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AD-131GE 

Digital  2CCD  Progressive  Scan 

HDR  /  High  Frame  Rate  Camera

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

  Document  Version:  1.0 

AD-131GE_Ver.1.0_July2012 

 
 
 

User's Manual 

Summary of Contents for AD-131GE

Page 1: ...1036E 1201 AD 131GE Digital 2CCD Progressive Scan HDR High Frame Rate Camera Document Version 1 0 AD 131GE_Ver 1 0_July2012 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...s been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference ...

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Page 4: ...nd outputs interface 16 7 1 Overview 16 7 1 1 LUT Cross Point Switch 16 7 1 2 12 bit Counter 17 7 1 3 Pulse Generators 0 to 3 17 7 2 Opto isolated Inputs Outputs 17 7 2 1 Recommended External Input circuit diagram for customer 17 7 2 2 Recommended External Output circuit diagram for customer 18 7 2 3 Optical Interface Specifications 18 7 3 Input and output circuits 19 7 3 1 Iris Video output 19 7 ...

Page 5: ...ngs 37 9 3 2 Video data rate network bandwidth 38 9 3 3 Simplified calculation Approximate value 39 9 3 4 Note for 100BASE TX connection 39 9 4 GigE camera connecting examples 40 9 4 1 Using a switching hub for 1 port 40 9 4 2 Connecting a camera to each port of a multi port NIC 40 9 4 3 The data transfer for multiple cameras 41 9 4 3 1 If delayed readout is not used in continuous mode 41 9 4 3 2 ...

Page 6: ... 6 Reset Continuous Trigger RCT mode 62 10 6 7 PIV Particle Image Velocimetry mode 63 10 6 7 1 Relation between Exposure and Video readout 64 10 6 7 2 Relation between PIV exposure and PIV interval 64 10 6 7 3 Preset value table for PIV 1 2 and 3 65 10 6 7 4 Setting values and range for PIV 4 65 10 6 7 5 Formula from PIV Exposure and Interval to Exposure time and interval 65 10 6 7 6 PIV trigger m...

Page 7: ...n Table 86 Appendix 88 1 Precautions 88 2 Typical Sensor Characteristics 88 3 Caution when mounting a lens on the camera 88 4 Caution when mounting the camera 89 5 Exportation 89 6 References 89 Change History 90 User s Record 91 ...

Page 8: ...e purpose of the GenICam standard is to provide a common program interface for various machine vision cameras By using GenICam cameras from different manufactures can seamlessly connect in one platform For details about the GigE Vision standard please visit the AIA web site www machinevisiononline org and for GenICam the EMVA web site www genicam org JAI GigE Vision cameras comply with both the Gi...

Page 9: ... function which includes blemish compensation shading compensation LUT gamma correction and knee control The AD 131GE also complies with the GenICam standard and contains an internal XML file that is used to describe the functions features of the camera For further information about the GigE Vision Standard please go to www machinevisiononline org and about GenICam please go to www genicam org As ...

Page 10: ...e Pre select Pulse Width Control Reset Continuous Trigger and PIV modes Sequence trigger mode for on the fly change of gain exposure and ROI Delayed readout mode for smooth transmission of multi camera applications Smear less mode Blemish compensation built in Shading compensation circuit built in LUT Look Up Table for gamma correction AGC Automatic Gain Control from 0dB to 21dB LVAL synchronous a...

Page 11: ...al type Note 2 Mounting holes M3 max length 5mm Note 3 1 AD 131GE uses prism optics For optimal performance C mount lenses should be designed for interfacing to a 3CCD camera Rear protrusion of the C mount lens must be less than 4mm to avoid damage to the prism 2 When an RJ 45 cable with thumbscrews is connected to the camera please do not excessively tighten screws by using a screw driver The RJ ...

Page 12: ...reen Camera is operating in Continuous mode Flashing green The camera is receiving external trigger Steady green Connecting 1000Base T Link Flashing green Connecting 100Base T 10Base T Link Amber GigE Network Act Fig 2 Rear panel Note In 10BASE T connection no signal is output D C IN T R IG G P IO P O W E R T R IG G ig E 2 G ig E 1 1 1 8 8 ...

