WARRANTY WILL BE VOIDED. PRECAUTIONS Do dot attempt to disassemble, modify, or repair the camera. Contact UNIQ for help. Do not point the camera at bright objects, such as the sun, for a long period. It may cause CCD blooming and permanent damages.
1. Introduction 1.1 General Description The UP-2000CL is a 10-bit, high-resolution digital CCD camera using progressive scan sensor. This compact and lightweight camera offers excellent signal to noise performance. The square pixels are especially suitable for processing, measuring, and analyzing tasks. High speed moving objects can be captured with the external asynchronous capture control.
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1.5 Camera Specifications Model UP-2000CL CCD Sensor 1/2” Progressive scan interline-transfer CCD Chip Size 8.50 mm x 6.80 mm Effective Pixels (H x V) 1620 x 1236 Unit Cell Size (H x V) 4.40 mm x 4.40 mm Pixel Clock...
Figure 1. Camera and Frame Grabber System Setup 3. Camera Functions 3.1 12-Pin Connector Pin No. UP-2000CL The 12-pin Hirose connector is located on the +12V DC input rear panel of the camera. All ground signals on pin 1, 3, 5, and 8 are common grounds.
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3.2 Mode Switches Selection Designation: NS-Functional select DS-Shutter speed select NR- RS-232C communication Enable RI- Rear switch control Enable NP- Reserved for custom options PS- Reserved for custom options Figure 3. Mode switches NM-Normal mode AM-Asynchronous mode Timing details of the mode switches are shown in section 6. 3.3 Shutter Speed Dial Switch Shutter speed dial switch is located on the rear panel and there are 16 different positions.
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36 dB. Adjusting the gain potentiometer located on rear panel will change the gain value. Automatic gain control (AGC): AGC is not available and it is not recommended to use. Contact UNIQ for further details. Figure 6. Gain potentiometer...
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3.6 26-Pin Camera Link Connector PIN NO. CAMERA LINK UNIQ CAMERA FUNCTION SYMBOL SYMBOL 1, 14 INNER SHIELD SHIELD Inner shielding 2, 15 X0-, X0+ DATA0-, DATA0+ Video, LEN and FEN data output 3, 16 X1-, X1+ DATA1-, DATA1+ Video, LEN and FEN data output...
4. RS-232C Communication Control UNIQ does not provide its own software program for RS232C communication, contact frame grabber vendor or UNIQ for further details. Command Command Name Notes Error “?” Error will appear on screen if incorrect command is entered Recall user page Must have a number after “ru”...
5. Digital Interface Timing 5.1 Pixel Clock 5.2 Line Enable 5.3 Frame Enable 5.4 Pixel Clock for 2 x 2 Binning 5.5 Line Enable for 2 x 2 Binning 5.6 Frame Enable for 2 x 2 Binning Note: 1. 1 N = 25 nsec ( 50 nsec for 2 x 2 binning) 2.
6 Camera Functional Timing 6.1 Free Run (shutter speed position 0, 16 fps) 6.2 Free Run (shutter speed position from 1 to F) 6.3 Asynchronous Capture (shutter speed position 0) 6.4 Asynchronous Capture (shutter speed position from 1 to E) 6.5 Asynchronous Capture with Pulse Width Control (shutter speed: F)
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6.7 Integration (via 12-pin Hirose connector ONLY) The UP-2000CL camera can be integrated up to 2 seconds without severe noise or dark current effect. To start integration, pin #11 (same as pin #27 of 40-pin digital connector) of the 12-pin connector must be connected to GND or 0V.
Contact UNIQ for vendor list. 7.2 Lens C-mount lens is the standard lens for UP-2000CL camera. There are a variety of C-mount lenses in the market that works with UP-2000CL camera. Make sure the quality and specification of the lens match the camera's application.