Cheetah KAC Camera User Manual | Camera Link (CLF) Interface
October 1, 2019
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10-bit digitization
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If the camera is set to output 12-bit data, the image sensor data bits are mapped
to the D2 (LSB) to D11 (MSB) output bits and output bits D0 and D1 are set to
zero.
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If the camera is set to output 10-bit data, the image sensor data bits are mapped
directly to D0 (LSB) to D9 (MSB).
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If the camera is set to output 8-bit data, the image sensor data most significant
data bits (D2 to D9) map to D0 (LSB) to D7 (MSB).
Table 26: 10-bit Internal Digitization with 8, 10, and 12-bit Outputs.
5.12.2 Output Taps
Cheetah camera series supports Camera Link Base (1 or 2 Tap), Medium (4 tap), Full (8
tap) or Deca (10 taps). The amount of data that can be transferred per unit time increases
with the number of taps selected. The camera reduces the image sensor output rate to
match the bandwidth of the output based on the number of taps selected by changing the
minimum line readout time. For example, if one output tap is selected, then the minimum
line time is set to 15,200 clocks (~93 micro-seconds), whereas if dual output taps are
selected, then the minimum line time reduces to 7550 (47 micro-seconds / line) clocks.
See the following table.
Output Taps
Min. Line
Clocks
Min. Line
Time (uS)
Max. C4080
Full Res.
Frame Rate
(fps)
1
15200
93
6.7
2
7625
47
13.3
4
3810
23
27
8
1910
12
56
10
1875
12
70
Table 27: Dependency of Line time and frame rate on Output Taps.
MSB
Internal Camera - 12 bits
LSB
D9
D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
P9
P8
P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 P0
MSB
Camera Output - 12 bits
LSB
D11 D10 D9 D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
P9
P8
P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 P0
0
0
MSB
Camera Output - 10 bits
LSB
D9
D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
P9
P8
P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 P0
MSB Camera Output - 8 bits
LSB
D7
D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
P9
P8
P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2