Page 13: ...SE 6 pin connector 1 can be changed by DIP switches 2 Open collector or TTL level can be selected by an internal DIP switch Factory default is TTL Pin no Signal Remarks 1 GND 2 12 V DC input 3 Opt IN 2 GND 1 GPIO IN OUT 4 Opt IN 2 Iris Video out 1 5 Opt IN 1 6 Opt IN 1 7 Opt Out 1 8 Opt Out 1 9 Opt Out 2 10 Opt Out 2 11 12 V DC input 12 GND 1 Iris Video output function can be set by the internal D...

Page 14: ...collector level The selection is activated by DIP switch SW100 described below 5 4 3 SW700 Video output for Auto iris lens The output through HIROSE 12 pin 4 can be selected OPT IN 2 or Iris video output by DIP switch SW700 described below Factory default is OPT IN 2 SW700 for lens iris SW800 for 75 ohms termination SW100 for selecting TTL output TTL 75 Ω TTL IN 1 TTL IN 2 TTL OPEN OPT IN IRIS Not...

Page 15: ... is recognized as two cameras 0 represents the Bayer color imager 0 and 1 represents the Bayer color imager 1 Each imager can be handled as an independent camera Two image sensors can be operated either in SYNC mode or ASYNC mode For the details please refer to the following chapters 6 2 and 6 3 6 2 RJ 45 outputs The AD 131GE has two RJ 45 connectors for two monochrome sensors 0 output and 1 outpu...

Page 16: ...2 can be set independently Async Input trigger to Sensor 1 and 2 independently Sensor 1 and 2 can be set independently High Frame Rate Continuous operation Settings to sensor 1 apply to sensor 2 Settings to sensor 1 apply to sensor 2 High Dynamic Range Trigger to sensor 1 operates sensor 2 Sensor 1 and 2 can be set independently High S N Settings to sensor 1 apply to sensor 2 In Sync mode the trig...

Page 17: ...time stamps from several cameras connected are FVAL2 LVAL2 DVAL2 Exposure Active2 Cross Point switch Optical In 1 Optical In 2 Software Trigger 0 Software Trigger 3 Action 2 Fram e Start Trigger Tim e Stam p Reset Software Trigger 2 Action 1 Software Trigger 1 Sequence Table Reset TTL In 1 LVDS In FVAL1 LVAL1 DVA L1 Exposure Active1 TTL In 2 Clear Source 0 Pulse Generator 0 Out Optical Out 1 Optic...

Page 18: ...t point and end point The pulse generator signals can be set in either triggered or periodic mode Free Run In triggered mode the pulse is triggered by the rising edge falling edge high level or low level of the input signal In periodic mode the trigger continuously generates a signal that is based on the configured pulse width starting point and end point 7 2 Opto isolated Inputs Outputs The contr...

Page 19: ...gnal through the optical interface is as follows Conditions for Input Input Line Voltage Range 3 3V 24V Input Current 6mA 30mA Minimum Input Pulse Width to Turn ON 0 5μs Output Specifications Output Load Maximum Current 100mA Minimum Output Pulse Width 20μs Time Delay Rise TDR 0 5μs 0 7μs Rise Time RT 1 2μs 3 0μs Time Delay Fall TDF 1 5μs 3 0μs Fall Time FT 4 0μs 7 0μs Fig 13 Optical Interface Per...

Page 20: ...itch DSW700 should be changed Refer to 5 4 3 Fig 14 Iris video output 7 3 1 1 Iris Video input and output The lens iris video output level at pin 4 of the 12 pin Hirose connector is 700 mV for 100 video output level The iris video signal is taken after the gain circuit However negative compensation is applied to the iris circuit thus the gain setting has no influence for controlling auto iris lens...

Page 21: ...ector The output can be selected as either open collector or TTL level The TTL output circuit is 75 complementary emitter followers It will deliver a full 5 volt signal Output level 4 V from 75 No termination For the open collector the maximum current is 120mA But if current of more than 50mA is used use thicker cable The use of thinner cable may cause a malfunction due to its resistance For the o...

Page 22: ... 1 Line6 Optical In 2 Line7 TTL In 1 Line9 TTL In 2 Line8 LVDS In Pulse Generator 0 Pulse Generator 1 Pulse Generator 2 Pulse Generator 3 Camera 0 Software Trigger 0 Camera 1 Software Trigger 0 Camera 0 Software Trigger 1 Camera 1 Software Trigger 1 Camera 0 Software Trigger 2 Camera 1 Software Trigger 2 Camera 0 Software Trigger 3 Camera 1 Software Trigger 3 Camera 0 Software Camera 1 Software Ca...

