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Spyder3 SC-34
Color Camera User's Manual
SC-34-02K80-00-R
SC-34-04K80-00-R
31 May 2013
03-032-20116-01
www.teledynedalsa.com

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User’s Manual SC-34-02K80-00-R SC-34-04K80-00-R 31 May 2013 03-032-20116-01 www.teledynedalsa.com...
  • Page 2 Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual © 2013 Teled yne DALSA. All information provid ed in this m anu al is believed to be accurate and reliable. N o responsibility is assumed by Teled yne DALSA for its use. Teled yne DALSA reserves the right to make changes to this information w ithout notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Contents THE SPYDER3 SC-34 CAMERA ..............................5 1.1 C ........................................5 AMERA IGHLIGHTS 1.2 C ....................................7 AMERA ERFORMANCE PECIFICATIONS 1.3 I ..........................................9 MAGE ENSOR 1.4 R ..........................................9 ESPONSIVITY MECHANICALS..................................
  • Page 4 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual ..........................................69 ROUBLESHOOTING ..........................................71 PECIFIC OLUTIONS APPENDIX D ..................................73 CCD S ..................................73 LECTROSTATIC ISCHARGE AND THE ENSOR ..................................73 ROTECTING GAINST IL AND CRATCHES ......................................73 LEANING THE ENSOR INDOW REVISION HISTORY ................................

  • Page 5: The Spyder3 Sc-34 Camera

    The Spyder3 SC-34 Camera The Spyd er3 color Camera Link camera uses Teled yne DALSA‘s state-of-the-art d ual line scan technology in ord er to d eliver high color qu ality, low -cost and ease of use for color im aging. This camera features 2k and 4k resolutions w ith a maximu m line rate of 18 kH z.
  • Page 6 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Camera Models The Spyd er3 color camera is available in these mod els. Table 1: Camera Models Overview Model Description SC-34-02K80-00-R 2k resolution, 2 sensor taps. Base Camera Link configuration.

  • Page 7: Camera Performance Specifications

    Output Data Configuration Base Camera Link Speed Maximum Line Rate 18 000 H z 9 000 Hz Minimum line rate 300 Hz 300 Hz *Lens mount ad apters are available. Contact Teled yne DALSA Sales for more information. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20116-01...
  • Page 8 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Table 4: Camera Operating Specifications (Single Color) Specs Unit 0 dB 10 dB +20 dB Broadband DN / responsivity (nJ / cm²) — — — — —...

  • Page 9: Image Sensor

    Table 5: EMC Compliance Standards Compliance The CE Mark, FCC Part 15, and Ind ustry Canad a ICES-003 Evaluation of the DALSA Spyd er3 CL SC-34 cameras meet the follow ing requirements: EN 55022 Class A, EN 55011 Class A, and FCC Part 15 Class A emissions requirements; EN 55024, and EN 61326-1 immunity to d isturbances.
  • Page 10 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Figure 3: Spyder3 Color 4k Responsivity Spyder 3 4K Spectral Responsivity Series1 Series2 Series3 950 1000 1050 1100 Wavelength [nm] 03-032-20116-01 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 11: Mechanicals

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Mechanicals 3.1 Mechanical Interface Figure 4: 2k Mechanical Dimensions [ADD MECH AN ICAL PDF H ERE] Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20116-01...
  • Page 12 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Figure 5: 4k Mechanical Dimensions [ADD MECH AN ICAL PDF H ERE] 03-032-20116-01 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Mounting H eat generated by the cam era mu st be allow ed to m ove aw ay from the camera. Mount the camera on the front plate (using the provid ed mounting holes) w ith maximu m contact to the area for best heat d issip ation.

  • Page 14: Software And Hardware Setup

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Software and Hardware Setup Host System Requirements To achieve best system perform ance, the follow ing m inimu m requ irements are recom mend ed : ...

  • Page 15: Step 1. Install And Configure The Frame Grabber And Graphics Card

    Install a Base Camera Link frame grabber accord ing to the m anufacturer‘s d escription. A list of frame grabbers recom mend ed by Teled yne DALSA and supporting the Spyd er3 cameras is available on the Teled yne DALSA Web site here: w w w .teled yned alsa.com/ mv/ prod ucts/ framegrabbers.aspx...

  • Page 16: Power Connector

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Figure 7: Input and Output Connectors WARN IN G: It is extremely important that you apply the appropriate voltages to your camera. Incorrect voltages may d amage the camera.

  • Page 17: Camera Led

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 2.2 Camera LED The camera is equipped w ith a red / green LED used to d isplay the operational status of the camera. The table below sum marizes the operating states of the camera and the correspond ing LED states.
  • Page 18 PRIN Direction See Append ix B for the complete Camera Link configuration table, and refer to the Teled yne DALSA Web site for the official Camera Link d ocuments (http:/ / w w w .teled yned alsa.com/ mv/ know led ge/ ap pnotes.aspx).

