CAMERA LINK ADIMEC-1000m, Operating And Technical Manual

Page 1: ...ADIMEC 1000m O p e r a t i n g a n d T e c h n i c a l M a n u a l ...

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Page 3: ...n a database or retrieval system or published in any other form or way electronically mechanically by print photoprint microfilm or any other means without prior written permission from the publisher All correspondence regarding copyrights translations Adimec Advanced Image Systems B V PO Box 7909 Luchthavenweg 91 5605 SH Eindhoven 5657 EA Eindhoven The Netherlands The Netherlands Tel 31 40 235392...

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Page 5: ... a minimum read chapters 1 2 and 3 carefully because they contain information that is important to As a minimum read chapters 1 2 and 3 carefully because they contain information that is important to As a minimum read chapters 1 2 and 3 carefully because they contain information that is important to prevent damage to the camera prevent damage to the camera prevent damage to the camera prevent dama...

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Page 7: ... 4 Maintenance 15 2 2 5 Repair and modification 15 2 2 6 Mounting Mechanical 15 3 INSTALLATION _______________________________________________________________________ 17 3 1 Connection diagram 17 3 1 1 Camera power connector 17 3 1 2 Camera power cable 17 3 2 System integration 18 3 2 1 General 18 3 2 2 Mechanical Installation 18 3 2 3 Electrical Installation 18 3 3 Quick start 19 3 3 1 Controllin...

Page 8: ...2 14 Options 35 4 2 15 Image format Partial Scan 40 4 2 16 CC1 polarity 42 4 2 17 Camera operating modes 42 4 2 18 Frame period in continuous mode 43 4 2 19 Integration time in continuous mode 44 5 MODES OF OPERATION _______________________________________________________________ 47 5 1 Continuous modes 47 5 2 Control mode 47 5 3 Optional Delayed Transfer mode 48 5 4 Shutter operation during image...

Page 9: ... 56 7 6 Communication timing 56 7 7 Host system requirements 56 8 CAMERA LINK PORTS _________________________________________________________________ 59 9 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SUMMARY __________________________________________________ 61 10 MECHANICAL OUTLINE DRAWING _______________________________________________________ 65 ...

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Page 11: ...res Interline Transfer CCD 1004x1004 active pixels Spectral sensitivity centered in green with sensitivity up to 900 nm 30 5 frames per second at full resolution for Adimec 1000m S 50 5 frames per second at full resolution for Adimec 1000m D Partial Scan possible for even higher readout speeds Vertical binning 8 or 10 bit readout mode 12 bit optional Optional Digital Fine Gain Optional Delayed Tra...

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Page 13: ... The following safety symbol is applicable to and indicated on the camera Symbol for Conformiteé European 2 2 Handling 2 2 1 General In order to prevent damage to the camera and to keep the CCD clean please take the following precautions Always keep the lens cap in place as long as no lens is attached Remove the lens cap just before the lens is screwed on the camera It is advised to perform this o...

Page 14: ...y of the lens is preferably performed in a clean room or clean bench Never try to clean the CCD at a relative humidity lower than 30 A relative humidity of 40 or higher is preferred in order to minimize the chance of damage due to ESD It is advisable to use an ionizer in order to minimize the built up of ESD Be sure to clean the C mount of the lens before assembly Use non fluffing Q tips and Alcoh...

Page 15: ...ront 6 6 6 6 Install a lens switch the camera on set the lens at a small aperture F16 and point the lens at a bright source Adjust gain and integration time if necessary 7 7 7 7 Check the image on the monitor for dark spots and stripes caused by contamination on the CCD cover glass Note that the image on the monitor should not saturate due to over exposure if necessary close the iris even further ...

Page 16: ...14 Figure 2 1 4 crosshead screws that hold the lensmount front view of the camera ...

Page 17: ...1 C C C Connectors onnectors onnectors onnectors Take care during handling of the camera The Camera Link connector and the power connector should not be damaged The maximum tightening torque for the Camera Link connector may not exceed 0 26 Nm Prevent the entry of foreign objects or dirt to the connectors as this will result in unreliable operation or damage 2 2 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 6 2 Mountin...

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Page 19: ...nder series 712 type 99 0402 70 02 90 degrees angle Figure 3 1 Adimec 1000m Power Connector Rear Side view of the camera Pin Name Function 01 12 Vdc Camera power 02 dc return Camera power Connecting power with the wrong polarity will blow the fuse inside the camera 3 1 2 Camera power cable The Adimec 1000m can be delivered with a power cable 2 meter as accessory Adimec part no 102830 12 Vdc Return...

