
RMV Operations Manual Revision Copyright illunis LLC, 2014
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8.1 Camera Link
Pixel Format
The RMV samples the sensor with 12 bit
precision and processes the data throughout the
FPGA at 12 bits. During the data format stage the
12 bit image data can be down sampled to 10 or 8
bits. In addition the bottom 8 bit data can be output
as the top 8 (msb) of the 12 bit image sample.
Serial Commands
Target
Index
Command
R/W
Description
04
0d
Bit Width
W
0x0000 = 12 bit mode
0x0001 = 10 bit mode
0x0002 = 8 bit mode
0x0003 = Bottom 8 bits (as Msb)
Quick FAQ’s:
►Bottom 8 is very useful for evaluating camera noise
►Kodak sensors rated at 60dB SNR have about 10
clean bits (dynamic range).
►8 Bit pixel data is packed in single bytes and thus
requires 1/2 the system bandwidth that the 10 and
12 bit formats require.
Sensor ADC pixel sample to Camera Link mapping
ADC bits
12 bit CL
10 bit CL
8 bit CL
11
11>11
11>9
11>7
10
10>10
10>8
10>6
9
9>9
9>7
9>5
8
8>8
8>6
8>4
7
7>7
7>5
7>3
6
6>6
6>4
6>2
5
5>5
5>3
5>1
4
4>4
4>2
4>0
3
3>3
3>1
2
2>2
2>0
1
1>1
0
0>0