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  • Page 1 C-BLUE One User Manual C-BLUE One User Manual_20211129...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE INTRODUCTION ........................6 Overview ..........................6 Caution ..........................7 READ BEFORE USE ........................8 General warnings......................8 Never open your camera ....................8 Power circuitry........................8 Cooling water ........................8 Symbols and Indications ....................9 Disposal - DEEE ........................ 9 CAMERA DELIVERY ........................
  • Page 3 SETTING UP AND STARTING UP CAMERA ................33 Configuring your computer ..................... 33 Recommended system requirements ..............33 Software installation ....................... 33 First Light Imaging Graphical User Interface software .......... 33 Software Development Kit ..................34 Quick start........................34 Powering ON & camera connection ................ 34 Powering OFF &...
  • Page 4 Acquisition Control ..................... 36 Basic commands ..................... 36 Integration time and framerate ................37 Image correction ..................... 38 Trigger mode ......................38 AcquisitionStart ....................39 AcquisitionEnd ....................40 FrameBurstStart ....................41 FrameBurstStart + FrameBurstEnd ..............42 FrameStart ....................... 43 ExposureStart/ExposureEnd................44 Trigger timings ....................
  • Page 5 13. WARRANTY AND LIABILITY ..................64 For the USA ........................64 Limited Warranty ..................... 64 Conditions ........................ 64 Warranty Enforcement .................... 64 Returns ........................65 Liability Upon Delivery ..................65 Products Offered “As Is” .................. 65 No Other Warranties ..................65 Limitation of Liability..................

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Additionally, the readout noise is lower than 3 electrons in 12 bits quantization. With C-BLUE One, simultaneously and for the first time a global shutter architecture and low noise is made possible, which is a major improvement for fast acquisition scientific applications.

  • Page 7: Caution

    This User Manual describes precisely how to handle your material properly and to avoid accidents. Please follow the instructions of use to take advantage of all C-BLUE One performances. Please carefully read the warnings (section 2) and follow the safety precautions to avoid any personal injury or damage when using the camera.

  • Page 8: Read Before Use

    2. READ BEFORE USE General warnings The equipment must be plugged on an electrical wiring compliant with the relevant standards in the country (in France: NFC 15-100). This wiring must be protected from overcurrent, overvoltage, and ground defaults. Connected equipment’s must be compliant with the EN 60950-1 Ed.2006 standard, or to their own standards.

  • Page 9: Symbols And Indications

    DO NOT throw the Li-ion button cell battery in municipal waste. This symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the battery should not be placed in municipal waste. In case of disposal, do not throw your camera in a waste disposal, you can send it back to First Light Imaging.

  • Page 10: Camera Delivery

    3. CAMERA DELIVERY Package content Your C-BLUE One camera will be delivered in a hard Pelicase, with the following components: Table 1 – Package items description Items Number Camera Power supply Power supply cable (IEC / NEMA / other) C-Mount adapter Press button tool (cf.

  • Page 11: Resources

    The Test Report is available in the USB key delivered with the camera. Additional resources Additional resources, such as technical notes, user manuals, latest software releases, white papers, etc. are available online. As a customer of First Light Imaging, you can create a personal account on the website www.first-light-imaging.com and have access to “Your library”, as specific directory with...

  • Page 12: Specifications

    4. SPECIFICATIONS Operating conditions The operating conditions of C-BLUE One are as follows. Do not operate the camera beyond these environmental specifications, as this may cause damage to the camera. Table 4 – C-BLUE One operating conditions Parameter Values Units Maximum °C...

  • Page 13: Global Shutter And Iwr

    Note: The recommended recording area is 1604 x 1100 since pixels located at the edge of the detector may behave differently. Global shutter and IWR global shutter In a configuration, the full array is exposed entirely at once. All the pixels begin and end the exposure simultaneously.