Page 23: ...lse generators 20 bit x 4 There are 4 pulse generators designated 0 through 3 that can be used to create various timing scenarios by programming start point endpoint length and repeats Fig 18 Pulse waveform Example of the setting The following drawing is an example of settings FVAL is used for the input of a pulse generator 0 and the clock after the rising edge of FVAL counts 100 clocks for the hi...

Page 24: ...elector Line Source Select signal inputs and outputs for camera I F 3 Pulse Generators Pulse Generator Selector Pulse Generator Clear Source Select the signal source for CLEAR input to Pulse Generator 7 5 4 Change polarity The polarity of AD 131GE is positive as the default setting This can be changed in each sector as follows 1 Acquisition Control Trigger Selector Trigger Activation and Trigger S...

Page 25: ...tor Pulse Generator Inverter Polarity False is default and can be changed to True If False is set the signal selected in Pulse Generator Clear Source is directly connected to Pulse Generator Selector If True is set the signal selected in Pulse Generator Clear Source is connected to Pulse Generator Selector after its polarity is reversed 7 5 5 Restrictions to the use of TTL In I F in the AD 131GE I...

Page 26: ...Pulse or Positive Pulse Falling Edge Negative Pulse Falling Edge Positive Pulse Rising Edge Negative Pulse Rising Edge TTL In 1 I F Initialized by Camera 0 Initialize Recognized Recognized Recognized Not recognized Camera 1 Frame Start Trigger GPIO Host PC Camera 0 Camera 1 Camera 0 Software Trigger 0 I F Camera 0 Frame Start Activation Rising Edge TG Camera 0 Frame Start Trigger Software Trigger0...

Page 27: ... and Transfer Start For Frame Start and Transfer Start in the AD 131GE Trigger Source Software can be set and Software command 0 and software command 1 can be sent Frame Start Trigger Software command Use Software Trigger 0 Transfer Start Trigger Software command Use Software Trigger 1 If Software trigger 0 is selected as the trigger source for Frame Start Trigger of Camera 0 and Camera 1 the comm...

Page 28: ...ch O ptical In 1 O ptical In 2 Software Trigger 0 Software Trigger 3 A ction 2 Fram e Start Trigger Tim e S tam p Reset Software Trigger 2 A ction 1 Software Trigger 1 Sequence Table Reset TTL In 1 LVDS In FVA L1 LVA L1 DVA L1 Exposure Active1 TTL In 2 Clear Source 0 P ulse G enerator 0 O ut O ptical O ut 1 O ptical O ut 2 12bit Counter Pulse G enerator Clock M H z Pixel Clock 51 324 M Hz TTL O ut...

Page 29: ...ion 2 Fram e Start Trigger Tim e Stam p Reset Software Trigger 2 Action 1 Software Trigger 1 Sequence Table Reset TTL In 1 LVDS In FVA L1 LVA L1 DVA L1 Exposure Active1 TTL In 2 Clear Source 0 Pulse G enerator 0 O ut O ptical O ut 1 O ptical O ut 2 12bit Counter Pulse Generator Clock MH z Pixel Clock 51 324 MHz TTL O ut 1 20bit Counter Pulse Generator 0 Software Trigger 0 Software Trigger 3 Action...

Page 30: ... output area depends on the settings of Pixel Format as well as OB transfer Enable The available display image is indicated by Width Max and Height Max in the control tool The following table shows relations pixel format and Width Max Height Max in different scan mode OB Transfer Enable False True True False True JAI Partial Scan False or True False True False False Binning Vertical 1 1 1 2 2 Widt...

Page 31: ... the ROI settings 1 If ROI is set these settings are applied to the partial scan settings 2 If the multi ROI is used the smallest number of the line and the largest number of the line define the partial scan area 3 In the case of sequence trigger it is the same as for multi ROI The smallest line and the largest line define the partial scan In order to execute the partial scan the JAI Partial Scan ...

Page 32: ...gE Vision Interface GVSP GigE Vision Streaming Protocol is used for an application layer protocol relying on the UDP transport layer protocol It allows an application to receive image data image information and other information from a device As for the color sensor in the AD 131GE the following pixel types supported by GVSP are available With regard to the details of GVSP please refer to the GigE...

