XIMEA xiQ series, Technical Manual

Page 1: ...xiQ ksi kju or sai kju USB 3 0 camera series Technical Manual Version 1 02 July 1st 2013 ...

Page 2: ...se collaboration with customers XIMEA has developed a broad spectrum of technologies and cutting edge highly competitive products XIMEA s camera centric technology portfolio comprises a broad spectrum of digital technologies from data interfaces such as FireWire USB 2 0 and USB 3 0 to cooled digital cameras with CCD and CMOS sensors as well as smart cameras with embedded PCs and X ray cameras XIME...

Page 3: ...cal fast transient burst immunity test EN 61000 4 6 2009 Immunity to conducted disturbances induced by radio frequency fields EN 61000 6 1 2007 Generic standards Immunity for residential commercial and light industrial environments 1 3 2 For customers in the US FCC Conformity The xiQ cameras described in this manual have been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC rules which states th...

Page 4: ...ovides an agnostic transport layer interface to acquire images or other data and to communicate with a device Each XIMEA camera can be GenTL Producer 1 4 Helpful Links XIMEAHomepage http www ximea com xiQ USB3 Vision Camera Zone http www ximea com usb3zone USB3 Hardware Compatibility http www ximea com support wiki usb3 Compatible_hardware xiAPI stable versions download https www ximea com support...

Page 5: ...14 2 7 Options 14 2 8 Accessories 15 3 Hardware Specification 16 3 1 Power Supply 16 3 2 General Specification 16 3 2 1 Environment 16 3 2 2 Firmware Host driver API features 16 3 3 Lens Mount 17 3 3 1 Screws 17 3 4 Optical path 18 3 4 1 Monochrome and near infrared extended camera models 18 3 4 2 Color camera models 18 3 5 Model Specific Characteristics 19 3 5 1 MQ003xG CM 19 3 5 1 1 Sensor and c...

Page 6: ...echanical drawings CS mount without C CS mount module B 31 3 5 4 5 Referenced documents 32 3 5 4 6 Sensor features 32 3 5 5 MQ042xG CM 33 3 5 5 1 Sensor and camera parameters 33 3 5 5 2 Quantum efficiency curves 34 3 5 5 3 Mechanical drawings C mount with C CS mount module B 35 3 5 5 4 Mechanical drawings CS mount without C CS mount module B 35 3 5 5 5 Referenced documents 36 3 5 5 6 Sensor featur...

Page 7: ...8 4 2 Video Formats 58 4 2 1 Full Resolution 58 4 2 2 ROIs Region Of Interest 58 4 2 3 Downsampling Modes 59 4 2 3 1 Binning 59 4 2 3 2 Skipping 59 4 2 4 Color and Mono Modes 59 4 3 Acquisition modes 60 4 3 1 Free Run 60 4 3 2 Triggered Acquisition 60 4 3 2 1 Software Trigger 60 4 3 2 2 Hardware Trigger 60 4 3 2 3 Triggered mode without overlap 61 4 3 2 4 Triggered mode with overlap 62 4 4 Camera ...

Page 8: ...etech 72 5 2 14 libdmtx 72 5 2 15 Matrox Imaging Library MIL 73 5 2 16 MathWorks MATLAB 73 5 2 17 Micro Manager 73 5 2 18 MVTec HALCON 73 5 2 19 National Instruments LabVIEW Vision Library 74 5 2 20 NeuroCheck 74 5 2 21 Neurotechnology SentiSight 74 5 2 22 StreamPix 74 5 2 23 OpenCV 75 5 2 24 RoboRealm 75 5 2 25 STEMMER IMAGING Common Vision Blox 75 5 2 26 SANXO Modular X 75 5 2 27 ThirdSight 76 5...

Page 9: ...peed 93 6 1 3 3 Why can I not achieve maximum transfer speed 93 6 1 3 4 What voltage should be applied to Digital Input of xiQ to turn it on off 93 6 1 3 5 What is the implementation of Digital Output VDO of xiQ 93 6 2 Product service request PSR 94 6 2 1 Step 1 Contact Support 94 6 2 2 Step 2 Create Product Service Request PSR 94 6 2 3 Step 3 Wait for PSR Approval 94 6 2 4 Step 4 Sending the came...

