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  • Page 1 ELIIXA+ 8k/4k CL Cmos Multi-Line Color Camera User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Camera Commands ........................... 24 Information ................................... 24 6.3.1 Image Format ..................................26 6.3.2 Acquisition Control ................................30 6.3.3 Gain and Offset ..................................31 6.3.4 White Balance ..............................32 6.3.4.1 Flat Field Correction ................................34 6.3.5 Activation ................................36 6.3.5.1 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 3 Gain & Offset ............................51 12.5 Flat Field Correction ..........................52 12.6 Save and Restore ........................... 52 12.7 Camera Status ............................53 12.8 Communication ............................. 53 12.9 Line Profile Average ..........................53 APPENDIX G: Revision History ..............55 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 4: Camera Overview

    Radiometric Performance at Maximum Pixel Rate and minimum camera gain Bit depth 3 x 8 Bits Response (Peak) : True Color or Full Def Enhanced 11.8 LSB 8bits/(nJ/cm²) Green 11.2 LSB 8bits/(nJ/cm²) Blue LSB 8bits/(nJ/cm²) Response non linearity < 1 PRNU HF Max Dynamic range e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 5: Description

    CE, FCC and RoHS compliant Description e2v’s next generation of line scan cameras are setting new, high standards for line rate and image quality. Thanks to e2v’s recently developed multi-line CMOS technology, the camera provides an unmatched 100,000 lines/s and combines high response with an extremely low noise level;...

  • Page 6: Camera Performances

    All values are given at Nominal Gain (0dB) : Preamp Gain x1, Amp Gain 0dB  Figures in LSB are for a 8bits format   Measured at exposure time = 400µs and line period = 400µs in Ext Trig Mode (Max Exposure Time)  Maximum data rate e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 7: Image Sensor And Color Modes

    “Full Exposure control” not needed in TC as the TDI is not active (only binning). The Exposure time can be control as for a single line mode. Double Green : Double Green : Vertical Binning Vertical Binning Direction Green Pixels averaging e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 8: True Colour Single Mode (Tcs)

    5µm  “Full Exposure control” not needed in this mode as the Time Delay Exposure is not active. The Exposure time can be control as for a single line mode. Single Green Single Green Direction e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 9: Full Definition Enhanced Mode (Fde)

    5µm (with their respective colour Double Blue Double Red filters).  “Full Exposure control” is activated in this mode as the Time Delay Exposure Pixel 5µm is active. {RGB} Delay : 1 line of 5µm Double Green Double Green Direction e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 10: Response & Qe Curves

    ELIIXA+® 8k/4k CL Color Response & QE curves 2.3.1 Quantum Efficiency 2.3.2 Spectral Response This Response is for a single 5x5µm pixel of each color (True Color Single or Full Definition Single modes). e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 11: Camera Hardware Interface

    ELIIXA+® 8k/4k CL 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

    Rotation (X,Y plan) ±0,15° Tilt (versus lens mounting plane) 50µm Input/output Connectors and LED USB Connector For Firmware Power Connector : upgrade 12-24V DC Multi-Colored LED for Status and diagnostic CameraLink Connector CL2 CameraLink Connector CL1 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 13: Power Connector

    I(mA) P(W) Full 8Taps 7.26 7.272 Deca 10Taps 7.356 7.392 Base 3Taps RGB 7.068 7.152 Power Time : Max 40s (Green Light) Medium 2x 3Taps RGB 7.176 7.248 Inrush Current Peak Current Establishment time and level e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 14: Status Led Behaviour

    4096 Pixels Red, 8bits 4096 Pixels Blue, 8bits Deca 10 x 8bits Pixels to be outputted Raw mode : Same as for Full 8 taps. outputtedoutput 4096 Pixels RGB 12288 Pixels total total 8192 Pixels RGB 16384 Pixels total e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 15: True Color (Single Or Enhanced)

    4088 4090 4093 4096 BLUE GREEN BLUE GREEN BLUE BLUE GREEN BLUE GREEN Tap7 4083 4085 4088 4091 4093 4096 GREEN BLUE GREEN BLUE GREEN GREEN BLUE GREEN BLUE Tap8 4083 4086 4088 4091 4094 4096 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 16: Full Definition (Single Or Enhanced)

    GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN Tap2 8187 8188 8189 8190 8191 8192 BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE Tap3 8187 8188 8189 8190 8191 8192 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 17 6152 8187 8188 8189 8190 8191 8192 GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN Tap8 6145 6146 6147 6148 6149 6150 6151 6152 8187 8188 8189 8190 8191 8192 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 18 6560 8185 8186 8187 8188 8189 8190 GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN Tap10 6553 6554 6555 6556 6557 6558 6559 6560 8185 8186 8187 8188 8189 8190 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 19: Standard Conformity

