tes the current trigger cycle the camera free running and waits for the next trigger pulse In this mode the camera exposure can be controlled with the internal shutter or with the trigger pulse width...

Page 119: ...within the entire frame timing period with a precision 1 0 us The strobe duration can be seen from 1 0 us to 65535 us with a precision of 1 0us The internal camera timing has a flag for odd and even...

Page 120: ...video signal output level and gain offset Theoretically the black level should reside at 0 volts and the gain changes should only lead to increasing the amplitude of the video signal Since the camera...

Page 121: ...hin the preset by the user min max limits If one of the gain limits has been reached the camera indicates the limit has been reached and keeps the value until the light condition change The speed of c...

Page 122: ...t to output 12 bit data the 12 output bits are mapped to D2 LSB to D13 MSB 10 bit If the 14 bit original camera data is D0 LSB to D13 MSB and camera is set to output 10 bit data the 10 output bits are...

Page 123: ...nificant bits and truncating the 4 most significant ones Figure 2 22 Please note that the camera signal to noise ratio will be reduced using the data shift option Standard 10 bit Output Data D0 D1 D2...

Page 124: ...an select the raw Bayer data output 1 Tap Sequential or the interpolated color 3 Tap RGB For Dual mode of operation regardless of imager type mono or color the user has two choices 2 Tap Sequential or...

Page 125: ...2x clock in the following sequence Figure 2 24c Each pixel can be 8 10 or 12 deep This mode is available only for the normal speed Tap 1 starting for every line with the pixel 1 and then all odd pixe...

Page 126: ...mperx Inc Rev 2 0 6 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 126 of 265 Tap1 P 1 P 5 P L 7 P L 3 Tap2 P 2 P 6 P L 6 P L 2 Tap3 P 3 P 7 P L 5 P L 1 Tap4 P 4 P 8 P L 4 P L Figure...

Page 127: ...tion The discrete number of pulse can be set from 1 to 65530 with a step of 1 The user has options to set Granularity Indicates the number of clock cycles that are used for each increment of the width...

Page 128: ...outputs to Exposure Start Exposure End Mid Exposure Active Exposure Window H or V Sync Odd Even Frame Flag Trigger Pulse Trigger Pulse Delayed Camera Ready Pulse Generator Strobe One Strobe Two For e...

Page 129: ...ent MUST NOT exceed 2 0 mA There are no restrictions for the minimum or maximum duration T O I O CONT ROL 2 mA MAX R4 300 Input BNC 1 2 Return Signal 1 2 D1 6 2V Figure 2 26 IN1 IN2 electrical connect...

Page 130: ...e maximum input current MUST NOT exceed 2 0 mA This GPIO is not currently enabled If your application requires such configuration please contact Imperx for more information D Custom SPI Interface BOBC...

Page 131: ...Ramp Move displays a moving vertical ramp image Vertical Bars displays a set of 8 vertical gray bars with different gray levels 2 12 2 Image Superimposition The user has the capabilities to superimpos...

Page 132: ...camera analyzes only one image frame calculates only one set correction coefficients and all subsequent frames are corrected with this set of coefficients When set to Manual the camera uses the correc...

Page 133: ...he average floor level for each tap is then subtracted from each incoming pixel from the corresponding tap from the next frame 2 14 2 Tap Balancing Since the camera has two separate video outputs comi...

Page 134: ...to Appendix B LUT 12 bit input data 12 bit output data Figure 2 30 Look up table 2 15 1 Standard Gamma Correction The image generated by the camera is normally viewed on a CRT or LCD display which doe...

Page 135: ...bit transformation as a user LUT and can upload it to the camera using the configuration utility software The user can specify a transfer function of their choice to match the camera s dynamic range t...

Page 136: ...ompletely bright 2 Hot these are pixel which in normal camera operation behaves as normal pixel the sensitivity is equal to the one of the adjacent pixels but during long time integration behaves as a...

Page 137: ...16 1 Dynamic Pixel Correction Dynamic pixel correction works without preloaded pixel maps When this option is enabled the camera determines which pixel needs correction and performs the correction aut...

Page 138: ...ocess compensates for uneven illumination if that illumination is a stable characteristic of each object exposure During factory final testing our manufacturing engineers run a program specially desig...