Page 33: ...or Value RJ 45_2 Mono8 Mono10 Mono10 Packed Mono12 Mono 12 Packed 8 4 Video timing 8 4 1 Horizontal Timing The horizontal timing for Continuous mode and full frame scanning 1 Clock 51 324MHz 19 48ns 1CLK 1 Pixel clock period OB Optical black LVAL is HIGH in the period of optical black and effective video periods DVAL is HIGH in the effective video period Fig 27 Horizontal Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 34: ... imagers If JAI Partial Scan is set to False 1L 1660 clock 32 344μs 1L 1 LVAL period OB optical black FVAL is HIGH in the optical black and effective video periods LVAL is always output DVAL is output during the effective lines This timing chart shows camera timing The output through GigE interface is only effective lines Fig 28 Vertical Timing ...

Page 35: ...lculate total line number and frame rate on variable partial scan mode Partial scan Offset Y 0 line to 958 line Height 8 lines to 966 lines Total lines 1 Where OB period in the upper part of the frame 4L Fast dump period for the upper part Round up 4 Offset 1 5 Read out lines Height G G 1 if Height is odd and G 0 if Height is even Fast dump period for the lower part Round up 966 OffsetY Height 2 5...

Page 36: ... V Binning 1L 1 LVAL Period 38 189us OB Optical Black S G S UB L VAL FVAL 1 FVAL Per i od DVAL DATA OUT 1 2 3 4 5 OB 4 L L V A L F V A L 4 9 4 L 4 8 9 L 5 L 0 5 L 1 1 L 6 L 4 8 3 4 8 2 4 8 1 4 8 0 4 7 9 B l a n k Ef f ec t i v e Li nes OB 1 L Exposure Period Exposure Active 483L Reference JAI Partial Scan Height Offset Y Total Line FPS Full Line False 966 0 982 31 484 Full Line True 966 0 978 31 6...

Page 37: ...ing multiple cameras going through a switch and or a single path or when operating in a system with limited transmission bandwidth the Delayed Readout Mode and Inter Packet Delay functions can be useful 9 2 Equipment to configure the network system 9 2 1 PC The PC used should have the following performance or better 1 Recommended CPU Core2 Duo 2 4GHz or better Better than Core2 Extreme 2 Recommend...

Page 38: ...nforms to Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3 not all combinations of network interface cards NICs and switches routers are suitable for use with the GigE Vision compliant camera JAI will endeavor to continuously verify these combinations in order to give users the widest choice of GigE components for their system design For details of the network settings please refer to the Getting Started Guide supplie...

Page 39: ...g so will cause output to be blocked The following table shows possible packet size on each pixel format Pixel format Possible packet size Mono_10bit_Packed Mono_12bit_Packed 1476 24 x n Min 1476 Max 16020 Mono_8bit Mono_10bit Mono_12bit 1476 32 x n Min 1476 Max 16020 Note for calculation of Data Transfer Rate Setting parameter Item Unit Symbol Image Width pixels A Image Height pixels B Bits per P...

Page 40: ...th pixel x Image Height pixel x depth per pixel depending on the pixel format x frame rate 1 000 000 convert to mega bit In the case of the AD 131GE with the full image and Mono 8bit pixel format The data transfer rate 1296 x 966 x 8 x 31 484 1000000 315 Mbit s 9 3 4 Note for 100BASE TX connection In order to use 100Mbps network 100BASE TX and Full Duplex are available Half Duplex cannot be used I...

Page 41: ...r the data not to overflow in the switching hub 9 4 2 Connecting a camera to each port of a multi port NIC This is the example for using a 4 port NIC The pair of the connecting camera and the NIC constructs one subnet As for the IP configuration it is appropriate to use the persistent IP In this case each camera can use the maximum 800Mbps bandwidth However the load for the internal bus CPU and th...

Page 42: ...should be set larger The data traffic is controlled by the buffer of the hub It is necessary to check the buffer value of the unit 9 4 3 2 If delayed readout is not used in trigger mode The packet delay should be set larger The data traffic is controlled by the buffer of the hub It is necessary to check the buffer value of the unit ...

Page 43: ...131GE 42 9 4 3 3 If delayed readout is used The packet delay should be set smaller and the packet delay trigger controls the data traffic If the camera has a pulse generator it can control the data traffic ...

Page 44: ...de To determine the number of the frame to be captured Trigger Selector Acquisition Start Trigger Select if the acquisition start is controlled externally Acquisition End Select if the acquisition end is controlled externally Trigger Selector Frame start Select if the acquisition of the frame is controlled externally Acquisition State Control Exposure Control Trigger Selector Acquisition Start Tri...

