e-con Systems See3CAM CU51, Application User'S Manual

Page 1: ...m Subject to change without notice Page 1 of 21 e con Systems India Pvt Ltd RISHABH INFO PARK RR Tower IV 7th Floor Super A 16 A 17 Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate Guindy Chennai 600 032 www e consystem...

Page 2: ...rivers 5 6 Using e CAMView 6 6 1 Devices Menu 7 6 2 Options Menu 8 6 2 1 Video Capture Filter 8 6 2 2 Video Capture Pin 10 6 2 3 Still Capture Pin 11 6 2 4 Freeze frame 12 6 3 Capture Menu 13 6 4 Exte...

Page 3: ...ajor Changes Author Initial Draft 13 August 2014 Initial Draft Raghavan N S 1 1 28 November 2014 Updated Product name updated 120 fps in VGA and changed extension menu image Raghavan N S 1 2 24 Decemb...

Page 4: ...n will receive the 12bits of greyscale information for every pixel The application developer gets the very high resolution 12bpp data for every pixel for performing accurate image processing functions...

Page 5: ...steps to initialize the device with the host computer Connect the one end of the USB 3 0 cable to the USB 3 0 connector provided at the back of See3CAM_CU51 and connect the other end to the USB 3 0 h...

Page 6: ...CAMView This version of e CAMView comes with a set of features that can be used to attain the full functionality of See3CAM_CU51 The Menu bar at the top contains few menu items and the lower status ba...

Page 7: ...video device which is currently streaming By default See3CAM_CU51 device will be indicated by the name See3CAM_CU51 In case any other video device is connected such as on board webcam etc the e CAMVi...

Page 8: ...e Still Capture Pin to select various still image resolutions supported by the device Freeze frame freeze the preview The details of each of these options are described below 6 2 1 Video Capture Filte...

Page 9: ...ased by increasing the gain of the camera and hence at higher gain values higher brightness values the camera image noise will also be very high and can be easily noticed Figure 4 Brightness full in l...

Page 10: ...x The frame rate supported by the current resolution will appear in the Frame Rate text box Currently See3CAM_CU51 supports one format 1 Y16 format 640 x 480 binned from 5 MP at 54 fps in USB 3 0 and...

Page 11: ...ion can be taken from any preview resolution The e CAMView application will save the images in RAW format RAW format in the user specified location To change the resolution the user can select any one...

Page 12: ...be used to freeze the current previewing frame This can be done by clicking on the Freeze Frame option from the Options menu To resume the normal preview the user should uncheck the Freeze Frame opti...

Page 13: ...the images will be saved By default the e CAMView will set the Desktop as the image storage path for easy access but the user can change to any location by using the still path option To take an image...

Page 14: ...can be used to see the current firmware version To select the Master mode click on the MASTER MODE button and click OK Similarly to select the Trigger mode click on the TRIGGER MODE button and click...

Page 15: ...olled through extension unit menu and will be applied when the image is captured The still image pin can be configured for the required still capture resolution The still image capture can be done in...

Page 16: ...on the GPIO connector and the camera will start exposing on the trigger signal The external trigger pulse on the GPIO connector must have a pulse duration equal to that of the required exposure so the...

Page 17: ...06 August 2015 www e consystems com Subject to change without notice Page 17 of 21 6 5 Help Menu The Help Menu can be used to obtain the current version information of e CAMView application installed...

Page 18: ...p 7 2 Selecting image properties Once the application is installed the user can open the image by double clicking it Irfanview will show a property page indicating the properties to be selected In thi...

Page 19: ...See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06 August 2015 www e consystems com Subject to change without notice Page 19 of 21 Figure 12 Irfan view properties...

Page 20: ...6 August 2015 www e consystems com Subject to change without notice Page 20 of 21 8 Comparison of binned VGA and FULL FOV 5MP This comparison shows the FOV conservation in binned VGA Figure 13 VGA Ful...

Page 21: ...e Page 21 of 21 Figure 14 5MP Full FOV Image Resized to fit in document 9 Conclusion This document provides the basic steps involved in using the e CAMView application and See3CAM_CU51 in the appropri...