Page 10: ...n 1 0 10 6 4 Warranty 97 6 5 Disclaimer of Warranty 97 6 6 List Of Trademarks 97 6 7 Standard Terms Conditions of XIMEA GmbH 97 6 8 Copyright 103 6 9 Revision History 103 7 Glossary 104 8 list of figures 105 9 list of tables 107 ...

Page 11: ...standard compatibility USB3 Vision standard small fits into places where no other camera can fit Cool low power consumption 1 0 to 1 8 W Powerful 5Gb s interface up to 450Mpix s data throughput Fast high speed high frame rate 500fps at VGA and 90fps at 4Mpix resolutions Robust full metal housing no sheet metal covers Lightweight facilitates increased performance of robotic arms and gimbals Connect...

Page 12: ...rrection Auto adjustments Auto white balance auto gain auto exposure Flat field corrections Host assisted pixel level shading and lens corrections Image Data and Control Interface USB 3 0 standard Micro B with screw lock threads compliant to USB3 Vision standard General Purpose I O 1x opto isolated input 1x opto isolated output power LED 2x LED software programmable Signal conditioning Programmabl...

Page 13: ... MQxxxyG zz OPT n MQ xiQ family name xxx Resolution in 0 1 MPixel E g 1 3 MPixel Resolution xxx 013 y y C color model y M black white model y R black white Infrared extended model zz Vendor of the sensor zz E2 E2V zz CM CMOSIS zz ON Onsemi OPT Options OPT TP sensor with taped sensor glass OPT BRD board level camera ...

Page 14: ...MQ013RG E2 b w NIR MQ013MG ON b w 1280x1024 4 8 µm 10 60 dB 1 2 7 9 mm 150 MQ013CG ON Color MQ022MG CM b w 2048 1088 5 5 µm 10 12 60 dB 2 3 12 8 mm 180 MQ022CG CM Color MQ022RG CM b w NIR MQ042MG CM b w 2048x2048 5 5 µm 10 12 60 dB 1 15 9 mm 90 MQ042CG CM Color MQ042RG CM b w NIR table 2 3 models overview Note Maximum frame rate measured at 8 bits per pixel 2 7 Options All models are available in ...

Page 15: ...M0 ANG 3 0m USB 3 0 cable angled micro USB3 connector CBL U3 5M0 5 0m USB 3 0 cable CBL U3 8M0 8 0m USB 3 0 cable CBL MQSYNC 3M0 3 0m xiQ series I O sync cable pig tail MQ BRACKET T xiQ series tripod mounting bracket U3PE FL1009 PCI express adapter 2x USB 3 0 ports U3PE D720202 X4 PCI express adapter 4x USB 3 0 ports PCIe x4 slot table 2 4 accessories ...

Page 16: ...ture for storage and transportation Tstorage 25 70 C Relative Humidity non condensing RH 80 table 3 1 environment Housing temperature must not exceed 65 C The following parameters are not guaranteed if the camera is operated outside the optimum range Dark current Dynamic Range Linearity Acquisition and readout noise S N ratio durability 3 2 2 Firmware Host driver API features Description Value Int...

Page 17: ...m in case of CS Mount To avoid damaging of the filter glass nothing may extend deeper into the housing Lens mount adapter configuration C Mount with C CS Mount module B CS Mount without C CS Mount module B 3 3 1 Screws All mounting screws are customized M2 screws with different lengths Technical details Material Steel Surface Black zinc Thread M2 Driver PH 00 Avail Lengths 2mm 24 mm table 3 3 cust...

Page 18: ...ion curve 3 4 2 Color camera models Used filter brand ICR650 Thickness 1 0 0 1 mm Coating NA table 3 5 color camera filter glass parameter figure 3 4 color camera filter glass transmission curve 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Transmittance Wavelength nm BK7 AR2x Transmission Curve 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 350 400 450 500 550 6...

Page 19: ...ed bit resolutions bit pixel 8 10 12 Exposure time EXP 7 4µs to 10sec in steps of 7 4µs 1 Variable Gain Range VGA dB 8 4 Refresh rate MRR fps 90 Supported standard readout modes Binning skipping pixels fps 2 Bit px 0 1x1 648 488 548 8 1 1x1 648 488 548 10 Power consumption typical W 1 2 Maximum W 1 3 Mechanical height mm 26 4 width mm 26 4 depth mm 24 6 with C CS Mount module B 19 6 without C CS M...

