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  • Page 1 ELIIXA+ 16k/8k CXP Color Cmos Multi-Line Color Camera User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Spectral Response ................................10 CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE ............11 Mechanical Drawings ..........................11 Input/output Connectors and LED ....................12 3.2.1 Power Over CoaXPress ..............................13 3.2.2 Status LED Behaviour ..............................13 3.2.3 Trigger Connector ................................14 STANDARD CONFORMITY ..............15 CE Conformity ............................
  • Page 3 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.3.2 CXP Trigger ................................ 25 6.2.3.3 Trigger Presets ..............................27 6.2.3.4 Rescaler ................................28 6.2.4 Digital I/O Control ................................. 30 6.2.5 Counters and Timers Control ............................31 6.2.5.1 Counters ................................33 6.2.5.2 Timers .................................. 33 6.2.6 Gain and Offset ................................
  • Page 4 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.13 Camera Status ........................... 60 12.14 Line Profile Average ......................... 61 APPENDIX F: Revision History ............. 62 e2v semiconductors SAS 2013...

  • Page 5: 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 6: 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 0 to 55 (front face) or 70 (Internal) °C...

  • Page 7: Camera Performances

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color CAMERA PERFORMANCES Camera Characterization Full Definition Full Definition Unit True Color (8k) Single 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 8: 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 Intermediate Blind Pixel detailed beside. Each pair of lines use the same Analog to Pixel Line A Digital Column converter (ADC Column).

  • Page 9: Full Definition Single Mode (Fd Single)

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 2.2.2 Full Definition Single Mode (FD Single) 5µm pixels (R,G,B) Same definition than B&W Blue or Red Requires x3 the data flow of the B&W Interpolated  Sensitivity is half of the TC mode Single Red Single Blue available : Equivalent to 3 x Pixels of 5µm (with their respective colour...

  • 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) e2v semiconductors SAS 2013...

  • 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 2013...

  • 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 3.2 Input/output Connectors and LED USB Connector For Firmware upgrade Trigger Connector Multi-Colored LED for Status and diagnostic CoaXPress Connectors e2v semiconductors SAS 2013...

  • 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

    The ELIIXA+ cameras have been tested using the following equipment: 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.
  • Page 16 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color e2v semiconductors SAS 2013...

  • 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 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color  Internal Temperature A standby mode, what for ? °C Standby Off The Standby mode stops all activity on the sensor level. The power dissipation drops down to about 6W. During the standby mode, the grab is stopped Once the Standby mode turned off, the Standby On Camera recovers in less than 1ms to send...

  • Page 21: 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 22: Forward/Reverse

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Full Exposure Control As the « Full Definition Enhanced » color mode is performing an internal Time delay exposure on the Four Color lines, normally, the variation of the Exposure time should not possible in this sensor mode.

  • Page 23: Test Image Pattern Selector

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.2.3 Test Image Pattern Selector This selection Defines if the data comes from the normal Sensor operation and FPGA Chain or from digital patterns generated at the end of the FPGA. This is mainly useful to detect some interfacing or connection issues.

  • Page 24: 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 25: 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...
  • Page 26 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...

  • Page 27: 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 28: 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 29 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Trigger Rescaler samples MaxSampledPeriod 20ns x granularity The MaxSampledPeriod must be as close as possible to the trigger period while still being longer rescalerSize MaxSampledPeriod = 20ns x granularity x 2 The array below gives the MaxSampledPeriod in millisecond RescalerSize granularity 8,19E-02...

  • Page 30: Digital I/O Control

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 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 The 5 following parameters are relative to the selection of the LineSelector above LineMode Define the physical line as input {Input} - Input...

  • Page 31: Counters And Timers Control

    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 32 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Counters CounterResetSource Select the signal that reset the counter: 0: Off 1: Software 2: Line0, 3: Line1 4: Line2 CounterResetActivation Select the type of activation for the counter reset source : 0: RisingEdge 1: FallingEdge 2: AnyEdge, 3: LevelHigh 4: LevelLow Timers...

  • Page 33: Counters

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.5.1 Counters Here is a following description of the counters : Clock Counter Event CounterEventSource CounterEnd CounterDuration Start / CounterTriggerSource + polarity Reset 6.2.5.2 Timers Here is a following description of the counters : Event Timer Start / TimerTriggerSource + Polarity TimerEnd...

  • Page 34: 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 35: 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 36: 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 37 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 38: Automatic Calibration

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.7.1 Automatic Calibration Some Warnings can be issued from the PRNU/FPN Calibration Process as “pixel Overflow” of “Pixel Underflow” because some pixels have been detected as too high or too low in the source image to be corrected efficiently.

  • Page 39: 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.

  • Page 40: Privilege Level

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 6.2.9 Privilege Level There are 3 privilege levels for the camera :  Factory (0) : Reserved for the Factory  Integrator (1) : Reserved for system integrators  User (2) : For all Users. The Cameras are delivered in Integrator mode. They can be locked in User mode and a specific password is required to switch back the Camera in Integrator mode.

  • Page 41: 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 42: 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 2013...

  • Page 43: Color Rgbw Fixed Pattern

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 7.2 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) 7.3 Vertical wave The Test pattern 1 is a vertical moving wave : each new line will increment of 1 gray level : Form 0 to...

