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Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 

 

67 

Teledyne DALSA 

 

 

03-032-20116-01 

Item (when programmable configuration the options 
are separated with a | ) 

SC-34-02k80 

SC-34-04k80 

Column Color Offset   <0,1,2,3…> 

Row  Binning Factor   <1,2,3 or 1| 2| 3> 

Colu m n Binning Factor    <1,2,3 or 1| 2| 3> 

1|  2 

1|  2 

Pretrigger Pixels    <0,1,2…or 0..15> 

Pretrigger Lines     <0,1,2.. or 0..15> 

Fram e Tim e Minim u m     <xx µs> 

55.55 

111.1 

Fram e Tim e Maxim u m     <xx µs> 

3333 

3333 

Internal Line/ Fram e Tim e Resolu tion  

<xx ns> 0 if not ap p licable 

25 

25 

Pixel Reset Pu lse Minim u m  Wid th  

<xx ns> 0 if not ap p licable 

3000 

3000 

Internal Pixel Reset Tim e Resolu tion  

<xx ns> 0 if not ap p licable 

25 

25 

Pixel Reset to Exsync H old  time    <xx ns> 

 

 

BAUD Rate    <9600….> 

9600, 19200, 57600, 
115200 

9600, 19200, 57600, 
115200 

CC1   <Exsync> 

EXSYN C 

EXSYN C 

CC2   <PRIN > 

PRIN  

PRIN  

CC3   <Forw ard , Reverse> 

Forw ard /  
Reverse 

Forw ard /  
Reverse 

CC4   <Sp are> 

Sp are 

Sp are 

DVAL ou t   <Strobe Valid , Alternate> 

Strobe Valid  

Strobe Valid  

Sp are ou t   <Sp are> 
(For fu tu re u se) 

Sp are 

Sp are 

 

Summary of Contents for Spyder3 SC-34-02K80-00-R

Page 1: ...Spyder3 SC 34 Color Camera User s Manual SC 34 02K80 00 R SC 34 04K80 00 R 31 May 2013 03 032 20116 01 www teledynedalsa com...

Page 2: ...gital imaging products and solutions in addition to providing MEMS products and services For more information visit Teledyne DALSA s website at www teledynedalsa com For further information not includ...

Page 3: ...23 3 3 SENSOR OUTPUT FORMAT 24 3 4 EXPOSURE MODE LINE RATE AND EXPOSURE TIME 26 3 5 COLOR COMMANDS 33 3 6 DATA PROCESSING 35 3 7 ANALOG AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CHAIN 35 3 8 END OF LINE SEQUENCE...

Page 4: ...ual 03 032 20116 01 Teledyne DALSA TROUBLESHOOTING 69 SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS 71 APPENDIX D 73 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE AND THE CCD SENSOR 73 PROTECTING AGAINST DUST OIL AND SCRATCHES 73 CLEANING THE SENSOR...

Page 5: ...0 mega pixels per second throughput Up to 18 kHz 2k or 9 kHz 4k line rates RGB RG GB or G color output formats Dynamic range 60 dB Base Camera Link configuration 8 or 12 bit RoHS and CE compliant pend...

Page 6: ...SC 34 02K80 00 R 2k resolution 2 sensor taps Base Camera Link configuration SC 34 04K80 00 R 4k resolution 2 sensor taps Base Camera Link configuration Table 2 Camera Accessories Accessory Description...

Page 7: ...s C and F F Back Focal Distance 6 56 0 25 mm Sensor Alignment x y z z 50 m 50 m 0 25 mm 0 2 Mechanical Interface 2k 4k Camera Size 72 h x 60 w x 60 l mm 60 h x 72 w x 60 l mm Mass 300 g 300 g Connecto...

Page 8: ...RNU ECE Uncorrected local 8 5 12 37 Uncorrected global 10 12 37 Corrected local DN p p 80 237 752 Corrected global DN p p 80 208 752 SEE calculated nJ cm 2k 31 9 8 3 1 4k 62 20 6 2 NEE calculated pJ c...

Page 9: ...R and blue B pixel alternatively while the second line has all green G pixels There is no gap in between the two lines and this minimizes any artifact due to spatial correction The G channel can be us...

Page 10: ...32 20116 01 Teledyne DALSA Figure 3 Spyder3 Color 4k Responsivity Spyder 3 4K Spectral Responsivity 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 Wavelength n...

Page 11: ...Spyder3 SC 34 Color Camera User s Manual 11 Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20116 01 Mechanicals 3 1 Mechanical Interface Figure 4 2k Mechanical Dimensions ADD MECHANICAL PDF HERE...