Page 20: ...m efficiency curve CMOSIS 3 5 1 3 Mechanical drawings C mount with C CS mount module B figure 3 6 mechanical drawing MQ003xG CM C Mount housing 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm CMV300 Spectral Response Monochrome ...

Page 21: ...erenced documents CMOSIS Datasheet CMV300 datasheet v2 0 05 06 13 3 5 1 6 Sensor features feature Note Binning No Skipping Not supported yet ROI Single window in y direction supported cropping in X by xiAPI planned HW Trigger Trigger with overlap see 4 3 2 4 Triggered mode with overlap HDR Knee point based HDR beta stage see 4 4 9 HDR table 3 7 sensor features available ...

Page 22: ... s 6600 13000 Camera parameters Digitization bit 10 Supported bit resolutions bit pixel 8 10 Exposure time EXP 15 625µs to 10sec in steps of 15 625µs Variable Gain Range VGA dB 24 Refresh rate MRR fps 61 Supported standard readout modes Binning skipping pixels fps Bit px 0 1x1 1280 x 1024 61 8 1 2x2 bin 640 x 512 61 8 2 1x1 1280 x 1024 61 12 3 3 2x2 bin 640 x 512 61 12 3 Power consumption typical ...

Page 23: ...ntum efficiency curves E2V 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm EV76C560 Spectral Response Monochrome Red Bayer Green Bayer Blue Bayer 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm EV76C560 661 Spectral Response 560 Mono 661 Mono ...

Page 24: ...5 2 3 Mechanical drawings C mount with C CS mount module B figure 3 10 mechanical drawing MQ013xG E2 C Mount housing 3 5 2 4 Mechanical drawings CS mount without C CS mount module B figure 3 11 mechanical drawing MQ013xG E2 CS Mount housing ...

Page 25: ...se a horizontal line in the image This is a known issue of the used sensors and is caused by pixel readout or sensor reset during acquisition 3 5 2 8 Note triggered exposure The feature triggered exposure is not supported by the sensors 3 5 2 9 Frame rate examples Following table lists examples for the maximum frame rate Frames Per Second FPS that can be achieved with active region of interest ROI...

Page 26: ...s 0 33 Sensitivity V Lux s 4 6 Camera parameters Digitization bit 10 Supported bit resolutions bit pixel 8 10 Exposure time EXP 1µs to 1sec TBD in steps of 1µs if exp 65 54ms 4µs if exp 262 1ms 16µs otherwise Variable Gain Range VGA dB 8 4 Refresh rate MRR fps 150 Supported standard readout modes Binning skipping pixels fps Bit px 0 1x1 1280 1024 150 8 1 1x1 1280 1024 145 10 2 2x2 640 x 512 500 8 ...

Page 27: ...ncy curves Onsemi 3 5 3 3 Mechanical drawings C mount with C CS mount module B figure 3 13 mechanical drawing MQ013xG ON C Mount housing 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm VITA1300 Spectral Response Monochrome Red Bayer Green Bayer Blue Bayer ...

Page 28: ...sheet VITA1300 datasheet Rev 8 July 2012 3 5 3 7 Sensor features feature Note Binning Not implemented Skipping Yes 2x2 binning supported ROI 1 ROI with free parameters supported x coordinates multiple of 16 y coordinates multiple of 2 HW Trigger Trigger with overlap usable see 4 3 2 4 Triggered mode with overlap HDR Knee point based HDR beta stage see 4 4 9 HDR Not implemented yet table 3 12 senso...

Page 29: ...arameters Digitization bit 10 Supported bit resolutions bit pixel 8 10 12 Exposure time EXP 15 32µs to 1sec in steps of 2 69µs 1 Variable Gain Range VGA dB 8 4 Refresh rate MRR fps 180 Supported standard readout modes Binning skipping pixels fps Bit px 0 1x1 2048 1088 180 8 1 1x1 2048 1088 90 10 Power consumption typical W 1 5 Maximum W 1 75 Mechanical height mm 26 4 width mm 26 4 depth mm 30 2 wi...