Page 45: ...iated 10 1 2 1 Single Frame In single frame mode executing the AcquisitionStart command causes one frame to be captured After one frame is captured this operation is automatically stopped In order to restart the capture it is necessary to input the AcquisitionStart command again BlockID is not reset until AcquisitionEnd is input and is incremented when the AcquisitionStart command is called Normal...

Page 46: ...g for the AD 131GE 1 AcquisitionStart command is input 2 AcquisitionTriggerWait becomes effective 3 AcquisitionActive becomes TRUE 4 Images begin outputting continuously 5 AcquisitionEnd command is sent 6 AcquisitionActive becomes FALSE At this moment the output stops Fig 33 Continuous timing This drawing shows a case where the trigger is ON If the trigger is OFF FrameActive becomes TRUE at the sa...

Page 47: ...isitionEnd trigger Set whether the end of the capture is to be controlled externally or not TriggerMode On While AcquisitionActive is effective input the signal selected by AcquisitionEnd as the trigger and make AcquisitionActive invalid TriggerMode Off AcquisitionStart command is input It makes AcquisitionActive invalid regardless of the trigger source 10 2 1 2 Exposure These commands are used fo...

Page 48: ...ger source The following signals can be selected as the trigger signal source 10 2 4 Trigger Activation This determines the behaviour of the trigger RisingEdge Initiate at the signal rising edge FallingEdge Initiate at the signal falling edge LevelHigh Initiate during the signal high level LevelLow Initiate during the signal low level Note When TriggerWidth is used TriggerActivation should be set ...

Page 49: ...to Timed This command can set the exposure time The setting can be done in 1μs step Minimum 11 49μs Maximum 31 76msec 10 3 3 Exposure Auto This is auto exposure control function and is effective only in the Timed mode The reference video level is controlled by JAI AGC Reference ExposureAuto includes OFF Once and Continuous modes The following detailed settings are aslo possible ExposureAuto speed ...

Page 50: ...ectors respectively Host PC will process those signals Fig 34 High frame rate output If this mode is used the sync mode is set at High Frame Rate and the trigger mode should be set at Continuous The available shutter speed is Total lines in one frame 2 1 and if the shutter speed is slower than this the shutter will be OFF In this mode the exposure period of camera 1 is linked with that of camera 0...

Page 51: ...al is visibly smooth There are three built in High Dynamic Range modes High dynamic range 1 In this mode the ratio of camera 0 video signal is larger than that of camera 1 Fig 35 Composition of two images High dynamic range 2 In this mode 50 of each video level is added to make an output Fig 36 Composition of two images Camera 0 Camera 1 Video output Video output Incoming light Incoming light Vide...

Page 52: ...to Individual setting Continuous Composed out SYNC sync Individual setting Continuous EPS Delayed EPS Individual Process in PC 10 5 3 High S N mode In this mode each sensor output is synchronized and has the same exposure time The image average of the two signals is the output The shutter and trigger settings for Camera 0 are applied to Camera 1 The same video output is fed through GigE 1 and GigE...

Page 53: ...rigger Delayed Readout EPS trigger Delayed Readout PWC trigger PIV Mode 1 2 3 4 10 6 Trigger operation mode The AD 131GE has various settings which determine the exposure timing when the trigger pulse is applied A total of 9 operation modes and one additional sub function can be selected 1 Trigger mode Continuous mode 2 Trigger mode Edge Pre Select Trigger EPS 3 Trigger mode Pulse Width Control Tr...

Page 54: ...igger PW modes 10 6 1 2 Relation between the external trigger mode and LVAL Sync Async Exposure Mode JAI Smear Less Enable LVAL SYNC LVAL ASYNC Edge pre select False True Pulse width control False True RCT Mode Sequential EPS trigger False Note 1 True Delayed readout EPS trigger False True Delayed readout PWC trigger False True PIV Mode 1 2 3 4 Note 1 In the sequence trigger mode each entry in the...

Page 55: ...PS An external trigger pulse initiates the capture and the exposure time accumulation time is the fixed shutter speed set by registers The exposure time can be set from 0L to 982L in 1 LVAL steps The accumulation can be LVAL synchronous or LVAL asynchronous The resulting video signal will start to be read out after the selected shutter time For the details of timing refer to section 8 4 Video timi...

