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AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual AVT GigE Vision Cameras 70-0063 V2.0.0 14 July 2011 Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc. 101-3750 North Fraser Way V5J 5E9, Burnaby, BC / Canada...
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These products are not designed for use in life support appliances, devices, or systems where malfunction of these products can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury. Allied Vision Technologies customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Allied for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale.
Prosilica GE (F-mount) ....................32 Prosilica GE large format (F-mount) ................33 Tripod adapter ......................34 Adjustment of lens mount ..................35 Camera interfaces ....................37 Camera I/O connector pin assignment ................38 Sync input ....................... 40 AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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Prosilica GE frame rate performance comparison ............. 55 Additional references ....................56 Prosilica GE webpage ....................56 Prosilica GE Documentation ..................56 AVT GigE PvAPI SDK ....................56 Knowledge Base ....................... 56 Case Studies ......................56 Prosilica GE Firmware ....................56 AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
Introd ducti This AV VT Prosilica G GE Technical l Manual des scribes in dep pth the techn nical specific cations of this camera fami ly including dimensions, , feature ove erview, I/O d efinition, tri gger timing waveforms, frame rate p erformance, , etc.
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P Precautions s O NOT OPEN T THE CAMERA A. WARRANT TY IS VOID IF F CAMERA IS PENED. is camera co ntains sensit tive compon ents which c can be damag ged if ndled incorr rectly. EEP SHIPPIN G MATERIAL or packaging g of this prod duct can cau...
C C lean ing th he sen O NOT CON NTACT CL EAN SENS SOR UNLE BSOLUTEL LY NECES SARY Identif fying Debris Debris o n the image se nsor or optical components w will appear as a darkened area or smudge on the image that doe...
Conformity Allied Vision Technologies declares under its sole responsibility that all standard cameras of the AVT Prosilica GE family to which this declaration relates are in conformity with the following standard(s) or other normative document(s): • CE, following the provisions of 2004/108/EG directive •...
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 2: Prosilica GE680 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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F F igure 1 – Pr osilica GE68 0 monochrom me spectral response Figure 2 – – Prosilica GE E680C color s spectral resp ponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice.
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 3: Prosilica GE1050 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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F Figure 3 – Pro osilica GE105 50 monochro ome spectral l response Figure 4 – – Prosilica GE E1050C color r spectral res sponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice.
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 4: Prosilica GE1650 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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F F igure 5 – Pro osilica GE165 50 monochro ome spectral l response Figure 6 – – Prosilica GE E1650C color r spectral res sponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice.
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 5: Prosilica GE1660 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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F F igure 7 – Pro osilica GE166 60 monochro ome spectral l response Figure 8 – – Prosilica GE E1660C color r spectral res sponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice.
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 6: Prosilica GE1900 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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F F igure 9 – Pro osilica GE190 00 monochro ome spectral l response Figure 10 – – Prosilica GE E1900C color r spectral res sponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice.
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 7: Prosilica GE1910 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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Figure 11 – Pr osilica GE19 10 monochro ome spectra l response Figure 12 – – Prosilica GE E1910C color r spectral res sponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice. AVT Pro osilica GE Tec chnical Manu...
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 8: Prosilica GE2040 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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Figure 13 – Pr osilica GE20 40 monochro ome spectra l response Figure 14 – – Prosilica GE E2040C color r spectral res sponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice. AVT Pro osilica GE Tec chnical Manu...
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 9: Prosilica GE4000 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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Figure 15 – Pr osilica GE40 00 monochro ome spectra l response Figure 16 – – Prosilica GE E4000C color r spectral res sponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice. AVT Pro osilica GE Tec chnical Manu...
90ns Operating humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Hardware interface standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX Software interface standard GigE Vision Standard 1.0 Regulatory CE, FCC Class A, RoHS (2002/95/EC) Table 10: Prosilica GE4900 camera specification AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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Figure 17 – Pr osilica GE49 00 monochro ome spectra l response Figure 18 – – Prosilica GE E4900C color r spectral res sponse e design and d specificatio ons for the pr roducts desc cribed above ange withou t notice. AVT Pro osilica GE Tec chnical Manu...
C Camera attr ribute e highl lights AVT cam meras suppo rt a number of standard a and extende ed features. T The table be elow identifi ies the most interesting c capabilities of this came ra family. A complete lis sting of camera a controls, in...
I I R cu ut filte e r: sp pectr ral tra ansm missio l Prosilica GE E color mode ls are equipp ped with an i infrared bloc ck filter R filter). This s filter is emp ployed to sto op infrared w wavelength p photons...
Prosili ica GE E (F-m mount) GE2040/C op tion Figure 21: Prosilica GE E (F-Mount) m models mech hanical dime nsions AVT Pro osilica GE Tec chnical Manu ual V2.0.0...