     A Camera Link data transfer cable ref. MVC-1-1-5-2M from CEI (Component Express, Inc.) 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).
  • Page 20 ELIIXA+® 8k/4k CL Color e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 21: Getting Started

    CommCam download requires a login/password : Login : commcam  Password : chartreuse  Setting up in the system First Pixel Sensor Plan Direction Focal Plan Readout Direction The Compliant Lenses Mounts are detailed in Appendix D e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 22: Camera Software Interface

    CAMERA SOFTWARE INTERFACE Control and Interface As all the e2v Cameras, the ELIIXA+ CL is delivered with the friendly interface control software COMMCAM.UCL (as “Ultimate Camera Link”) which is based on the GenICam standard COMMCAM recognizes and detects automatically all the UCL Cameras connected on any transport layers (Camera Link or COM ports) of your system.

  • Page 23: Serial Protocol And Command Format

    ELIIXA+ will have its correspondence with the Standard Feature Naming Convention of the GenIcam Standard. This correspondence is given in parenthesis for each feature/command as the following example :  DeviceVendorName Vendor name ( ) : “e2v” e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 24: Camera Commands

     DeviceVendorName Vendor name ( ) : “e2v”  Read function : “r vdnm”; Returned by the camera : “e2v”, string of 32 bytes (including “/0”)  Can not be written  DeviceModelName Model Name ( : Internal name for GenICam : ...
  • Page 25 Bits 11 : Scrolling Direction : 0 = Forward, 1 = Reverse. Updated only by external CC3 (CameraLink)  Bits, 12, 13, 14, 15 : Reserved  StatusErrorHardware Bit 16 : ( ) : True if hardware error detected   Bits 17 to 31 : Reserved e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 26: Image Format

    Base or Dual Base modes and Full 8taps or Full+ 10Taps mode is about several seconds (maximum 9s). When these output modes are activated, the Color selection (see below p29) is no more possible. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 27 10x1638 pixels each Channel in Full Definition Modes : 16380 pixels total. - 8190 Green, 4095 Red and 4095 Blue pixels Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 Ch 8 Ch 9 Ch 10 Output direction e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 28 Color lines, normally, the variation of the Exposure time should not possible in this sensor mode. Thanks to an e2v licensed solution, two of the Exposure controlled mode (Ext Trig with internal or External exposure control) are still available in this color mode.
  • Page 29 Green ) color disabled if set to 1 Blue  Write function : “w cold” <val> ; The Color Selection is not possible when the Camera output mode are full or Deca (8/10 Taps) Raw modes. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 30: Acquisition Control

    The line period is active only in Free Run modes. It’s also disabled if in this mode, the Integration time is set higher than the Line Period. The Tables of the minimum Line Period (Max Line Rate) versus the Data rate and the output mode chosen are given in Appendix C (Chap. 9.2) of this document. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 31: Gain And Offset

    Returned by the camera : Integer corresponding to one of the 3 different step values :  0 : x1 (0dB)  1 : x2 (6dB)  2 : x4 (12dB)  Write function : “w pamp” <int> ; e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 32: White Balance

    In any case, the best tuning of the Camera Gains is performed from the left to the right of the Gain Chain described above : Preamp Gain first and quarter Gains last (if required). e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 33 Gains calculation. This command is available in the CommCam “Gain & Offset” section :  No Read Function  Write function : “w awbc 1” : Launch the White Balance Calibration Process.   “w awbc 0” : Abort the White Balance Calibration Process. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 34: Flat Field Correction

    (located at the output of the FFC module) calculates the adjustment gain to reach the target defined by the User. When the FFC result is saved in memory, the adjust gain and target are saved in the same time in order to associate this gain value with the FFC result. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 35 Gain because of the inspection of different objects : You can perform one FFC per condition of Gain/setting of the Camera ( 4 Max) and recall one of the four global settings (Camera Configuration + FFC + Line Balance) when required. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 36: Activation

    The Calculation result will be proposed anyway as it’s just a warning message. The Status Register is the changed and displayed in CommCam “Status” section : Register status is detailed chap §6.3.3. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 37: Manual Flat Field Correction

     Write function :” w ffcg <addr><val> : Write 128 consecutive PRNU user coefficients starting from the <addr> address. <val> is the concatenation of individual PRNU values, without space between the values (one unsigned short per coefficient). e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 38: Ffc User Bank Management

    - Last User Bank used is User loaded in RAM banks Save Reset a User bank : User1 Ram Memory - Reset the RAM Load User2 (FPN/PRNU individually) User3 - Save in the bank to User4 reset Reset FPN Reset PRNU e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 39: Statistics And Line Profile