  • Page 14: Quantum Efficiency Curve

    The angular response is an intrinsic property of the sensor, it characterizes the optical efficiency of the sensor as a function of incidence angle. Measured angular pixel response for the detector IMX425LLJ-C (normalized) by First Light Imaging and by sensor manufacturer.

  • Page 15: Main Camera Features

    Quantum efficiency as a function of wavelength at various F# Main camera features The various features of the C-BLUE One camera will be described in detail in section 10. Below is a quick overview of the main characteristics. Table 7 - Main camera features...

  • Page 16: Thermal Management

    Camera thermal management Overview The design of the C-BLUE One camera is optimized to dissipate heat by the bottom face. The camera can be configured to maintain the sensor temperature to a setpoint specified by the user. This feature is disabled by default.

  • Page 17: Thermal Performances

    Please check the recommendations of your cooling system. To avoid leaks, make sure that the cooling system is correctly connected before turning on the chiller. Water will damage the camera. For more information, please contact First Light Imaging at support@first-light.fr. Thermal performances The table below sums up the performances that can be expected from the camera with the different thermal management options available.

  • Page 18: Electronics Protection

    Table 9 - Thermal management performances and temperature minimum set point Sensor Water Power supply Cooling method minimum temperature temperature set point Air cooling, fan at full speed < 35°C 10°C External power Air cooling, fan at full speed < 45°C 20°C supply Water cooling / no fan...

  • Page 19: Mechanics

    The camera is designed to deliver the best precision possible regarding the optical alignment of the sensor. For further information about mechanical tolerances, see drawing below. The camera’s latest mechanical drawings are available from First Light at: support@first-light.fr, or on “Your Library” on www.first-light-imaging.com.

  • Page 24: Camera Interfaces

    Camera status LEDs Once the camera is properly powered up by following the steps of section 9, the system boots and C-BLUE One is ready to operate. A purple diode signal, visible through the camera’s body holes, confirms the operability.

  • Page 25: Power Supply

    C-BLUE One when cooling is enabled. ® The mating connector is a LEMO FGG.0B.304.CLAD52Z C-BLUE One back view. Always use the power supply provided by First Light Imaging. Using another power supply can damage the camera.

  • Page 26: Coaxpress ® Interface

    When using DHCP, in the absence of answer from a DHCP server, the camera will use link local fallback address 169.254.123.123, netmask 255.255.0.0. For the firmware update procedure, please contact First Light at support@first-light.fr. Ethernet cable connected to the Ethernet port.
  • Page 27 The colors of the cable on the male end of the connector will correspond either to version A or to version B of the wiring, as detailed below: Table 12 - Pinout of Cable version A and B Cable version A Cable version B 1 White 1 Red...
  • Page 28 ���� ratings voltage ���� Absolute maximum Ouput -0.5 ratings voltage Input impedance: HighZ Failure to observe the voltages indicated in the table will permanently damage the camera C-BLUE One back view. The LEMO synchro connector is plugged in. Figure 12:...

  • Page 29: Coaxpress

    The Master connection is indicated by digit 0 and the Extension connection is indicated by digit 1. C-BLUE Schematic of the two CoaXPress® links required in the configuration implemented in C-BLUE One. Each connection (Master and Extension) provides: A high-speed downlink of 10 Gbps (camera to frame grabber) ...

  • Page 30: Recommended Frame Grabbers

    ® C-BLUE One supports two cables connected to one frame grabber topology. Always use two HD-BNC cables. Note: some frame grabbers require the Master connection of the camera to be connected to a specific port of the grabber (for example Euresys Coaxling Duo CXP-12), whereas others do not.

  • Page 31: Connectors

    Connectors protocol uses 75 Ω coaxial cables. The CoaXPress The CoaXPress 2.0 interface requires two cables ® ® with male HD-BNC connectors (also known as Micro BNC). CoaXPress cables with HD-BNC connectors. Cable lengths The maximum CXP cable length supported for the connection is dependent of the cable used. Please ®...

