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Foreword and Disclaimer This documentation has been prepared with most possible care. However Vision Components GmbH does not take any liability for possible errors. In the interest of progress, Vision Components GmbH reserves the right to perform technical changes without further notice.
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual Table of Contents 1 General Information 2 Basic Structure 3 Technical Specifications VCSBC4012 4 Camera Interfaces J1: Power Supply and IO Interface 4.1.1 Pin Assignments J1 camera socket 4.1.2 Electrical specifications digital IO s J1 interface 4.1.3...
1 General Information VCSBC4012 Single Board Camera The VCSBC4012 has been designed for high resolution image processing with a very small form factor. The VCSBC4012 is the ideal compromise between high performance and low system costs, and thus expecially suited for high volume OEM applications. This makes it viable to use a smart camera in even more products than before.
SDRAM memory, which has been increased to 64MB, due to the large camera image. Unlike most other Vision Component Smart Cameras, the VCSBC4012 does not have a direct video output. However if monitoring of the camera image is required, this can be done by downloading via “Image Transfer”...
Sensor control), trigger Input, Flash output Ethernet interface: 10/100 Mbit CE certification: No CE Certification from Vision Components as the OEM customer is required to certify entire system (including housing, cabling, etc.). Storage Conditions Temperature: -20 to 60 deg C, Max. humidity: 90%, non condensing.
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual 4 Camera Interfaces The VCSBC4012 camera board incorporates the following connector interfaces: J 1 : VCSBC4012/ VCSBC50 Power and IO Connector J 2: Ethernet, trigger and Expansion Port Connector J 3:...
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual 4.1 J1: Power Supply and IO Interface The J1 connector includes the camera power supply and the digital IOs. 4.1.1 Pin Assignments J1 camera socket Pin Number Signal Core Color Out0...
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VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual Input Signals IO interface Nominal voltage: 12 – 24 V Absolute maximum voltage: voltages greater than 40 V can destroy the inputs Type: Circuit GND directly connected Input current: 1 mA @ 24V...
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual 4.1.3 Electrical specifications of the VCSBC4012 Power Supply J1 interface Nominal Voltage: 12V – 24V Nominal Power Consumption 1.5W Minimum operational voltage (including ripple): Minimum nominal Operating voltage and corresponding current:...
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual Expansion Port / Trigger Interface Note that the LVTTL IOs are very sensitive. Only use driving electronics suitable for LVTTL IO’s! 4.2.1 Pin Assignments J2 camera socket Pin Number Signal I2C_Clock...
The socket J2 has the following part number: 8775967-2050, manufacturer Molex (www.molex.com) The matching connector has the following part number: 51110-2050 Vision Components does not currently manufacture a cable for this connector. Please order the matching connector from the manufacturer Molex.
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VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual 4.2.2.3 Use Power and Ethernet cable side by side Alternatively an additional 12 pin Power Supply /PLC and a 8 pin Ethernet cable (Cable set for VCSBC4018, VK000229 see section 5) can be used next to each other to cover all contacts. Since...
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual 4.2.3 Electrical specifications J2 camera socket All Signals are Low Level TTL (3.3V), not opto isolated. The electrical specifications given for the trigger input and output are also valid for the remaining LVTTL IOs.
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VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual Recommended driving circuit for the trigger input: Camera side: Pin 15 Trig In Electrical Specification of trigger output output voltage signal LOW: 0.4 V with 2mA output current 0.2 V with 1mA output current output voltage signal HIGH: 2.9 V with 8mA output current...
5.1 Camera and Lens holder order numbers: Product / Service description Order Number VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera without lens holder, b/w CCD VK000368 VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera without lens holder, Bayer CCD VK000369 Lens holder C Mount incl. adjustment (IR Filter EK000625 included) Lens holder 12mm (Clear glass window EK000624 included) 5.2 Further accessories available for the VCSBC4012:...
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual 6 Programming VCSBC4012 Camera The VCSBC4012 operating system includes some additional functions, mainly for the control of the additional interfaces. Without direct VGA output some video control functions are not implemented for this camera.
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual 6.2 Ethernet Communication The default camera IP address is 192.168.0.65 – as with all Ethernet cameras from VC. The IP address can be changed to a different loading a #IP file into camera memory.
Resetting the Camera with help of the VCnet Recovery Tool A new tool – the “Vcnet Recovery Tool” is provided for resetting the IP address of the VCSBC4012 and VC4012 cameras. Vcnet Recovery is supported from camera OS VCRT 5.21.
VCSBC4012.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual 6.5 Special VCRT functions for programming VCSBC4012 cameras This sections explains the specifics of programming VCSBC4012 cameras. 6.5.1 Trigger Functions Apart form the inverse TTL logic (see section 4.2.3) and the different status register shown below, the trigger works like with the VC4XXX cameras.
TRIGOUT_POS(); The trigger macros are also described in our programming tutorial. The use of TRIGOUT_USR(), SET_TRIGOUT() and RES_TRIGOUT() is limited on the VCSBC4012 camera! Use only with slow applications and long shutter times (the sensor needs several milliseconds to execute the signal change).
VCSBC4012.pdf VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual Appendix A: New VCRT Functions VCSBC4012 New VCRT functions (see section 6 and vcrt.h): #define GET_HW_STATUS() (*((volatile int *)FA40_STATUS) & 0x3F) /* CPLD relase number*/ #define TTL_OUT(x) *((volatile int *)FA40_LED) = x...
VCSBC40XX.pdf – VCSBC4012 Single Board Smart Camera Operating Manual Appendix B: Drawing Circuit Board VCSBC4012 All mounting holes: ∅ 2.2mm for M2 Correct placement Of Emulator adapter board The red dot marks the Pin 1 position of each connector. Tolerances: All circuit board dimensions: +/- 0.1mm...
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