Page 139: ...ardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 139 of 265 Figure 2 33a Original image showing shading effect Figure 2 33b Flat field correct...

Page 140: ...he value of each pixel is inverted The resultant image appears negative Figure 2 34 This feature could be useful if the camera receives a negative image i e image from microfilms prints or slides In t...

Page 141: ...to the external pulses Changing programmable integration sliders will not affect the image luminance RED is steady ON RS232 communication error or firmware load error Re power the camera and load the...

Page 142: ...of operation i e normal AOI binning etc the user can query the camera for the current frame rate by issuing a command refer to the Exposure Control section The current camera speed in units of frames...

Page 143: ...6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 143 of 265 Chapter 3 Digital Image Processing Digital Image Processing This chapter discusses built in Digital Image Processing algorit...

Page 144: ...s which converts the regular gray scale image to binary is called Thresholding Thresholding is a special case of intensity quantization binarisation where the image can be segmented into foreground an...

Page 145: ...mplemented Formula 3 2 The binary image output is converted to white for all gray level values between the selected threshold interval X1 and X2 and to black for all gray levels outside X1 X2 interval...

Page 146: ...y scale range is only from values X1 to X2 Output signal BLACK if input signal X1 Gray Scale if X1 input signal X2 WHITE if input signal X2 3 3 3 2 1 4 Dual Threshold with Gray Scale Stretch In some l...

Page 147: ...es the camera transfer function into two regions two lines The slope of these lines the angle between the X axis and the line determines the power of the correction If the angle is less than 45O degre...

Page 148: ...es the dark image regions and suppresses the bright ones TF 2 suppresses the dark and bright image parts and enhances the mid range TF 3 enhances the bright image regions and suppresses the dark ones...

Page 149: ...Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 149 of 265 Figure 3 6 Multi point image correction a original b processed CAUTION NOTE Due to space limitations in the camera FPGA the Image processing module is di...

Page 150: ...ev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 150 of 265 Chapter 4 Camera Configuration Camera Configuration This chapter discusses how to communicate with the camera and co...

Page 151: ...n be programmed and retrieved via commands issued by the user The workspace is RAM based and upon power down all camera registers are cleared The factory space segment is ROM based write protected and...

Page 152: ...tes and unused bits are ignored on reads Register data is always packed low within 32 bit data words for registers defined less than 32 bits There is a latency delay for each command due to command ex...

Page 153: ...nd byte XX Nck Error Code See Error Code Description section 47 04 10 11 22 15 Rx Tx Cmd Nak 01 Invalid Cmd These characters are dropped 33 44 All subsequent Rx characters are dropped until the receip...

Page 154: ...case of invalid command Figure 3 3a If the user specifies a wrong address the camera returns acknowledge 06 and four bytes of data 00 00 00 00 Read from camera 3 Bytes Read_Cmd Address 1 st byte 0x52...

Page 155: ...Description To manage camera reliability not acknowledge error codes are defined as follows x00 No error x01 Invalid command An invalid command not 52 or 57 has been sent to the camera x02 Time out x...

Page 156: ...configuration spaces exist for storing these settings factory space user 1 space and user 2 space The factory space is pre programmed by factory personnel during the manufacturing process This space i...

Page 157: ...2 4 Load From User 2 The Load From User 2 command instructs the camera to load its workspace from the user 2 space All current workspace settings will be replaced with the contents of the user 2 spac...

Page 158: ...workspace from one of the configuration spaces as determined by the Boot From data Although this is a command the user MUST write a specific data 0xDEADBEEF in order to initiate the reset sequence Add...

Page 159: ...8 0x700C 0x7010 Data Assembly Part Number 4 3 3 4 Camera Serial Number This register returns the camera serial number the complete serial number is 2 registers Address 0x7014 0x7018 Data Camera Serial...

Page 160: ...Horizontal Size 4 3 4 2 Vertical Frame Size Max Min This register returns the minimum maximum vertical image frame size in lines The maximum vertical image size is a dynamic parameter and changes base...

Page 161: ...dress 0x60A0 Data 23 0 Current Frame Time Data 31 24 N A 4 3 4 9 Current Image Size This register returns the current image frame size in pixels The image size is a dynamic parameter and changes based...