Page 12: ...12 Spyder3 SC 34 Color Camera User s Manual 03 032 20116 01 Teledyne DALSA Figure 5 4k Mechanical Dimensions ADD MECHANICAL PDF HERE...

Page 13: ...3 032 20116 01 Mounting Heat generated by the camera must be allowed to move away from the camera Mount the camera on the front plate using the provided mounting holes with maximum contact to the area...

Page 14: ...ve a Base Camera Link frame grabber or equivalent then you need to install one 2 Connect Power and Camera Link I O Cables Connect a power cable from the camera to a 12 VDC to 15 VDC power supply If us...

Page 15: ...lected frame grabber and follow the manufacturer s installation instructions Step 2 Connect Power and Camera Link Cables WARNING Grounding Instructions Static electricity can damage electronic compone...

Page 16: ...setting up the camera s power supplies follow these guidelines Apply the appropriate voltages Ensure 12 V to 15 V at the camera power input after the voltage drop across the power cable This may mean...

Page 17: ...n Camera initialization or executing a long command 3 Solid Green Camera is operational and functioning correctly 4 Solid Red Warning Loss of functionality 2 3 Camera Link Data Connector Figure 9 Came...

Page 18: ...iguration Signal Configuration CC1 EXSYNC CC2 PRIN CC3 Direction See Appendix B for the complete Camera Link configuration table and refer to the Teledyne DALSA Web site for the official Camera Link d...

Page 19: ...ard location of these signals http www teledynedalsa com mv knowledge appnotes aspx Clocking Signal Indicates LVAL high Outputting valid line DVAL high Valid data unused tied high STROBE rising edge V...

Page 20: ...ue 1 450 50 2k 1 650 50 4k twFixed Int Fixed Integration Time mode of operation for variable exsync frequency 800 tREADOUT Is the number of pixels per tap times the readout clock period 52 975 2k 2 ta...

Page 21: ...hed The frame grabber manufacturers should be able to provide a solution in order to communicate through this serial link Terminal software can also be provided by the frame grabber manufacturer Stand...

Page 22: ...der cameras Complete Command List A complete list of the ASCII commands and their parameters is available here Serial Protocol Defaults 8 data bits 1 stop bit No parity No flow control 9 6kbps Camera...

Page 23: ...ing conditions you may not be able to obtain these values If this occurs values are clipped and the camera returns a warning message Some commands may not be available in your current operating mode T...

Page 24: ...ure 12 Object Movement and Camera Direction Example using an Inverting Lens Note You can control the CCD shift direction through the serial interface Use the software command scd to determine whether...

Page 25: ...How to Configure Camera Output Using the camera link mode and pixel readout direction commands Use the camera link mode clm command to determine the camera s Camera Link configuration the number of ou...

Page 26: ...e allowing you to control your sync exposure time and line rate generation Syntax sem i Syntax Elements i Exposure mode to use Factory setting is 7 Notes Refer to Table 12 Spyder3 Color Exposure Modes...

Page 27: ...line time will be increased if necessary to accommodate the exposure time Under this condition the line time will equal the exposure time line transfer time Example 1 Exposure Time Less than Line Peri...

Page 28: ...y Programmable Line Rate Maximum Exposure Time In this mode the line rate is set internally with a maximum exposure time Figure 14 Mode 7 Camera Timing Line Period Line Period Readout Waiting Exposure...

Page 29: ...t Example ssf 10000 Setting the Exposure Time Purpose Sets the camera s exposure time is s Camera must be operating in exposure mode 2 6 or 8 Syntax set f Syntax Elements i Desired exposure time in s...

Page 30: ...eft Notes To obtain the current readout direction use the command gcp or get smm This command is available in both TDI and Area Mode Refer to the following figures and tables for an explanation of pix...

Page 31: ...ion Example using 2k Model with Inverting Lens Table 13 Forward or Reverse Pixel Readout Camera model Readout direction Command Tap 1 Tap 2 SC 34 02K80 Left to Right smm 0 1 1024 1025 2048 Right to Le...

Page 32: ...iddle two red taps have more vertical transfer gates and therefore more charge This additional charge is especially noticeable at slower line rates If the user is in sem 2 or 7 and srm 2 with ssf at 4...

Page 33: ...that is multiplied at the end of the digital processing This matrix corrects the digital output in order to achieve accurate colors Syntax scc i Syntax Elements i 8192 to 8191 Related Commands scx scy...