Page 56: ...tion L 1L True LVAL ASYNC Smear less period 196L 1 Larger exposure time between camera 0 and camera 1 Frame interval in continuous operation L 6L SYNC Mode ASYNC False LVAL ASYNC Frame interval in continuous operation L Exposure Time Raw 5L LVAL SYNC If Exposure Time Raw range is 3L to Frame interval in continuous operation L 1L Frame interval in continuous operation L 5L If JAI Partial Scan is se...

Page 57: ... same Note 2 8L to 3 8L after the exposure end of the longest exposure 1 LVAL 1660 clock 32 344μs T1 T2 T3 T4 V Binning OFF 0 2L 6 03μs 2 8L 3 8L 977L 966L V Binning ON 0 3L 11 86μs 1 8L 2 8L 489L 483L Fig 41 Edge Pre select LVAL asynchronous t1 Exposure start delay t2 t3 Data output delay V Binning Off 0 2L 6 03μs 2 8L 3 8L 10 8L 11 8L V Binning On 0 3L 11 587μs 1 8L 2 8L 5 8L 6 8L Fig 42 Edge Pr...

Page 58: ...ning ON 0 1L 1 1L 2 5μs 40 7μs 1 8L 489L 483L Fig 43 Edge Pre select LVAL synchronous t1 Exposure start dely t2 t3 Data output delay V Binning Off 0 1L 1 1L 3 35 2μs 2 8L 10 8L V Binning On 0 1L 1 1L 2 5μs 40 7μs 1 8L 5 8L Fig 44 Edge Pre select LVAL synchronous details DATA out Ext Tri g FVAL EEN LVAL Exposure Exposure Period t1 t2 t3 ...

Page 59: ...me us Exposure time Raw Other functions Input External Trigger Trigger Source This function can be set by selecting Pulse width control in Exposure mode of JAI Acquisition Control However Acquisition Mode Sync Mode Exposure Time and so on should be set Important Note The minimum duration of the trigger is 2L The minimum period of trigger is as follows SYNC Mode Smearless Enable Minimum Trigger int...

Page 60: ... input is the same for both camera 0 and 1 and the output timing is the same t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 V Binning Off 0 2L 0 5L 2 8L 3 8L 977L 966L V Binning On 0 3L 0 8L 1 8L 2 8L 489L 483L Fig 45 Pulse Width Control LVAL asynchronous t1 Exposure start delay t2 t3 Output delay t4 Exposure end delay V Binning Off 0 2L 6 03μs 2 8L 3 8L 10 8L 11 8L 0 5L 17 45μs V Binning On 0 3L 11 86μs 1 8L 2 8L 5 8L 6 8L 0 8L...

Page 61: ...ject is unaffected At the falling edge of the trigger pulse the high speed transfer starts This period is 6 34ms which is 196L Thereafter the residual charge in the horizontal CCD register is read out in 1L and the new exposure starts This function is available for both full scan and partial scan This function can be set if Smearless Enable in JAI Acquisition Control is set at True 10 6 5 1 Sync S...

Page 62: ...de Sync LVAL Async Smearless Enable True PWC trigger t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 V Binning Off 0 2L 6 03μs 0 5L 2 8L 3 8L 977L 966L 8L 2L V Binning On 0 3L 11 86μs 0 8L 1 8L 2 8L 489L 483L 4L 1L Fig 48 PWC timing chart with Smearless ON ...

Page 63: ...junction with a lens with video controlled iris To use this mode Set function Acqusition mode Frame Start Trigger mode ON Sync mode refer to 10 5 4 Exposure Mode Timed Exposure time Exposure time Exposure time us Exposure time Raw Pre dump mode ON Other functions Input External Trigger Trigger Source This function can be set by selecting RCT mode in Exposure mode of JAI Acquisition Control However...

Page 64: ...1 2 and 3 operate with preset exposure time and exposure interval and PIV 4 can operate by setting PIV Exposure Time and PIV Interval Mode Setting Trigger Selector Camera 0 Frame Start Trigger mode ON Exposure mode Timed Sync mode Sync Exposure Mode JAI PIV1 2 3 4 Other functions Trigger input trigger Source D V A L D A T A OUT Co n t i n u o u s Da t a Tr i g g e r e d Da t a Co n t i n u o u s D...

Page 65: ... ge g g Readout start jitter Max 1 line Strobe light 5 to 50us Data output Data output Exposure Time Exposure Time Frame Start Trigger Camera0 Camera0 Trigger Pulse Width 2Line 5 5us 1st Frame Exposure 3rd Frame Exposure 2nd Frame Exposure Interval Interval PIV Exposure Interval PIV Exposure Interval Camera1 Exposure Active Camera0 Camera1 Camera0 FVAL Camera1 FVAL 1st Active 3rd Active 2nd Active...

