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- Page 1 ELIIXA+ 16k/8k CP Cmos Multi-Line Color Camera User Manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
2.3.1 Spectral Response................................. 10 2.3.2 CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE ..............11 Mechanical Drawings ..........................11 Input/output Connectors and LED ......................12 Power Over CoaXPress ................................13 3.2.1 Status LED Behaviour ................................13 3.2.2 Trigger Connector .................................. 14 3.2.3 STANDARD CONFORMITY ................15 CE Conformity ............................ - Page 3 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Counters and Timers Control ............................... 28 6.2.5 Counters ................................29 6.2.5.1 Timers ................................... 29 6.2.5.2 Gain and Offset ................................30 6.2.6 White Balance ............................... 31 6.2.6.1 Flat Field Correction ................................32 6.2.7 Automatic Calibration ............................33 6.2.7.1 Manual Flat Field Correction ..........................
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Page 4: Camera Overview
Cmos Colour Sensor : 16384 RGB Pixels, 5 x 5µm (Full Definition) 8192 RGB Pixels 10x10µm (True Colour) Interface : CoaXPress® (4x 6Gb/sLinks) Line Rate : Up to 47500 l/s In 16k Full Definition Mode Up to 95000 l/s in 8k True Colour Mode ... -
Page 5: Description
Sensor alignment ( see chapter 4 ) ±100 µm Sensor flatness ±35 µm Power supply Power Over CoaXPress : 24 Power dissipation – < 19 Typ. while grabbing General Features Operating temperature °C 0 to 55 (front face) or 70 (Internal) -
Page 6: Camera Performances
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color CAMERA PERFORMANCES Camera Characterization Unit True Color (8k) Full Definition Single Full Definition Enhanced Typ. Typ. Typ. Dark Noise RMS 0.12 0.11 0.12 Dynamic Range 2125:1 2125:1 2125:1 RMS Noise 2.15 (3/4 Sat) Full Well Capacity 13650 13650 13650... -
Page 7: Image Sensor
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Image Sensor The Eliixa+ Colour 16k sensor is composed of two pairs of sensitive lines. ADC Column The Colour version has been completed with RGB colour Filter and disposed as detailed Intermediate Blind Pixel beside. Pixel Line A Each pair of lines use the same Analog to Digital Column converter (ADC Column). -
Page 8: True Colour Single Mode (Tcs)
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 2.2.2 True Colour Single Mode (TCS) 10µm pixels (R,G,B) Twice less pixels than B/W Requires x3/2 the data flow of B&W Single Blue Single Red Sensitivity Half of the TCE mode: Pixel 10µm Equivalent to 6 x Pixels of 5µm (with {RGB} One Pixel 10x10µm their respective colour filters). -
Page 9: Full Definition Enhanced Mode (Fd Enhanced)
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 2.2.4 Full Definition Enhanced Mode (FD Enhanced) 5µm pixels (R,G,B) Same definition than B&W Requires x3 the data flow of the B&W Blue or Red Interpolated Sensitivity is the same as the TC mode available : Equivalent to 6 x Pixels of 5µm (with their respective colour Double Blue Double Red... -
Page 10: Response & Qe Curves
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 2.3 Response & QE curves 2.3.1 Quantum Efficiency 2.3.2 Spectral Response Spectral response (Chip 1240-005 - f/3.5 - With glass) Blue Green blue Green red B&W 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 100 Wavelength (nm) This Response is for a single 5x5µm pixel of each color (True Color Single or Full Definition Single modes). -
Page 11: Camera Hardware Interface
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE Mechanical Drawings The Step file is available on the web : www.e2v.com/cameras e2v semiconductors SAS 2014... -
Page 12: Input/Output Connectors And Led
Y = 50mm ±100 µm Flatness ±25 µm Rotation (X,Y plan) ±0,1° Tilt (versus lens mounting plane) 50µm Input/output Connectors and LED USB Connector For Firmware upgrade Trigger Connector Multi-Colored LED for Status and diagnostic CoaXPress Connectors e2v semiconductors SAS 2014... -
Page 13: Power Over Coaxpress
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 3.2.1 Power Over CoaXPress The ELIIXA+ CXP is compliant with the Power Over CoaXPress : There is no Power connector as the power is delivered through the Coaxial Connectors 1 and 2. In the Standard, the Power Over CoaXPress allows to deliver 13W (under 24V) per Channel. -
