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Page 1: ...pco edge 3 1 pco edge 4 2 pco edge 5 5 pco user manual...
Page 2: ...cluding without limitation lost revenues or lost profits which may result from the use of these materials The information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the...
Page 3: ...DATA SHEET 27 A1 2 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS 28 CAMERA LINK VERSION 28 A1 2 1 USB VERSION 29 A1 2 2 CAMERA LINK HS VERSION 29 A1 2 3 WATER COOLED STANDARD VERSION 30 A1 2 4 A1 3 MOUNTING 33 INSTABLE MOUNT...
Page 4: ...A4 3 7 UPDATE FIRMWARE OF THE GRABBER 47 A4 3 8 A4 4 USB 3 0 48 DRIVER INSTALLATION 48 A4 4 1 USB 3 0 CARD INSTALLATION 48 A4 4 2 RING BUFFER AND FIFO 50 A4 4 3 A5 BINNING WITH CMOS SENSORS 51 A6 LIGH...
Page 5: ...technicians engineers and scientists It is a scientific measuring instrument which provides images The camera may only be used according to the instructions of this manual Provisions limitations and...
Page 6: ...100 pco edge 4 2 Camera Link HS rolling 100 MHz 26 58 36 100 s 10 s mono 7 C air 274 MHz 9 68 101 pco edge 5 5 USB 3 0 rolling 86 MHz 30 51 30 500 s 2 s mono color 5 C air 5 C water global 160 MHz 16...
Page 7: ...pping over loose cables Never position the cable in a way that it could become a tripping hazard HUMIDITY DUST OR RADIATION Humidity dust or X rays could damage the camera Never operate the camera in...
Page 8: ...camera status Serial Number Tag Mounting Thread 4x 20 UNC mounting threads Frame Grabber Card USB 3 0 Interface Card PCI Express card Camera Link PCI Express card Camera Link HS PCI Express card 2 x...
Page 9: ...Camera Link HS Frame Grabber card When operating the camera with Camera Link HS interface run the appropriate grabber driver installation with default settings For detailed installation instructions...
Page 10: ...Camera Toolbox in your program directory and a pco camware 32 64 button on your desktop To uninstall the pco camware program use the Software feature under Windows System Control Follow the Installat...
Page 11: ...nished see chapter 4 An appropriate lens is attached remove cap or the camera is attached properly to the microscope spectrograph or other scientific device Camera is connected to the computer Camera...
Page 12: ...Auto Range You may have to adjust Exposure time aperture and focus of the mounted lens Now you should clearly see the object in the window To change Exposure time e g the image is still either too dar...
Page 13: ...nduced accumulated charge carriers of the pixels in a line are shifted into memory in a low noise readout mode This results in the total image appearing in memory corresponding to the line readout The...
Page 14: ...possible time at that frame rate Camera Frame rate FPS Based Exposure time pco edge 4 2 Camera Link 0 1 35 fps 95 3 MHz 100 s 10 s 0 1 100 fps 272 3 MHz pco edge 5 5 Camera Link 0 1 100 fps 272 3 MHz...
Page 15: ...alculate the band of simultaneous exposure lines at an exposure time of 100 s full resolution for pco edge 4 2 Exposure time Line time Number of simultaneous exposure lines 100 s 24 93 4 8 lines The l...
Page 16: ...tem delay of rising edge 50 150 ns tfsys fixed system delay of falling edge 50 150 ns tdelay delay time set via pco camware 0 s 1 s 1 line time see 1 2 For optimized synchronization minimized jitter t...
Page 17: ...emory where the former reset dark image is subtracted to perform an external correlated double sampling which reduces the noise Since two images have to be read out to yield one valid image the sCMOS...
Page 18: ...n steps of 1 mHz Global Shutter If the selected exposure time would require a lower frame rate the exposure time is cut to the maximum possible time at that frame rate Camera Frame rate FPS Based Expo...
Page 19: ...e starts always after the readout of the dark image is completed The length of the exposure is detected by the sensor from the trigger input The exposure is stopped by global charge transfer to the di...