  • Page 44: Appendix B: Timing Diagrams

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 8 APPENDIX B: Timing Diagrams Synchronization Modes with Variable Exposure Time Synchro Mode Line Trigger Sync = 0 CC1 or Internal Sync = 1 Exposure Time (Exposure Time) Exposure Time Programmed Programmed ITC Trigger intProg Sync = 3 Line Triggers Sync = 4 Tint...

  • Page 45: 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 46 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Label Unit µs µs 0,120 µs µsec µs e2v semiconductors SAS 2013...

  • Page 47: 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 48: Appendix D: Lenses Compatibility

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 10 APPENDIX D: Lenses Compatibility QIOPTICS (LINOS) Nominal Magnification M95 Focus tube Lens Reference Magnification Range 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 49 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color EDMUND OPTICS Working Distance Reference Nominal Magnification (at nom. Mag.) Part number NT68-222 TechSpec F4 151 mm NT68-223 TechSpec F4 1,33 X 158,5 mm NT68-224 TechSpec F4 2,0 X 129 mm NT68-225 TechSpec F4 3,0 X 110 mm Large Format Tip/Tilt Bolt Pattern Adapter, 2X NT69-235...

  • Page 50: Frame Grabbers Compliance

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 11 Frame Grabbers Compliance Brand F.G. Name Detailed Reference e2v tested Active Silicon FireBird CoaXPress FBD-4XCXP6 in PCIe x8 (Gen2) Karbon CoaXPress KBN-PCE-CXP4 On testing Bitflow Cyton CoaXPress Cyton-CXP4 To be tested Matrox Radient CoaXPress Radient eV-CXP...

  • Page 51: Appendix E: Commands Summary

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12 APPENDIX E: COMMANDS SUMMARY 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 52: Synchro And Acquisition Modes

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Feature CXP @ Size Description By default bytes MultiLineGain 0x08208 0: Set MultiLine gain to “x1” 1: Set MultiLine gain to “x1/2” : not available if SensorMode = 0 (“1S” mode) ReverseReading 0x08210 0: Set reverse reading to “disable” 1: Set reverse reading to “enable”...

  • Page 53: Scan Direction

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.4 Scan Direction Feature CXP @ Size Description By default bytes ScanDirectionMode 0x0820C 0: Set scan direction to “forward” 1: Set scan direction to “reverse” 2: Set scan direction to “Externally controlled direction via External Line on I/O Connector (0 : forward, 1 : reverse) ExternalLine 0x08570...

  • Page 54: Digital Io Control

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Feature Name CXP @ Size Bit field Description By default bytes TriggerSoftware 0x08424 Generate a software trigger to start the acquisition when trigger mode is active and trigger source is software TriggerSelector = ExposureEnd TriggerMode, … 0x08430 Same as above TriggerSoftware...

  • Page 55: Counters

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.7 Counters Feature Name CXP @ Size Bit field Description By default bytes CounterSelector Not a register Select which counter to configure {Counter1, Counter1 Counter2} CounterSelector = Counter1 CounterTriggerSource 0x084B0 [31-27] Select the signal that start (reset) the counter: 0: Off 9: ExposureStart 10: ExposureEnd...
  • Page 56 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Feature Name CXP @ Size Bit field Description By default bytes CounterResetSource 0x084C4 [31-27] Select the signal that reset the counter: 0: Off 1: Software 2: Line0, 3: Line1 4: Line2 CounterResetActivation [26-24] Select the type of activation for the counter reset RisingEdge source : 0: RisingEdge...

  • Page 57: 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 58: Rescaler

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.9 Rescaler Feature Name CXP @ Size Bit field Description By default bytes TriggerRescalerSource 0x08540 [31-30] RescalerSize (see 6.2.3.4) Bit0: 0: line0 selected for rescaler 1: line1 selected for rescaler Bit1: Bypass Rescaler TriggerRescalerMultplier [29-18] mult factor for rescaler function Rescaler will create "mult"...

  • Page 59: Flat Field Correction

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.11 Flat Field Correction Feature CXP @ Size Description By default bytes FFCEnable 0x08800 0: Disable Flat Field Correction (“False”) - In user/integrator mode : the factory FFC bank is written into the FPGA and the FFC stays enabled 1: Enable Flat Field Correction (“True”) FPNReset 0x08804...

  • Page 60: Save And Restore User Configurations

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 12.12 Save and restore User Configurations Feature CXP @ Size Description By default bytes UserSetLoad 0x08C00 Restore current UserSet from UserSet bank number <val>, from 0 to 5; <val> comes from UserSetSelector 0: Factory Bank 1,2,3,4: User Bank 5: Integrator Bank UserSetSave 0x08C04...

  • Page 61: Line Profile Average

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color Feature CXP @ Size Description By default StatusWaitForTrigger 0x08E0C Bit 0: true if camera waits for a trigger during more bytes than 1s Status trigger too fast Bit 1: true if camera trigger is too fast StatusSensorConnexion Bit 2: true if sensor pattern checking has failed Status3V7...

  • Page 62: Appendix F: Revision History

    ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color 13 APPENDIX F: Revision History Manual Comments / Details Firmware version Revision Rev A First release 1.0.4 Rev B Firmware update 1.1.0 e2v semiconductors SAS 2013...
  • Page 63 ELIIXA+® 16k/8k CXP Color e2v semiconductors SAS 2013...

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