Sony XCD-SX910, Technical Manual

Page 1: ... 2003 Sony Corporation Digital Video Camera Module A BS3 100 12 1 Technical Manual XCD SX910CR X710CR Color model XCD SX910 X710 Black and white model ...

Page 2: ...ynchronization 13 ExposureOut 13 White Balance XCD SX910CR X710CR only 14 Hue XCD SX910CR X710CR only 14 Optical Filter XCD SX910CR X710CR only 14 Control XCD SX910CR SX910 X710CR X710 Camera Command Status Register 15 Memory Map 15 ConfigROM 16 Control Base Address 18 Inquiring Supported Video Modes 18 Video Mode Settings 20 Starting Stopping Video Transfer ContinuousShot 20 OneShot and MultiShot...

Page 3: ...onous transmission which transmits data real time for up to 64 channels Connectors can be inserted and disconnected while the unit is turned on and no terminators and no ID settings such as those necessary for the SCSI interface are required The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc Main Features The XCD SX910CR SX910 video camera module utilizes a 1 2 type PS IT CCD and the XCD X7...

Page 4: ...an operations can be carried out even without the input of an external trigger C mount High vibration resistance structure Binning The unit is equipped with a Binning mode which increases the frame rate and increases the sensitivity based on mixing the pixel data on the CCD imager The XCD SX910 provides a screen size of 640 480 and on screen movement at 30 fps is available the XCD X710 provides a ...

Page 5: ...ents The XCD SX910CR SX910 Video Camera Module system comprises the following components Video Camera Module XCD SX910CR SX910 IEEE1394 Cable 6 pin 4 5 m C mount Lens VF2509 Canon Host Adapter Card Commercially available Tripod Adapter VCT ST70I Isolated type ...

Page 6: ... XCD SX910CR X710CR XCD SX910 X710 Digital Interface Connection Diagram C mount Lens Recommended Lens VF2509 Canon XCD SX910CR SX910 Tripod Adapter VCT ST70I IEEE1394 Cable Host Adapter Card Host Equipment PC etc ...

Page 7: ...s Screw the tripod adaptor VCT ST70I into the four screw holes when you use a tripod Digital Interface 3 4 1 2 3 TRIG IN TRIG IN TRIG GND 5 7 6 Rear Panel Front Top Bottom 1 2 5 CAMERA connector Connect the IEEE1394 camera cable supplied to this connector 6 Pilot lamp This lamp indicates the camera module operation states OFF Camera power OFF Green Camera power ON Video signal output OFF Orange Ca...

Page 8: ...CD SX900 and XCD X700 in Gain settings Shutter This camera allows both Manual and Auto Shutter setting The variable range extends from 10 microseconds to 17 5 seconds relative control values are indicated by a 12 bit integer and absolute control values are indicated using a 32 bit floating point value The shutter settings for the XCD SX910CR SX910 and XCD X710CR X710 are the same but these setting...

Page 9: ...tically adjusts the gain and shutter settings based on the brightness of the subject When this function is used make sure the video mode is set to one of the following modes This function is not effective in any other modes XCD SX910CR SX910 Format2Mode2 1280 960 15 fps TriggerOFF XCD X710CR X710 Format1Mode5 1024 768 30 fps TriggerOFF Trigger Shutter Trigger shutter is useful for capturing images...

Page 10: ...e variable ranges for the mode The values in parentheses are the initial settings Memory Channels This camera is equipped with two channels non volatile memory to hold camera settings The settings of all camera features and the video mode can be stored The camera memorizes the channel most recently used to read out the setting information and retains it even if the power is turned off Therefore th...

Page 11: ...on Horizontal Horizontal Direction The unit size of both the XCD SX910CR SX910 and the XCD X710CR X710 is 1 256th of the whole screen divided into 16 sections horizontally and vertically The partial scan mode for the XCD SX910CR SX910 and the XCD X710CR X710 has had a partial read out function added and there is a frame rate speed up feature for use when the vertical width of the cut out is small ...