Page 14: Trigger Connector
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 3.2.3 Trigger Connector Camera connector type: Hirose HR10A-7R-5SB or compliant Cable connector type: Hirose HR10A-7P-5P (male) or compliant, Provided with the Camera Signal LVDS IN1+ / TTL IN1 LVDS IN1- LVDS IN2+ / TTL IN2 Receptacle viewed from camera back LVDS IN2- IN1/IN2 are connected respectively to Line0/Line1 and allow to get external line triggers or the forward/Reverse “Live”... -
Page 15: Standard Conformity
A shielded Trigger cable A 10m CoaXPress Cable for the data transfer, certified at 6Gb/s e2v recommends using the same configuration to ensure the compliance with the following standards. CE Conformity The ELIIXA+ cameras comply with the requirements of the EMC (European) directive 2004/108/CE (EN50081-2, EN 61000-6-2) (see next page). - Page 16 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
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Page 17: Getting Started
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 5 GETTING STARTED Out of the box The contains of the Camera box is the following : One Camera ELIIXA+ Trigger connector (Hirose HR10A-7P-5P-male or compliant) There is no CDROM delivered with the Camera : This User Manual , and any other corresponding documents can be dowlaoded on the Web site. -
Page 18: Camera Software Interface
CAMERA SOFTWARE INTERFACE Control and Interface The ELIIXA+ CoaxPress Camera is compliant with GenICam 2.1 and the SFNC 1.5 standards. This means that the Camera embeds its own definition and parameter description in an xml file. Most of these Parameters are compliant with the SNFC. The specific parameters (non SNFC) are still compliant with GenICam and can be detailed through the GenICam API process to the application. -
Page 19: Camera Commands
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2 Camera Commands 6.2.1 Device Control These are Identification values of the Camera. They can be accessed in the “Device Control” section Feature Description DeviceVendorName Get camera vendor name as a string (including ‘\0’) DeviceModelName Get camera model name as a string (including ‘\0’) DeviceFirmwareVersion Get camera synthetic firmware version (PKG version) as a string (including ‘\0’) -
Page 20: Image Format
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.2 Image Format Feature Description SensorWidth Get sensor physical width : 16384 SensorHeight WidthMax Mapped on SensorWidth : 16384 or 8192 in binning mode HeightMax Width Mapped on SensorWidth : 16384 or 8192 in binning mode Height InputSource Signal source from CMOS sensor, processing chain activated... -
Page 21: Forward/Reverse
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.2.2 Forward/Reverse Forward/reverse information has to be set correctly For the re-ordering of the colors. The Forward direction is defined as detailed below : Note : The delay for the Camera to take in account a change in the ScanDirection value is 200ms This information can be set dynamically by using one of the two External Trig lines (Line0 or Line1) of the GPIO connector... -
Page 22: Acquisition Control
Either on the GPIO connector of the Camera (2x Lines Triggers : Line0/1 available if Forward/reverse command is controlled by software) Or by the CoaxPess Cable : Only one Trigger available (Line2). If the single CoaxPress Trigger is used, the Synchronization mode using 2xTriggers can’t be used. Camera Line0... -
Page 23: External Triggers On Gpio Connector
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.3.1 External Triggers on GPIO Connector An External GPIO connector allows the camera to used 2 lines for triggering (Line0 and Line1) The end-user has the responsibility of the definition of the triggering system. The mapping describes all features available to define a trigger system 6.2.3.2 CXP Trigger CXP specification allows the frame grabber to send triggers through the low speed link0 (@20MHz) The CXP specification describes the behavior of the trigger, where only the edge of the signal and a timer to limit the... - Page 24 Enable the Trigger : - Off - On TriggerSource Specifies the source for the trigger : - Software - Line0 - Line1 - Line2 : CoaxPress Trigger - TimerEnd1 - TimerEnd2 - CounterStart1 - CounterStart2 - CounterEnd1 - CounterEnd2 - Line0 OR line1...
