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Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
03-032-20107-03
Teledyne DALSA
I/O Block Diagram
The follow ing d iagram d escribes the Inp u t/ Ou tp u t featu res of the cam era and how they are related .
Figure 17 I/O Module Block Diagram
CameraLink Control Lines
Falcon2 can u se the fou r Cam eraLink control lines to trigger fram es or ou tp u t p u lses. These signals are
located in the Cam eraLink 1 cable (See Ap p end ix A: Cam era Link) and byp ass the Line d etection level.
Opto-coupled Inputs
Falcon2 p rovid es tw o sets of Op to-isolated inp u t signals. These can be u sed as external trigger sou rces.
The signals shou ld be in range from 2.4 V to 24 V, 5 V typ ical. See
lineDetectionLevel
.
The d elay betw een signals at the I/ O p in and the internal tim ing core is a fu nction of the signal sw ing
and the typ ical latency @ 5V sw ing is 3.5 µs.
Refer to Figu re 7: 12-p in H irose Circu lar Male Pow er Plu g—Pow er Connector for the connector p in ou t
and electrical inform ation. The cable shell and shield shou ld electrically connect the cam era ch assis to the
com p u ter chassis for m axim u m EMI p rotection.