Page 12: ...en below XCD SX910 XCD X710 Format7Mode1 640 480 512 384 2 2 binning Mono8 30 15 fps Mono8 50 25 fps Mono16 15 7 5 fps Mono16 25 12 5 fps Format7Mode2 1280 480 1024 384 1 2 binning Mono8 30 15 fps Mono8 50 25 fps Mono16 15 7 5 fps Mono16 25 12 5 fps Partial scan is not available in Binning Mode Be careful If the exposure time is set slower than the frame rate in the shutter setting the frame rate ...

Page 13: ...2 5 1536 Mono8 15 2752 Mode3 7 5 1376 Mono16 7 5 2752 3 75 1376 Mono8 15 2048 Mode4 7 5 1024 Mono16 7 5 2048 3 75 1024 1394 Bus Synchronization Timing used to start exposure is synchronized with the 1394 bus time cycle register If cameras are connected in a bus connection they are automatically synchronized in a 1394 bus operation As 400 Mbps frequency area restriction can affect the synchronizati...

Page 14: ...two gains to standardize the signal levels of R G and B Hue XCD SX910CR X710CR only You can adjust the G gain Use this feature when you cannot obtain the correct white balance using the R and B gain Optical Filter XCD SX910CR X710CR only You can change the Bayer patterns by moving the starting position from which to output pixel data by one position up down right or left ...

Page 15: ...r of bits that can be allocated to the camera as address space is 24 bits The bus and node IDs may be changed if the topology is re structured because of bus reset so only the least significant 32 address bits are shown in this User s Guide Address Register F0000000 Base address F0000400 ConfigROM area F0F00000 Base addresses for camera commands F0F00000 CameraInitialize F0F00100 Video Format Inq ...

Page 16: ...dress is required to be 424h 000004h 4 434h For offset address 434h the length of the UnitDirectory is 3 Quadlets UnitSpecID 00A02Dh conforms to 1394TA standards UnitSoftwareVersion 000102h conforms to IIDC Standards Version 1 30 The offset address of UnitDependentInfo is required to be 440h 000001h 4 444h Offset 0 7 8 15 16 23 24 31 Bus 400h 04 1F ROM CRC Info 404h 31 33 39 34 Block 408h 20 FF 60...

Page 17: ...xt For the XCD X710CR X710 the15 characters are XCD X710 v1 00A Model names are subject to change with the upgrade of firmwares Offset 0 7 8 15 16 23 24 31 Unit 444h 0003 CRC Dependent 448h 40 3C 00 00 CommandRegsBase Info 44ch 81 00 00 02 VendorNameLeaf 450h 82 00 00 05 ModelNameLeaf VendorNameLeaf Offset 0 7 8 15 16 23 24 31 Vendor 454h 0003 CRC Name 448h 00 00 00 00 Leaf 44ch 00 00 00 00 450h 5...

Page 18: ...Data Address XCD SX910CR SX910 XCD X710CR X710 F0F00100h E1000000h C1000000h We find that the XCD SX910CR SX910 supports Format0 1 2 7 and the XCD X710CR X710 supports Format0 1 7 Next for each format we will find out which video modes are supported Format0 Data Address XCD SX910CR SX910 XCD X710CR X710 F0F00180h 06000000h 06000000h We find video modes 5 and 6 of Format0 are supported Format1 Data...

Page 19: ... Mono16 a a 1 2 800 600 Mono8 a a 5 1024 768 Mono8 a a a a 6 800 600 Mono16 a a 7 1024 768 Mono16 a a a 2 2 1280 960 Mono8 a a a a 6 1280 960 Mono16 a a a FrameRate Format Mode ImageSize ColorCoding 30 15 7 5 3 75 1 875 0 5 640 480 Mono8 a a a a 6 640 480 Mono16 a a a 1 2 800 600 Mono8 a a a 5 1024 768 Mono8 a a a a a 6 800 600 Mono16 a a a 7 1024 768 Mono16 a a a a XCD X710CR X710 ...