Page 66: ...f Value 102 71 LSB 10 6 7 4 Setting values and range for PIV 4 PIV Mode PIV Exposure Time PIV Interval Unit 4 Value 47 4095 6 1023 LSB Range 3 721 319 207 0 234 20 049 us Time Step 77 94 1Step 19 48 ns Range 191 16383 12 1029 clk clock 1Step 4 1Step 1 clk 10 6 7 5 Formula from PIV Exposure and Interval to Exposure time and interval Item Formula PIV Exposure time PIV Exposure Time value x 4clk offs...

Page 67: ...LineH clock 1660 Frame interval in continuous mode L 494 2 4 L round off after the decimal point Reference In PIV Mode 1 2 3 and if JAI Partial Scan False is set the minimum Trigger interval is as follows Frame interval L in continuous mode 982 Line PIV Mode 1 Minimum Trigger interval 1968 Line PIV Mode 2 Minimum Trigger interval 1969 Line PIV Mode 3 Minimum Trigger interval 1969 Line PIV Mode 4 P...

Page 68: ...nce to repeat indefinitely 3 Last Sequence applicable value 1 10 To determine how many sequences out of sequences 1 to 10 are executed as one consecutive sequence 4 Sequence Selector In the Sequence Selector there are 10 sequence tables Each Sequence has 8 setting parameters such as Sequence ROI Size X and Y Sequence ROI Offset X and Y Sequence Exposure Raw Sequence Master Gain Raw and Repeat Coun...

Page 69: ... 0 982 0 1 Sequence 7 1296 966 0 0 982 0 1 Sequence 8 1296 966 0 0 982 0 1 Sequence 9 1296 966 0 0 982 0 1 Sequence 10 1296 966 0 0 982 0 1 Camera 1 Sequence Control Sequence Mode Off Sequence Repetition Count 0 Last Sequence 1 Sequence Selector Sequence Repeat Count in Each Step ROI Exposure Time Raw Master Gain Raw Size Offset X Y X Y Sequence 1 1296 966 0 0 982 0 1 Sequence 2 1296 966 0 0 982 0...

Page 70: ...age data is output AD 131GE has up to 6 memories to store and the stored image data can be output at the consecutive timing of Transfer Start Trigger After the stored image is transmitted by Transfer Start Trigger as the memory has the space it is possible to store new images by Frame Start Trigger This mode can work in EPS mode and PWC mode This is not available for Sequence Trigger Fig 53 Delaye...

Page 71: ...re A maximum of 5 ROIs can be set The size for each ROI can be set by ROI selector 10 6 10 2 Initial parameters Camera 0 Camera 1 ROI Mode 1 1 ROI Selector Width Height Offset X Offset Y Width Height Offset X Offset Y ROI 1 1296 966 0 0 1296 966 0 0 ROI 2 1296 966 0 0 1296 966 0 0 ROI 3 1296 966 0 0 1296 966 0 0 ROI 4 1296 966 0 0 1296 966 0 0 ROI 5 1296 966 0 0 1296 966 0 0 10 6 11 Optical Black ...

Page 72: ... 5 970 JAI Partial Scan 1 1296 H 1 1296 1312 H V Binning ON 1 1296 483 1 1296 1312 483 Note H Height can be set from 8 lines as the minimum and 966 lines as the maximum 16 horizontal pixels are added 16 horizontal pixels and 4 vertical pixels are added 16 horizontal pixels are added ...

Page 73: ...Sensor Bayer channel1 Monochrome channel2 Auto Iris output note2 Trigger Input Trigger 1 Valid Trigger 2 Invalid Mode Exposure Time JAI Partial Scan Smear Less Enable Exposure Time JAI Partial Scan Smear Less Enable 1 Continuous Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 2 Edge Pre select EPS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 3 Pulse Width Control PW Not applicable Yes Yes Not applicable Yes Yes No 4 RCT Yes Yes Automati...

Page 74: ...rts encompassing the visible wavelengths from 400nm to 650nm Half of the incoming light is reflected off the prism s mirror coating and goes to the Camera 1 sensor The other 50 passes through the mirror and goes to the Camera 0 sensor The following shows the concept of this system Fig 55 Conceptual diagram for 2CCD prism optics 11 3 Electronic shutter In the GenICam standard Exposure Time us is de...