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Page 25: Trigger Presets
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.3.3 Trigger Presets Several triggers are pre-defined to help the user to define its trigger configuration. For external trigger, 5 modes are available (Same than in the Camera Link version) : TriggerSelector Exposure Acquisition Mode Mode ExposureActive ExposureStart ExposureStop... -
Page 26: Rescaler
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Rescaler Feature Name Description TriggerRescalerSource Selection of the input source of the Rescaler : - Line0 - Line1 - Bypass Rescaler TriggerRescalerMultplier Multiplier factor : 1 to 4096 TriggerRescalerDivider Divider factor : 1 to 4096 TriggerRescalerGranularity - 20 ns - 80 ns - 320 ns... -
Page 27: Digital I/O Control
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color RescalerSize granularity 8,19E-02 1,31E+00 3,28E-01 5,24E+00 1,31E+00 2,10E+01 2,10E+01 3,36E+02 The trigger frequency is calculated at each Trigger pulse. 6.2.4 Digital I/O Control Feature Name Description LineStatusAll Return the current status of all lines (bit0 for Line0, bit1 for Line1, bit2 for Line2) A VOIR LineSelector - Line0, - Line1... -
Page 28: E2V Semiconductors Sas
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.5 Counters and Timers Control Counters CounterSelector Select which counter to be configured - Counter1, - Counter2 All the following parameters are relative to the selection of the CounterSelector above CounterTriggerSource Select the signal that start (reset) the counter: 0: Off 9: ExposureStart 10: ExposureEnd... -
Page 29: Counters
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Timers TimerSelector Select which timer to be configured - Timer1, - Timer2 All the following parameters are relative to the selection of the TimerSelector above TimerTriggerSource Select which internal signal will trigger the timer: 0: Off 9: ExposureStart 10: ExposureEnd 11: Line0... -
Page 30: Gain And Offset
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.6 Gain and Offset Sensor FPGA Quarter Preamp White Balance Gains (Tap) Gain Adjust Gain Green Green Blue Gains Offset Gain blue Pixel Action on whole line Action per pixel Action per Sensor’s Quarter (Not available on BA0 models) Action per Color ... -
Page 31: White Balance
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Feature Description PreampGain Set pre amplifier gain (analog gain) to: x1: (0dB) x2: (6dB) x4: (12dB) Gain Set Adjustment gain from 0dB to +8 dB Digital Quarter Gain Selector Select the Quarter Gain (1-4) to be set by Digital Quarter Gain Digital Quarter Gain Value of the Quarter Gain selected by the Digital Quarter Gain Selector (-128 to +127) Quarter Balance Enable... -
Page 32: Flat Field Correction
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.7 Flat Field Correction How is performed the Flat Field Correction ? What is the Flat Field correction (FFC) ? The Flat Field Correction is a digital correction on each pixel which allows : To correct the Pixel PRNU (Pixel Response Non Uniformity) and DSNU (Dark Signal Non Uniformity) ... -
Page 33: Automatic Calibration
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color PRNU Calibration The User must propose a white/gray uniform target to the Camera (not a fixed paper). The Gain/Light conditions must give a non saturated image in any Line. The Camera must be set in the final conditions of Light/ Gain and in the final position in the System. I f required, set a user target for the FFC adjust and enable it. -
Page 34: Save & Restore Ffc
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color This will allow the user to upload/download out/in the Camera the FFC coefficients in/from a binary or text file that can be processed externally. 6.2.7.3 Save & Restore FFC The new-processed FFC values can be saved or restored in/from 4 x User banks. Both Gains and Offsets in the same time but also the FFC Adjust User target and associated gain. -
