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ANUAL

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Device Temperature Selector

(

DeviceTemperatureSelector

) :

MainBoard



Can not be written



Device Temperature

(

DeviceTemperature

) : Get Main Board Temperature



Read function : “

r temp

”;

Return by the camera : Temperature in Q10.2 format (8 bits 2 bits below comma).
Value is between -512 to 511 in °C.



Device Serial Port Selection

: Indicates the Serial Port on which the Camera is connected.

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Device Serial Port Baud Rate

(

ComBaudRate

): Set the Camera BaudRate



Read function : “

r baud

”;

Returned by the camera : Value of the Baud Rate



Write function : “

w baud

” <index> with the index as follows :



1 : 9600 Bauds (default value at power up)



2 : 19200Bauds

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6 : 57600Bauds



12 : 115200Bauds

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Standby Mode

(

Standby

) : Activation of the Standby mode of the Camera



Read function : “

r stby

”;

Returned by the camera : Boolean.



0 : Disable Standby mode (False)



1 : Enable stanby mode (True)



Write function : “

w stby <val>

”; <val> is 0 or 1.

A standby mode, what for ?

The Standby mode stops all
activity on the sensor level.
The power dissipation drops
down to about

. During

the standby mode,

the grab

is stopped

Once the Standby mode
turned off, the Camera
recovers in less than

1ms

send images again from the
sensor.

Internal Temperature

90 10

Time (mn)

°C

Standby Off

Standby On

Summary of Contents for UNIIQA+ series

Page 1: ...UNIIQA Family Line Scan Simplicity e2v com cameras USER MANUAL UNIIQA 16K CL MONOCHROME ...

Page 2: ... Mechanical Drawings 8 3 2 Input output Connectors and LED 9 3 2 1 Power Connector 10 3 2 2 Status LED Behaviour 10 3 2 3 CameraLink Output Configuration 11 4 STANDARD CONFORMITY 12 4 1 CE Conformity 12 4 2 FCC Conformity 12 4 3 RoHs Conformity 12 5 GETTING STARTED 13 5 1 Out of the box 13 5 2 Setting up in the system 13 6 CAMERA SOFTWARE INTERFACE 14 6 1 Control and Interface 14 6 2 Serial Protoc...

Page 3: ...39 7 7 1 Command Table 40 7 8 Privilege Level 41 7 8 1 Command Table 41 7 9 Save Restore Settings 42 7 9 1 Command Table 42 Appendix A Test Patterns 44 A 1 Test Pattern 1 Vertical wave 44 A 2 Test Pattern 2 Fixed Horizontal Ramps 44 A 1 2 In 8 bits Full format 44 A 2 2 In 12 bits Medium format 45 Appendix B Timing Diagrams 46 B 1 Synchronization Modes with Variable Exposure Time 46 B 2 Synchronisa...

Page 4: ...Standard Lenses of the Market 1 2 Key Specifications Note All values in LSB is given in 12 bits format Characteristics Typical Value Unit Sensor Characteristics at Maximum Pixel Rate Resolution 16384 Pixels pixel size square 5 x 5 µm Max line rate CameraLink Full 10 x 85MHz 50 kHz Max line rate CameraLink Full 8 x 85MHz 40 Max line rate CameraLink Medium 4 x 85MHz 20 Radiometric Performance at Max...

Page 5: ...n of line scan cameras are setting new high standards for line rate and image quality Thanks to e2v s recently developed CMOS technology the camera provides 50 000 lines s in a 16k pixel format and combines high response with an extremely low noise level this delivers high signal to noise ratio even when short integration times are required or when illumination is limited The 5μm pixel size is arr...

Page 6: ...0 SNR dB 40 37 34 Peak Response 660nm LSB nJ cm2 137 274 547 Non Linearity 0 3 0 3 0 3 Without Flat Field Correction FPN rms LSB 0 4 1 5 0 7 1 5 0 8 1 5 FPN pk pk LSB 3 2 15 5 15 5 6 15 PRNU hf 3 4 Sat 0 13 0 25 0 1 0 25 0 1 0 25 PRNU pk pk 3 4 Sat 1 3 0 8 3 0 8 3 Test conditions Figures in LSB are for a 12bits format Measured at exposure time 50µs and line period 50µs in Ext Trig Mode Max Exposur...

Page 7: ...USER MANUAL UNIIQA 16K CL MONO REV G 06 2017 P A G E 7 2 2 Response QE curves 2 2 1 Quantum Efficiency 2 2 2 Spectral Response ...