  • Page 32: Coaxpress® Supported Functionalities

    50% (1s on color 1, 1s off, 1s on color 2, 1s off) CoaXPress® supported functionalities The main functionalities offered by CoaXPress® and supported by the C-BLUE One camera are the following: CoaXPress® 2.0. This enables to reach the maximum frame offered by the sensor.

  • Page 33: Setting Up And Starting Up Camera

    Windows 10, Ubuntu 18.04 ® It is also possible to work with Windows® 7 but it is not officially supported, and First Light Imaging will not provide any support for this OS. Software installation First Light Imaging Graphical User Interface software The Graphical User Interface (GUI) demo software is provided in the USB key supplied with the C-BLUE One camera, or available in Your Library on the website.

  • Page 34: Software Development Kit

    Please refer to the Graphical User Interface manual Software Development Kit A Software Development Kit (SDK) is also provided with your camera. It will allow developers to code their own interface to control the camera. A code in C/C++ is provided to make a demo, and additional example codes are provided in several languages.

  • Page 35: Camera Functionalities

    10. CAMERA FUNCTIONALITIES This section will describe non-exhaustively the camera’s features provided by First Light Imaging. Functionalities can be configured using First Light Vision, First Light Imaging’s graphical user interface, your custom developed interface, or GenICam’s API and GUI. In the GenICam standard, the Standard Features Naming Convention (SFNC) provides a standard feature naming convention and a standard behavioral model for the devices.

  • Page 36: Basic Device Control

    Basic device control Table 20 – Description of the commands to control the camera Name Access Values Description Resets the device. After reset, the device must DeviceReset Command be rediscovered. DeviceShutdown Command Turns the device off. Temperature control The temperature of the camera can be monitored thanks to several measurement probes. Table 21 - Description of the SFNC registers associated to temperature control Acces Value...

  • Page 37: Integration Time And Framerate

    Table 22 – Description of the acquisition modes Access Value Name Description The frames are captured continuously until AcquisitionMode Continuous stopped with the AcquisitionStop command. Starts the Acquisition of the device. The number AcquisitionStart Command frames captured specified AcquisitionMode. Stops the Acquisition of the device at the end of AcquisitionStop Command the current Frame.

  • Page 38: Image Correction

    This value depends on the cropping configuration and the number of bits per pixel. Image correction The image corrections that can be applied to the frames in real time are the following. Table 24 - Description of the image corrections available Name Access Value Description...

  • Page 39: Acquisitionstart

    TriggerActivation RisingEdge The selected trigger will trigger on a [TriggerSelector] rising edge of the input signal. FallingEdge The selected trigger will trigger on a falling edge of the signal. TriggerDelay 2147 The selected trigger will be applied after [TriggerSelector] microseconds delay this register’s...

  • Page 40: Acquisitionend

    Example of AcquisitionStart Legend : Blue : AcquistionStart (Line0) Pink : SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow : SENSOR_READOUT AcquisitionEnd Settings sequency: TriggerSelector : AcquisitionEnd TriggerMode : ON TriggerSource : Line0 TriggerActivation : FallingEdge TriggerDelay : 0...

  • Page 41: Frameburststart

    Example of AcquisitionStop Legend : Blue : AcquistionStop (Line0) Pink : SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow : SENSOR_READOUT FrameBurstStart Settings sequency: TriggerSelector : FrameBurstStart TriggerMode : ON TriggerSource : Line0 TriggerActivation : RisingEdge TriggerDelay : 0 TriggerSelector : FrameBurstStop TriggerMode : OFF AcquisitionFrameCount : 10...

  • Page 42: Frameburststart + Frameburstend

    Example of FrameBurstStart Legend : Blue : FrameBurstStart (Line0) Pink : SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow : SENSOR_READOUT FrameBurstStart + FrameBurstEnd Settings sequency: TriggerSelector : FrameBurstStart TriggerMode : ON TriggerSource : Line0 TriggerActivation : RisingEdge TriggerDelay : 0 TriggerSelector : FrameBurstEnd TriggerMode : ON TriggerSource : Line0 TriggerActivation : FallingEdge TriggerDelay : 0...

