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Piranha HS-S0-06K80-00-R
Camera User's Manual
High Sensitivity Line Scan Camera
sensors | cameras | frame grabbers | processors | software | vision solutions
03-032-20213-01
www.teledynedalsa.com

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  • Page 1 Piranha HS-S0-06K80-00-R Camera User’s Manual High Sensitivity Line Scan Camera sensors | cameras | frame grabbers | processors | software | vision solutions 03-032-20213-01 www.teledynedalsa.com...
  • Page 2 © 2014 Teled yne DALSA. All inform ation provid ed in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. N o responsibility is assum ed by Teled yne DALSA for its use. Teled yne DALSA reserves the right to make changes to this information w ithout notice.
  • Page 3 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20213-01...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Contents Introduction to the Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera __________________________________ 6 1.1 Camera Highlights ............................... 6 1.2 Camera Performance Specifications ..........................8 1.3 Responsivity ................................. 10 Camera Hardware Interface ________________________________________________ 11 2.1 Installation Overview ..............................11 2.2 Input and Output Connectors and Status LED ......................12 LED Status Indicator ............................
  • Page 5 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Troubleshooting ________________________________________________________ 46 6.1 Common Solutions ............................... 46 6.2 Troubleshooting Using the Serial Interface ......................... 47 6.3 Specific Solutions ................................. 48 Error Handling and Command List ___________________________________________ 49 A1 Error Handling ................................49 A2 Commands: Quick Reference ............................51...

  • Page 6: Introduction To The Piranha Hs-S0-06K Camera

    The Piranha H S-S0-06K cam era is a stand ou t in Teled yne DALSA’s high sensitivity, TDI- based fam ily of cam eras. The Piranha H S fam ily of cam eras m axim ize system throu ghpu t. All cam eras are cap able of bid irectionality w ith 256 stages of integration.
  • Page 7 H SLink interface. Throu ghou t the m anu al, the cam eras are refered to as the Piranha H S-Sx cam era fam ily u nless content is u niqu e to a specific m od el. In those cases, the cam era’s m od el nu m ber is specified .

  • Page 8: Camera Performance Specifications

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual 1.2 Camera Performance Specifications Table 2: Camera Performance Specifications Feature / Specification Im ager Form at Bi-d irectional TDI Resolution 6,000 x 256 pixels Pixel Fill Factor 90 % Pixel Size 10.4 µm x 10.4 µm...
  • Page 9 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Performance Min Gain 0dB Min Gain +10dB Min Gain +20dB Dynam ic Range 1024 (10 or 12-bit operation) Rand om N oise 0.25 DN rm s SEE nJ/ cm 0.065 0.02 N EE pJ/ cm 0.24...

  • Page 10: Responsivity

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual 1.3 Responsivity HS-S0-06K80-R Spectral Responsivity & Quantum Efficiency 1600 Responsivity (DN/nJ/cm2) 1400 QE (%) 1200 1000 Wavelength (nm) N ote: Settings 0 d B at 12-bit. 03-032-20213-01 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 11: Camera Hardware Interface

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Camera Hardware Interface 2.1 Installation Overview When installing you r cam era, you shou ld take these step s: Pow er d ow n all equ ipm ent. This installation overview assumes you Follow the m anu factu rer’s instru ctions to install the fram egrabber (if ap plicable). Be have not installed any su re to observe all static precau tions.

  • Page 12: Input And Output Connectors And Status Led

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual 2.2 Input and Output Connectors and Status LED The cam era u ses:  A d iagnostic LED for m onitoring the cam era. See LED Statu s Ind icator in section LED Statu s Ind icator for d etails.

  • Page 13: Power Connectors

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Color of Status LED Meaning Area Scan- 20 second tim eout Orange (red and green on together) solid Running on FPGA/ m icro backup Orange blinking, slow Loss of functionality Orange one pulse of 0.2 sec...

