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Falcon4™ 57M

Camera User’s Manual

FA-S0-57M16-00-R

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| frame grabbers | processors | software | vision solutions

03-032-20220-00

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Page 1: ...Falcon4 57M Camera User s Manual FA S0 57M16 00 R sensors cameras frame grabbers processors software vision solutions 03 032 20220 00 www teledynedalsa com P r e l i m i n a r y...

Page 2: ...mentioned herein belong to their respective owners Document Date August 5 2015 Document Number 03 032 20220 00 Revision History Revision Number Change Description Revision Date 00 Initial release of...

Page 3: ...atic Discharge and the CMOS Sensor 12 SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SETUP 13 RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 13 SETUP STEPS OVERVIEW 13 Step 1 Install and Configure Frame Grabber and Software 13 Step 2 Connec...

Page 4: ...D TRANSFER CONTROL CATEGORY 45 Acquisition and Transfer Control Feature Descriptions 45 SENSOR CONTROL CATEGORY 45 Sensor Control Feature Descriptions 45 I O CONTROL CATEGORY 47 I O Controls Feature D...

Page 5: ...ns This new production of CMOS sensors builds upon the performance of the Falcon2 and Falcon3 cameras and improves on image quality The Falcon4 cameras are compliant with GenICam and CLHS specificatio...

Page 6: ...ions Performance Resolution 7168 H x 8064 V Pixel Rate 1 37 Gpixel s Max Frame Rate 16 fps Pixel Size 6 m x 6 m Bit Depth 12 bits Camera Link HS Exposure Time 100 s minimum Dynamic Range Mono 59 dB mo...

Page 7: ...on Comparison Resolution Aspect Ratio Maximum Column Maximum Rows No summing Max Summing Max 57M 0 89 7168 8064 16 12bit 2 to 8 Certifications Compliance Compliance EN 55011 CISPR 11 EN 55022 CISPR 22...

Page 8: ...Link HS command lane For more information see www genicam org Camera Link HS The camera is Camera Link HS version 1 0 compliant Camera Link HS is the next generation of high performance communications...

Page 9: ...that the initialization of the frame grabber automatically starts a discovery process that will identify the lane configuration of the camera This process is transparent to the user and requires no a...

Page 10: ...Camera Overview Responsivity The responsivity graph describes the camera s response to different wavelengths of light excluding lens and light source characteristics Figure 2 Falcon4 Monochrome 57M S...

Page 11: ...The Falcon4 Camera Overview Falcon 4 Camera User s Manual 9 Figure 3 Falcon4 Monochrome 57M Effective QE P r e l i m i n a r y...

Page 12: ...ark and light pixel defects Tolerated Count 7 Based on estimation algorithm Detection Threshold Groups of dark and light pixels Combined dark and light pixel defects Tolerated Count 0 Glass Spot Defec...

Page 13: ...olumns Row Defect A horizontal grouping of more than 20 contiguous pixel defects along a single row Must be a minimum of 5 good rows between defective rows If row defect count is 0 then column defect...

Page 14: ...ctromagnetic fields In addition avoid electrostatic charging violent vibration and excess moisture Though this camera supports hot plugging it is recommended that you power down and disconnect power t...

Page 15: ...CLHS series frame grabbers or equivalent Follow the manufacturer s installation instructions For additional information on configuring frame grabbers see A GenICam compliant XML device description fil...

Page 16: ...rge any static electrical charge by touching a grounded surface such as the metal computer chassis before performing handling the camera hardware Power Connector WARNING It is extremely important that...

Page 17: ...le in order to reduce voltage drop Use high quality linear supplies in order to minimize noise Note If your power supply does not meet these requirements then the camera performance specifications are...

Page 18: ...s waiting for a command Green solid Free running acquisition Green slow blinking Calibration in progress Orange slow blinking Camera initializing Color of CLHS Status LED Meaning Off No power or hardw...

Page 19: ...Software and Hardware Setup Falcon 4 Camera User s Manual 17 P r e l i m i n a r y...

Page 20: ...n with the camera Start a new Sapera CamExpert application or equivalent Camera Link compliant interface by double clicking the desktop icon created during the software installation CamExpert will sea...

Page 21: ...Software and Hardware Setup Falcon 4 Camera User s Manual 19 P r e l i m i n a r y...

Page 22: ...Setup Figure 7 Two CamExpert windows shown one connected to the frame grabber and one connected to the camera At this point you are ready to start operating the camera in order to acquire images set c...

