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Teledyne 4M User Manual

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Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M
Camera User's Manual
3-Feb-12
03-032-20107-01
www.teledynedalsa.com

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  • Page 1 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User’s Manual 3-Feb-12 03-032-20107-01 www.teledynedalsa.com...
  • Page 2 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual © 2012 Teled yne DALSA, Inc. All inform ation provid ed in this m anual is believed to be accurate and reliable. No responsibility is assum ed by Teled yne DALSA for its use. Teled yne DALSA reserves the right to make changes to this inform ation w ithout notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Contents 1. System Precautions and Cleaning ___________________________________________________________________ 5 Precautions ..............................5 Electrostatic Discharge and the CMOS Sensor ....................5 Protecting Against Dust, Oil, and Scratches ....................5 Cleaning the Sensor Window .......................... 6 2.
  • Page 4 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Check Camera and Sensor Information ..........................27 Saving and Restoring Camera Settings ..........................28 Trigger Modes ..................................30 Exposure Controls ................................30 Exposure Modes in Detail ..............................31 Internally Programmable Frame Rate and Internally Programmable Exposure Time (Default) ....31 External Frame Rate and External Exposure Time (Trigger Width) ...............

  • Page 5: System Precautions And Cleaning

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual 1. System Precautions and Cleaning Precautions Read these p recau tions and this m anu al carefu lly before u sing the cam era. Confirm that the cam era’s p ackaging is u nd am aged before op ening it. If the p ackaging is d am aged p lease contact the related logistics p ersonnel.

  • Page 6: Cleaning The Sensor Window

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Cleaning the Sensor Window Recommended Equipment  Glass cleaning station w ith m icroscop e w ithin clean room .  3M ionized air gu n 980 (http :/ / solu tions.3m canad a.ca/ w p s/ p ortal/ 3M/ en_CA/ WW2/ Cou ntry/ ...

  • Page 7: The Falcon2 Camera

    Camera Highlights The new Falcon 2 4M, 8M, and 12M are Teled yne DALSA’s new generation of area scan cam eras. The cam eras incorp orate large resolu tions and faster fram e rates enabling high sp eed im age cap tu re w ith su p erb sp atial resolu tion.
  • Page 8 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Models The cam era is available in the follow ing configu rations: Table 1: Camera Models Overview Model Number Description FA-80-12M1H -00-R 12M pixel m onochrom e Cam era Link. FA-81-12M1H -00-R 12M pixel color Cam era Link.

  • Page 9: Camera Performance Specifications

    Pixel Rate 8 x 76 MH z or 10 x 76 MH z (8 bits only) Max. Fram e Rate 12M—58 fps / 8M—90 fps / 4M—168 fps, 10 taps* Pixel Size 6 µm x 6 µm Exposure Tim e 20 µs m inim um...

  • Page 10: Certifications

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Table 4: Frame Rates, Aspect Ratio, and Resolution Comparison Resolution Aspect Maximum Maximum Frame Frame Frame Rate Ratio Column Rows Rate Rate 10 BPP* 8 BPP* 9 BPP* 4096 3072 2816 2816...

  • Page 11: Responsivity

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Responsivity The resp onsivity grap h d escribes the sensor resp onse to d ifferent w avelengths of light (exclu d ing lens and light sou rce characteristics). The qu antu m efficiency (QE) grap h d escribes the fraction of p hotons at each w avelength that contribu te charge to the p ixel.

  • Page 12: Sensor Cosmetic Specifications

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Sensor Cosmetic Specifications The follow ing table lists the cu rrent cosm etic sp ecifications for the Teled yne DALSA sensor u sed in the Falcon2 series. Table 5: Sensor Cosmetic Specifications...

  • Page 13: Sensor Block Diagram And Pixel Readout

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual D efinition of Blemishes Dark p ixel d efect: Pixel w hose signal, in d ark, exceed s 500 DN . Light p ixel d efect: Pixel w hose signal, at nom inal light (illu m ination at 50% of the linear range), d eviates m ore than ±30% from its neighboring p ixels.

  • Page 14: Mechanicals

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual N ote: As view ed from the front of the cam era w ithou t lens. Mechanicals Figure 4: Camera Mechanical 03-032-20107-01 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 15: Software And Hardware Setup

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual 3. Software and Hardware Setup Minimum System Requirements To achieve best system p erform ance, the follow ing m inim u m requ irem ents are recom m end ed : ...