  • Page 14: Data Connectors

    The u ser can not recover from this failu re and the cam era w ill have to be retu rned to Teled yne DALSA for rep air.
  • Page 15 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual EXSYNC (Triggers Frame Readout) Fram e rate can be set internally u sing the serial interface. The external control signal EXSYN C is optional and enabled throu gh the serial interface. This cam era u ses the falling edge of EXSYN C to trigger pixel read ou t.
  • Page 16 HSLink 6K and Frame Grabber Supplementary Information Teled yne DALSA d esigned and pioneered the H SLink as a com p rehensive cam era-to- fram e grabber com m u nication stand ard targeted at m achine vision ind u stry u se. The H SLink 6K and fram e grabber prod u ct are based on the fu nd am ental cap abilities of this new interface.
  • Page 17 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Master/ Slave H SLIN K reset Camera to Master Frame Grabber Power-On Discovery Notes The cam era and fram e grabber w ill correctly d iscover each other if either the cam era or the fram e grabber are tu rned on or off, regard less of ord er .

  • Page 18: Software Interface: How To Control The Camera

    This com m and set has changes from p reviou s Teled yne DALSA cam eras. Do not assu m e that the Piranha H S com m and s perform sim ilarly to old er cam eras. Serial Protocol Defaults ...
  • Page 19 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual  The cam era w ill answ er each com m and w ith either <CR><LF> OK > or <CR><LF> Error xx: Error Message > or Warning xx: Warning Message >. The > is u sed exclu sively as the last character sent by the cam era.

  • Page 20: First Power-Up Camera Settings

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Som e com m and s m ay not be available in you r cu rrent operating m od e. The help screen d isplays N A in this case. 3.1 First Power-Up Camera Settings...

  • Page 21: Selecting The Number Of Ccd Integration Stages

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Send ing the tdi com m and alw ays restores your last saved user settings for the m od e of operation requested even if you are alread y operating in the requested m od e. See section 3.4 Saving and Restoring Settings for an explanation on how user settings are stored and retrieved for each m od e.

  • Page 22: Exposure Mode And Line / Frame Rate

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Figure 1: Object Movement and Camera Direction Example using an Inverting Lens* Camera should operate in Forward CCD Shift Direction scd 0 Direction of Object Movement Camera should operate in Reverse CCD Shift Direction Direction of...
  • Page 23  N otes: Refer to Table 7: Piranha H S Exposure Mod es for a quick list of available m od es or to the follow ing sections for a m ore d etailed explanation includ ing tim ing d iagram s.
  • Page 24 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Exposure Modes in Detail Fram e rate is set by the period of the external trigger pu lses. EXSYN C pu lses faster than the read ou t tim e are ignored . The falling ed ge of EXSYN C m arks the start of read ou t.

  • Page 25: Setting Frame Rate And Exposure Time

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Setting Frame Rate and Exposure Time Sets the cam era’s fram e rate in H z. Cam era m ust be operating in Purpose: exposure m od e 7. Syntax: ssf f Syntax Elem ents:...

  • Page 26: Digital Signal Processing Chain

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Colum n end num ber. Must be greater than or equal to the colum n start num ber in a range from 2 to colum n resolution. Row end num ber. Must be greater than or equal to the row start num ber in a range from 2 to num ber of stages except in TDI Mod e w here y2 m ust be 1.
  • Page 27 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Digital Processing Fixed pattern noise (FPN ) calibration (calcu lated u sing the com m and ) is u sed to su btract aw ay ind ivid u al pixel d ark cu rrent. Photo-Resp onse N on -Uniform ity (PRN U) coefficients are u sed to correct the d ifference in resp onsivity of ind ivid u al pixels (i.e.
  • Page 28 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Lens and light sou rce non -u niform ity Correction is im plem ented su ch that for each pixel: =[(V - dark offset- FPN ( pixel )) * digital gain * PRNU (pixel)] output...
  • Page 29 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual How to Perform Flat Field Correction Digital Offset and gain. Background subtract values should be set to zero. (“ssb 0”,” sab 0”,” ssg 0”) Setup the camera operating environment (ie. Line rate, CCD Shift Direction, exposure, offset, gain, etc) NOTE: Select the User Set (“ssn”...
  • Page 30 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Digital Signal Processing for Processing Calibrating Camera Gain Purpose: The cam era can d eterm ine appropriate gain values. This com m and calculates the gain required to reach the output target w ith a seam m atching algorithm .
  • Page 31 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Setting a Pixel’s FPN Coefficient Sets an ind ivid ual pixel’s FPN coefficient. Purpose: Syntax sfc x i Syntax Elem ents: The pixel num ber from 1 to sensor pixel count. Coefficient value in a range from 0-511 (12-bit LSB).
  • Page 32 CPA 2 and CPA 4 functions are still available for use in the cam era, bu t Teled yne DALSA d oes not recom m end their use and w ill not guarantee any cam era specifications. The im proper use of CPA 2/ 4 m ay cause the cam era to exceed its d esigned perform ance criteria.
  • Page 33 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual cpa 5 13000 Exam ple: Setting a Pixel’s PRNU Coefficient Sets an ind ivid ual pixel’s PRN U coefficient. Purpose: spc i i Syntax: Syntax Elem ents: The pixel num ber from 1 to sensor pixel count.
  • Page 34 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Subtracting Background Purpse: Use the background subtract com m and after perform ing flat field correction if you w ant to im prove your im age in a low contrast scene. You should try to m ake your d arkest pixel in the scene equal to zero.