Page 20: ...al Installation The camera has mounting holes in the top bottom and both side of the front for system integration Pay attention to the maximum length of the mounting screws of the camera They should not screw in more than 5 mm in the camera front Too long screws can damage parts in the camera see chapter 10 for more details To prevent defects on Camera Link connector tighten the connector with a m...

Page 21: ...inuous Mode 3 3 1 Controlling the camera with the Windows application For your convenience the camera is delivered with a Windows based control application Running under WIN95 98 XP NT and 2000 Using this program you can interactively change the camera settings This program can be found on the floppy disk in the A Control Windows directory It can be run from the floppy disk or you can copy the dir...

Page 22: ...e Binning control Set digital gain Indication of readout area of CCD Switch test pattern on or off Save current settings as Power up default settings Load power up defaults Set output resolution Set communications preference Readout mode CC1 signal polarity Normal or mirrored Readout frame period and Integration time Partial scan control ...

Page 23: ... or mirrored Readout frame period and Integration time Partial scan control Communication state Communication per Camera Link Camera type serial number and build state Binning control Set digital gain Indication of readout area of CCD Switch test pattern on or off Save current settings as Power up default settings Load power up defaults Set output resolution ...

Page 24: ...ed values labels such as calibration data specific settings position in the application etc Data can be saved as a maximum of 15 integers and a maximum of 15 strings Figure 3 4 User storage screen of the windows based application Load Save settings as default ...

Page 25: ...escribes the main functions and features of the camera using a simplified block diagram 4 1 Block diagram Figure 4 1 shows a simplified block diagram of the Adimec 1000m S camera Figure 4 2 shows a simplified block diagram of the Adimec 1000m D camera Figure 4 1 Block diagram of Adimec 1000m S camera module ...

Page 26: ...etween brackets in the block diagram correspond to the command that is used to control the module concerned The CCD output is amplified and digitized In case of the Adimec 1000m D camera the gain differences between the two CCD outputs is corrected with an analog gain correction AG ...

Page 27: ...k Port specifications The blanking width is set to pass only the 1004 active pixels line or to pass all 1024 pixels including the 2 10 black pixels on each side of the line with overscan on OS The CCD and processing control generates the pulse patterns for the CCD The readout format is programmed using the FM command The image capture control block determines the acquisition mode One can select be...

Page 28: ... camera with the Windows based control application we suggest that you read the following paragraphs as they explain the features of the camera which commands to use and which limitations apply 4 2 1 Command parameters All commands are composed of a command keyword and the required parameters for that specific command Parameters for the camera command set are signed integer values Other parameter ...

Page 29: ... edge FMx y z Image format x vertical offset in CCD lines y vertical image size z vertical binning setting x 0 876 y 128 1004 z 0 binning off z 1 binning on FPx Frame period time for continuous mode x frame period units of 10 µs x 1 4000 GAx Digital gain x digital gain setting x 1 2 4 8 In case of models without Digital Fine Gain option x 100 800 100 1x 250 2 5x etc Valid for models with Digital F...

Page 30: ...on x gray scale setting in bit x 8 10 and 12 if the 12 bit option is enabled OSx Horizontal overscan x overscan setting x 0 overscan disabled x 1 overscan enabled If the command is stated with a question mark the camera will reply with the current parameter setting Remaining commands Command Description BS Get camera build state ID Get camera type serial number ERR Get last error result FD Load fa...

Page 31: ...ault settings are stored as power up default settings The user may however change the default settings without losing the factory default settings The FD command loads the factory default settings They can be stored as power up default setting using the SC command Command syntax FD Command syntax SC Factory Default settings Code Settings A 1000m S Settings A 1000m D Description AG 0 FA FA Factory ...

Page 32: ...ttings is described in the next paragraphs 4 2 5 Obtaining the camera identification string The camera identification string is stored in the camera and can be read with the ID command The reply message is a string that starts with a double quote where x stands for the camera type and zzzzzz stand for the serial number of the camera Command syntax ID Return Message Adimec 1000m xy y S N zzzzzz x i...

Page 33: ...nd programmable logic devices They are of low importance to you as a user as any change that will influence the functionality of the camera will result in a camera issue change 4 2 7 Error checking The communication protocol itself does not check the content of a message The error result of a message should therefore be read back from the camera Command syntax ERR The ERR command returns a single ...