Page 30: ...ency curves CMOSIS 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm CMV2000 4000 Spectral Response Monochrome Red Bayer Green1 Bayer Green2 Bayer Blue Bayer 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm CMV2000 4000 Spectral Response Monochrome NIR ...

Page 31: ...5 4 3 Mechanical drawings C mount with C CS mount module B figure 3 18 mechanical drawing MQ022xG CM C Mount housing 3 5 4 4 Mechanical drawings CS mount without C CS mount module B figure 3 19 mechanical drawing MQ022xG CM CS Mount housing ...

Page 32: ...t v3 2 30 07 12 3 5 4 6 Sensor features feature Note Binning No Skipping Not supported yet ROI Single window in y direction supported HW Trigger Trigger with overlap usable see 4 3 2 4 Triggered mode with overlap HDR Knee point based HDR beta stage see 4 4 9 HDR table 3 14 sensor features available ...

Page 33: ...eters Digitization bit 10 Supported bit resolutions bit pixel 8 10 12 Exposure time EXP 25 8µs to 1sec in steps of 2 69µs 1 Variable Gain Range VGA dB 8 4 Refresh rate MRR fps 90 Supported standard readout modes Binning skipping pixels fps Bit px 0 1x1 2048 2048 90 8 1 1x1 2048 2048 45 10 Power consumption typical W 1 5 Maximum W 1 75 Mechanical height mm 26 4 width mm 26 4 depth mm 30 25 with C C...

Page 34: ...ency curves CMOSIS 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm CMV2000 4000 Spectral Response Monochrome Red Bayer Green1 Bayer Green2 Bayer Blue Bayer 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm CMV2000 4000 Spectral Response Monochrome NIR ...

Page 35: ...5 5 3 Mechanical drawings C mount with C CS mount module B figure 3 22 mechanical drawing MQ042xG CM C Mount housing 3 5 5 4 Mechanical drawings CS mount without C CS mount module B figure 3 23 mechanical drawing MQ042xG CM CS Mount housing ...

Page 36: ... HDR table 3 16 sensor features available 3 5 5 7 Frame rate examples Following table lists examples for the maximum frame rate Frames Per Second FPS that can be achieved with active region of interest ROI free run mode no trigger RAW8 data format exposure time 200µs Tested with Intel i7 3770 4GB DDR3 GA Z77M D3H Windows 7 x64 API_INST_V3_19_06 Measured without further data processing Camera model...

Page 37: ... Enumeration USB 2 0 Enumeration default User configurable register set value strobe busy streaming trigger level edge digital input slow blink fast blink Status 1 Red Streaming default User configurable register set value strobe busy streaming trigger level edge digital output slow blink fast blink table 3 18 LED output description PN MQ013CG CM 32301551 Isol ated I O 24V 20mA max For use with XI...

Page 38: ...ning USB 3 0 connector USB 3 0 Micro B connector powered Pin Assignment Pin Signal Description 1 VBUS Power 2 D USB 2 0 signal pair 3 D 4 ID OTG Identification 5 GND Power Ground 6 MicB_SSTX USB 3 0 SuperSpeed transmitter signal pair 7 MicB_SSTX 8 GND_DRAIN USB 3 0 signal Ground 9 MicB_SSRX USB 3 0 SuperSpeed receiver signal pair 10 MicB_SSRX table 3 20 USB 3 0 connector pin assignment The USB 3 0...

Page 39: ...O Ground table 3 22 I O connector Pin Assignment 3 8 3 Digital Input 3 8 3 1 Digital Input General info Item Parameter note Indicator Yes must be configured by user to Status 2 LED Effect of incorrect input terminal connection Reverse voltage polarity protected Effects when withdrawing inserting input module under power no damage no lost data Maximal recommended cable length 10m Input debounce fil...

Page 40: ...ts amplitude of the input signal Voltage levels referenced to common ground GND 3 8 3 3 Digital Input Internal Schematic Following scheme is internal scheme of Digital Input signal flow inside the camera figure 3 29 digital input interface schematic 3 8 3 4 Digital Input Wiring figure 3 30 digital input interface wiring 2K 5V6 GND VCC 1K FPGA_INPUT DIGITAL INPUT GND Common IO Ground IINPUT PLC Dev...