Page 75: ...tput Exposure time us This is defined in GenICam standard and set exposure period In the AD 131GE if V binning is changed On or OFF the calculation from the exposure time us to the exposure time RAW as follows 1 V Binning is OFF Binning vertical 1 In the normal readout the exposure time can be set in the range of 11 490us to 31 772ms 1 87 000s to1 31s In this case the step is approx 32 344us 2 V B...

Page 76: ...crements In the AD 131GE previous settings are also available in JAI Acquisition Control 11 4 Shading correction The AD 131GE features a shading correction circuit that can be used for reducing shading resulting from illumination lens vignetting or prism shading caused by lenses with a wide output aperture The shading correction circuit divides the image into horizontal and vertical fields and adj...

Page 77: ...a for blemish compensation is stored in the factory data When the blemish compensation is set to ON the factory data is loaded The user can store the compensation data in the user area When executing a blemish compensation it can be done for white and black blemishes Fig 57 Blemish compensation 11 7 ALC In the AD 131GE auto gain auto shutter and auto iris functions can be combined to provide a wid...

Page 78: ...nal Output OFF if only auto iris is used ON if auto iris is combined with AGC and ASC GainAutoReferecne will determine the target video level for AGC Auto Shutter and or Auto iris For instance if GainAutoReference is set to 100 video level AGC Auto Shutter and or Auto iris will function to maintain 100 video level Gain is fixed at Min Dark Light changes Bright Auto Shutter Max Auto shutter operati...

Page 79: ...est signal generator The AD 131GE has the following test generators built in Address Function Read Write Size Value 0xA13C Test stream RO 4 0 OFF 4 H Ramp scale 5 V Ramp scale 6 Moving Ramp scale 11 9 Control Tool Screen ...

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Page 85: ...ernal Appearance and Dimensions Fig 59 Dimensions 1 8 8 1 G PIO D C I N TRIG POW ER TRIGGER Gig E 2 Gig E 1 40 55 4 0 55 40 C M ount 4 M 3 Depth5 40 4 M 3 Depth5 5 3 40 5 3 5 3 0 3 90 90 4 M 3 Depth5 90 4 M 3 Depth5 98 3 ...

Page 86: ...ing side Fig 61 Total Spectral Response Visible 1 Transmission side Camera 0 Visible 2 Reflection side Camera 1 Fig 60 Total spectrum response prism plus sensor 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Sensitivity wavelength nm AD 131GE spectral transmittance with Sensor Visible1 Visible2 ...

Page 87: ...ain Auto Continuous AGC range can be set in units from 0 min to 539 max LUT Gamma 1 0 OFF 0 9 0 8 0 75 0 6 0 55 0 5 0 45 LUT Shading compensation flat shading Blemish compensation Built in GPIO Module Input Output switch Clock Generator four Pulse generator Four Configurable 25 in 14 out switch 12 bit counter based on pixel clock 20 bit counter programmable for length start point stop point repeat...

Page 88: ... non condensing Storage temperature humidity 25 C to 60 C 20 to 80 non condensing Vibration 3G 15Hz to 200Hz XYZ Shock 50G Regulatory CE EN61000 6 2 EN61000 6 3 FCC Part 15 Class B RoHS Power DC 10 8V to 26 4V 8 0W Typical normal operation 12VDC in 8 7W 8 lines partial scan 12VDC in Dimensions 55 H x55 W x 98 3 D mm Weight 340 g Note Above specifications are subject to change without notice Note A...

Page 89: ...mage sensor blemishes Over time some pixel defects can occur This does not have a practical effect on the operation of the camera These will show up as white spots blemishes Exposure to cosmic rays can cause blemishes to appear on the image sensor Please take care to avoid exposure to cosmic rays during transportation and storage It is recommended that sea shipment instead of air flight be used in...

Page 90: ...ounting plate please use the provided screws 5 Exportation When exporting this product please follow the export regulation of your own country 6 References 1 This manual for AD 131GE can be downloaded from www jai com 2 Datasheet for AD 131GE can be downloaded from www jai com 3 JAI SDK software can be downloaded from www jai com Camera chassis Fixing plate Mounting the camera to fixing plate 5 0m...

Page 91: ...AD 131GE 90 Change History Month Year Revision Changes July 2012 1 0 New issue ...

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