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Dalsa Piranha HN HN-80-08k40-R User Manual

High sensitivity line scan ccd camera with enhanced qe in near-infrared
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Piranha HN
Camera User's Manual
HN-80-08k40-xx-R
18-August-2012
03-032-20135-00
www.teledynedalsa.com

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  • Page 1 Piranha HN Camera User’s Manual HN-80-08k40-xx-R 18-August-2012 03-032-20135-00 www.teledynedalsa.com...
  • Page 2 Piranha HN RoHS User Manual © 2012 Teledyne DALSA. All information provided in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. No responsibility is assumed by Teledyne DALSA for its use. Teledyne DALSA reserves the right to make changes to this information without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Exposure Modes in Detail ..........................29 Setting Frame Rate ............................30 Maximum Line Rate Calculations ........................31 Camera Output Format..............................32 How to Configure Camera Output ........................32 Setting the Camera Link Mode ........................35 Setting the Camera Throughput ........................35 Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...
  • Page 4 Appendix B: EMC Declaration of Conformity _____________________________________________________ 60 Appendix C: CCD Handling Instructions ________________________________________________________ 61 Electrostatic Discharge and the CCD Sensor ........................61 Protecting Against Dust, Oil and Scratches ........................61 Cleaning the Sensor Window ............................. 62 Revision History ________________________________________________________________________ 63 Index ________________________________________________________________________________ 64 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 5: The Piranha Hn Camera

    Area mode can also be used for regular operation. Selectable pixel size (2x2 and 4x4 binning). • Flat-field correction—minimizes lens vignetting, non-uniform lighting, and sensor FPN and PRNU. • Selectable Base, Medium, or Full Camera Link configuration. • Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 6: Camera Performance Specifications

    Piranha HN RoHS User Manual Description The Piranha HN camera family represent Teledyne DALSA's latest generation of high sensitivity, TDI based cameras. The Piranha HN family maximizes system throughput. All cameras are capable of bi- directionality with up to 256 stages of integration.
  • Page 7 TDI mode of operation. These specifications are not guaranteed for area mode of operation. Line Rate: 10 kHz. • • Nominal Gain setting. • Light Source: Broadband Quartz Halogen, 3250 k, with 700 nm IR cut-off filter installed. All Max specifications are valid over a 0-50 °C temperature range. • Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 8: Image Sensor

    2. Measured at the front plate. Image Sensor The camera uses Teledyne DALSA’s newest bidirectional TDI sensors. The camera can be configured to read out in either Forward or Reverse CCD shift direction. Readout direction is controlled by the software...

  • Page 9: Responsivity

    Piranha HN RoHS User Manual Responsivity HS-8K Responsivity: 1x 1800 HN-8K Responsivity: 1x 1600 HN-8K QE (%) 1400 HS-8K QE (%) 1200 1000 1000 1100 Optical Wavelength (nm) Figure 2: Responsivity Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 10: Camera Hardware Interface

    High-density 26-pin MDR26 connectors for Camera Link control signals, data signals, and serial • communications. Refer to the Camera Link Data Connector section for details. One 6-pin Hirose connector for power. Refer to the Power Connector section for details. • 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 11: Led Status Indicator

    Solid Red Warning. Loss of functionality. Flashing Green Camera initialization or executing a long command (e.g., flat field correction command ccf) Solid Green Camera is operational and functioning correctly. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 12: Power Connector

    Camera performance specifications are not guaranteed if your power supply does not meet these requirements. Teledyne DALSA offers a power supply with attached 6’ power cable that meets the Piranha HS camera’s requirements, but it should not be considered the only choice. Many high quality supplies are available from other vendors.
  • Page 13 *Exterior Overshield is connected to the shells of the connectors on both ends. **3M part 14X26-SZLB-XXX-0LC is a complete cable assembly, including connectors. Unused pairs should be terminated in 100 ohms at both ends of the cable. Inner shield is connected to signal ground inside camera Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 14: Input Signals, Camera Link

    Spare Forward Spare Camera Link Configuration Tables for the complete Teledyne DALSA Camera Link configuration tables, and refer to the Teledyne DALSA Web site, Knowledge Center application notes, for the official Camera Link documents. Input Signals, Camera Link The camera accepts control inputs through the Camera Link MDR26F connector.

