General Introduction; Product Highlights; About This Manual; Standards - CAMERA LINK Q-2A340 Operating And Users Manual

1.

General introduction

The Quartz CMOS cameras described in this manual provide a range of resolutions at the highest
possible speed. All have in common a global shutter operation, CCD like image quality and reliability.
Unlike competitors who are offering general purpose cameras, our products are developed with the
specific needs of OEMs and their applications in mind.
1.1

Product Highlights

The Quartz cameras offer the following features:
• High quality images on account of sophisticated internal processing
• Full a-synchronous image capture
• Lowest noise attainable to global shutter CMOS sensor
• Programmable interface speed
• Programmable region of interest
• Full Camera Link interface
Max resolution
Max sustained speed
at full resolution
Max burst speed at
full resolution
1.2

About this manual

This manual provides the necessary information for setting up, operating and troubleshooting the
camera.
We strongly recommend reading this manual before you unpack or operate the camera.
The manual is applicable to the following Quartz models, color as well as monochrome, with Camera
Link interface:
• Q-2A340
• Q-4A150
• Q-4A180
• Q-12A65
Unless stated differently, all information in this manual is applicable to all camera versions.
In this manual we use the following standard symbols in the left margin to draw your attention:
NOTE
1.3

Standards

Camera Link – Specification of Camera Link Interface Standard for Digital Cameras and Frame
Grabbers – Version 2.0 - Februari 2012.
Q-2A340 Q-4A150
2048 x 1088 2048 x 2048
340 fps 156 fps
(2000 x 1088 (2048 x 2048
CL 10 tap) CL 8 tap)
340 fps 180 fps
(2000 x 1088 (2000 x 2048
CL 10 tap) CL 10 tap)
Command syntax
Return message
Practical tip or note
OPERATING AND USER MANUAL QUARTZ SERIES
Q-4A180
2048 x 2048
180 fps
(2000 x 2048
CL 10 tap)
180 fps
(2000 x 2048
CL 10 tap)
Q-12A65
4096 x 3072
65 fps
(4080 x 3072
CL 10 tap)
75 fps
(4080 x 3072
CL 10 tap)
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