LYNX Manual RA02
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The LYNX cameras are advanced, high-resolution, progressive scan, fully
programmable and field upgradeable CCD cameras. They are built around
KODAK’s line of interline transfer CCD imagers. The camera’s image processing
engine is based on a 1 million gate FPGA and 32-bit RISC processor. The LYNX
cameras feature programmable image resolution, frame rates, gain, offset,
asynchronous external triggering with programmable exposure, fast triggering,
double exposure and capture duration, electronic shutter, long time integration,
strobe output, transfer function correction, temperature monitoring and user
programmable and up-loadable LUT. A square imager format with uniform 7.4
µm square pixels 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 and long time integration enables
the cameras capturing speed to be from 1/200,000 second to more than 10
seconds. The cameras have an optically isolated I/O interface (trigger input and
strobe output). A built-in Gamma correction and user LUT optimizes the CCD ‘s
dynamic range. The cameras have a standard Camera Link™ interface that
includes 8/10/12 bits data transmission with one or two output taps as well as
camera control and asynchronous RS232 serial communication interface, all on a
single cable. The cameras are fully programmable via the Camera Link serial
interface using a GUI based configuration utility, or optionally, the camera can be
configured using simple ASCII commands via any terminal emulator. The
adaptability and flexibility of the camera allows it to be used in a wide and
diverse range of applications including machine vision, metrology high-definition
imaging and surveillance, medical and scientific imaging, intelligent
transportation systems, character recognition, document processing and many
more.
MAIN LYNX FEATURES
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Interline transfer CCD
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Progressive scan image
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8/10/12 bit data, Base Camera Link
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Single or Dual tap operation
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RS232 serial communication
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32 bit RISC processor
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Horizontal and vertical binning
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Dynamic transfer function correction
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Dynamic S/N correction
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Temperature monitor
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Field upgradeable
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Software
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Firmware
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User LUTs
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Automatic Iris Control – optional
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Highly programmable:
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Resolution
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Frame rate
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Electronic shutter
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Long integration
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Strobe output
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Analog gain
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Analog offset
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Area of interest
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User LUT
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Temperature alarms
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External trigger
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Pre-exposure
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Fast triggering
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Double exposure
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Capture duration
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