  • Page 15: Mechanical Interface

    Piranha HN RoHS User Manual 3. Mechanical Interface Figure 6: Piranha HN-xx Mechanical Dimensions Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 16: Lens Mounts

    ) is the distance from the second principal point to the second focal point. The back focal length (BFL) is the distance from the image side of the lens surface to the second focal point. The object distance (OD) is the distance from the first principal point to the object. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 17 Piranha HN RoHS User Manual Figure 7: Primary Points in a Lens System Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 18: Software Interface: How To Control The Camera

    The serial interface uses a simple ASCII-based protocol and the PC does not require any custom software. Note: This command set has changes from previous Teledyne DALSA cameras. Do not assume that the Piranha HN commands perform similarly to older cameras.

  • Page 19: Camera Help Screen

    - = range get line 1-8192:1-8192 : = multiple parameter separator / = member of a set separator get line average 1-8192:1-8192 NA = command not available in get prnu coeff 1-8192 current operating mode Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...
  • Page 20 Example Help Screen for HN-80-08k40 Area Mode Operation OK>h calibrate camera gain 4096-16064 camera link mode 2/3/15/16/21 get command log get camera model get camera parameters get camera serial get camera version get values get help get line 1-8192:1-8192 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 21: First Power Up Camera Settings

    • 640 throughput • Factory calibrated analog gain and offset • Factory calibrated FPN and PRNU coefficients using the following process: 7500 (line rate of 7.5 kHz) 12800 (gain calibrated to an average pixel value of 3200) Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 22: Command Categories

    (fpn calibration) 16000 (prnu calibrated to an average pixel value of 4000) cpa 2 Command Categories The following diagram categorizes and lists all of the camera’s commands. This chapter is organized by command category. Figure 8: Command Categories 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 23: Selecting Tdi Or Area Mode Operation

    Number of stages to use. Available values are 16, 64, 128, 192, 240, and 256. Factory setting is 256. • Notes: The optical flat field correction will require re- calibrating after changing the stage selection by using the ccf and cpa commands. Example stg 64 Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 24: Setting The Camera's Ccd Shift Direction

    Object Movement Camera should operate in Reverse CCD Shift Direction Direction of Object Movement scd 1 8K orientation reference 8K orientation reference Figure 9: Object Movement and Camera Direction Example using 4k Model and an Inverting Lens 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 25: Increasing Sensitivity With Binning

    Setting Horizontal Analog Binning Purpose: Increases the horizontal pixel pitch and light sensitivity by decreasing horizontal resolution. The amount of data being sent from the camera is reduced by the horizontal Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...
  • Page 26 (or valid data) only (e.g., if sbh 2, every second pixel). • For optimal flat field correction, you should rerun the ccf and cpa commands after changing binning values. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 27 For external exposure mode, sem 3, a new camera frame rate may be required to avoid ignored syncs. • Command sbv set to default (1). • Not available in area mode. Example: sdv 2 Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 28: Exposure Mode And Line/Frame Rate

    Related Commands: Example: sem 3 Table 7: Piranha HN Exposure Modes Programmable Frame Rate Programmable Exposure Time Mode SYNC Description External Maximum exposure time with no charge reset. Internal Internal sync, maximum exposure time with no charge reset. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 29: Exposure Modes In Detail

    Mode 7: Internal Frame Rate, Maximum Exposure Time In this mode, the frame rate is set internally using the command with a maximum exposure time. Note : In TDI mode the frame period equals the line period. Figure 13: Mode 7 Camera Timing Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 30: Setting Frame Rate

    The camera does not automatically change the frame rate after you change the stage selection value. To return the camera’s frame rate, use the command gcp or get ssf. Related Commands: Example: ssf 10000 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 31: Maximum Line Rate Calculations

    • If User.TDI = 0 then HN_Rows = ( ( User.STG / User.SBV ) + 7 ) HN_Time = ( 3 + ( ( ( 36 * User.SBV ) + 545 + HN_Adjust ) * HN_Rows ) ) / 20e6 Max_Line_Rate = 1 / HN_Time Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 32: Camera Output Format