Page 34: ...er o r g b The scy command selects the row either r g b y in the above table The scc command is what sets the value at the select x and and y position in the table R_IN G_IN and B_IN below in the equa...

Page 35: ...els 3 7 Analog and Digital Signal Processing Chain Processing Chain Overview and Description The following diagram shows a simplified block diagram of the camera s analog and digital processing chain...

Page 36: ...mage either because of the light source or due to optical aberrations e g there may be more light in the center of the image PRNU coefficients are multipliers and are defined to be of a value greater...

Page 37: ...quality of this reference is important for proper calibration White paper is often not sufficient because the grain in the white paper will distort the correction White plastic or white ceramic will...

Page 38: ...he commands and 5 To verify output enable the FPN coefficients using the command You should see close to zero output gl gla ccf wfc wus efc 1 1 Place a white reference in front of the camera 2 Verify...

Page 39: ...tion Performing FPN Correction Syntax Performs FPN correction and eliminates FPN noise by removing individual pixel dark current Syntax ccf Notes Perform all analog and digital adjustments before perf...

Page 40: ...w contrast scene It is useful for systems that process 8 bit data but want to take advantage of the camera s 12 bit digital processing chain You should try to make your darkest pixel in the scene equa...

Page 41: ...nction returns all the current pixel coefficients in the order FPN PRNU FPN PRNU The camera also returns the pixel number with each coefficient Enabling and Disabling Pixel Coefficients Enable FPN coe...

Page 42: ...line statistics Example els 1 Table 14 End of Line Sequence Description Location Value Description 1 A s By ensuring these values consistently toggle between aa and 55 you can verify cabling i e no s...

Page 43: ...of user created pixel coefficients for each operating mode Factory Settings On first initialization the camera operates using the factory settings You can restore the original factory settings at any...

Page 44: ...set of pixel coefficients Syntax lpc Related commands wpc wfc sfs Resetting the Current Pixel Coefficients Purpose Resets the current pixel coefficients to zero This command does not reset saved coeff...

Page 45: ...settings HyperTerminal supports the X modem communications protocol that is used to upload and download the files HyperTerminal is the recommended application to use Open HyperTerminal by clicking Sta...

Page 46: ...s Manual 03 032 20116 01 Teledyne DALSA Select each item as shown in the figure above click Apply and then OK The HyperTerminal main dialog box appears Select File Properties or click on the Propertie...

Page 47: ...a User s Manual 47 Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20116 01 Select each item as shown in the figure above and click the ASCII Setup button Set each item as shown in above figure and click OK Click OK again in t...

Page 48: ...ra memory wus For example if you want to send setting 5 to the host you communicate sus 5 lus these 2 commands load set 5 to memory and then sus 99 lus these 2 commands send current set 5 to host Simi...

Page 49: ...FPN PRNU Coefficients OK sfs 99 OK wpc X Modem Transfer from Host Click Send file in the Transfer menu to load a settings OK 3 12 Test Patterns Generating a Test Pattern Purpose Generates a test patte...

Page 50: ...es have been displayed it also displays the minimum maximum and mean value of the line sampled within the region of interest the region of interest command is explained in section Setting a Region of...

Page 51: ...ld not exceed 75 C Note If the camera reaches 75 C the camera will shut down and the LED will flash red If this occurs the camera must be rebooted using the command rc or can be powered down manually...

Page 52: ...p GCP Screen GENERAL CAMERA SETTINGS Camera Model No SC 34 0xK80 00 R Camera model number Camera Serial No xxxxxxxx Camera serial number Firmware Version xx xxx xxxxx xx Firmware design revision numbe...

Page 53: ...et with the css command Upper Threshold 3600 Upper threshold value set with the sut command Lower Threshold 400 Lower threshold value set with the slt command Current Tap 0 Current tap set with sct co...

Page 54: ...dth where 0 GREEN 8 bits 1 tap monochrome 1 GREEN 12 bits 1 tap monochrome 2 Mono 8 bits 2 taps 3 Mono 12 bits 2 taps 5 RGB 8 bit 3 taps 6 RGB 12 bits 3 taps 9 RGBY 8 bits 4 taps 10 RGBY 12 bits 4 tap...

Page 55: ...enabled enable watchdog ewd i 0 1 The watchdog subtracts excessive dark current at line rates below 10 Hz get command log gcl Returns list of commands sent get camera model gcm Reads the camera model...

Page 56: ...i Set color gain for current color in a range of 0 to 65535 The current color is set from scl command set color selector scl m Selects color for gain application Used prior to the scg command Set cur...