Page 34: ...a Command syntax MI 4 2 9 Black Level The black level is regulated automatically to the black level set point for both outputs eliminating temperature drift and dark current offset errors when switching between long and shorter integration time The black level set point can be set for each individual CCD output Command syntax BLx y x 12 bit black level setpoint for the left output y 12 bit black l...

Page 35: ...e read back from the camera Command syntax BL For the Adimec 1000m S only the left black level set point applies x 4 2 10 Analog gain correction only applicable for the Adimec 1000m D Due to production processes of the CCD sensor the two outputs of the CCD sensor may not necessarily have the exact same gain Adimec utilizes a real time automatic correction to match the left and right channel at roo...

Page 36: ...ection values are changed the factory values can be restored by the FD command Offset errors due to a different analog gain between the two output processing stages are automatically corrected by the black loop The current set analog gain correction value can be read back from the camera Command syntax AG Left and right apply to the image halves when viewed with the normal horizontal readout direc...

Page 37: ...pplies on the horizontal timing and data contents of the image The blanking as well as the Camera Link LVAL timing is set to pass 1004 active image pixels or to pass all the 1024 pixels including the 2 10 dark pixels on the left and right side of the image See chapter 6 for more details on the Video Timing Command syntax OSx x 0 Overscan function disabled 1004 Pixels per image line x 1 Overscan fu...

Page 38: ...age of the camera in the mode the camera is currently working The camera will continue working in the selected mode but instead of the usual image an artificial image is displayed Binning and mirror settings are not functional Note that this image is inserted before the digital gain stage It is developed with gain 1 The figure on the next page shows the test image with the camera working in 12 bit...

Page 39: ...37 Figure 4 2 Test Image ...

Page 40: ...ranteed performance 4 4 4 4 The inner image has a value of 0 black with a set of three grayscale blocks The block at the top consists of 16 gray areas changing in intensity with 255 gray levels up to and including 100 white The block at the bottom is the same but then mirrored The middle block contains all gray levels available from 0 up to and including 100 white The block exists of 32 rows 8 pix...

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Page 42: ...readout from the camera is user programmable When a higher frame rate is required the vertical resolution may be decreased for a faster readout of the image captured Partial Scan and or vertical binning achieve this When using partial scan only a programmed number of lines are readout from the CCD The unwanted lines are dumped and will not appear on the Camera Link output Also performing vertical ...

Page 43: ...possible When the vertical offset is set for a too large value with respect to the specified vertical image size the vertical offset is automatically set to the maximum possible value When changing the image the camera verifies the current frame period for the continuous mode and adjusts these when the current values are not possible with the selected image format When the frame period is too smal...

Page 44: ...ing the asynchronous mode x 0 Reversed polarity exchange the effect of the rising and falling edge of the CC1 signal The current selected CC1 polarity can also be read back from the camera Command syntax EP After the EP command is received the pending operations like the readout of a captured image in delayed control or delayed transfer mode are executed These pending operations are first complete...

Page 45: ... mode are verified for the selected mode of operation When the frame period is set for a too small value it is set to the minimum value possible Thereafter the frame period and the integration period is verified When the integration period is set for a too large value it is automatically set to the maximum value allowed 4 2 18 Frame period in continuous mode In continuous mode mode 0 mode 4 the fr...

Page 46: ...n working in a different than continuous mode the period time is stored The setting will become active when the camera is set to continuous mode 4 2 19 Integration time in continuous mode The integration time in continuous mode is set in units of 10 µs Command syntax ITx IntegrationTime x 10 µs 35 7 µs The camera checks the specified integration period When the Integration Period is set for a too ...

Page 47: ...command only effects the integration period in the continuous mode When operating in a different than continuous mode the value is stored The settings will become active when the camera is set to continuous mode ...

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Page 49: ...ode The control mode is a fully asynchronous operating mode The CC1 pulse is used as an external signal to control the image capture process In control mode a rising edge of CC1 starts a shutter operation SH that resets the light sensitive image pixels A falling edge on CC1 starts the image transfer ITR followed by the readout of the integrated image in the desired image format The timing of the c...

Page 50: ...en the two images in this mode is the time to complete an image transfer which is 65 4 µs When operating in this mode the external system must be able to control the scene lighting In the delayed transfer mode a rising edge on CC1 starts the shutter operation like in the control mode A successive falling edge on CC1 starts an image transfer The first integrated image is now stored in CCD storage r...

Page 51: ... For For For During the image transfer ITR shutter operation is not desired Each shutter request during this period is delayed until the image transfer ITR is completed During the first 156 1 µs of the image readout no shutter operation is allowed Each shutter request during this period is delayed until the first 156 1 µs of the image readout is completed During the rest of the image readout a shu...