Page 162: ...00 0000 0000 0 25 C 11 1111 1111 128 C 10 0000 0000 Table 3 1 Current camera temperature values 4 3 5 Image Size AOI Workspace Registers 4 3 5 1 Scan Mode Control This register sets the current CCD r...

Page 163: ...horizontal binning 001 2x horizontal binning 010 3x horizontal binning 011 4x horizontal binning 100 8x horizontal binning Data 31 3 N A 4 3 5 4 MAOI This set of register enables MAOI and sets the ap...

Page 164: ...de 11 N A Data 31 2 N A AOI 1 Horizontal Offset Address 0x024C Data 11 0 value AOI 1 offset in horizontal direction Data 31 12 N A AOI 1 Horizontal Width Address 0x022C Data 11 0 value AOI 1 width in...

Page 165: ...11 0 value AOI 2 offset in vertical direction Data 31 12 N A AOI 2 Vertical Height Address 0x0270 Data 11 0 value AOI 2 height in vertical direction Data 31 12 N A 4 3 5 7 AOI 3 This set of register e...

Page 166: ...propriate window size and offset in horizontal and vertical direction AOI 4 Enable Address 0x0218 Data 1 0 00 AOI 4 disable 01 AOI 4 include 10 AOI 4 exclude 11 N A Data 31 2 N A AOI 4 Horizontal Offs...

Page 167: ...0 value AOI 5 offset in horizontal direction Data 31 12 N A AOI 5 Horizontal Width Address 0x023C Data 11 0 value AOI 5 width in horizontal direction Data 31 12 N A AOI 5 Vertical Offset Address 0x02...

Page 168: ...11 Frame Rate Control This register enables the camera frame rate to stay the same and to be independent of the AOI vertical window size If enabled the camera frame rate will increase when the vertica...

Page 169: ...a exposure 11 external an external signal via the camera I O determines the exposure Data 31 2 N A 4 3 6 2 Exposure Time Absolute This register sets the actual camera exposure time when Internal expos...

Page 170: ...a 23 0 value actual frame time in micro seconds Data 31 24 N A 4 3 6 7 Camera Speed Selection This register sets the camera speed Two modes are available normal and fast over clocked The free running...

Page 171: ...AGC This register enables the auto gain control Address 0x0154 Data 0 0 disable auto gain control 1 enable auto gain control Data 31 1 N A 4 3 7 5 Maximum Gain Limit This register sets the maximum an...

Page 172: ...Address 0x017C Data 1 0 00 average luminance 01 peak luminance 10 or 11 reserved Data 31 2 N A 4 3 7 9 Region of Interest Selection AOI This set of register sets the region of interest to be used duri...

Page 173: ...annel 1 01 0 0 dB pre amplifier gain channel 1 10 3 0 dB pre amplifier gain channel 1 11 6 0 dB pre amplifier gain channel 1 Data 31 2 N A 4 3 8 2 Analog Gain Channel 1 This register sets the main ana...

Page 174: ...ss 0x0020 Data 1 0 00 3 0 dB pre amplifier gain channel 1 01 0 0 dB pre amplifier gain channel 1 10 3 0 dB pre amplifier gain channel 1 11 6 0 dB pre amplifier gain channel 1 Data 31 2 N A 4 3 8 8 Ana...

Page 175: ...Digital Gain This register sets the main digital gain The digital gain is applied to both channels The step is 0 1x Address 0x0180 Data 4 0 value digital gain Data 31 5 N A 4 3 8 14 Digital Offset Th...

Page 176: ...a expects the trigger to come from the programmable pulse generator 011 computer the camera expects the trigger to come from the camera link cable 100 software trigger expects a one clock cycles pulse...

Page 177: ...e 101 50 s de bounce time 001 100 s de bounce time 110 500 s de bounce time 010 1 0 ms de bounce time 111 5 0 ms de bounce time 011 10 0 ms de bounce time Data 31 3 N A 4 3 9 6 Trigger Overlap This re...

Page 178: ...s 0x0520 Data 15 0 value of pulses used Data 31 16 N A 4 3 9 10 Trigger Exposure Delay This register selects the delay between the trigger signal and the beginning of exposure The actual exposure can...