  • Page 19: Camera Link Video Timing

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Output Signals, Camera Link These signals ind icate w hen d ata is valid , allow ing you to clock the d ata from the camera to your acquisition system.
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Table 11: Spyder3 Color Input and Output Symbol Definition Min (ns) tw SYNC The minimum low w id th of the EXSYNC pulse w hen not in SMART EXSYNC mod e.

  • Page 21: Step 3. Establish Communication With The Camera

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Step 3. Establish Communication with the Camera Power on the camera Turn on the camera‘s p ow er supply. You may have to w ait up to 60 second s w hile the camera w arms up and prep ares itself for operation.

  • Page 22: Using Camera Link With Spyder3 Cameras

    The serial interface uses a simple ASCII-based protocol and the PC d oes not require any cu stom softw are. Note: This com m and set may be d ifferent from those used by other Teled yne DALSA cameras. You should not assu me that these com mand s perform the same as those for old er cam eras.

  • Page 23: First Power Up Camera Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Camera Help Screen For quick help, the camera can return all available com mand s and p arameters through the serial interface. There are tw o d ifferent help screens available. One lists all of the available com m and s to configure camera operation.

  • Page 24: Sensor Output Format

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 3.3 Sensor Output Format Sensor Shift Direction You can select either forw ard or reverse CCD shift d irection. This accomm od ates object d irection change on a w eb and allow s you to mou nt the camera ―upsid e d ow n .‖...
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual CCD Shift Direction Purpose: Selects the forw ard or reverse CCD shift d irection, internally or externally controlled . This accommod ates object d irection change on a w eb and allow s you to mount th e camera ―upsid e d ow n .‖...

  • Page 26: Exposure Mode, Line Rate And Exposure Time

    Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual or get clm  The bit patterns are d efined by the DALSA Camera Link Road map, available from http:/ / m v.d alsa.com.  RGBY is RGB output plus the luminance (set w ith scx and scy...
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Exposure Modes in Detail Mode 2: Internally Programmable Line Rate and Exposure Time (Factory Setting) Mod e 2 operates at a maximum line rate and exposure time.
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Mode 4: Smart EXSYNC, External Line Rate and Exposure Time In this m od e, EXSYN C sets both the line period and the exposure time. The rising ed ge of EXSYN C marks the beginning of the exposure and the falling ed ge initiates read ou t.
  • Page 29 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Mode 8: Maximum Line Rate, Programmable Exposure Time In this m od e, the exposure time is set internally w ith a maximu m line rate. Figure 15: Mode 8 Timing...
  • Page 30 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Setting the Pixel Readout Direction (Mirroring Mode) Purpose: Sets the tap read out from left to right or from right to left. This command is especially useful if the camera must be m ounted upsid e d own.
  • Page 31 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Figure 18: Camera Pixel Readout Direction Example using 2k Model with Inverting Lens Table 13: Forward or Reverse Pixel Readout Camera model Readout direction Command Tap 1...
  • Page 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Setting the Readout Mode See also, the Clearing Dark Current section in Append ix A for more information on this m od e. Purpose: Use this command to clear out d ark current charge in the vertical transfer gates immed iately before the sensor is read out.

  • Page 33: Color Commands

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 3.5 Color Commands Calibrate White Balance Purpose: Ad just color d igital gain in ord er to make the color output be a given value w hile imaging a w hite reference.
  • Page 34 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Setting Color Correction X Index Purpose: Set the current color correction X ind ex. This command is used to assist the scc command . scx m Syntax:...

  • Page 35: Data Processing

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 3.6 Data Processing Setting a Region of Interest (ROI) Purpose: Sets the pixel range used to collect the end -of-line statistics and sets the region of pixels used in the gl, gla, and ccf command s.
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual A nalog Processing Optimizing offset perform ance and gain in the analog d om ain allow s you to achieve a better signal-to- noise ratio and d ynamic range than you w ou ld achieve by trying to op tim ize the offset in the d igital d om ain.
  • Page 37 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Subtract System Gain d igital gain value The algorithm is performed in tw o steps. The fixed offset (FPN ) is d etermined first by performing a calibration w ithout any light.
  • Page 38 ( ) or use the automated algorithm ccg i 0 i DALSA recommends a target value of about 80% of saturation. If you change the gain, FPN coefficients should be recalculated. 3. Issue the command . The camera will respond with OK>( if no error occurs).
  • Page 39 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Analog Signal Processing Black Level Offset Algorithm: Inherent to the A/ D is an offset that is ad d ed to the vid eo in ord er to eliminate vid eo clip ping in d ark (the offset is also affected by temperature).
  • Page 40 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual The calculation is performed for all sensor pixels but w arnings are only applied to pixels in the region of interest. This algorithm is useful for achieving uniform output across multiple cameras.
  • Page 41 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Returning Calibration Results and Errors Returning All Pixel Coefficients Returns all the current pixel coefficients in the ord er FPN, PRNU, FPN, PRNU… for the Purpose: range specified by spx and spw. The camera also returns the pixel number with every fifth coefficient.