Page 8: ...USER MANUAL UNIIQA 16K CL MONO REV G 06 2017 P A G E 8 3 CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE 3 1 Mechanical Drawings ...

Page 9: ...D Sensor alignment Z 9 4 mm 100µm X 9 mm 100 µm Y 50mm 100 µm Flatness 25 µm Rotation X Y plan 0 1 Tilt versus lens mounting plane 50µm USB Connector For Firmware upgrade Power Connector 12 24V DC Multi Colored LED for Status and diagnostic CameraLink Connector CL1 CameraLink Connector CL2 ...

Page 10: ...er up Time Around 43s Green Light 3 2 2 Status LED Behaviour After less than 2 seconds of power establishment the LED first lights up in ORANGE Then after a Maximum of 30 seconds the LED must turn in a following colour Colour and state Meaning Green and continuous OK Green and blinking slowly Waiting for Ext Trig Trig1 and or Trig2 Red and continuous Camera out of order Internal firmware error Typ...

Page 11: ...k Mode 8 Channels 8bits 8 x 85MHz 8 x 2048 Full CameraLink Mode 10 Channels 8bits 10 x 85MHz 10 x 1638 By default the Cameras are delivered with 85MHz firmware embedded The User can always download other firmware contact hotline cam e2v com to change the frequency The possible choices are 85 80 75 70 65 60 40 and 30MHz The associated speed is reduced depending on the data frequency See The Table o...

Page 12: ...encethat may cause undesired operation This equipmenthas been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designedto provide reasonableprotectionagainst harmful interferencewhen the equipmentis operatedin a commercialenvironment This equipmentgenerates uses and can radiate radio frequencyenergy and if not installedand ...

Page 13: ...to be downloaded from the web site This ensure you to have an up to date version Main Camera page www e2v com cameras On the appropriate Camera Page UNIIQA you ll find a download link first version of CommCam compliant is indicated in the last Chapter CommCam download requires a login password Login commcam Password chartreuse 5 2 Setting up in the system The Compliant Lenses and their accessories...

Page 14: ...ased on the GenICam standard COMMCAM recognizes and detects automatically all the UCL Cameras connected on any transport layers Camera Link or COM ports of your system Once connected to the Camera you have an easy access to all its features The visibility of these features can be associated to three types of users Beginner Expert or Guru Then you can make life easy for simple users Minimum version...

Page 15: ... be received before sending a new command The camera return code has to be received before sending a new command Some commands are longer than the others Waiting for the return code ensure a good treatment of all the commands Without saturating the buffer of the camera Camera Returned Code Table Returned code Description 0 or OK All right the command will be implemented 3 Error Bad CRC for write c...

Page 16: ... 0 Cannot be written Device Version DeviceVersion Get Camera Hardware version Read function r dhwv Returned by the camera String of 32 bytes including 0 Cannot be written Device Firmware Version DeviceFirmwareVersion Get camera synthetic firmware Read function r dfwv Returned by the camera String of 16 bytes including 0 Cannot be written Device SFNC Version 1 5 0 These Parameters Major Minor Sub M...

Page 17: ...tion w baud index with the index as follows 1 9600 Bauds default value at power up 2 19200Bauds 6 57600Bauds 12 115200Bauds Standby Mode Standby Activation of the Standby mode of the Camera Read function r stby Returned by the camera Boolean 0 Disable Standby mode False 1 Enable stanby mode True Write function w stby val val is 0 or 1 A standby mode what for The Standby mode stops all activity on ...

Page 18: ...Get camera model name as a string 32 bytes long including 0 DeviceFirmwareVersion r dfwv Get camera synthetic firmware version PKG version as a string 32 bytes long including 0 DeviceVersion r dhwv Get camera version as a string hardware version 32 bytes long including 0 DeviceManufacturerInfo r idnb Get camera ID as a string 48 bytes long including 0 DeviceUserID r cust Get device user identifier...

Page 19: ...amera waits for a trigger during more than 1s Satus trigger too fast Bit 1 true if camera trigger is too fast StatusWarningOverflow Bit 8 true if a an overflow occurs during FFC calibration or Tap balance available only for integrator user mode StatusWarningUnderflow Bit 9 true if a an underflow occurs during FFC calibration or Tap balance available only for integrator user mode Cc3 Scrolling dire...