Page 179: ...econds and 4 granularity steps are possible x1 x10 x100 x1000 x1000 is equal to 1ms timing resolution Address 0x0530 Data 1 0 00 x1 01 x10 10 x100 11 x1000 Data 31 2 N A 4 3 10 2 Pulse Generator Pulse...

Page 180: ...ern 0x1 black image 0x000 0x2 gray image 0x1FF 0x3 white image 0xFFF 0x4 steady horizontal image ramp 0x5 steady vertical image ramp 0x6 moving horizontal image ramp 0x7 moving vertical image ramp 0x8...

Page 181: ...n Position This register set the position of the vertical column V2 right position Address 0x0144 Data 11 0 value V2 column position Data 31 12 N A 4 3 11 7 Superimposed Lines Brightness This register...

Page 182: ...0 111 Reserved Data 31 3 N A 4 3 12 3 CC2 Input Polarity This register sets the polarity active Low or High for the CC2 input Address 0x0578 Data 0 0 active LOW 1 active HIGH Data 31 1 N A 4 3 12 4 CC...

Page 183: ...he polarity active Low or High for the IN2 input Address 0x0588 Data 0 0 active LOW 1 active HIGH Data 31 1 N A 4 3 12 8 IN2 Input Mapping This register maps the IN2 camera input to various internal s...

Page 184: ...e 2 1110 Software Bit Toggle Others reserved Data 31 4 N A 4 3 12 11OUT2 Output Polarity This register sets the polarity active Low or High for the OUT2 output Address 0x0598 Data 0 0 active LOW 1 act...

Page 185: ...maps the various internal signals to CLSP camera output Address 0x05A4 Data 3 0 0000 no mapping 0001 exposure start 0010 exposure end 0011 mid exposure 0100 active exposure window 0101 H sync 0110 V s...

Page 186: ...rames only 11 enable Strobe 2 even frames only Data 31 2 N A 4 3 12 18 Strobe 2 Position This register sets the position of the strobe 2 pulse with respect of the end of the frame Address 0x056C Data...

Page 187: ...to be displayed Address 0x0108 Data 1 0 00 single 01 dual 10 11 reserved Data 31 2 N A 4 3 13 3 Data Format Selector This register selects the tap format for the camera data output Address 0x010C Data...

Page 188: ...ch white balance mode will be used Off Once Auto or Manual Address 0x0300 Data 0 1 00 Off 01 WB Once 10 WB Auto 11 WB Manual Data 31 2 N A 4 3 14 2 WBC Red This register contains the white balance cor...

Page 189: ...Color Conversion Workspace Registers 4 3 15 1 Gain Red This register sets the digital gain for Red Address 0x0310 Data 0 11 value Gain Red Data 31 12 N A 4 3 15 2 Gain Green This register sets the dig...

Page 190: ...ect This register selects which LUT will be used LUT1 or LUT2 Address 0x0118 Data 0 0 LUT 1 selected 1 LUT 2 selected Data 31 1 N A 4 3 16 2 LUT Enable This register enables the selected LUT Address 0...

Page 191: ...s 4 4 1 1 Enhancement Mode Selector This register selects the image enhancement mode of operation Address 0x0400 Data 3 0 0x0 enhancement disable 0x1 single threshold binary 0x2 dual threshold binary...

Page 192: ...OI This set of register enables the processing and or LUT AOI and sets the appropriate window size and offset in horizontal and vertical direction The processing algorithm or LUT will be implemented O...

Page 193: ...re User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 193 of 265 PAOI Vertical Height Address 0x0284 Data 11 0 value PAOI height in vertical direction D...

Page 194: ...0 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 194 of 265 CHAPTER 5 Configurator for CameraLink BOBCAT Configurator for CameraLink This chapter provides a quick reference to using the BOBCAT Configurator c...

Page 195: ...searching all available UART components in your PC and allowing the user to select the one that is connected to Bobcat camera Bobcat search engine is not only finding the CamLink DLL port but also loo...

Page 196: ...c this gives Figure 5 2a GUI or select Advanced gives GUI Figure 5 2 The basic features are 1 Compact Design small 140x400 pixels saves space when user displays image and control at the same time 2 Re...