    Figure 14: How to Read the Camera Link Tables Note: In the following tables the Camera Link taps refer to the way the data is configured for output over Camera Link.1.3 Image Sensor 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 33 2 = Every 2 Even CL tap 4(4, 8 to Pixel 8192) 3 = Every 2 Pixel = CL tap 1(8192, 8188 smm 1 4 = Every 2 Even to 4) Pixel CL tap 2(8191, 8187 to 3) Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...
  • Page 34 7) CL tap 3(8190, 8182 to 6) CL tap 4(8189, 8181 to 5) CL tap 5(8188, 8180 to 4) CL tap 6(8187, 8179 to 3) CL tap 7(8186, 8178 to 2) CL tap 8(8185, 8177 to 1) 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 35: Setting The Camera Link Mode

    • To obtain the current Camera Link mode, use the command gcp or get clm. • The bit patterns are defined by the Teledyne DALSA Camera Link Roadmap available here, Teledyne DALSA application notes.

  • Page 36: Setting The Pixel Readout Direction

    Figure 17: Camera Pixel Readout Direction Example using 4k Model with Inverting Lens Pixel 1 Pixel 4096 Camera can be imaging in either Forward or Reverse direction smm 1 Right to left Pixel 1 to 4096 Pixel 4096 to 1 8K orientation reference 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 37: Setting A Region Of Interest

    FPN and PRNU coefficients are stored separately for forward and reverse direction. To save the • current PRNU coefficients, use the command . To save the current FPN coefficients, use the command . Settings are saved for the current direction only. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 38: Digital Processing

    For example, if you find that your image is consistently between 128 and 255 DN (8-bit), you can subtract off 128 ( ) and then multiply by 2 ( ) to get an output range from 0 to ssb 2048 ssg 4096 255. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 39: Setting The Camera Gain

    Updating the Gain Reference Purpose: Sets the current analog gain setting to be the 0 dB point. This is useful after tap gain matching allowing you to change the gain on all taps by the same amount. Syntax: Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 40: Calibrating The Camera To Remove Non-Uniformity (Flat Field Correction)

    2. For best results, the analog gain should be adjusted for the expected operating conditions and the ratio of the brightest to darkest pixel in a tap should be less than 3 to 1 where: Brightest Pixel (per tap) 3 > Darkest Pixel (per tap) 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 41 7. Correction results are valid only for the current analog gain and offset values. If you change these values, it is recommended that you recalculate your coefficients. Note : If your illumination or white reference does not extend the full field of view of the camera, the camera will send a warning. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...
  • Page 42 The new gains will be displayed in the GCP screen. (ie. If you selected a gain of 5, before performing the command, depending on the automatic gain adjustment, this value sg 0 5 CPA 2 may now be different.) 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 43 Executing these algorithms causes the ssb, sag and sab commands to be set to 0 (no background addition or subtraction, and unity system gain) and the ssg command to 4096 (unity digital gain). Syntax: cpa m i Syntax Elements: PRNU calibration algorithm to use: Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 44: Digital Signal Processing

    Use the background subtract command after performing flat field correction if you want to improve your image in a low contrast scene. You should try to make your darkest pixel in the scene equal to zero. Sytax ssb i Syntax Elements: 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 45: Setting Digital Gain

    Use the background addition command after performing flat field correction to inject a DC value to measure dark random noise Sytax sab i Syntax Elements: Added value in a range in DN from 0 to 16383 (14 bit LSB). Notes: Related Commands Example sab 320 Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 46: Saving And Restoring Settings

    +5db in Forward direction and an analog gain value of +3db in Reverse direction. Forward and Reverse direction settings are saved simultaneously with the command. Note : When you switch directions, the settings saved for that direction are automatically loaded. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 47 Restores the Saved User Settings Purpose: Restores the saved user settings for the current direction and set number. Syntax: • Available in TDI or area mode for sets 1 to 4. Notes: Example: See also: wus, rfs Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...
  • Page 48 0 = Factory set. Settings can only be loaded from this set. 1 - 4 = User sets. You can save, or load settings with these sets. Note: The camera powers up with the last set saved using this command. Example: ssn 3 Related: 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 49: Saving And Restoring Prnu And Fpn Coefficients

