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  • Page 1 UNIIQA+ 16k CL Cmos Monochrome Camera User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Automatic Calibration ............................28 6.3.5.2 Manual Flat Field Correction ..........................29 6.3.5.3 FFC User Bank Management ..........................30 6.3.5.4 Look Up Table ..................................31 6.3.6 Statistics and Line Profile ..............................33 6.3.7 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...
  • Page 3 LUT ................................46 12.7 Save and Restore ............................47 12.8 Camera Status ............................47 12.9 communication ............................47 12.10 Line Profile Average ..........................48 APPENDIX G: Revision History ..............49 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 4: Camera Overview

    Radiometric Performance at Maximum Pixel Rate and minimum camera gain Bit depth 8, 12 Bits Response (broadband) LSB/(nJ/cm²) Full Well Capacity 13500 electrons Response non linearity PRNU HF Max Dynamic range 67,6 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • 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 CMOS technology, the camera provides 50 000 lines/s in a 16k pixel format and combines high response with an extremely low noise level;...

  • Page 6: Camera Performances

    Measured at exposure time = 50µs and line period = 50µs in Ext Trig Mode (Max Exposure Time)  Maximum data rate  Stabilized temperature 30/40/55 °C (Room/Front Face/Internal)  SNR Calculated at 75% Vsat with minimum Gain.  e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 7: Response & Qe Curves

    UNIIQA+® 16k CL Response & QE curves 2.3.1 Quantum Efficiency 2.3.2 Spectral Response e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 8: Camera Hardware Interface

    UNIIQA+® 16k CL CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE Mechanical Drawings The Step file is available on the web : www.e2v.com/cameras e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 9: Input/Output Connectors And Led

    Tilt (versus lens mounting plane) 50µm Input/output Connectors and LED USB Connector For Firmware upgrade Power Connector : 12-24V DC Multi-Colored LED for Status and diagnostic CameraLink Connector CameraLink Connector e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 10: Power Connector

    Current values consumption Power up Time Around 43s (Green Light) UNIIQA+ CL (normal) 1,06A 0,54A UNIIQA+ CL (Standby) 0,47A 0,25A Inrush current (A) 0.041 0.042 0.043 0.044 tim e (s) e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 11: Status Led Behaviour

    4 x 85MHz 4 x 4096 Full CameraLink Mode 8 Channels 8bits 8 x 85MHz 8 x 2048 Full + CameraLink Mode 10 Channels 8bits 10 x 85MHz 10 x 1638 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 12: Standard Conformity

    A shielded power supply cable  A Camera Link data transfer cable ref. 14B26-SZLB-500-OLC (3M) e2v recommends using the same configuration to ensure the compliance with the following standards. CE Conformity The UNIIQA + cameras comply with the requirements of the EMC (European) directive 2004/108/CE (EN50081-2, EN 61000-6-2).
  • Page 13 UNIIQA+® 16k CL e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 14: Getting Started

    CommCam download requires a login/password : Login : commcam  Password : chartreuse  Setting up in the system CCD Plan Focal Plan The Compliant Lenses and their accessories are detailed in Appendix C e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 15: Camera Software Interface

    CAMERA SOFTWARE INTERFACE Control and Interface As all the e2v Cameras, the UNIIQA+ 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 16: Serial Protocol And Command Format

    UNIIQA+ 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 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 17: Camera Commands

     DeviceVendorName Vendor name ( ) : “e2v”  Read function : “r vdnm”; Returned by the camera : “e2v”, string of 32 bytes (including “/0”)  Cannot be written  Model Name ( DeviceModelName : Internal name for GenICam : ...
  • Page 18 6W. During the standby mode, the grab is stopped Once the Standby mode turned off, the Camera recovers in less than 1ms to send images again from the sensor. Standby On Time (mn) e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 19: Image Format

    4 x 85MHz 8 bits Medium 4 Outputs 12bits 4 x 85MHz 12 bits Full 8 Outputs 8bits 8 x 85MHz 8 bits Full+ 10 Outputs 8bits 10 x 85MHz 8 bits e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...
  • Page 20 The test pattern is generated in the FPGA : It’s used to point out any interface problem with the Frame Grabber. When any of the Test pattern is enabled, the whole processing chain of the FPGA is disabled. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 21: 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. Minimum Line Period Medium modes (4 Taps) : 50µs Full Mode (8 Taps) : 25µs Full+ Mode (10 Taps) : 20µs e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 22: 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 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...
  • Page 23  Write function : “w rois <val>” with <val> : Hexadecimal combination of Start and Stop address for the ROI 0xStartAdr0xStopAdr (both on 16bits) :  Start address : from 0 to 16382 (0x000 to 0x3FFE) Stop address : from 1 to 16383 (0x001 to 0x3FFF)  e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...
  • Page 24 #9002 (0x232A), pixels included. The two commands are : “w roig 512” “w rois 0x148F232A” Result with FFC activated : ROI gain x1.5 5263 9002 Pixels Result with FFC not activated : ROI gain x1.5 5263 9002 Pixels e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 25: Flat Field Correction