  • Page 16: Step 1. Install And Configure The Frame Grabber, Graphics Card And Gui

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Step 1. Install and configure the frame grabber, graphics card and GUI Install Frame Grabber Install a PX8 fu ll Cam era link fram e grabber accord ing to the m anu factu rer’s d escrip tion.

  • Page 17: Step 2. Connect Power, Data, And Trigger Cables

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Step 2. Connect Power, Data, and Trigger Cables N ote: the u se of cables typ es and lengths other than those sp ecified m ay resu lt in increased em ission or d ecreased im m u nity and p erform ance of the cam era.

  • Page 18: Leds

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual WARNING: When setting up the camera’s power supplies follow these guidelines:  Ap p ly the ap p rop riate voltages.  Protect the cam era w ith a 2 am p slow -blow fu se betw een the p ow er su p p ly and the cam era.
  • Page 19 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Figure 7. SDR-26 Mini Camera Link Connector Data 2 Control / Data 1 Camera Right Angle Channel Link Camera Right Angle Channel Link Connector Frame Grabber Signal Connector Frame Grabber Signal Connector...
  • Page 20 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Full Configuration 8 taps 8 bits Camera link Full configuration Connector 1: Channel link X Connector 2: Channel link Y Connector 3: Channel link Z Camera/Frame Camera/Frame Camera/Frame Grabber Pin Bit Name...
  • Page 21 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Extended Configurations 10 taps 8 bits Camera link Extended configuration Connector 1: Channel link X Connector 1: Channel link Y Connector 1: Channel link Z Camera/Frame Camera/Frame Camera/Frame Grabber Pin Bit Name...
  • Page 22 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual 8 taps 10 bits Camera link Extended configuration Connector 1: Channel link X Connector 1: Channel link Y Connector 1: Channel link Z Camera/Frame Camera/Frame Camera/Frame Grabber Pin Bit Name Grabber Pin...

  • Page 23: Camera Link Cable Quality And Length

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Camera Link cable quality and length The m axim u m allow able Cam era Link cable length d ep end s on the qu ality of the cable u sed and the Cam era Link strobe frequ ency.

  • Page 24: Step 3. Establish Communication With The Camera

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Step 3. Establish Communication with the Camera Power on the camera Tu rn on the cam era’s p ow er su p p ly. You m ay have to w ait u p to 60 second s w hile the cam era w arm s u p and p rep ares itself for op eration.
  • Page 25 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Figure 8. Two CamExpert window shown. One connected to the frame grabber and one to the camera. At this p oint you r host and cam era system shou ld be setu p and you can verify the cam era’s op eration by retrieving a test p attern and setting the cam era’s trigger and exp osu re tim e.

  • Page 26: Step 4. Check Camera Test Patterns And Set Trigger And Exposure Time

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Step 4. Check Camera Test Patterns and Set Trigger and Exposure Time Review a Test Image The cam era is now read y to retrieve a test p attern. Select Image Format Control > Test Image Selector...

  • Page 27: Camera Operation

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual At this p oint you are read y to start op erating the cam era in ord er to acqu ire im ages, set cam era fu nctions, and save settings. 4. Camera Operation...

  • Page 28: Saving And Restoring Camera Settings

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Saving and Restoring Camera Settings The p aram eters u sed to select, load and save u ser sets are grou p ed together u nd er the Cam era Inform ation set of featu res.
  • Page 29 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Figure 9. Relationship between the Camera Settings Active Settings for Current Session The active setting for the cu rrent session is the set of configu ration s that are op erating w hile the cam era is cu rrently ru nning, inclu d ing all u nsaved changes you have m ad e to the settings before saving them .

  • Page 30: Trigger Modes

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual N ote: By d efau lt, the u ser settings are set to the factory settings. Default Setting Either the Factory or one of the User settings can be saved as the Defau lt Setting by selecting the set in the User Set Defau lt Selector.

  • Page 31: Exposure Modes In Detail

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual The p aram eters u sed to select the im aging m od es—trigger sou rces (sync), exp osu re tim e, and fram e rate—are grou p ed together as the Sensor Controls.