    Available in TDI mode only. • Notes: Available only when operating the camera in internal direction control (scd 0 or • Example: Loading the Current Pixel Coefficients Purpose: Loads the current FPN and PRNU coefficients for the current direction. Syntax: Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 50: Rebooting The Camera

    This functionality can be used to verify camera operation and to perform basic testing without having to connect the camera to a frame grabber. This information is also used for collecting line statistics for calibrating the camera. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 51: Returning A Single Line Of Video

    Column start number. Must be less than the column end number in a range from 1 to (column resolution – 1). Column end number. Must be greater than the column start number in a range from 2 to column resolution. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 52: Temperature Measurement

    3: Direction Example: Returning Camera Settings Returning All Camera Settings with the Camera Parameter Screen The camera parameter ( ) screen returns all of the camera’s current settings. To read all current camera settings, use the command: Syntax: 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 53 21, Full, 8 taps, 8 Camera Link configuration set with the bits, no time MUX command. Output Throughput: Camera throughput value set with the sot command. Reference Gain (dB): 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Analog reference gain set with the ugr command. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 54: Returning Camera Settings With Get Commands

    If the command has a tap or pixel number parameter, you must also insert the tap number or pixel number that you want to query. To view a help screen listing the following get commands, use the command 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 55: Appendix A: Error Handling And Command List

    Comment Error 01: Internal error xx> Where xx is a code list below. Only output during power up. Customer should contact Teledyne DALSA customer support. Error 02: Unrecognized command> Command is not valid. Error 03: Incorrect number of parameters> Too many or too few parameters.

  • Page 56: Commands: Quick Reference

    2: Base configuration, 2 taps, 8 bit output 3: Base configuration, 2 taps, 12 bit output 15: Medium configuration, 4 taps, 8 bit output 16: Medium configuration, 4 taps, 12 bit output 21: Full configuration, 8 taps, 8 bit output 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 57 Display the online help. Refer to section for details. load pixel coefficients Loads the current FPN and PRNU coefficients for the current direction. reset camera Reset the entire camera (reboot). Baud rate is not reset and reboots with the value last used. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...
  • Page 58 Set a range of pixel PRNU coefficients x1 x2 i x1=first pixel number of the range 1 to 8192. x2=last pixel number of the range 1 to 8192. i=coefficient value in a range from 0 to 61438. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 59 Check the camera’s input voltages and return OK or fail write FPN coefficients Write all current FPN coefficients to EEROM. write PRNU coeffs Write all current PRNU coefficients to EEROM. write user settings Write all of the user settings to EEROM. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 60: Appendix B: Emc Declaration Of Conformity

    The 8k cameras were equipped with the following lens adapter during testing: AC-LA-0109 (Adapter, M72 to Nikon lens). Place of Issue Waterloo, ON, CANADA Date of Issue Name and Signature of authorized Hank Helmond Quality Manager, Teledyne DALSA Corp. person This Declaration corresponds to EN 45 014. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 61: Appendix C: Ccd Handling Instructions

    Scratches diffract incident illumination. When exposed to uniform illumination, a sensor with a scratched window will normally have brighter pixels adjacent to darker pixels. The location of these pixels changes with the angle of illumination. Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 62: Cleaning The Sensor Window

    5. Wipe the window carefully and slowly. 6. When cleaning long linear sensors, it may be easier to wipe along the width (i.e. as opposed to the length) of the sensor. 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 63: Revision History

    Piranha HN RoHS User Manual Revision History Revision Number Change Description Date Revised Preliminary Version for Consignment Cameras August 18, 2012 Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

  • Page 64: Index

    7 optical, 6, 16 data bus, 14 data rate, 7 LED, 11 digital lens signal processing, 44 modeling, 16 direction light sources, 16 externally controlled, 24 line statistics, 50 web movement, 24 LVAL, 14 DVAL, 14 03-032-20135-00 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 65 12 measurement, 52 supply, 12 test patterns, 50 timing mode 3, 29 readout mode 7, 29 configuring, 32 direction, 36 rebooting, 50 video data, 51 resolution, 6 voltage responsivity, 7 measurement, 52 Revision History, 63 Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-00...

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