    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 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...
  • Page 26 FFC to be associated with one condition of Gain/setting of the Camera ( 4 Max) and recall one of the four global settings (Camera Configuration + FFC + Line Quarters Balance) when required. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 27: Activation And Auto-Adjust

    The Maximum correction is x2 the highest value of the line. The reasonable value for the User Target is not more than around 20% of the max value of the line. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 28: Automatic Calibration

    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 §6.3.1. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 29: 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 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 30: Ffc User Bank Management

    Ram Memory Reset a User bank : Load User4 - Reset the RAM (FPN/PRNU User5 individually) User6 - Save in the bank to reset User7 User8 Reset FPN Reset PRNU e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 31: Look Up Table

     Can not de read  Write function : “w slut <val>” : User bank <val> if from 1 to 4. LUTSetSelector The bank number <val> is given in ( e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...
  • Page 32 LUT User Bank Usage Upload/load from/to a Txt file User banks Save User1 Ram Memory User2 Load User3 User4 At the power up : - Last User Bank used is loaded in RAM e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 33: Statistics And Line Profile

    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 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 34: Privilege Level

     Write function : “w lock <val>” : <val> is as follow 2 : Lock the Camera in Integrator or “privilege User”   <computed value> : Unlock the Camera back in Integrator mode e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 35: Save & Restore Settings

    “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 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 36: Appendix A: Test Patterns

    7.2.1 In 8 bits (Full) format 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 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 37: In 12 Bits (Medium) Format

    2048 1024 2048 4096 6144 8192 10240 12288 14336 An increment of 1 LSB is made for each pixel. When it reaches 4095, turns back to 0 and starts again e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 38: Appendix B: Timing Diagrams

    12 bits : 24µs 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 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 39: Synchronisation Modes With Maximum Exposure Time

    ) from the rising edge of real the incoming Line Trigger. Tper Tint Timing Values real 20µs 17µs Label Unit µs µs 0,120 µs µsec µs 2,5µs Tint 1,5µs 15µs prog e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 40: Appendix C: Cameralink Data Cables

    Starting with the firmware version 2.0.4B, the camera has been improved in term data output quality in order to push back the limitation and allow about 5m of length on some good cables (even specified at 50ps/m). e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 41: Appendix D: Lenses Compatibility

    1062894 MYUTRON Nominal Magnification Working Distance XLS03-E x0,3 477mm M95 Custom Mount available Aperture (∞) : 4.7 XLS53-E x0,5 324mm XLS75-E x0,75 246mm XLS010-E 197mm XLS014-E x1,4 170mm XLS203-E 146mm e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...
  • Page 42 Large Format Adapter Set NT69-241 NAVITAR Raptar Pro 4/86 1 - 17494 Extension Tubes on request NIKON Rayfact F4 0,05 X – 0,5 X 1820,4mm – 230,3mm Rayfact ML90mm F4 e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 43: Appendix E: Troubleshooting

    HS, else : Trigger or Trigger Contact Hotline for RMA Check power supply too fast And its characteristics Contact Hotline 11.2 CommCam Connection Refer to CommCam software Help for the connection issues. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 44: Appendix F: Command Summary Tables

    4 Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “Black pattern”, processing chaine desactivated w srce 5 Set test (output FPGA) image pattern to “GreyVerticalRampMoving”, processing chaine desactivated e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 45: Synchro And Acquisition

    <val> is a combination of Start and Stop Addresses for ROI. - Start Address : From 0 to 16382 (0x0000 to 0x3FFE) - Stop Address : From 1 to 16383 (0x0001 to 0x3FFF) e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 46: Flat Field Correction

    <addr> <val> Write 128 LUT coefficients starting from address <addr> from 0 to 4095-128. <val> is the concatenation of individual LUTvalue, without space between values. e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 47: Save And Restore

    1 Set baud rate to “9600Bds” w baud 2 Set baud rate to “19200Bds” w baud 6 Set baud rate to “57600Bds” w baud 12 Set baud rate to “115200Bds” e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 48: Line Profile Average

    Get ROI Mean (format U12.4) PixelROIStandardDeviation r pstd Get ROI Stand deviation (format U12.4) PixelROIMin r pmin Get ROI Min (format U12.4) PixelROIMax r pmax Get ROI Max (format U12.4) e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

  • Page 49: Appendix G: Revision History

    Changing Documentation Template Rev B 1.2.0 2.3.3 FFC Low Band Filter and 8 FFC Memory Banks Rev C AVIIVA+ 16k change in UNIIQA+ 16k 1.2.0 2.4.0 Contact us online at: e2v.com/imaging e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...
  • Page 50 UNIIQA+® 16k CL e2v semiconductors SAS 2014 UM UNIIQA+16kCL – REVC – 11/14...

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