    Pixel Max Value ( Maximum Blue level pixel value on the whole region of interest  Read function : “r pmab” : Get the maximum value Returned by the camera : Unsigned format value : U12.4 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 40  Write function : “w prow <val>” : Set the ROI width in pixels. <val> is between 1 and 16384 After performing a line profile measurement, all the values computed which are described below are not refreshed automatically in CommCam : You have to right-click on each value and ask for an individual refresh. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 41: Privilege Level

    At the power up : Last User Bank used is loaded in RAM “Integrator” Bank (5) can be locked by switching the Camera in “User” mode (cf : Privilege feature). Then it can’t be saved any more without switching back the Camera in “Integrator” Mode. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 42: Appendix A: Test Patterns

    255 before switching down to 0 Test Pattern 2: Fixed Horizontal Ramps Starting at 0, 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 43: Appendix B: Timing Diagrams

    : Gain & Offset). The conversion time depends on the pixel format : 8 or 10 bits : 6µs This conversion is done in masked time, eventually during the next exposure period. : Delay between the Start exposure required and the real start of the exposure. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 44: Synchronisation Modes With Maximum Exposure Time

    ) even if it’s delayed from ( ) from the rising edge of real the incoming Line Trigger. Tper Timing Values Tint real 15µs 13µs Label Unit µs µs 0,120 µs µsec µs 2,5µs Tint 1,5µs 10µs prog e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 45: Appendix C: Cameralink Data Cables

    Here is a following example of cable and the cable length limitation in accordance with the standard : DataRate Skew Cable Length 40Mhz 390ps 7,8m 66MHz 290ps 5,8m 70MHz 270ps 5,4m 80MHz 218ps 4,36m 85MHz 190ps 3,8m e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 46: Choosing The Data Rate

    Tper Min (µs) Tper Min (µs) (kHz) (kHz) Max (kHz) (µs) Max (kHz) (µs) True Color (4k 10µm) 14.1 70.9 28.1 35.5 37.3 26.8 46.7 21.4 Full Def. (8K 5µm) 141.7 14.1 70.9 28.1 35.5 35.2 28.4 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 47: Appendix D: Lens Mounts

    ELIIXA+® 8k/4k CL Color 10 APPENDIX D: Lens Mounts 10.1 F-Mount F Mount : Kit10 (Part number EV71KFPAVIVA-ABA) e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 48: T2 & M42X1 Mounts

    ELIIXA+® 8k/4k CL Color 10.2 T2 & M42x1 Mounts M42x0,75 (T2 Mount) : Kit30 (Part number AT71KFPAVIVA-AKA) M42x1 Mount : Kit40 (Part number AT71KFPAVIVA-ADA) e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 49: Appendix E: Troubleshooting

    LED is HS, for Trigger or Contact Hotline for else : Trigger too fast Check power supply And its characteristics Contact Hotline 11.2 CommCam Connection Refer to CommCam software Help for the connection issues. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 50: Appendix F: Commands

    Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “White pattern”, processing chaine desactivated w srce 3 Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “gray pattern”, processing chaine desactivated w srce 4 Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “Black pattern”, processing chaine desactivated e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 51: Synchro And Acquisition

    AutoWhiteBalanceStart w awbc 0 Stops the Auto white Balance calibration process w awbc 1 Starts the Auto white Balance calibration process AutoWhiteBalanceEnable w gwbe 0 Disables the White Balance w gwbe 1 Enables the White Balance e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 52: Flat Field Correction

    <val>, from 1 to 4; <val> comes from UserFFCSelector (XML feature). SaveFFCToBank w sffc <val> Save current FFC (including FPN and FFCGain) to FFC bank number <val>, from 1 to 4; <val> comes from FFCSelector (XML feature). e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 53: Camera Status

    RedPixelROIMin r pmir Get ROI Min value for Red Pixels (format U12.4) RedPixelROIMax r pmar Get ROI Max value for Red Pixels (format U12.4) BluePixelROIMean r pavb Get ROI Mean value for Blue Pixels (format U12.4) e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 54 Get ROI Stand deviation for Green Pixels (format U12.4) Blue Green(b)PixelROIMin r pmig Get ROI Min value for Green Pixels (format U12.4) Blue Green(b)PixelROIMax r pmag Get ROI Max value for Green Pixels (format U12.4) Blue e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

  • Page 55: Appendix G: Revision History

    Revision compliant Version Rev A First release 1.0.3 2.2.1 Rev B Update Firmware 1.1.0 2.3.1 True Color Single Rev C 1.2.0 2.3.3 Change Documentation Template Documentation Corrections in the Color mode Rev D 1.2.0 2.3.3 description e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...
  • Page 56 ELIIXA+® 8k/4k CL Color Contact us online at: e2v.com/imaging e2v semiconductors SAS 2014...

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