  • Page 32: External Frame Rate And External Exposure Time (Trigger Width)

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Internally-generated Exsync Exposure Time Exposure Time Programmable Programmable Readout Time Readout Time Programmable Programmable Frame Time Frame Time FVAL Figure 11. Internally Programmable Frame Rate and Internally Programmable Exposure Time (Default) External Frame Rate and External Exposure Time (Trigger Width) In this m od e, EXSYN C sets both the fram e p eriod and the exp osu re tim e.

  • Page 33: External Frame Rate, Programmable Exposure Time

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual External Frame Rate, Programmable Exposure Time In this m od e, the fram e rate is set externally w ith the falling ed ge of EXSYN C generating the rising ed ge of a p rogram m able exp osu re tim e.

  • Page 34: Set Frame Rate

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Set Frame Rate Sensor Control Parameter Options Fram e Rate (in H z) Cam era fram e rate, in H z. Only available w hen the cam era is in Internal Mod e—...

  • Page 35: Set Exposure Time

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Set Exposure Time To set the cam era’s exp osu re tim e, u se the Exp osu re Tim e p aram eter —a m em ber of the Sensor Controls set.
  • Page 36 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Enables the softw are trigger bu tton. Sp ecify the typ e of trigger overlap Trigger Overlap p erm itted w ith the p reviou s fram e. This d efines w hen a valid trigger w ill be accep ted (or latched ) for a new fram e Sp ecifies the d elay in m icrosecond s (μs)

  • Page 37: Control Gain And Black Level

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual to ou tp u t. Sets the w id th (d u ration) of the ou tp u t Ou tp u t Line Min 0 µs, Max 8388608 µs line p u lse in m icrosecond s (μs). The Line Pu lse Du ration Mod e featu re m u st be set to Ou tp u t.

  • Page 38: Set Baud Rate

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Image Format Control Action Parameter Description Control the size of the transm itted im age Wid th Wid th of the im age / area of interest (in p ixels) H eight...

  • Page 39: I / O Opto-Couplers

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual N u m ber of bits p er character u sed in the Data Size serial p ort Parity of the serial p ort Parity N u m ber of stop bits p er character u sed...

  • Page 40: Calibrating The Camera: Flat Field Correction

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Calibrating the Camera: Flat Field Correction N ote: FFC calibration can only be p erform ed on the fu ll w ind ow (4 : 3 and 1 :1 asp ect ratios).
  • Page 41 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual GenICam Parameters Feature Sensor Control Menu Item > Parameter FPN Global Black Level Selector Digital ALL1 Backgrou nd Su btract Black Level Selector Digital ALL2 System Gain Gain Selector Digital ALL PRN U correction requ ires a clean, w hite reference. The qu ality of this reference is im p ortant for p rop er calibration.
  • Page 42 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual The cam era is p laced in the d ark and FPN Calibration is ru n. With FPN correction on the sensor is illu m inated (Light Sou rce: Broad band Qu artz H alogen, 3250 K, w ith a 750 nm cu toff filter) w ith a light level of 26.4 µW/ cm...
  • Page 43 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual An important note on w indow blemishes: When flat field correction is p erform ed , w ind ow cleanliness is p aram ou nt. The figu re below show s an exam p le of w hat can hap p en if a blem ish is p resent on the sensor w ind ow w hen flat field correction is p erform ed .

  • Page 44: File Access Control

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual File Access Control Use the File Access Control featu res to u p load (firm w are, FFC coefficient files) and d ow nload (FFC coefficient files, error log files) to and from the cam era.

  • Page 45: Appendix A

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Appendix A Defining Multiple Areas of Interest N ote: This featu re is p relim inary. Use the Multiple AOI commands to d efine m u ltip le areas of interest. Once d efined , each of the AOIs share a com m on w id th and x-offset valu e.

  • Page 46: Revision History

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Revision History Revision Number Change Description Revision Date Initial (Prelim inary) release 11-N ov-11 Extensive revisions m ad e throughout the m anual 03-Feb-12 in prep aration for cam era prod uction and general release.

  • Page 47: Index

    Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Index set, 35 EXSYN C, 23 antibloom ing, 9 factory settings, 27 flat field correction overview, 40 baud rate, 38 fram e rate black level set, 34 control, 37 fram e rates, 10...
  • Page 48 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual ranges, 9 optocouplers, 39 safety, 5 settings current, 29 default, 30 perform ance specifications, 9 factory, 27, 29 pixel read out, 13 loading, 28 pow er saving, 28 connector, 17 user, 29...

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