Page 20: ...time of the first row stops after the predefined time the following rows are read out from the outside to the center row by row Note that this leads to a different duration of exposure time for each r...
Page 21: ...ate Camera Global Reset Frame rate FPS Based Exposure time pco edge 5 5 Camera Link 1 33 3 fps 95 3 MHz 10 s 2 s 1 100 fps 286 MHz Details for External Exp Start and External Exp Ctrl The detailed tim...
Page 22: ...uire Enable SMA input 2 Acquire Enable On Off Signal Polarity High Low Status Busy If checked on a signal indicating busy status is provided at the status busy output Once an acceptable trigger edge i...
Page 23: ...or Falling negative logic Detailed Explanation for Status Expos SMA 4 Signal Timing Setting in pco camware Rolling Shutter Signal Timing options are available only if shutter mode is set to Rolling Sh...
Page 24: ...ra will automatically restart Five different readout modes are available in Rolling Shutter mode 6 1 only B W cameras Standard mode is Dual Outside In In Single Top Down the pco edge provides only hal...
Page 25: ...a Link HS 16 1 64x16 no Software based ROI Soft ROI only Camera Link interface Calculates the Region of Interest via software The resolution of pco edge cameras with Camera Link interface can be adjus...
Page 26: ...ON 39 A3 4 DIMENSIONS 40 A3 5 YOUR OWN COOLING SYSTEM 40 A4 INTERFACES 41 A4 1 CABLING 41 A4 2 CAMERA LINK 42 FRAME GRABBER INSTALLATION 42 A4 2 1 MICRO DIAGNOSTICS TOOL 43 A4 2 2 A4 3 CAMERA LINK HS...
Page 27: ...e trigger acquire SMA connectors Trigger output signals exposure busy SMA connectors Data interface Camera Link Camera Link HS USB 3 0 Timestamp in image 1 s resolution General Power supply 12 24 VDC...
Page 28: ...28 A1 2 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS CAMERA LINK VERSION A1 2 1 pco edge4 2 5 5 Camera Link...
Page 29: ...29 A1 TECHNICAL DATA USB VERSION A1 2 2 The USB version differs only on the back to the Camera Link version pco edge 3 1 pco edge 4 2 LT CAMERA LINK HS VERSION A1 2 3 pco edge 4 2 5 5 Camera Link HS...
Page 30: ...4 2 5 5 Camera Link Water cooled USB Version pco edge 4 2 USB 5 5 USB The housing size is similar to the dimensions of the standard version The USB 3 0 interface version has the hose couplings on the...
Page 31: ...02 CLV Pin1 ground Pin2 VCC 12 V 24 V Appropiate Lemo plug FGG 0B 302 CLAD52Z Power Output Lens Control LEMO socket EEG 0B 304 CLN Pin1 12 V output 15 W Pin2 RXD bidirectional modulated communication...
Page 32: ...LED Camera Link HS Color Description off no power and or waiting for software green continuous link established data transfer may take place green blinking hardware ok but connection interupted not es...
Page 33: ...istent high image quality pictures are mounting proposals Don t use such an instable mounting plate CORRECT MOUNTING A2 1 2 Recommended Mounting The mounting plate must have a centred opening as the c...
Page 34: ...mera The air outlets are on top and on both sides of pco edge The camera needs a sufficient supply of fresh air to ensure a constant operating temperature Caution Never block the fan and the louvers K...
Page 35: ...phragm Nikon all Nikkor lenses of type D and type G not for type E this one is only electronic Zeiss all ZEISS ZF 2 lenses Otus Milvus Interlock Distagon Planar Sigma only lenses which already have a...
Page 36: ...distance In order to reach the standard support dimension of C mount 17 526 mm screw in the C mount ring so far that it protrudes outwards a distance of 1 8 mm For fine adjustment use a suitable lens...
Page 37: ...ly the coolant s level of the reservoir water tank should be checked from time to time Only use Innovatec Protect IP for the pco aquamatic Do not use or add any other coolant or normal water If you ne...