  • Page 35: Saving And Restoring Settings

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual 3.4 Saving and Restoring Settings Saving and Restoring Factory and User Settings Figure 5: Saving and Restoring Overview rus lpc Factory User Settings Settings Current wus wpc,wfc Session Factory Settings You can restore the original factory settings, inclu d ing the factory calibrated pixel rfs .

  • Page 36: Saving And Restoring Prnu And Fpn Coefficients

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual You can save or restore you r u ser settings to non -volatile m em ory u sing the follow ing com m and s.  To save all cu rrent u ser settings to EEPROM for the cu rrent m od e for both TDI shift wus .

  • Page 37: Rebooting The Camera

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual ssn 3 Exam ple: Related : Saving the Current PRNU Coefficients Purpose: Saves the current PRN U coefficients for the current d irection for the current set. Syntax:  N otes: Available in TDI m od e only.

  • Page 38: Diagnostics

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual 3.5 Diagnostics Generating a Test Pattern Purpose: Generates a test pattern to aid in system d ebugging. The test patterns are useful for verifying proper tim ing and connections betw een the cam era and the fram e grabber.

  • Page 39: Returning Video Information

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Returning Video Information The cam era’s m icrocontroller has the ability to read vid eo d ata w hen operating the cam era in TDI Mod e. This fu nctionality can be u sed to verify cam era operation and to perform basic testing w ithou t having to connect the cam era to a fram e grabber.

  • Page 40: Temperature Measurement

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Returning the Average of Multiple Lines of Video Purpose: Returns the average for m ultiple lines of vid eo d ata (w ithout pixel coefficients or test pattern). The num ber of lines to sam ple is set and ad justed by the css com m and .

  • Page 41: Camera Frequency Measurement

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Camera Frequency Measurement Purpose: Returns the frequency for the requested control signal Syntax: gsf i Syntax Elem ents: Control signal to m easure: 1: CC1 (EXSYN C) 3: CC3 (Direction) gsf 1 Exam ple: Returning Camera Settings...

  • Page 42: Optical And Mechanical

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Optical and Mechanical (45.0) 72X0.75 depth 4.1 IMAGINGCENTER (6.56) (90.0) 10.5(2X) OPTICAL DISTANCE (47.0) IMAGING CENTER 83.5 (2X) (109.0) PIXEL1 (153.9) (165.9) (180.0) M4x0.7 depth 6.0 (4X) 8.5(2X) (45.0) (39.5) 81.5(2X) (70.9) (45.9) (64.5) (92.1)

  • Page 43: Lens Mounts

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual 4.1 Lens Mounts Model Number Lens Mount Opening H S-S0-06K M72x0.75 thread . 4.2 Optical Interface Illumination The am ou nt and w avelengths of light requ ired to captu re u sefu l im ages d epend on the particu lar ap plication.