Page 197: ...rmation Current Image Size Size Number of Frame per second FPS the Frame Time FTM Exposure Time EXP and Temperature of the CCD sensor TMP Additional information can be obtained by clicking on the butt...

Page 198: ...xecutable file that you used so the next time when you start the application without having to type in the location Load From Loads the camera registers from a saved configuration space File Workspace...

Page 199: ...a User space 1 4 User Space 2 saves the current camera settings to the camera User space 2 Boot This menu selects the Boot From source Upon power up the camera will load its registers from the selecte...

Page 200: ...turn on off the polling commands such as Frame Time Exposure time Frame Rate and Sensor Temperature in the dialog windows The user can change the polling time by entering the desired number in the win...

Page 201: ...rect File Type before downloading Several options are possible DPM HPM LUT1 LUT2 Application FW Register space 2 Type in or select the correct data file of this feature in File Path 3 Click on Load Fi...

Page 202: ...in and offset tap balancing black level correction Optional controls RGB settings Input output Maps the internal input and output signals to the camera external inputs and outputs Trigger Controls the...

Page 203: ...es all camera parameter windows Attach Window Attaches all camera parameter windows to the main GUI window Disable Animation Disables animated features of windows preview when moving the mouse cursor...

Page 204: ...ser can set the desired analog gain 0 to 36 dB 1024 discrete values and offset 0 to 1023 1 step increment for each channel via the sliders or by entering the desired values Link Gain and Link Offset l...

Page 205: ...ll external camera inputs and outputs Figure 5 11 Input The user can map each of the camera inputs CC1 CC2 IN1 or IN2 to all available internal input signals 5 signals are available for mapping For ea...

Page 206: ...n trigger mode 4 Active Exposure Window a signal indicating the duration of the camera exposure in trigger mode 5 H Sync a short pulse 2 us synchronized with the camera line timing 6 V Sync a short pu...

Page 207: ...xpects a trigger signal coming from IN1 or IN2 inputs 3 Pulse Gen the camera expects a trigger signal coming from the internal pulse generator 4 Computer the camera expects a signal coming from CC1 or...

Page 208: ...e triggering edge 1 Rising the rising edge is used for triggering 2 Falling the falling edge is used for triggering Trigger Overlap the user can select how to handle the next trigger pulse if arrives...

Page 209: ...s the delay between the trigger pulse active edge and beginning of the exposure The user can set the delay from 0 to 16777215 us 5 7 4 Pulse Generator In this window the user can configure the paramet...

Page 210: ...ts and stops the process of Internal Pulse Generator When the process is in progress the Start button becomes a Stop button Status provides the status of the process Red the process is on hold Green t...

Page 211: ...der to keep the same image brightness during changing light conditions Enables enables which feature to be used 1 AEC enables Automatic Exposure Control AEC mode The user can change Area Exposure and...

Page 212: ...an select the speed of convergence 1x slow 2x 3x and 4x fast Current Provides live information about the current value of the Exposure time Gain and Luminance The values will be refreshed every time p...

Page 213: ...sition of the lines Each line location will be visible in the gray square window The sliders range from 1 to the maximum number of pixels lines available on the sensor 3 Brightness sets the brightness...

Page 214: ...ge vertical resolution is reduced by a factor of 1x 2x 3x 4x or 8x 1x no binning Figure 5 16 AOI window Master AOI Bobcat supports one Master AOI MAOI All other AOIs are slave and they have to be posi...

Page 215: ...t press the corresponding numerical number on the keyboard and then draw the window with the mouse in the gray square Different AOIs will be displayed with different colors 5 7 8 Strobe Control This w...

Page 216: ...B1610C cameras In addition this window sets the White balance mode and displays the calculated white balance coefficients Figure 5 18 This window will be disables for the Mono cameras White Balance S...

Page 217: ...he camera Currently only one Image Enhancement is implemented Figure 5 19 More features will be added later Please contact Imperx for more information This window will be disabled for the color camera...

Page 218: ...operation will be performed 2 Single Threshold Binary single point threshold operation will be performed Set the desired threshold level X1 using the horizontal bottom slider left portion 3 Dual Thre...