Page 20: ...e Format Control section No Access The value is mapped on SensorWidth Height Max HeigthMax Get the Maximum height of the Sensor This value is available in the CommCam Image Format Control section No Access Virtual command in xml Value always 1 Output mode OutputMode Set the CameraLink Output mode refer also to Chap 3 CameraLink Output Configuration This command is available in the CommCam Image Fo...

Page 21: ...at Control section Read function r clfq Return by the Camera 0 85MHz 5 80MHz 4 75MHz 3 70MHz 2 65MHz 1 60MHz 6 40MHz 7 30MHz Write function Cannot be written By default the Cameras are delivered with 85MHz firmware embedded The User can always download other firmware contact hotline cam e2v com to change the frequency The possible choices are detailed above The associated speed is reduced dependin...

Page 22: ...mes from the Sensor or the FPGA test Pattern This command is available in the CommCam Image Format section Read function r srce Returned by the camera 0 if Source from the Sensor and 1 to 5 if test pattern active Write function w srce value 0 To switch to CCD sensor image 1 Grey Horizontal Ramp Fixed See AppendixA 2 White Pattern Uniform white image 255 in 8Bits or 4095 in 12bits 3 Grey Pattern Un...

Page 23: ...rce Get test output FPGA image pattern w srce 0 Set test output FPGA image pattern to Off processing chaine activated w srce 1 Set test output FPGA image pattern to GreyHorizontalRamp processing chaine desactivated w srce 2 Set test output FPGA image pattern to White pattern processing chaine desactivated w srce 3 Set test output FPGA image pattern to gray pattern processing chaine desactivated w ...

Page 24: ...Defines the exposure time when set in the Camera This command is available in the CommCam Acquisition Control section Read function r tint Returned by the camera Integer from 15 to 65535 1 5µs to 6553 5µs by step o 0 1µs Write function w tint value This value of exposure time is taken in account only when the synchronisation mode is free run 0 or Ext Trig with Exposure time set 1 Otherwise it s ig...

Page 25: ...iod en Hertz ExposureTimeAbs r tint Get exposure time w tint val Set exposure time from 1 0 1µs to 65535 6553 5µs step 1 0 1µs TriggerPreset r sync Get trigger preset mode w sync 0 Set trigger preset mode to Free run timed mode with exposure time and line period programmable w sync 1 Set trigger preset mode to Triggered mode with exposure time settings w sync 2 Set trigger preset mode to Triggered...

Page 26: ... of the ADC Then 3 Values are available x1 x2 and x4 A gain x1 in a 12 bits conversion is equivalent to x4 in 10 bits OUT Pixel X Preamp Gain X ROI Gain X FFC Offset Gain X FFC Adjust X LUT or Contrast Exp Offset Gain FPGA Sensor X Quarter Tap Gains Action on whole line Action per pixel Action per Sensor s Quarter X Amp Gain x1 x2 x4 LSB FWC Comparator Ramps at different Gains or Format Clamp Blac...

Page 27: ...lue Tap1 Write function w fga tap value tap 1 to 4 value from 128 to 127 by step of 1 0 0021dB each step Digital Gain Gain with GainSelector DigitalAll Set the global Digital Gain This command is available in the CommCam Gain Offset section Read function r gdig Returned by the camera Integer value from 0 to 255 The corresponding Gain is calculated as 20log 1 val 64 in dB Write function w gdig int ...

Page 28: ...0x000 to 0x3FFE Stop address from 1 to 16383 0x001 to 0x3FFF ROI Gain How does it works The ROI Gain feature comes in addition with the FFC it s applied and calculated after The maximum complementary Gain ix x2 It can be applied in 2 commands First set the ROI Gain value Second set the ROI Region of Interest This second command applies the Gain on the ROI in memory and this is immediately activate...

Page 29: ...LevelRaw BlackLevelSelector All r offs Get common black level w offs val Set common black from 4096 to 4095 step 1 GainAbs GainSelector DigitalTap j r fga j val Get tap j digital gain Dynamically updated on AnalogAll gain changes w fga j val Set tap j digital gain from 128 to 127 by step 1 0 0021dB Dynamically updated on AnalogAll gain changes ROI Gain Set r roig Read the last ROI gain set w roig ...

Page 30: ...s from 0 256 with precision of 1 2 A Gain on 12 bits Unsigned Int U2 12 with a max gain value of x5 The calculation of the new pixel value is P P Off 1 Gain 1024 Gain 0 to 4095 The FFC processing can be completed with an automatic adjustment to a global target This function is designed as FFC Adjust This adjustment to a User target is done by an internal hidden gain which is re calculated each tim...