Page 23: ...ithout the need to run a separate acquisition program Click on any parameter and a short description is displayed below the Category pane The same context sensitive help is available by clicking on th...

Page 24: ...Allows viewing or changing all acquisition parameters supported by the acquisition device CamExpert displays parameters only if those parameters are supported by the installed device This avoids conf...

Page 25: ...s its requirement or complexity The states vary from Beginner features required for basic operation of the device to Guru optional features required only for complex operations CamExpert presents came...

Page 26: ...sion sensor characteristics and so forth are read to uniquely identify the connected device The parameters used to select load and save user sets are grouped together under the Camera Information cate...

Page 27: ...to the camera s non volatile memory using the User Set Save parameter Previously saved user setting User Set 1 to 3 or the factory settings can be restored using the User Set Selector and User Set Lo...

Page 28: ...bration and save the coefficient set Change the FFC mode to ActiveAll Set the default selector to UserSet1 Save User Set 1 Power cycle the camera Reconnect to the camera through CamExpert The FFC mode...

Page 29: ...u while the camera is not in acquisition mode Select live grab to see the pattern output The Test Pattern feature is available in the Image Format category Test Pattern Description Grey Horizontal Ram...

Page 30: ...pixels and a vertical test pattern that repeats every 62 lines This test pattern can be used to test FPN correction PRNU This is the 2 times the sum of a horizontal test pattern that repeats every 64...

Page 31: ...In the future the analog gain will be expressed as a multiplication factor It is applied at the sensor level before any FFC The increased gain increases the sensor s dynamic range but with a non propo...

Page 32: ...ters including I O parameters Exposure Time and Frame Rate parameters Description Frame Rate Exposure Time Trigger Source Internal frame rate and exposure time Internal programmable Internal programma...

Page 33: ...of EXSYNC marks the beginning of the exposure and the falling edge initiates readout Camera Features TriggerMode On ExposureMode Trigger Width Frame Time Frame Time Readout Time Readout Time Exposure...

Page 34: ...maximum exposure time is dependent on the frame rate To increase maximum exposure time decrease the frame rate Trigger Modes The camera s image exposures are initiated by a trigger signal The trigger...

Page 35: ...ming mode Frame rate takes priority over exposure time Maximum exposure time can be increased by lowering frame rate I O Block Diagram The following diagram describes the Input Output features of the...

Page 36: ...Opto coupled input Each input incorporates a signal debounce circuit following the opto coupler to eliminate short noise transitions that could incorrectly be interpreted as a valid pulse The duratio...

Page 37: ...ement of defective pixels hot dead blinking with a value based on neighborhood pixels The Flat Field correction features are grouped in the Advanced Processing category Correction Function Block Diagr...

Page 38: ...ient and 14 bits for the FFCGain PRNU coefficient General Notes on FFC calibration The camera comes calibrated with two factory sets one for each shutter mode In addition to the factory calibrations t...

Page 39: ...shadow used to be white spot While the dark spot can be potentially cleaned the white spot is an FFC artefact that can only be corrected by another FFC calibration How to do an FFC Setup in the Camera...

Page 40: ...ions Set system gain All Digital to 1 and background subtract to 0 as these are the defaults during FFC calibration See GainSelector Gain BlackLevelSelector and BlackLevel 3 Select correction active s...

Page 41: ...4 until both dark offset and 80 sat signal levels are equal on all cameras Defective Pixel Detection and Replacement The camera has two methods of replacing pixels Static pixel replacement uses the F...

Page 42: ...a 3 From the File Selector drop menu select the camera memory location for the uploaded data This menu presents only the applicable data locations for the selected file type 4 Click the Browse button...

Page 43: ...Technical Specifications Falcon 4 Camera User s Manual 41 Technical Specifications Mechanicals P r e l i m i n a r y...

Page 44: ...42 Falcon 4 Camera User s Manual Technical Specifications Appendix E EMC Declaration of Conformity TBD P r e l i m i n a r y...

Page 45: ...ters along with their view attribute Display Name Feature Values Description Standard View Device Vendor Name DeviceVendorName Displays the device vendor name RO Beginner Device Model Name DeviceModel...

Page 46: ...and makes it active Disabled when flatfieldCorrectionMode Calibration W Beginner Save User Set UserSetSave Saves the current camera configuration to the user set specified by the User Set Selector fea...

