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QUICK INSTALL GUIDE DART BCON FOR LVDS DEVELOPMENT KIT...
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Basler AG An der Strusbek 60–62 22926 Ahrensburg Germany All material in this publication is subject to change without notice and is copyright Basler AG.
Overview of the Components ........10 Installing the Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit ..11 ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES .
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Step 3: Changing the Processing Board’s MAC Address ... . .18 Step 4: Determining the Processing Board’s IP Address ... . .19 Step 5: Connecting to the Processing Board via RDP .
About this Document This document provides information about how to install the Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit. It also provides step-by-step instructions that help you acquire your first images with the included Basler dart BCON for LVDS camera. Target Audience...
DANGER Electric Shock Hazard: Unapproved power supplies may cause electric shock. Serious injury or death may occur. Only use the power supply delivered with the Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit. Do not use other power supplies. WARNING Fire Hazard: Unapproved power supplies may cause fire and burns.
Basler Product Documentation available at docs.baslerweb.com. Environmental Requirements The Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit is intended for indoor use at normal room temperature only. For specific environmental requirements of the components, see the following documents: ...
Do not allow, e.g., liquid, flammable, or metallic material to get in contact with the board. Observe the warranty information given in the Basler Product Documentation available at docs.baslerweb.com. Read the documentation carefully before using the Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit.
Spacer UART bolt port Power GigE Flexible Mounting Good port flat cable plate LEDs Carrier microSD USB 2.0 board card slot port User Power supply port connector Fig. 1: Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit – Installed Hardware Components...
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Installing the Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit NOTICE Damage Hazard: Supplying power before the hardware installation is completed can damage camera and board components. Only connect the power supply to the mains socket after the hardware installation is completed.
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HARDWARE INSTALLATION Connect the flexible flat cable to the camera. To insert the cable: Push the end of the cable firmly into the FFC connector with the ground tab facing down until the retaining tabs slide into the recesses on both sides. Flip the locking bar down to lock the FFC connector.
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1 User LED (red) - lights up only shortly Connect the interface cables (Ethernet and USB). Note: Basler strongly recommends not using the USB 2.0 port of the processing board to operate a USB device (e.g., a camera) that requires a power supply as specified by the USB 2.0 standard.
ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES Prerequisites You have completed the hardware installation procedure as described in the Hardware Installation chapter. You have administrator rights for the computer. The processing board is connected to a DHCP-enabled network, so that the device can obtain an IP address automatically.
ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES Step 1: Installing the Required Software on the Host Computer Download and install the "Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Driver" from the Silicon Labs website: www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx For more information, see the Silicon Labs CP210x USB-to-UART Setup Guide.
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ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES Start your terminal client. If you use PuTTY, the Session category opens. In the Specify the destination you want to connect to group, click Serial. Click the Serial category and make the following settings. In the Select a serial line group: ...
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ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES Determined COM port Fig. 2: PuTTY Configuration - Serial Line Settings To save your serial line settings, click the Session category, enter a name for your session in the Saved Sessions box and click Save. Click Open to connect to the device. A terminal window opens.
The resulting address collision must be avoided by changing the MAC addresses of all boards. Choose a set of different MAC addresses to use, one for each board. Basler recommends choosing addresses from the "locally administered" address range. For details, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Universal_vs._local.
ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES When the message Hit any key to stop autoboot appears in the terminal window, press any key. Assuming you have chosen a MAC address of 06:00:00:00:01:02 in step 1: Type setenv ethaddr 06:00:00:00:01:02 and press Enter. Type saveenv and press Enter.
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ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES When prompted, enter the following login credentials and press Enter: zynq login: ubuntu Password: ubuntu Type ip addr show dev eth0 and press Enter. Determine the IP address of the processing board. Fig. 3: IP Address of Processing Board Note: If you want to assign the IP address manually, use the command sudo ifconfig eth0 <IP address>...
Click Connect. If you receive the "The identity of the remote computer cannot be verified. Do you want to connect anyway?" message, click Yes. The Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit dialog opens. Enter the following credentials: Session: Xorg (default setting) ...
ACQUIRING YOUR FIRST IMAGES Step 6: Acquiring Images Using the pylon Viewer Double-click the pylon Viewer icon on the desktop. The pylon Viewer opens. Double-click your camera’s name in the Devices pane to open the camera connection. In the menu bar, click Camera > Continuous Shot. The images captured by the camera are displayed in the image display area.
Basler provides direct support for the unmodified hardware and software reference design as well as problems arising from the use of this design and original Basler components only. To qualify for support, issues resulting from the use of Basler's reference design must be reproducible on the same unmodified setup.
Power Requirements 5 VDC (via carrier card) Size (L x W x H) 101.6 mm x 57.2 mm x 25.5 mm Carrier Board Specifications Basler MicroZed BCON for LVDS Carrier Card Interface BCON for LVDS 11 GPIO pins User I/Os...
SPECIFICATIONS Lens Specifications Evetar Lens M12B0816W Focal Length 8 mm Aperture ƒ/1.6 Lens Mount S-mount Iris Type Fixed IR Cut Filter Max. Image Circle 1/2" Working Distance 200 mm Power Supply Specifications GlobTek Power Supply Power Requirements 100-240 V Output Rating 15 W, 5 V @ 3 A United States / Canada / Japan (NEMA 1-15P config.) Plug Types...
Persons handling the product must have electronics training and observe good engineering practice standards. Basler does not assume any liability for the use of the Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit in environments other than evaluation, engineering development, or demonstration and test environments.
Software Licensing The software delivered with the Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit (the "Software") is licensed to you under the conditions of the "Basler dart BCON for LVDS Development Kit License Agreement". Please see the license text file included in the Software for further information. This Software contains non-proprietary Basler software or software provided under open-source license by third parties ("third-party software") and is...
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