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- Page 1 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide MuTech Corporation When Your Image Counts...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
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Page 5: Introduction
There is a built-in 10 bit LUT in the PC-1280 Camera. For 8 bit pix- el modes, the LUT can be loaded with a 10 to 8 mapping. For the PC-1280/C model, a second 8 bit LUT is added after the color space converter. -
Page 6: Phoenix Camera Software
Bayer color mask on color version). The sensor chip provides 54dB dynamic range. The camera delivers 15 FPS at full resolution (1280 x 1024), 60 FPS at VGA resolution (640 x 480). The PC-1280 also supports user defined Region Of Interest (ROI) capture. -
Page 7: Phoenix Pc-1280 Sdk
SDK Manual “Phoenix Digital Camera Software Develop- ment Guide” Functions in the Phoenix PC-1280 SDK provide to the programmer the capabilities to open and initialize the camera, to setup a grab window, to adjust camera gain, exposure, offset and white balance,... - Page 8 Introduction Exposure and Trigger Control Functions Image Preprocessing Functions Revision 1.1 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide...
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Page 9: Installation
Installation Installation 2.1 Pre-Installation Check List Before the installation, please check the followings: Products In Verify that you have received the following Phoenix PC-1280 Package Camera components: Phoenix Camera Model that you ordered (PC-1280/M or PC- 1280/C) USB 2.0 Standard Cable (10 ft.) Phoenix PC-1280 Distribution Software CD This manual - Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s... -
Page 10: Device Driver Installation
Power up the host computer (DO NOT connect the cam- era yet) Plug the USB 2.0 Cable into the computer USB port (type A connector) and the back of the PC-1280 Camera (type B connector) Windows will pop up the dialog box - "Found New Hard- ware Wizard"... -
Page 11: Distribution Software Installation
Installation 2.2.2 Distribution Software Installation The following are the steps to install the Phoenix PC-1280 Distri- bution Software on the system: Insert the "Phoenix PC-1280 Distribution Software” CD into a drive, e.g. X Browse into the directory X:\Dist\, then run “Setup.exe”... -
Page 12: To Remove An Usb Device
Windows Toolbar to “Remove” the Phoenix Camera from the USB device list before to disconnect the USB cable or power down the Phoenix Camera. This is a general rule of ac- tion for all Hot-swappable USB devices. If not followed, the de- vice and the system could become unstable. -
Page 13: Camera Operation Overview
Using Sequence Capture The PhoenixView DEMO & Utility is the main software program to operate the PC-1280 Cameras, it has all the controls and user in- terfaces to perform the tasks listed above and some more. For many cases, it is the only software the user will need to use. Camera Con-... -
Page 14: Using The Phoenixview Demo & Utility
For Continuous Capture Mode, the capture interval can be set by Capture Interval this Dialog Box. The interval is in terms of a frames of time. If the user selected 0, the capture will go at maximum speed. Adjust Menu Revision 1.1 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide... - Page 15 On it, the user can test the Trigger and the Strobe signals. Upon the Trigger signal active, the user can select capture of single, contin- uous or sequence. Also the Trigger can activate the Strobe Output. Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide Revision 1.1...
- Page 16 Tool Bar Several buttons on the Tool Bar provide easy access for frequently used controls. They are Configure, Save Image, Start Capture, Stop Capture, Setting ROI, Enable FP Compensation, Help Topics Revision 1.1 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide...
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Page 17: Theory Of Operation
FPGA. A built-in memory buffer of SDRAM provides sufficient buffering to prevent image data lost even under severe USB Bus traffic. Figure 4.1 shows the Block Diagram of the PC-1280 Cam- era Hardware. C M O S... - Page 18 Overlay Surface when DirectDraw is used. For the PC-1280/C Camera, the Bayer Patterned color pixels are converted into RGB format (24 bit/pixel). Or they can be converted into YUV(16 bit/pixel) format. The conversion is done by hard- ware to reduce the burden of software conversion.