Page 20: ... ContinuousShot In the device driver after the preparations for receiving isochronous data are made video transfer starts when the following commands are issued Address Data F0F00614h 80000000h When the following command is issued video transfer stops Address Data F0F00614h 00000000h OneShot and MultiShot This camera supports both OneShot and MultiShot commands With a OneShot command after outputt...

Page 21: ... information in Ch 2 The settings of the camera features and the video mode can be stored The camera memorizes the channel most recently used to read out the setting information using non volatile memory Then the information in that channel will be loaded when the power is turned on the next time The video mode settings are loaded only when the power is turned on If you read out Memory Channels du...

Page 22: ...035 dB per step Trigger Sets external trigger mode Trigger Mode 0 and 1are available Software Trigger Mode in which triggers can be output by software Pan Tilt Sets CCD output range both horizontal Pan and vertical Tilt The video mode predetermines the variable range Not available in Partial Scan Mode Format7 Mode0 Brightness Adjusts the black level precisely The XCD SX910CR X710CR supports the fo...

Page 23: ...ng can be selected 8 19 Min 0 20 31 Max 127 F0F00510h 8B1803FFh 0 This feature exists Hue 4 The value can be read out XCD SX910CR X710CR only 7 Manual setting can be selected 8 19 Min 0 20 31 Max 63 F0F0051Ch CB003424h 0 This feature exists Shutter 1 Absolute value control possible 4 The value can be read out 6 Auto setting can be selected 7 Manual setting can be selected 8 19 Min 3 20 31 Max 1060...

Page 24: ...nually F0F00888 82000xxx Sets Tilt manually See page 25 Indicates an arbitrary value using a 32 bit floating point value White Balance control XCD SX910CR X710CR only Address Data F0F0080C 82bbbrrr Sets R and B Gain bbb sets B Gain rrr sets R Gain Hue G Gain control XCD SX910CR X710CR only Address Data F0F00810 82000ddd Sets G Gain Optical Filter control Bayer pattern selection XCD SX910CR X710CR ...

Page 25: ...shutter control register address Absolute value shutter control CSR offset address Address Data F0F0071C 003C025C Absolute value shutter control CSR offset The register address for absolute value shutter control is given by the following formula F0000000h 003C025Ch 4 F0F00970h ...

Page 26: ...of 640 480 and color coding set to 8 bit Black White Mode the packet size is set to maximum in order to capture the image at the highest speed Start Set the format Check available modes Set the mode Obtain a CSR offset address Go to Step 2 Write E0000000h in F0F00608h Set the format to 7 Read F0F0019Ch F8000000h is returned thus Mode0 to Mode4 are available Write 00000000h in F0F00604h Set the Mod...

Page 27: ...d thus the unit size is 80 60 Therefore the screen can be divided into 256 sections 16 16 vertically and horizontally Read F0F10014h 84000000h is returned thus Mono8 and Mono16 are available Write 018000F0h in F0F10008h Horizontal position 320 Vertical position 240 Write 028001E0h in F0F1000Ch Width 640 Height 480 Write 00000000h in F0F10010h Mono8 0 Write C0000000h in F0F1007Ch Read F0F1007Ch Wai...

Page 28: ...F0F10038 3Ch Total byte of effective image is obtained Now image transmission is ready Send a video start command to output images Read F0F10040h Packet size that can be set is obtained 1 200 minimum and 2 400 maximum for this camera Write 09600960h in F0F10044h PacketSize 2400 Read F0F1007Ch Check that Bit 9 is not set If an error occurs the PacketSize was wrong Try other settings Read F0F10048h ...

Page 29: ...nd it cannot capture the correct image Make sure that the following conditions are met when the trigger is activated Appendix However partial activation can be used if the following conditions are exceeded Refer to the table on pages 33 and 34 T T 3 When AE is not available The camera loads the AE function that controls Gain and Shutter automatically However the function works properly in the Norm...