  • Page 42: End-Of-Line Sequence

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 3.8 End-of-line Sequence Purpose: Prod uces an end -of-line sequence that provid es basic calculations includ ing "line counter," "line sum ," "pixels above threshold ," "pixels below threshold ," and "d erivative line sum"...

  • Page 43: Saving And Restoring Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Setting Thresholds Setting an Upper Threshold Purpose: Sets the upper threshold limit to report in the end -of-line sequence. sut i Syntax: Syntax Elements: Upper threshold limit in range from 0 to 4095.

  • Page 44: Saving And Restoring Prnu And Fpn Coefficients

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 3.10 Saving and Restoring PRNU and FPN Coefficients Saving the Current PRNU Coefficients Purpose: Saves the current PRNU coefficients set using the sfs command . Syntax: Related comm and :...

  • Page 45: Saving And Restoring User Settings Using X-Modem

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 3.11 Saving and Restoring User Settings Using X- Modem Use the X-m od em feature to save u ser settings and FPN / PRN U coefficients to a host PC, and vice-versa.
  • Page 46 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Select each item as show n in the figure above, click Ap ply, and then OK. The H yp erTerminal m ain d ialog box appears. Select File  Properties, or click on the Properties icon and select the Settings tab.
  • Page 47 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Select each item as show n in the figure above, and click the ASCII Setup…button. Set each item as show n in above figure and click OK. Click OK again in the Properties d ialog box.
  • Page 48 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 2. Transfer User Settings 2-1 Save Settings OK > sus 99 OK > lus X-Mod em Transfer to H ost. Camera is read y for send ing...

  • Page 49: Test Patterns

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 3. Transfer FPN & PRNU Coefficients 3-1 Save FPN & PRNU Coefficients OK> sfs 99 OK > lpc X-Mod em Transfer to H ost. Camera is read y for send ing...

  • Page 50: Returning Video Information

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 8-bit test pattern Related Command s Use the set mirror mod e (smm) command to establish the d irection of the pixel read out. 3.13 Returning Video Information The camera‘s microcontroller has the ability to read vid eo d ata.

  • Page 51: Temperature Measurement

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Related Command s: gla, ccf, cpa css 1024 Example: Returning the Average of Multiple Lines of Video Purpose: Returns the average for multiple lines of vid eo d ata (w ithout pixel coefficients applied ).

  • Page 52: Returning The Led Status

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual  This command is not available w hen operating the camera with external CCD d irection control (scd 2). Example: gsf 1 3.17 Returning the LED Status Returns the status of the camera‘s LED.
  • Page 53 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Vid eo Mod e: vid eo Current vid eo mod e value set w ith the svm command Region Of Interest X: The starting horizontal position of Region Of Interest. Set...

  • Page 54: Ascii Commands: Reference

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Returning Camera Settings with Get Commands You can also return ind ivid ual camera settings by inserting a ― get” in front of the com mand that you w ant to query.
  • Page 55 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description Sets w hether FNU coefficients are enabled or d isabled . Where i enable FPN coeffs 0 = FPN coefficients d isabled 1 = FPN coefficients enabled...
  • Page 56 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description load pixel Load s the previously saved pixel coefficients from non -volatile coefficients memory Load the settings saved using the lus command at set specified...
  • Page 57 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description set exposure mod e Sets the exposure mod e: 2 = Internal SYNC, internal PRIN, programmable line rate and exposure time using command s ssf and set...

  • Page 58: Error Handling

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Mnemonic Syntax Parameters Description set vid eo mod e Sw itch betw een normal vid eo mod e and camera test patterns: 0: Normal vid eo mod e...
  • Page 59 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Message Description Error 04: Incorrect parameter value> This response returned for · Alpha received for numeric or vice versa · Not an element of the set of possible values. E.g., Baud Rate ·...

  • Page 60: Clearing Dark Current

    Auto Mode (srm 0) N ote: Teled yne DALSA recom mend s Auto m od e for most users. In this mod e camera w ill autom atically start and stop d ark current clear based on the line rate.
  • Page 61 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Immediate read out mode (default, srm 2) In this m od e the image is read out, includ ing accu mulated d ark current, immed iately follow ing the trigger or the EXSYN C falling ed ge.
  • Page 62 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual  d ark. Red uces the maximum line rate. If the user is in sem 2 or 7 and srm 2, w ith ssf at 45% of the maximu m, and then srm 1 is : Immed iate read out.