Page 57: ...ted in the end of line sequence in a range from 0 4095 set mirroring mode smm i Set tap readout direction left to right or right to left set pixel window width spw i Set horizontal width used in gl gl...

Page 58: ...complete the request Table 16 Warning and Error Messages Message Description OK SUCCESS Warning 01 Outside of specification Parameter accepted was outside of specified operating range e g gain greate...

Page 59: ...level of access but not effective Eg line rate when in smart Exsync mode Error 06 Timeout Command not completed in time Eg FPN PRNU calculation when no external Exsync is present Error 07 Camera setti...

Page 60: ...mera to saturate Using the Set Readout Mode srm command the camera user can control the camera s behavior in order to minimize the dark current artifact The modes of operation selected by the srm comm...

Page 61: ...always on srm 1 In this mode the gate dark current will be cleared continuously After the trigger EXSYNC is received the dark current is cleared from the image sensor before the image is acquired The...

Page 62: ...will be displayed but the ssf value will not be changed Warning 09 Internal line rate inconsistent with readout time The effect in both internal and external line rate modes is that an EXSYNC is skipp...

Page 63: ...ow Voltage Differential Signaling LVDS is a high speed low power general purpose interface standard The standard known as ANSI TIA EIA 644 was approved in March 1996 LVDS uses differential signaling w...

Page 64: ...pair with serial communications to the frame grabber SerTC Differential pair with serial communications to the camera The serial interface will have the following characteristics one start bit one sto...

Page 65: ...10 11 B Bits 8 9 10 11 B LSB Bit 7 G LSB Bit 7 G Bits 8 9 10 11 Y Bits 8 9 10 11 Y LSB Bit 7 Table 20 Camera Lnk Bit Definitions Camera Link Configuration Tables The following table provides tap reco...

Page 66: ...sted Output configurations that don t conform are listed separately Cx Tn Column Start Column End Column Increment Row Start Row End Row Increment Horizontal mirroring is supported Mirror on changes t...

Page 67: ...x s 55 55 111 1 Frame Time Maximum xx s 3333 3333 Internal Line Frame Time Resolution xx ns 0 if not applicable 25 25 Pixel Reset Pulse Minimum Width xx ns 0 if not applicable 3000 3000 Internal Pixel...

Page 68: ...0 00 R The CE Mark FCC Part 15 and Industry Canada ICES 003 CISPR 22 and CISPR 11 evaluation of the Teledyne DALSA Spyder3 CL cameras which are manufactured by Teledyne DALSA Inc satisfied the followi...

Page 69: ...ions For information refer to the section detailing the camera connections Step 2 Connect Power and Camera Link Cables Equipment Requirements Ensure that you are using compatible equipment For example...

Page 70: ...ain Use the test pattern to verify the proper timing and connections between the camera and the frame grabber No test pattern or bad test pattern May indicate a problem with the camera e g missing bit...

Page 71: ...g spurious inputs e g EXSYNC if camera is in exposu re mode that requires external signals Line Dropout Bright Lines or Incorrect Line Rate Verify that the frequency of the internal sync is set correc...

Page 72: ...been cleaned 9 Blow off any adhering fibers or particles using dry filtered compressed air Horizontal Lines or Patterns in Image A faulty or irregular encoder signal may result in horizontal lines due...

Page 73: ...st visible when the illumination is collimated The dark patches shift position as the angle of illumination changes Dust is normally not visible when the sensor is positioned at the exit port of an in...

Page 74: ...liken is both ESD safe and suitable for class 100 environments Another ESD acceptable wiper is the TX4025 from Texwipe 4 An alternative to ESD safe cloth wipers is Transplex swabs that have desirable...

Page 75: ...a User s Manual 75 Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20116 01 Revision History Rev Change Description Date 00 Preliminary release March 21 2012 01 Revision to the Clearing Dark Current section Revised EMC Declara...

Page 76: ...n setting 32 color selector setting 32 command format 21 parameters 21 commands list 53 conectors Camera Link 16 connectors 14 Camera Link 16 Hirose 15 power 15 D dark calibration See flat field corre...

Page 77: ...noisy output 70 O online help 22 operating modes 25 optical specs 7 output signals 18 P performance specifications 23 pixel statistics 49 power connectors 15 guidelines 15 R readout configuring 24 di...

Page 78: ...Teledyne DALSA measurement 50 test patterns 69 threshold lower 42 upper 42 timing mode 7 27 trigger external 17 V video data 50 62 voltage measurement 50 W warning messages 57 white balance calibrati...

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