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Page 19: Software Block Diagram
Standard USB Driver (provided by Mi- crosoft), which serves all USB devices. On top of it are the kernel mode PC-1280 Camera Device Driver and the Class Driver. These handle all the data and control communications to/from the Phoe- nix Camera via the USB Driver and host controller. - Page 20 Several events may be sent from the DLL to the user application to indicate certain conditions, such as Trigger, Frame Sync, Frame Capture is Done and/or Frame Data Transfer is Done. These can be Revision 1.1 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide...
- Page 21 Note: the events are sent through the USB protocol and lay- ers of the driver/SDK software, the user must consider the time uncertainty when the event arrives at the application layer. Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide Revision 1.1...
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Page 23: A Specification Of Connectors
Appendix A: Specification of Connectors The PC-1280 Cameras interface with the Host PC via a USB Type B Connector. External Control Signals (Trigger and Strobe) are connected via a Hirose Connector. The camera DC power is also supplied by the Hirose Connector. Both the USB connector and the Hirose connector are located on the back panel, as shown in Figure A.1. - Page 24 1280 Camera. The maximum length is 15 ft. (5 meters). A 10 ft. USB 2.0 cable is provided with the PC-1280 Camera. DC power input is required for the PC-1280 Camera. The power Camera Power voltage can be between +5V and +12V. The power input must be well regulated with ripples smaller than 2%, in order to reduce the video noise.
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Page 25: B Camera Miscillanous
Sensor Chip and the spectrum response of the IR filter. The Infrared Filter used in the PC-1280 Cameras has a stop-band IR Filter wavelength at about 700 nm. This cuts off the infrared light, so the combined spectrum response with the sensor chip is closely fol- lows the human vision response. -
Page 26: Camera Dimensions
Figure B.1: Monochrome Sensor Chip Spectrum Response Figure B.2: Color Sensor Chip Spectrum Response B.2 Camera Dimensions The Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera has the dimensions (without lens, L x W x H) 4.2” x 1.8” x 1.2” (105mm x 45mm x 30mm) Revision 1.1... -
Page 27: Mounting Mechanics
Two groups of mounting holes are provide on the bottom panel. One with M2 screws, the other with M3 screws. A tripod adapter may be used with the M2 screws to mount the PC-1280 on a tripod. Figure B.3 shows the dimensions (in mm) for the mounting holes. -
Page 28: Operating Environment
. The DC Power applied to the camera should be regulated to reduce the noise of the video. On the Monochrome Model PC-1280/M, it is possible to operate the camera on the USB power alone. Since the camera consumes more power than the USB specification, the operation depends on the USB host/hub’s capa-... -
Page 29: C Product Specification
1Revision 1.1 Appendix C: Product Specification This Appendix lists the Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera Product Specifications as reference. Note, the specifications given here are subject to change without notice. General Fully Compliant with USB Specification High/Full Speed Transfer @ up to 480 mbps... - Page 30 Shutter/Strobe Light/GP Output (Open Drain) OS Supported: Windows 2K/XP Software Windows Device Driver PhoenixView DEMO & Utility Phoenix PC-1280 SDK For camera dimension, mounting, lens and power requirements, Miscellaneous please see Appendix B Revision 1.1 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide...
- Page 31 Initialization ......... 7 connector Sensor Control......7 Hirose ......23, 24, 30 Trigger Control ......8 Location........23 Pin Assignments......23 Specification....... 23 type B ........10, 23 Gain ........... 30 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide Revision 1.1...
- Page 32 Triggered Capture......13, 30 Plug-n-Play ........5, 29 TWAIN .......... 6, 19 power Adapter........9, 24 Consumption ......25, 27 voltage ........24 USB Device Power Adapter ........10 Remove ........12 Revision 1.1 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide...
- Page 33 Windows 2000 ........6 Windows Device Driver ....30 Windows XP........6 Video Gain......... 15 video sequence........7 YCbCr..........5 YUV........5, 14, 18, 29 YUV422..........15 White Balance......15, 30 Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide Revision 1.1...
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