  • Page 63: Camera Link™ Reference, Timing, And Configuration Table

    The camera link stand ard is intend ed to be extremely flexible in ord er to meet the need s of d ifferent camera and frame grabber manufacturers. The DALSA Camera Link Implementation Road Map (available at from http:/ / m v.d alsa.com ) d etails how DALSA stand ard izes its use of the Camera Link interface.

  • Page 64: Camera Link Bit Definitions

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual All four enable signals must be provid ed by the camera on each Channel Link chip. All unused d ata bits must be tied to a know n value by the camera. For more inform ation on im age d ata bit allocations, refer to the official Camera Link sp ecification located at http:/ / mv.d alsa.com .

  • Page 65: Camera Link Configuration Tables

    Camera Link Configuration Tables The follow ing table provid es tap reconstruction information. Teled yne DALSA is w orking w ith the machine vision ind ustry to use this table as the basis for auto configuration. Visit the Web site and view the DALSA Camera Link Implementation Road Map d ocument for further d etails (http:/ / w w w .d alsa.com/ mv/ know led ge/...
  • Page 66 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Item (when programmable configuration the options SC-34-02k80 SC-34-04k80 are separated with a | ) Number of CCD Taps <1,2,3…..> Sensor Tap Clock Rate <xx MHz> Camera Stand ard <NTSC, PAL, VS, VW, MW>...
  • Page 67 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Item (when programmable configuration the options SC-34-02k80 SC-34-04k80 are separated with a | ) Column Color Offset <0,1,2,3…> Row Binning Factor <1,2,3 or 1| 2| 3> Column Binning Factor <1,2,3 or 1| 2| 3>...

  • Page 68: Emc Declaration

    The CE Mark, FCC Part 15, and Ind ustry Canad a ICES-003, CISPR 22 and CISPR 11, evaluation of the Teled yne DALSA Spyd er3 CL cameras, w hich are m anufactured by Teled yne DALSA Inc., satisfied the follow ing requ irements:...
  • Page 69 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Appendix C Troubleshooting The inform ation in this chapter can help you solve problems that m ay occur d uring the setup of your camera. Remember that the camera is p art of the entire acqu isition system. You m ay have to troubleshoot any or all of the follow ing: ...
  • Page 70 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual If you change to an exposu re mod e that requires an external sync, ensure that you properly provid ing an external sync Camera Operation and Test Patterns H ave the camera send out a test p attern and verify it is being properly received .
  • Page 71 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Verify Pixel Coefficients Use the dpc com m and to d isplay the p ixel coefficients in the ord er FPN , PRN U, FPN , PRN U… The camera also returns the pixel number for each fifth p ixel.
  • Page 72 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual prevent solvent from evap orating from the w ind ow su rface, as this w ill end up leaving resid ue and streaking behind . 8. Repeat steps 2-4 using a clean tissue u ntil the entire w ind ow has been cleaned .
  • Page 73 When charge build up occu rs, surface-gated photod iod es (SGPDs) may exhibit higher im age lag. Some SGPD sensors, such as the IL-P4 and the IT-P4 used in the DALSA‘s cameras, m ay also exhibit a highly non-uniform resp onse w hen affected by charge build u p, w ith some p ixels d isp laying a much higher response w hen the sensor is exposed to u niform illum ination.
  • Page 74 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual 2. If further cleaning is requ ired , use a lens w iper m oistened w ith alcohol or acetone. 3. We recom mend using lint-free ESD-safe cloth w ipers that d o not contain p articles that can scratch the w ind ow .
  • Page 75 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Revision History Change Description Date Preliminary release. March 21, 2012 Revision to the Clearing Dark Current section. May 31, 2013 Revised EMC Declaration section. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20116-01...
  • Page 76 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual Index analog d ark calibration. See flat field processing, 35 correction applications, 5 Dark Current Clearing, 59 d ark patches, 70 d ata bus, 18 background subtract, 39...
  • Page 77 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual digital, 39 output signals, 18 overview, 20 performance specifications, 23 pixel statistics, 49 help, 22 pow er Hirose connector, 15 connectors, 15 guidelines, 15 I/ O cable...
  • Page 78 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Spyder3 SC-34 Color Camera User's Manual measurement, 50 measurement, 50 test patterns, 69 threshold lower, 42 upper, 42 w arning messages, 57 timing w hite balance mode 7, 27 calibrating, 32 trigger external, 17...

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