Page 31: ...iform moving target Use The FFC Low Band Filter if the Target can t move This will remove the defects of the target itself Launch the FFC Enable the FFC You can save the FFC result both FPN PRNU in the same time in one of the 8 x FFC User Banks The user target and Gain are saved with the associated FFC in the same memory Advices The UNIIQA Cameras have 8 x FFC Banks to save 8 x different FFC calib...

Page 32: ...function o Auto Adjust Target Level FFCAutoTargetLevel set the value for the User Target Read function r tfad Returns the Target value from 0 to 4095 Write function w tfad value Set the Target Value in 12bits FFC Adjust A good usage When there are several Cameras to set up in a system on a single line the most difficult is to have a uniform lightning whole along the line If each Camera performs it...

Page 33: ...the FPN Offsets coefficient in Memory This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Manual Calibration section Write function w rsto 0 Reset set to 0 the FPN coefficients in memory This doesn t affect the FFC User Memory Bank but only the active coefficients in Memory PRNU Calibration o PRNU Calibration Control FFCCalibrationCtrl Launch or abort of the PRNU process for the Gains c...

Page 34: ...ckets of x128 coefficients Read function r ffco addr Read 128 consecutive FPN user coefficients starting from addr address Returned value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned short per coefficient Write function w ffco addr val Write 128 consecutive FPN user coefficients starting from the addr address val is the concatenation of individual FPN values without space between th...

Page 35: ...FFC in User Bank SaveFFCToBank Save current FFC in User Bank Can not be read Write function w sffc val User bank val if from 1 to 8 FFC User Bank Usage At the power up Last User Bank used is loaded in RAM Reset a User bank Reset the RAM FPN PRNU individually Save in the bank to reset 7 5 5 Command Tables Feature Commands Description FFCEnable r ffcp Get Flat Field Correction processing status w ff...

Page 36: ...Once no effect if already launched PrnuCalibrationCtrl r calo Get the fpn calibration status w calo 0 Abort fpn calibration by setting it to Off no effect if already stopped w calo 1 Launch fpn calibration by setting it to Once no effect if already launched FFCAdjust r ffad Get ffc adjust state w ffad 0 Disable ffc adjust w ffad 1 Enable ffc adjust FFCAutoTargetLevel r tfad Get the FFC target adju...

Page 37: ...ble the Digital Gain Offset This function is available in the LUT section Read function r lute Get the LUT status Returned by the camera 0 is LUT disabled 1 if enabled Write function w lute val val is 0 for disable 1 for enable Upload Download the LUT coefficients Direct access to the LUT coefficients for reading or writing In CommCam the User can access to a specific interface by clicking on clic...

Page 38: ...ast User Bank used is loaded in RAM 7 6 1 Command Tables Feature Commands Description LUTEnable r lute Get LUT status w lute 0 Disable LUT False w lute 1 Enable LUT True No direct feature r lutc addr Read 128 LUT coefficients starting from address addr from 0 to 4095 128 Return value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned char per coef w lutc addr val Write 128 LUT coefficient...

Page 39: ...eviation PixelROIStandardDeviation standard deviation of all the pixel gray level values of Region of interest Read function r pstd Get the standard deviation Returned by the camera Unsigned format value U12 4 o Pixel Min value PixelROIMin Minimum gray level pixel value on the whole region of interest Read function r pmin Get the Minimum value Returned by the camera Unsigned format value U12 4 o P...

Page 40: ...t the number of line for average w pixl val Set the number of line to accumulate val 1 256 512 1024 No direct feature r pixv addr Read 128 pixel values starting from address addr from SensorWidth 128 1 Return value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned short per coef PixelRoiStart r prod Get Roi start w prod val Set Roi start for pixel statistic computing 0 to SensorWidth 1 1...

Page 41: ...is available in the Privilege section Privilege level Management PrivilegeLevel Get the current Camera privilege level Read function r lock Get the current privilege Returned by the camera 0 to 2 Write function w lock val val is as follow 2 Lock the Camera in Integrator or privilege User computed value Unlock the Camera back in Integrator mode 7 8 1 Command Table Feature Commands Description Privi...

Page 42: ...er Set5 can be written only if the Camera is set in integrator mode Privilege level 1 This integrator bank can be used as a Factory default by a system integrator Configuration Bank Usage At the power up Last User Bank used is loaded in RAM Integrator Bank 5 can be locked by switching the Camera in User mode cf Privilege feature Then it can t be saved any more without switching back the Camera in ...