  • Page 44: High Temperature And Mounting

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual The focal point is the point at w hich the im age of an infinitely d istant object is brou ght to  focu s. The effective focal length (f ) is the d istance from the second princip al p oint to the second focal point.
  • Page 45 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual 106 mm Front plate Ø75 45 mm 86 mm Camera full front mounting surface (5047 mm sq.) Heat sink fins Heat sink fins Mounting plate Mounting bracket Mounting hole Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20213-01...

  • Page 46: Troubleshooting

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Troubleshooting 6.1 Common Solutions The inform ation in this chapter can help you solve problem s that m ay occu r d u ring the setu p of you r cam era. Rem em ber that the cam era is part of the entire acqu isition system .

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting Using The Serial Interface

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Data Clocking/Output Signals To valid ate cable integrity, have the cam era send ou t a test pattern and verify it is being properly received . Refer to section Generating a Test Pattern for fu rther inform ation.

  • Page 48: Specific Solutions

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual shu td ow n again. If you enter any com m and other than , the cam era respond s w ith: Error 09: The camera's temperature exceeds the specified operating range> Verify Pixel Coefficients...

  • Page 49: Error Handling And Command List

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Appendix A Error Handling and Command List A1 Error Handling The follow ing table lists w arning and error m essages and provid es a d escription and possible cau se. Warning m essages are retu rned w hen the cam era cannot m eet the fu ll valu e of the requ est;...
  • Page 50 Error 01: Internal error xx> Where xx is a cod e list below . Only output d uring pow er up. Custom er should contact Teled yne DALSA custom er support. Error 02: Unrecognized com m and > Com m and is not valid .

  • Page 51: A2 Commands: Quick Reference

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual A2 Commands: Quick Reference As a qu ick reference, the follow ing table lists all of the cam era configu ration com m and s available to the cam era u ser. For d etailed inform ation on u sing these com m and s, refer to Parameters: Chapter 3.
  • Page 52 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description calculate PRN U Perform s PRN U calibration accord ing algorithm to the selected algorithm *. The first param eter is the algorithm w here i is: 2 = Calculates the PRN U coefficients...
  • Page 53 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description correction set sam ple Set num ber of line sam ples averaged for pixel coefficient calculations or for com m and . Values: 1, output of 1024, 2048, 4096. Refer to Returning Averaged Lines of Vid eo on page 39 for d etails.
  • Page 54 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description get line average Read the average of line sam ples. x = Pixel start num ber x = Pixel end num ber In a range from 1 to 6000. Refer to Returning Averaged Lines of Vid eo on page 39 for d etails.
  • Page 55 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description set d ata w id th Selects the bit d epth, w here: sd w 8 = 8-bit outpu t sd w 10 = 10-bit outpu t sd w 12 = 12-bit outpu t...
  • Page 56 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description set vid eo m od e Sw itch betw een norm al vid eo m od e and test patterns: 0: N orm al vid eo m od e 1: Test pattern...

  • Page 57: Emc Declaration

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Appendix B EMC Declaration Teledyne D ALSA 605 McMurray Rd., Waterloo, ON CAN AD A N 2V 2E9 d eclare u nd er sole responsibility, that the prod u ct(s): HS-S0-06K80-00-R fu lfill(s) the requ irem ents of the stand ard s ou tlined below w hich satisfy the EMC requ irem ents for CE m arking, the FCC Part 15 requ irem ents, and the Ind u stry Can ad a ICES-003 evalu ation.

  • Page 58: Revision History

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Appendix C Revision History Revision Change Description Date Prelim inary release. June 9, 2014 - Mechanical revised w ith new heatsink orien tation. August 20, 2014 - Responsivity graph revised w ith correct units— DN / nj/ cm...

  • Page 59: Index

    Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual Index d ata rate, 8 d ebugging, 46 d igital applications, 7 signal processing, 30 Area Mod e, 20 d irection externally controlled , 21 w eb m ovem ent, 45 bit d epth setting, 19...
  • Page 60 Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual lens resolution, 8 m od eling, 43 responsivity, 9 light sources, 43 roi. See Region of Interest line dropout, 48 line rate, 8 line statistics, 39 SEE, 9 sensitivity level, 21 serial interface, 18 m od e...

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