Page 38: ...over Turn power switch on I Slowly fill in the coolant while the unit is running Refill as needed to keep the level While the cooling liquid flows back to the tank make sure all air gets out of the sy...
Page 39: ...evel is passed the Power LED blinks fast and the Error LED shows the error code Error Failure on off none 1Hz flash one short flash warning when temperature at 55 C also if sensor is defect or missing...
Page 40: ...he pco edge cameras with USB 3 0 Interface is designed to work with or without a water cooling system A fan inside the camera provides adequate cooling anyway In case you use an own water cooling syst...
Page 41: ...Camera Link HS available for pco edge 4 2 5 5 FOL fiber optic cable LC multi mode function standard 10 m multi mode maximum 300m multi mode Camera Link full 2 cables available for pco edge 4 2 5 5 st...
Page 42: ...est silicon software runtime package before installing the hardware Download http www pco de support When working on a 64 bit operating system make sure to install the proper 64 bit runtime when a 64...
Page 43: ...file MicroDiagnostics provides the latest available firmware version of the installed runtime Then click on Yes when prompted to proceed You must restart your computer after the firmware upgrade Test...
Page 44: ...LC connector o Up to 10 km SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS A4 3 2 PCIe Slot x8 or x16 Recommended Gen 3 and 8 lanes see chapter A4 3 7 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS A4 3 3 CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT Risk of injury due to laser...
Page 45: ...o electric shock Always pull the main plug before opening the computer Install the latest Kaya package Download approved version from http www pco de support Only 64 bit computer systems are supported...
Page 46: ...e following values Firmware version 4 017 PCIe generation 3 see Note PCIe lanes 8 Grabber firmware must be updated if version is smaller than 4 017 see chapter A4 3 8 PCI Express Generation 2 3 If the...
Page 47: ...e grabber card Select Device Control Firmware update Select proper firmware update file Click next and wait till the update process is finished Power down your computer a restart is not sufficient Do...
Page 48: ...of injury due to electrical shock Always pull the main plug before opening the computer Driver Installation Instructions The installation files are located on the PCO USB stick in the pco edge direct...
Page 49: ...TERFACES DRIVER INSTALLATION A4 4 2 Install PCO USB 3 0 Driver For pco edge USB 3 0 you always need to install the latest USB Driver version After these two screens the driver is completely installed...
Page 50: ...the PC In case of a delay in transmission the image in the memory which waits for transmission will lose its status as most recent image to the next image and will be disregarded for transmission Hen...
Page 51: ...e beneficial for the SNR but with a smaller impact compared to CCD image sensors Since such CMOS binning cannot be done within the image sensor it either has to be done in the camera or in the compute...
Page 52: ...eras with a lightsheet microscope that requires this method of camera exposure timing Workflow only PCO SDK Set Rolling Shutter mode Set readout format E Set line timing on 0x0001 a CMOS_LINETIMING_PA...
Page 53: ...e 16 bit information will be lost and cannot be recovered pcoraw This 16 bit pco file format is based on the new BigTIFF format thus allowing for file size 4GB A new pco proprietary compression scheme...
Page 54: ...ion for photographic images The degree of compression can be adjusted allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality JP2 JPEG 2000 is a wavelet based image compression standard...
Page 55: ...um photo stores Use a cotton swab dipped in pure alcohol or optical cleaning liquid and wipe only on the glass surface Do not get any cleaning liquid on the metallic parts such as the lens thread beca...
Page 56: ...files is created The pco camware opens a new email addressed to support pco de attach the Support File manually to this mail and send the mail to the PCO support Alternatively use the support form on...
Page 57: ...A4 3 44 Cleaning A8 55 Cuda nvidia driver 4 1 9 Dimensions A1 2 28 Driver installation 4 1 9 Global Reset 6 3 20 Global Shutter 6 2 17 Input Output possibilities 7 1 22 Interfaces A4 41 Lightsheet sca...
Page 58: ...ts In the early 1990s PCO expanded its business activities to the global market by successfully establishing an international network of highly trained sales partners and customers We entered addition...
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