Page 219: ...point image enhancement operation will be performed Set the desired X1 point level using the horizontal bottom slider left portion and X2 point the horizontal bottom slider left portion Set the desir...

Page 220: ...used the CCD has only one tap or one tap operation is available for dual tap CCDs 2 Dual two taps CCD operation the CCD must support dual tap operation Format sets the output data format i e the numbe...

Page 221: ...output to 8 10 12 14 0r 3x8 bits All internal camera processing is done in 14 bits 14 bit output is available ONLY in 1 Tap Single data format Shift selects which part of the entire 14 bit internal d...

Page 222: ...ual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 222 of 265 CHAPTER 6 Gen i Cam Reference Manual Gen i Cam Reference Manual This chapter provides a quick refere...

Page 223: ...shed The host application then parses the XML file and presents the user with a node tree representation The BobCat series of cameras include a full featured host application called PureGEV which allo...

Page 224: ...Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 224 of 265 6 2 NODE TREE 6 2 1 Device Information 6 2 2 IP Engine 6 2 3 GigE Vision Transpor...

Page 225: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 225 of 265 6 2 4 Image Size Control...

Page 226: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 226 of 265 6 2 5 Acquisition and Trigger Controls 6 2 6 Counters and Timers Controls...

Page 227: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 227 of 265 6 2 7 Analog Controls 6 2 8 Test Mode 6 2 9 User Sets...

Page 228: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 228 of 265 6 2 10 Custom Features...

Page 229: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 229 of 265 Custom Features cont...

Page 230: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 230 of 265 Custom Features cont...

Page 231: ...anual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 231 of 265 Chapter 7 Bobcat Warranty and Support BOBCAT Warranty and Support This chapter discusses the camer...

Page 232: ...are User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 232 of 265 7 1 ORDERING INFORMATION NOTE For any other custom camera configurations please contac...

Page 233: ...s are firmly attached 2 Check the status LED and verify that it is steady ON if not refer to the LED section 3 Enable the test mode and verify that the communication between the frame grabber and the...

Page 234: ...bility is assumed by Imperx for its use Imperx reserves the right to make changes to this information without notice Redistribution of this manual in whole or in part by any means is prohibited withou...

Page 235: ...2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 235 of 265 Appendix A Camera Configuration Reference Camera Configuration Reference This appendix provides a quick reference to t...

Page 236: ...FG Default Gain WO Command 0x00000000 0x6074 Save to User1 WO Command 0x00000000 0x6078 Save to User2 WO Command 0x00000000 0x0604 RS 232 Baud Rate Selector RW BAUD Value 0x00000000 0x00000004 A 2 CAM...

Page 237: ...ue 0x00000001 MAX_HRZ_SZE 0x0234 AOI 3 Horizontal Width RW Width Value 0x00000001 MAX_HRZ_SZE 0x0238 AOI 4 Horizontal Width RW Width Value 0x00000001 MAX_HRZ_SZE 0x023C AOI 5 Horizontal Width RW Width...

Page 238: ...1 Enable 0 Disable 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x0550 Prog Frame Time Enable RW 1 Enable 0 Disable 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x0554 Line Time RW Line Time Value LIN_TIM_MIN 0x00001FFF 0x0558 Frame Time RW Fram...

Page 239: ...HRZ_SZE 1 0x016C AOI Vertical Height RW Height Value 0x00000001 MAX_VER_SZE 0x0170 AOI Vertical Offset RW Offset Value 0x00000000 MAX_VER_SZE 1 0x0174 Exposure Correction Speed RW 00 1x 01 2x 10 3x 11...

Page 240: ...S Address Register Name Type Usage MIN Value MAX Value 0x012C Test Mode Selector RW 0x0 Off 0xX Test Mode 0x00000000 0x00000009 0x0130 H V Lines Superimpose RW 1 ON 0 Off 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x0134...

Page 241: ...L 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x05A4 CL spare Output Selector RW Output Map 0x00000000 0x0000000F A 12 OUTPUT DATA FORMAT REGISTERS Address Register Name Type Usage MIN Value MAX Value 0x0100 Bit Depth Sele...