Page 30: ...e camera can perform BlockRead operations for any sequence of consecutive registers even though the registers are not available for BlockWrite operations In Format 7 CSR for example BlockWrite operations are prohibited because Format 7 CSR requires a process for setting the register However BlockRead is possible in Format 7 CSR 8 Note on the isochronous control register The BlockWrite operations a...

Page 31: ...1024 Mono8 16 XCD X710CR X710 1024 768 Mono8 16 512 384 Mono8 16 1024 384 Mono8 16 Partial scan function 16 16 256 sections Lens mount C mount Flange back 17 526 mm Minimum illumination XCD SX910CR X710CR 20 lx F0 95 Gain 18 dB G ch XCD SX910 X710 4 lx F0 95 Gain 24 dB Brightness Adjustable Gamma γ 1 Fixed CCD Iris ON OFF Shutter 1 100 000 to 17 5 s Absolute value control possible Gain XCD SX910CR...

Page 32: ...2 1280 480 Mono16 15 7 5 fps 3 1376 1024 Mono8 15 7 5 fps 3 1376 1024 Mono16 7 5 3 75 fps 4 1024 1024 Mono8 15 7 5 fps 4 1024 1024 Mono16 7 5 3 75 fps Video modes supported XCD SX910CR SX910 Fixed format Free format FrameRate Format Mode ImageSize ColorCoding 30 15 7 5 3 75 1 875 0 5 640 480 Mono8 a a a a 6 640 480 Mono16 a a a 1 2 800 600 Mono8 a a a 5 1024 768 Mono8 a a a a a 6 800 600 Mono16 a ...

Page 33: ...3 21 6 29 7 33 6 64 720 48 0 20 8 31 4 31 9 64 768 49 7 20 1 33 0 30 2 ImageWidth ImageHeight Frequency of trigger Hz 1024 48 59 9 1024 96 59 9 1024 144 59 9 1024 192 59 9 1024 240 59 9 1024 288 59 9 1024 336 56 1 1024 384 51 3 1024 432 47 2 1024 480 43 7 1024 528 40 8 1024 576 38 2 1024 624 35 9 1024 672 33 8 1024 720 32 1024 768 30 2 Notes on the frame rates in Partial Scan Mode The following ta...

Page 34: ... 3 48 7 20 6 80 660 68 1 14 7 51 5 19 4 80 720 70 9 14 1 54 3 18 4 80 780 73 7 13 6 57 1 17 5 80 840 76 5 13 1 59 9 16 7 80 900 79 3 12 6 62 7 15 9 80 960 82 2 12 2 65 6 15 3 ImageWidth ImageHeight Frequency of trigger Hz 1280 60 59 8 1280 120 52 0 1280 180 44 8 1280 240 39 7 1280 300 35 7 1280 360 32 5 1280 420 30 1 1280 480 27 6 1280 540 25 6 1280 600 23 6 1280 660 22 2 1280 720 20 4 1280 780 18...

Page 35: ...umber of effective pixels 1 392 H 1 040 V Number of output pixels 1 376 H 1 024 V Max XCD X710CR X710 Total number of pixels 1 077 H 788 V Number of effective pixels 1 034 H 779 V Number of output pixels 1 024 H 768 V 8 1434 1392 40 1376 8 2 8 1050 1040 8 2 Pin 1 1024 8 Pin 11 8 1077 1034 40 1024 2 3 8 788 779 7 2 Pin 1 768 3 Pin 11 ...

Page 36: ...ty Relative Response Parameters Without lens and light source parameters XCD SX910 X710 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 1 0 Wave Length nm Relative Response 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 XCD SX910CR X710CR Relative Response 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 1 Wave Length nm 400 500 600 700 R G B ...

Page 37: ...37 Appendix XCD SX910CR X710CR XCD SX910 X710 Dimensions Unit mm 2 M3 depth 4 25 26 33 26 108 5 13 25 13 44 8 116 32 75 4 M2 depth 3 4 M3 depth 4 ...