Introduction
MC132x Users Manual Rev. 0.22
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2 Introduction
The CMOS high speed camera MC132x is a high resolution camera with 1280 x 1024 pixel. Benefits of
CMOS technology are high speed, random access to pixels with free programmability and low power.
The camera uses industry-standard C-Mount lenses. The sensor diagonal is 1,25“ with square pixels
measuring 12µm.
Free programmability means that the user is free to define the region of interest by size and position and
the speed of data output. The frame rate can be selected between 25 fps and several thousand fps
depending on resolution and video data width.
With a resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixel, 80 fps can be output via the Gigabit Ethernet Interface. Parame-
ter sets are called “profiles” and stored in non volatile memory.
2.1 Top
level
specifications
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high resolution: 1.280 x 1.024 pixel CMOS sensor
with 1300 A/D converters
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up to 1.024 gray levels
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up to 80 full frames/s
up to 500 frames/s using data reduction alghorithms
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arbitrary region of interest
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high sensitivity
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12
μ
m square pixels
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electronic “Freeze Frame” shutter
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low blooming
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programmable via serial link
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patented ImageBLITZ® image trigger
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asynchronous trigger
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download customer specific FPGA preprocessing firmware
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small, compact housing
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wide power supply range
2.2 Electronic „Freeze Frame“ Shutter
Preceding exposure, the contents of all light sensitive elements is cleared. When exposure terminates,
accumulated charge is transferred to an analog memory associated which each pixel. It stays there until
it is read out (and discharged) by the A/D conversion cycle.
As all light sensitive elements are exposed at the same time, even fast moving objects are captured
without geometric distortion.