Page 52: ...cuting an image transfer or image readout the shutter operation is executed immediately Note that during the shutter operation image readout is halted until the shutter operation is completed 5 5 Image transfer request prior to image readout completion When operating in asynchronous mode the camera will ignore the event that triggers an image transfer while it is still busy with image readout ...

Page 53: ...eo at TAP A is given in Figure 6 2 for Adimec 1000m S for modes 0 1 3 with overscan The Camera Link horizontal video timing at TAP A B is given in Figure 6 3 for Adimec 1000m D for modes 4 5 7 without overscan The Camera Link horizontal video timing at TAP A B is given in Figure 6 4 for Adimec 1000m D for modes 4 5 7 with overscan Figure 6 1 Adimec 1000m S without overscan Figure 6 2 Adimec 1000m ...

Page 54: ...2 Figure 6 3 Adimec 1000m D without overscan Figure 6 4 Adimec 1000m D with overscan 6 2 Vertical timing The vertical video timing for both Adimec 1000m S and Adimec 1000m D modes is given in Figure 6 5 ...

Page 55: ...gnal is not a continuous signal and that the time between successive LVAL periods tHBLK in the timing diagram is not fixed but depends on the image format and possibly inserted shutter operation See paragraph 5 4 for more details on Shutter Operations during image readout ...

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Page 57: ...communication protocol The host system is master in the communication link All actions are initiated by the host system The camera only replies on messages received from the host system The correct COM Port should be set in the console ini file 7 1 Data link settings The data link settings that shall be used for communication with the Adimec 1000m camera are Baudrate 57600 baud Stop bit 1 Data bit...

Page 58: ...to the camera that requires data to be transmitted back to the host system this data is packed in a message and send to the host system after the positive acknowledgement ACK character When the camera responds with a NAK character no data is send back to the host system 7 6 Communication timing The time between the successive characters making up a message is not limited The camera however when tr...

Page 59: ...ponse or no response must be limited by a retry count to prevent lock up When after the maximum number of retries of the transmitted message the camera is still responding with a NAK character the communications channel should be considered as malfunctioning or too noisy When after the maximum number of retries of the transmitted message the camera is still not responding the communication channel...

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Page 61: ...amera Link port TAP A 7 0 Port A 7 0 TAP B 7 0 Port B 7 0 Figure 8 1 8 bit Camera Link mapping Mode Active camera output Camera Link port TAP A 9 8 TAP A 7 0 Port B 1 0 Port A 7 0 TAP B 9 8 TAP B 7 0 Port B 5 4 Port C 7 0 Figure 8 2 10 bit Camera Link mapping Mode Active camera output Camera Link port TAP A 11 8 TAP A 7 0 Port B 3 0 Port A 7 0 TAP B 11 8 TAP B 7 0 Port B 7 4 Port C 7 0 Figure 8 3 ...

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Page 63: ...s Automatic rearranging of pixels of second CCD output to form one line Controlling the camera Communication via Camera Link cable with internal microcontroller for controlling the camera Line speed or 57K6 Baud All functions are fully software controlled Power up defaults user programmable in NVRAM Operating modes Continuous Control and optional Delayed Transfer mode Frame rate 30 5 fps progressi...

Page 64: ...Efficiency 0 00 0 05 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 35 0 40 0 45 0 50 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 Wavelength nm Quantum Efficiency Figure 9 1 Typical QE curve including optical fill factor ...

Page 65: ...diode on power input Power connector Use female cable connector Binder series 712 type 99 0402 00 02 straight or 99 0402 70 02 90 degrees angle Power dissipation 5 Watt Electrical interface Camera conforms to Camera Link specification of Camera Link Interface Standard for Digital Cameras and Frame Grabbers Version 1 1 January 2004 Maximum cable length Camera Link 10 meter Grounding C 220 nF R 82 k...

Page 66: ... storage Temperature 25o C 65o C Vibration 10 g sinusoidal 5 150 Hz Shock 25 g in all directions Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing relative humidity Environmental operation Temperature 10o C 40o C Vibration 3 g sinusoidal 5 150 Hz Shock 10 g in all directions Humidity 20 to 80 non condensing relative humidity EMC EMI Complies to requirements of EN61000 6 2 and EN61000 6 3 ...

Page 67: ...65 10 MECHANICAL OUTLINE DRAWING Figure 10 1 Mechanical Outline drawing ...