  • Page 43: Framestart

    Example of FrameBurstStart + FrameBurstStop Legend : Blue : FrameBurstStart (Line0) + FrameBurstEnd (Line0) Pink : SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow : SENSOR_READOUT FrameStart Settings sequency: TriggerSelector : FrameStart TriggerMode : ON TriggerSource : Line0 TriggerActivation : RisingEdge TriggerDelay : 0...

  • Page 44: Exposurestart/Exposureend

    Example of FrameStart Legend : Blue : FrameStart (Line0) Pink : SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow : SENSOR_READOUT ExposureStart/ExposureEnd Settings sequency: TriggerSelector : ExposureStart TriggerMode : ON TriggerSource : Line0 TriggerActivation : FallingEdge TriggerDelay : 0 TriggerSelector : ExposureEnd TriggerMode : ON TriggerSource : Line0 TriggerActivation : RisingEdge TriggerDelay : 0...
  • Page 45 Example 1 of ExposureStart/ExposureEnd Example 2 of ExposureStart/ExposureEnd...
  • Page 46 Example 3 of ExposureStart/ExposureEnd Legend : Blue : ExposureStart (FallingEdge Line0) + ExposureStop (RisingEdge Line0) Pink : SENSOR_EXPOSURE Yellow : SENSOR_READOUT When the exposition of the sensor is controlled with the ExposureStart and ExposureEnd triggers, two consecutives ExposureEnd trigger must not occur at a faster rate than the value specified in AcquisitionFrameRateMaxReg SFNC register.

  • Page 47: Trigger Timings

    Trigger timings This section will detail the timings related with the trigger. There are few timings that must be kept in mind when using the triggers. They are shown below: Time base TriggerStart TriggerEnd Dead �me Trigger signal Memory Sensor effec�ve exposi�on wait �me Pre exposi�on delay Post exposi�on delay...
  • Page 48 Example of the 12bits pre-exposition delay, here 14.39 µs Example of the 12bits post exposition delay, here 18.30 µs...

  • Page 49: Basic Image Format Control

    Example of the 12bits sensor data output delay, here 187.00 µs Basic Image Format Control The Image Format Control register contains the features related to the format of the transmitted image. Sensor format The dimensions of the sensor and pixels depend on the sensor and are provided by the following registers.

  • Page 50: Pixel Bit Depth

    Pixel bit depth The sensor has a configurable 8, 10 or 12 bits integrated Analog/Digital converter. The 10 bits conversion is not supported by the camera. SFNC PixelFormat The pixel format is selected using the standard register. Table 26 - Description of the pixel format control Name Access Values...

  • Page 51: Black Level Adjustment

    Table 29 - Description of the SFNC registers associated to gain management Name Access Values Description AnalogAll Gain will be applied to all analog channels or taps. GainSelector DigitalAll Gain will be applied to all digital channels or taps. Controls the selected gain as an absolute physical Gain 0-48 dB value.

  • Page 52: Region Of Interests

    Command Selection of the user set loaded at camera UserSetDefault startup Command Loads the preset specified by the selector UserSetLoad to the device and makes it active. UserSetSave Command Save the preset specified by the user set Note: A factory user sets can only be loaded, not saved. The factory presets currently defined are: Table 32 - Factory presets in full frame Framerate...