Page 47: ...ensor specific parameters Sensor Control Feature Descriptions The following table describes these parameters along with their view attribute Display Name Feature Values Description Standard View Devic...

Page 48: ...ment to all digital channels or taps before flat field correction Digital After FFC DigitalAll2 Background Subtract Apply black level adjustment to all digital channels or taps after flat field correc...

Page 49: ...nd Software Trigger TriggerSoftware Generate an internal trigger Available when the trigger mode is enabled and the trigger source is equal to Software Beginner Trigger Delay TriggerDelay Specifies th...

Page 50: ...r actually starts exposing its pixels Slight delay after EXSYNC Pulse On End of Exposure PulseOnEndofExposure Generate a pulse when the sensor stops exposing its pixels Pulse On Start of Readout Pulse...

Page 51: ...alue RO The order is Line1 LSB Line2 Line3 Line4 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Not used Line 4 Line 3 Line 2 Line 1 LSB Beginner Output Line Software Latch Control outputLineSoftwareLatchControl The software latch...

Page 52: ...Factory Flat Field FactoryFlatfield2 Rolling Shutter Factory Flat Field It is not available for external mode and it is not available for smaller AOI than 2048 horonzatal Correction Algorithm flatfie...

Page 53: ...on It is specified as a percentage of the output range for example 4096 DN for 12 bits Range is 0 to 100 as float Read Write when in Calibration Mode DFNC Expert Calibration Sample Size flatfieldCalib...

Page 54: ...pixels and replaced This value can be adjusted to replace more or fewer pixels Possible values are 1 to 4 as float DFNC Guru Pixel Replacement Algorithm defectivePixelReplacementAlgorithm Selects the...

Page 55: ...pixels detected in PRNU delta calibration DFNC Guru LUT Mode lutMode Enables or disables the linearization look up table correction DFNC Expert Off Off Disable linearization look up table Active Acti...

Page 56: ...X OffsetX Horizontal offset from the Sensor Origin to the Area Of Interest in pixels Beginner Offset Y OffsetY Vertical offset from the Sensor Origin to the Area Of Interest in pixels Beginner Pixel F...

Page 57: ...ount in frame summingCount Specifies the number of frames to sum Read Write when summingMode is Active Possible values are 2 to 8 in increments of 1 DFNC Guru Burst Mode summingBurst Enables camera su...

Page 58: ...of the CLHS port used A CLHS port is defined as a command channel and may include the video channel carried by a cable RO Possible values are 0 to 4294967295 DFNC Beginner Avail Ports AvailPorts Numbe...

Page 59: ...i e gain and offset Factory Global Flatfield FlatFieldCoefficientsFact1 A tiff containing the factory flat field correction coefficients for global shutter operation i e gain and offset Factory Rolli...

Page 60: ...ationExecute Delete Delete Select the Delete operation executed by FileOperationExecute File Operation Execute FileOperationExecute Executes the operation selected by File Operation Selector on the se...

Page 61: ...e hardware installation manual 2 Install Sapera LT and the Teledyne DALSA frame grabber driver 3 Connect the camera to the frame grabber refer to the camera installation manual 4 Start the CamExpert a...

Page 62: ...ff mobile contamination using an ionized air gun Place the sensor under the microscope at a magnification of 5x to determine the location of any remaining contamination Clean the contamination on the...

Page 63: ...time and is simply the average value for each pixel in the dark FPN delta is measured at current exposure time and is the average deviation from FPN base for each pixel in the dark Gain PRNU Calibrat...

Page 64: ...than 1 then the number of clipped gain A large number of clipped pixels may indicate a poorly chosen target or exposure setting If the calculated pixel gain is not correctable i e greater than 4 it w...

Page 65: ...nloaded uploaded as shown in the following figure LUT file format Byte Offset Name Value 0 Signature SAPERA_LUT 16 Version 20 Header size 24 Format For mono12 the value is 0x01000C00 For mono16 the va...

Page 66: ...ded uploaded as shown in the following figure Byte Offset Name Value Note 0 Signature SAPERA_FFC 16 Version 20 Header size 24 Base OffsetBits Number of bits of FPN base component 9 28 PRNU Gain Bits N...

Page 67: ...is PRNU The file downloaded to PC is a raw image file which combines each FPN base FPN delta and PRNU into a double word Teledyne Dalsa provides a standalone command line application FFC_Codec exe to...

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