Page 35: Statistics And Line Profile
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.8 Statistics and Line Profile This function allows the User to get some statistics on a pre-defined ROI. On request, the Camera acquires and then calculates some key values as the min, the max, the average or the standard deviation in this Region of Interest. The grab and calculation command and also the collection of the results is not performed in real time as it is done through the serial connection. -
Page 36: Save & Restore Settings
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.10 Save & Restore Settings The settings (or Main configuration) of the Camera can be saved in 4x different User banks and one Integrator bank. This setting includes also the FFC and LUT enable parameters This function is available in the User Set Control section : Feature Description UserSetSelector... -
Page 37: Appendix A: Test Patterns
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color APPENDIX A: Test Patterns Fixed Horizontal Ramps 2048 4096 6144 8192 10240 12288 14336 An increment of 1 LSB is made every 16 pixels When it reaches 255, turns back to 0 and starts again e2v semiconductors SAS 2014... -
Page 38: Color Rgbw Fixed Pattern
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Color RGBW Fixed Pattern This pattern is composed blocks of 512 pixels showing alternatively Red, Green, Blue and White colors : Note : When the camera is set with this pattern test, it’s no more taking in account the Line Trigger and working in Free Run (line period controlled by the camera) Vertical wave The Test pattern 1 is a vertical moving wave : each new line will increment of 1 gray level : Form 0 to 255 before... -
Page 39: Appendix B: Timing Diagrams
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 8 APPENDIX B: Timing Diagrams Synchronization Modes with Variable Exposure Time Synchro Mode Line Trigger CC1 or Internal Sync = 0 Sync = 1 Exposure Time Exposure Time (Exposure Time) Programmed Programmed ITC Trigger intProg Sync = 3 Line Triggers Sync = 4 Tint... -
Page 40: Synchronisation Modes With Maximum Exposure Time
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color If T is the Line Period (internal or external coming from the Trigger line), in order to respect this line Period, the Exposure Time as to be set by respecting : T <= T Then, the real exposure time is : Tint real In the same way, The high level period of the Trig signal in sync=3 mode, T >= T... -
Page 41: Appendix C: Data Cables
-15dB The maximum length of a CoaXPress cable is the lowest figure from three different requirements: power supply voltage drop, high speed link requirements and low speed link requirements. Power Supply Voltage Drop : A CXP cable and the separate lanes of a CXP multi-cable shall each have a total DC roundtrip resistance of less than 4.98Ω... -
Page 42: Appendix D: Lenses Compatibility
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 10 APPENDIX D: Lenses Compatibility QIOPTICS (LINOS) Nominal Magnification Range M95 Focus tube Lens Reference Magnification Reference Part number Inspec.x. L 5.6/105 0,33 X 0,25 – 0,45 X 2408-012-000-41 0703-085-000-20 Inspec.x. L 5.6/105 0,5 X 0,4 – 0,65 X 2408-012-000-41 0703-084-000-20 Inspec.x. - Page 43 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color EDMUND OPTICS Nominal Magnification Working Distance Reference (at nom. Mag.) Part number TechSpec F4 151 mm NT68-222 TechSpec F4 1,33 X 158,5 mm NT68-223 TechSpec F4 2,0 X 129 mm NT68-224 TechSpec F4 3,0 X 110 mm NT68-225 Large Format Tip/Tilt Bolt Pattern Adapter, 2X Accessories...