Page 242: ...00000000 0x00000006 0x0404 Point X1 position RW Point X1 Value 0x00000000 0x00000FFF 0x0408 Point X2 position RW Point X2 Value 0x00000000 0x00000FFF 0x040C Point Y1 position RW Point Y2 Value 0x00000...

Page 243: ...421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 243 of 265 Appendix B Creating Look Up Tables Creating Look Up Tables This appendix provides a reference on how to create a lookup table...

Page 244: ...case the file must be renamed to include the lut extension The lut file has two main sections a header and a table The header section is a free text area of up to 256 ASCII characters Each line of th...

Page 245: ...ICROSOFT EXCEL The LUT file can be created in Excel as follows 1 create the spreadsheet as shown below note that 4096 rows are required in the table 2 add the necessary equations into the output cells...

Page 246: ...v 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 246 of 265 Appendix C Creating DPC and HPC Tables Creating DPC and HPC Tables This appendix provides a reference on how to creat...

Page 247: ...ion must be terminated in a comma The table section of the file contains an array of lines with each line containing an X pixel number value followed by a comma and a Y line number value All pixels ar...

Page 248: ...al Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 248 of 265 Appendix D Software Installation CL Software Installation CL This appendix explains how to install th...

Page 249: ...InstallShield Wizard pops up then do the following otherwise go to step 1 8 Click on Remove Click Next Click Yes Click Finish 1 8 Click on Yes 1 9 Click on Close 2 After having removed a previous vers...

Page 250: ...0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 250 of 265 Appendix E Firmware Upgrade CL Firmware Upgrade CL This appendix explains how to upgrade the Bobcat Firmware DPH HPM FFC...

Page 251: ...download process The user must be familiar with the entire procedure and must follow it precisely To start a Bobcat upgrade follow the described steps Start Application Bobcat CamConfig go to Main Men...

Page 252: ...BOBCAT Hardware User s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 252 of 265 Figure E 1 Figure E 2...

Page 253: ...register space RGS file the camera firmware RPD must be upgraded first During camera RGS or FW upgrade the camera power must be on all the time and the process must not be interrupted If the camera i...

Page 254: ...start the upload process again until completion If the upgrade process cannot be completed the camera will power with the default Factory Firmware so you can start the upgrade process again If you ne...

Page 255: ...nc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 255 of 265 Appendix F GigE Vision Firmware upgrade GigE Vision Firmware upgrade This appendix explains how to upgrade and i...

Page 256: ...files the following criteria must be met 1 Read and understand these Instructions 2 Be familiar with the general operation of the Bobcat camera to be upgraded 3 Have the PC and camera on a working ch...

Page 257: ...a Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 257 of 265 The GEV device selection window will open Select the appropriate camera you want to upgrade the information on the right side of the display should match the...

Page 258: ...561 989 0006 258 of 265 Select the appropriate file RPD and Click on the load file button The program will erase the existing file and load the information from the file selected After the download h...

Page 259: ...de the RGS file in a similar manner from the down load utility select factory space RGS Then browse to the location of the file and select it Click the load file button to start the upgrade of this fi...

Page 260: ...Engine for the camera model IGV xxxx exe application Use the file name IGVxxxx exe n123456 need a space between the exe and the n This loads the serial number back into the camera Select the IP engine...

Page 261: ...e process cannot be completed the camera will power with the default Factory Firmware so you can start the upgrade process again If you need more information please contact Imperx During DPC HPC FFC o...

Page 262: ...Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 262 of 265 Appendix G Power Supplies Power Supplies This appendix has power supply models and connectors for...

Page 263: ...er s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 263 of 265 Model PS12V04 Bobcat standard power supply ordered separately Trigger Strobe pigtail with Ma...

Page 264: ...s Manual Imperx Inc Rev 2 0 2 6421 Congress Ave 11 20 2012 Boca Raton FL 33487 1 561 989 0006 264 of 265 Model PS12V05 Auto Iris 4 pin Video Type Option power supply ordered separately P4 CON4PF 4 pi...

Page 265: ...91J Power Supply Specs Cable length Supplied AC power input cable IEC 1 8m 6 100 240 Vac 50 60Hz 1A Power supply Output 12V 3m 10 15cm 6 connector HIROSE HR10A 10P 12S Strobe Trigger 10cm 4 1cm 0 5 co...

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