Page 43: ...USER MANUAL UNIIQA 16K CL MONO REV G 06 2017 P A G E 43 APPENDIX ...

Page 44: ...rds with the previous one In 12 bits the level reaches 4095 before switching down to 0 In 8 bits the level reaches 255 before switching down to 0 A 2 Test Pattern 2 Fixed Horizontal Ramps A 1 2 In 8 bits Full format An increment of 1 LSB is made every 16 pixels When it reaches 255 turns back to 0 and starts again 14 15 16 17 18 19 250 260 270 280 290 0 50 100 150 200 250 0 2048 4096 6144 8192 1024...

Page 45: ... A 2 2 In 12 bits Medium format An increment of 1 LSB is made for each pixel When it reaches 4095 turns back to 0 and starts again 250 255 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 295 300 250 260 270 280 290 0 1024 2048 3072 4096 0 2048 4096 6144 8192 10240 12288 14336 ...

Page 46: ... Gain is applied by the gradient of the counting ramp see next chapter Gain Offset The conversion time depends on the pixel format 8 or 10 bits 6µs 12 bits 24µs This conversion is done in masked time eventually during the next exposure period Td Delay between the Start exposure required and the real start of the exposure Digital Conversion Tpix Line Trigger CC1 or Internal Td Tper Tintreal Exposur...

Page 47: ...ective Exposure Time will be about Tintreal Tint Tx Td B 2 Synchronisation Modes with Maximum Exposure Time In these modes the rising edge of the Trigger internal or External starts the readout process Tpix of the previous integration The Real exposure time Tintreal is finally equal to the Line Period Tper even if it s delayed from Tx Td from the rising edge of the incoming Line Trigger B 3 Timing...

Page 48: ...l skew possible for each data rate Here is a following example of cable and the cable length limitation in accordance with the standard Starting with the firmware version 2 0 4B the camera has been improved in term data output quality in order to push back the limitation and allow about 5m of length on some good cables even specified at 50ps m 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 ...

Page 49: ...bits Line Rate Max kHz Tper Min µs Line Rate Max kHz Tper Min µs Line Rate Max kHz Tper Min µs 85MHz 20 1 49 6 40 6 24 6 51 19 6 80MHz 18 9 52 7 38 1 26 2 47 8 20 9 75MHz 17 7 56 3 35 8 27 9 44 8 22 3 70MHz 16 6 60 3 33 4 29 9 42 23 8 65MHz 15 4 64 9 30 9 32 3 38 9 25 7 60MHz 14 2 70 3 28 6 34 9 36 1 27 7 40MHz 9 7 102 5 19 5 51 3 24 4 41 30MHz 7 3 136 6 14 6 68 3 18 28 54 7 ...

Page 50: ...1002648 SR 5 6 120 0060 0 5 X 0 38 0 63 X 333 mm 1002650 SR 5 6 120 0061 0 33 X 0 26 0 38 X 453 mm 1004611 Accessories V mount 25mm macro extension tube Necessary to combine the whole lens system 20179 V mount to Leica adapter 20054 Unifoc 76 13048 Adapter M58x0 75 M95x1 1062891 Extension tube M95x1 25mm To be combined to reach the appropriate magnification 1062892 Extension tube M95x1 50mm 106289...

Page 51: ...cturer dedicated CameraLink Services Library In 32bits in the directory defined by the Register Key CLSERIALPATH REG_SZ in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE software cameralink The directory should be program files CamerLink serial or any other specified In 64bits for a 64bits version in the directory defined by the Register Key CLSERIALPATH REG_SZ in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE software cameralink The directory should b...

Page 52: ...s detected but not identified A question Mark icon appears in place of the one of the UNIIQA 16k The version of CommCam used is too old You have to use the version 1 2 x and after Impossible to connect to the identified Camera The message Impossible to open device is displayed There is a possible mismatch between the major version of xml file used by CommCam and the firmware version of the Camera ...

Page 53: ...ter and 8 FFC Memory Banks 1 2 0 2 3 3 Rev C AVIIVA 16k change in UNIIQA 16k 1 2 0 2 4 0 Rev D Low Band Filter for FFC New firmware 30 and 40MHz on download 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 Rev E New Documentation Template Trigger Too slow tunable limit 1 3 0 2 6 0 Rev F Standard version BA1 no Change New Sensor version BA2 Save and restore image Centered Region of Interest down to 8k pixels 1 3 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 Re...

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