  • Page 53: Multiple Roi Support

    Table 33 - Description of the SFNC registers associated to single ROI support Name Access Values Description ON/ OFF Controls whether the region is contiguous or split in Sparse (Boolean) different areas. …, Width Width of the image provided by the device (in pixels). WidthMax …, Height...
  • Page 54 The configuration of the active set of rows and columns intervals is done using the SparseWidth SparseHeight SparseOffsetX SparseOffsetY proprietary registers . The register SparseSelector specifies which set of columns and rows is currently modified. Once configured, the set must be enabled using SparseMode e.g.
  • Page 55 Example of 2 vertical ROIs, defined using 2 sets of active columns/rows. Example of 2 horizontal ROIs, defined using 2 sets of active columns/rows.
  • Page 56 Example of definition of 4 ROIs, defined using two sets of rows and columns All ROIs must be separated: they cannot overlap and cannot be adjacent. The figure below illustrates ROIs that cannot be defined once Region#1 is set. Example of ROIs that cannot be defined...

  • Page 57: Impact Of The Roi On The Acquisition Frame Rate

    Impact of the ROI on the acquisition frame rate Due to the sensor communication protocol, the acquisition frame rate can only be increase when the number of active lines is reduced. The number of columns does not affect the acquisition speed. The cropping granularity is 16 lines and 8 columns.

  • Page 58: Camera Maintenance

    11. CAMERA MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Information useful for troubleshooting are available in several SNFC register. The table below describes the necessary parameters. Table 36 – Description of the parameters useful to troubleshoot. Value Access Description Device's indicators are active showing Active their respective status.
  • Page 59 Table 37 - Common issues and troubleshooting procedures Issue Possible cause Troubleshooting The cooling plate is not in good thermal contact. Check in Table 9 that the set points are within the reach of the system.   Cooling does not reach The cooling system is off or defective.

  • Page 60: Pattern Generation

    Pattern Generation The sensor can be configured to send a fixed pattern. The pattern generation is configurable through TestPattern the SFNC register. Table 38 – Descriptions of the control for pattern generation Name Access Values Description Sensor TestPattern will control the sensor’s test TestPatternGe pattern generator neratorSelect...

  • Page 61: Firmware Update

    ® downloaded by the camera using the Ethernet interface. The Ethernet cable is not provided in the C-BLUE One camera package. It is strongly advised to use shielded cable to respect Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) recommendations. Please refer to paragraph 7.5.

  • Page 62: Support Requests

    Support requests For any support request please indicate the serial number of your camera. The camera serial number is available at the bottom of the camera. You can also check the SFNC register “ DeviceSerialNumber ” to retrieve the information. Please send your requests at: support@first-light.com Camera serial number can be read underneath the camera...

  • Page 63: Precautions & Product Safety

    12. PRECAUTIONS & PRODUCT SAFETY Precaution of use Your C-BLUE One is a high-end scientific instrument, if this equipment is used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer the protection provided by the equipment may be impaired and the warranty will not be applicable.

  • Page 64: Warranty And Liability

    13. WARRANTY AND LIABILITY For the USA Limited Warranty Subject to the limitations set forth herein, FLI represents and warrants that the Products (including the Sensor, if applicable) will correspond, at the time of delivery, to the specifications provided to FLI by Purchaser, and shall be free from defects in material and workmanship (the “Limited Warranty”).

  • Page 65: Returns

    Returns In the event the Limited Warranty applies, Purchaser shall return the Product to FLI within thirty (30) days of receiving written authorization from FLI to do so, in the same condition as the Product was originally delivered to Purchaser. Purchaser shall assume all costs, risk and liability in connection with the shipment and return of the Product.

  • Page 66: For The Rest Of The World

    fees) that FLI may incur as a result of any breach by purchaser of any warranty, representation or covenant set forth in these terms. For the rest of the World FLI’s legal guarantee and limit to the guarantee FLI hereby exclusively guarantees the Product’s compliance with the specifications agreed to within the limits of the legally applicable provisions.

  • Page 67: Contact Us

    14. CONTACT US For the USA FIRST LIGHT IMAGING Corp. 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, Ste 210 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: + 33 4 42 61 29 20 E-mail: support@first-light.fr Website: www.first-light.us For the rest of the world FIRST LIGHT IMAGING SAS Europarc Sainte Victoire, Bât.

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