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Page 44: Appendix E : Frame Grabbers Compliance
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 11 APPENDIX E : Frame Grabbers Compliance Brand F.G. Name Detailed Reference tested Firebird FBD-4XCXP6 in Active Silicon Software V1.2.0 PCIe x8 (Gen2) Aval Data By AvalData APX-3664 Bitflow Cyton-CXP4 On testing Matrox Radient eV-CXP MIL9 + Update 50 Build60 MicroEnable 5 Silicon Software Software V5.3.8... -
Page 45: Appendix F: Command Table
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12 APPENDIX F: Command Table 12.1 Category “Device Control” Feature CXP @ Size Description By default bytes DeviceVendorName 0x02000 Get camera vendor name as a string (including ‘\0’) “e2v” Boostrap DeviceModelName 0x02020 Get camera model name as a string (including ‘\0’) See R5 document Boostrap DeviceFirmwareVersion... -
Page 46: Synchro And Acquisition Modes
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Feature CXP @ Size Description By default bytes TestImageSelector 0x08214 0:Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “Off”, processing chain activated 1: Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “GreyHorizontalRamp”, processing chain disabled 2: Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “White pattern”, processing chain disabled 3: Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “gray pattern”, processing chain disabled... -
Page 47: Genicam Trigger
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.5 GenICam Trigger Feature Name CXP @ Size Bit field Description By default bytes ExposureMode 0x08414 [31-30] Operation mode for the exposure control: Timed 0: Off 1: Timed 2: TriggerWidth 3: TriggerControlled TriggerSelector Not a register Select the trigger to control { ExposureStart, ExposureStart ExposureEnd, ExposureActive}... -
Page 48: Digital Io Control
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.6 Digital IO Control Feature Name CXP @ Size Bit field Description By default bytes LineStatusAll 0x08460 Return the current status of all lines (bit0 for Line0, bit1 for Line1, bit2 for Line2) LineSelector Not a register Select which physical line of the external device Line0 connector to configure {Line0, Line1, Line2 }... - Page 49 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Feature Name CXP @ Size Bit field Description By default bytes CounterTriggerActivation [26-24] Select the type of activation for the trigger to start (reset) RisingEdge the counter : 0: RisingEdge 1: FallingEdge 2: AnyEdge, 3: LevelHigh 4: LevelLow CounterEventSource [23-19]...
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Page 50: Timers
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.8 Timers Feature Name CXP @ Size Bit field Description By default bytes TimerSelector Not a register Select which timer to configure {Timer1, Timer2} Timer1 TimerSelector = Timer1 TimerTriggerSource 0x08500 [31-27] Select which internal signal will trigger the timer: 0: Off 9: ExposureStart 10: ExposureEnd... -
Page 51: Gain & Offset
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.10 Gain & Offset Feature CXP @ Size Description By default bytes GainAbs Set pre amplifier gain to: GainSelector= AnalogAll 0: (-12dB) 0x08600 1: (-6dB) 2: (0dB) (analog gain) Change balances and compensation GainAbs Set gain from 0dB(0) to +8 dB (6193) 0x08604 GainSelector= gainAll Gain Abs... -
Page 52: Save And Restore User Configurations
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Feature CXP @ Size Description By default FFCCalibrationCtrl 0x0880C FFC calibration bytes - In Read Mode: 0 = finished 1 = running - In Write Mode: 0 = Abort PRNU calibration by setting it to “Off” (no effect if already stopped) 1 = Launch PRNU calibration by setting it to “Once”... -
Page 53: Camera Status
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.13 Camera Status Feature CXP @ Size Description By default bytes PrivilegeLevel 0x08E00 Get camera running privilege level - In Read Mode: 0 = Privilege Factory 1 = Privilege Advanced User 2 = Privilege User - In Write Mode: 1 = Lock camera o “Advanced User”... -
Page 54: Appendix G: Revision History
ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 13 APPENDIX G: Revision History Manual Comments / Details Firmware version Revision Rev A First release 1.0.4 Rev B Firmware update 1.1.0 True color Single Mode Rev C 1.2.0 Change Documentation Template Contact us online at: e2v.com/imaging e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...