Prosilica GE large format (F-mount) GE4000/C, GE4900/C Figure 22: Prosilica GE large format (F-Mount) models mechanical dimensions AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
T Tripod d adap pter A Prosi ilica GE came era can be m ounted on a camera tripo od by using t this mountin ng plate. The sam me mounting g plate can b e used for al ll models wit thin the GE ca amera family e Prosilica G...
A Adjust tment t of len ns mo ount e C-mount is s adjusted a at the factor ry and should d not requir justing. If f for some reas son, the lens s mount requ uires adjustm ment, use the llowing meth hod.
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e F-mount is s adjusted a at the factory ry and should d not requir justing. If f for some reas son, the lens s mount requ uires adjustm ment, use the llowing meth hod. Figure 25: Pr rosilica GE (F F-Mount) cam mera front vi Attach...
C Came era in nterfa aces This ch apter gives y you informat tion on Gigab bit Ethernet port, inputs and outputs s and trigger r features. r accessories s like cables see: tp://www.al liedvisiontec c.com/emea/ /products/a accessories/g gige- cessories.htm Figure 2 6: Prosilica G GE connectio...
C Camera I/O conn ector pin as ssignm ment Signal Directio Level Descr ription Camera In Camer ra Input max. 5 V Galvan nic isolation (GPIn Camera Out Camer ra Output 2 max. 5 V Galvan nic isolation (GPOu ut2) Camera Out 3 Camer ra Output 3...
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Camer ra In This inp put signal (G GPIn1) allows s the camera a to be synch ronized to a n external ev vent. The cam mera can be p programmed d to trigger o on the rising edge, falling g edge, both h edges, or leve...
Isolat ted Ground Isolate ed Ground mu ust be conne ected to the u user’s extern nal circuit gro ound if Sync Input 1 or Sync c Output 1 is to be used. Signa l Ground Signal Ground must t be connect ted to the use er’s external l circuit grou...
S Sync o o utput This Mi ni-SMB trigg ger output (G GPOut1) is NO OT internally y connected t to other cam mera output pins of the C Camera I/O c connector de escribed abov This co nnector is pa articularly us seful for trig gering multi...
Came ra pow The Pro osilica GE cam mera family s supports a w wide input po wer voltage range. The c camera will not t power in re everse polarit ty. Exceedin ng the voltag ge range spec cified below will damage e the camera...
Used to drive the RS232 signal logic via the external connector BOUNDARY Texas Instruments SN74ACT244PWR Figure 27: Prosilica GE internal circuit diagram Used as trigger buffer/driver. The required trigger input current is less than 10uA and the maximum sync output current is 24mA. AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
C Camera I/O con nnector r extern al circu uit exam mple SERS TRIGGER CIRCUIT CABLE SID TRIGGER INPU PIN1 (5V TTL DRIVER) SYNC OUT 2 SYNC OUT 3 POUT 2 (5V TTL RECEI VER) POUT 3 (5V TTL RECEI VER) HIROSE HR10A-10 0P-12P...
... is high when the camera image sensor is either exposing and/or reading out data. Idle ... is high if the camera image sensor is not exposing and/or reading out data. Table 13: Explanation of signals in timing diagram AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
T T rigge er rule e User Trigg er pulse wid dth should be e at least thr ree times the e width the Trigger L Latency as in ndicated in C hapter Speci ifications on page • The end of E Exposure wi ll always trig gger the next...
F Firmw w are upda Firmwa are updates a are carried ou ut via the Eth hernet conne ection. AVT p provides an applica ation for all G GigE cameras s which loads s firmware to o the camera a using a sim interfa New fea ature introdu...
Reso olutio n and d RO I fram me ra ates This sec ction aims to o provide use ers with perfo ormance info ormation wh ich identifie es the impact of reducing the region o of interest on n the camera ’s maximum frame rate.
Height (pixels) Frame rate Figure 33: Maximum frame rate versus region height for GE1050 CAMERA: Prosilica GE1650 1400 1200 1000 Height (pixels) Frame rate Figure 34: Maximum frame rate versus region height for GE1650 AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
1000 Height (pixels) Frame rate Figure 35: Maximum frame rate versus region height for GE1660 CAMERA: Prosilica GE1900 1200 1000 Height (pixels) Frame rate Figure 36: Maximum frame rate versus region height for GE1900 AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
(pixels) Frame rate Figure 37: Maximum frame rate versus region height for GE1910 CAMERA: Prosilica GE2040 2500 2000 1500 Height (pixels) 1000 Frame rate Figure 38: Maximum frame rate versus region height for GE2040 AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
Frame rate Figure 39: Maximum frame rate versus region height for GE4000 CAMERA: Prosilica GE4900 3500 3000 2500 2000 Height (pixels) 1500 1000 Frame rate Figure 40: Maximum frame rate versus region height for GE4900 AVT Prosilica GE Technical Manual V2.0.0...
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