Page 41: ...tus 1 LED Output port type Open collector NPN Protection short circuit over current Reverse voltage Protection circuit PTC Resettable Fuse Effect of incorrect output terminal connection Not protected against reverse voltage connection Inductive loads no Maximal output dropout 1 8V Sink current 25mA table 3 26 digital output general info 3 8 4 2 Digital Output signal levels Output levels definition...

Page 42: ...eristics 3 8 4 4 Digital Output Wiring Digital output has an open collector switching transistor with common IO Ground In most cases a power source for external device must be provided Connecting Digital OUTPUT to a NPN compatible PLC device input biased 3 8 4 4 1 Output state Output switch state Input state ON Sourcing current Pull up energized OFF Relaxing Not energized PTC Fuse FPGA_OUTPUT GND ...

Page 43: ...ne general opto isolated input is used Output state Output switch state Input state ON Sourcing current Pull down energized OFF Relaxing Not energized figure 3 34 Connecting Digital OUTPUT to a NPN compatible PLC device input more bidirectional inputs used Note In this case a bidirectional opto isolated input must be used figure 3 35 Connecting Digital OUTPUT to a NPN compatible PLC device single ...

Page 44: ...or power rating psu input input P R V V I Output Wiring Example LED Driving 3 8 4 4 4 LED can be driven directly by camera digital output A series resistor must be used to limit LED current figure 3 37 LED Driving LED series resistor can be calculated by the following equation psu output led led V V V R I Where psu V power supply voltage 5V to 24V output V voltage across digital output pins see 3 ...

Page 45: ... Vled typ Vled max Note Standard Red 1 7V 2 1V Super Bright Red 1 85V 2 5V Low power Red 1 7V 2 0V Orange 2 0V 2 1V Yellow 2 1V 2 2V Green 1 9V 2 5V Emeralded Green 2 1V 2 7V Blue 2 5V 3 7V White 2 8V 3 8V Infra Red 1 3V 1 8V Opto coupler table 3 28 digital output LED driving ...

Page 46: ...nt for transistor You should also use an external diode to protect the transistor from over voltage while disconnecting an inductive load Keep in mind that this connection has an inverted logic Current will flow through the load at the start of the camera figure 3 38 Inductive load Relay Driving inverted logic For positive logic you can use a second bipolar transistor figure 3 39 Inductive load Re...

Page 47: ...ing examples Use external pull up in case that no pull up at controller input is used Negative edge No 0 5µs figure 3 36 Note that external pull up is not used in this case Assume that internal pull up at the controller input is used table 3 29 digital output wiring examples 3 8 4 5 Digital Output Timing Typical input delay between FPGA_Output to Digital Output Edge Type Typ delay μs Off On 0 5 On...

Page 48: ...icro USB3 connector Pin Signal Description 1 VBUS Power 2 D USB 2 0 signal pair 3 D 4 ID OTG Identification 5 GND Power Ground 6 MicB_SSTX USB 3 0 SuperSpeed transmitter signal pair 7 MicB_SSTX 8 GND_DRAIN USB 3 0 signal Ground 9 MicB_SSRX USB 3 0 SuperSpeed receiver signal pair 10 MicB_SSRX table 3 33 USB3 connector pin assignment VBUS D D GND StdA SSRX StdA SSRX GND DRAIN StdA SSTX StdA SSTX 1 2...

Page 49: ... 2STP 30 1UTP 28 2C 26 3 USB MicB 3 0 sl 90D A1 10 pin Molded Plug BLK 4 Cable Label table 3 34 USB3 cable angled components USB 3 0 cable wiring figure 3 44 wiring USB3 cable angled xx xM XYZ Specified Cable Length Week Year VBUS D D GND StdA SSRX StdA SSRX GND DRAIN StdA SSTX StdA SSTX 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 VBUS D D GND MicB SSTX MicB SSTX GND DRAIN MicB SSRX MicB SSRX Shell Shell Braid Shield Brai...

Page 50: ...Identification 5 GND Power Ground 6 MicB_SSTX USB 3 0 SuperSpeed transmitter signal pair 7 MicB_SSTX 8 GND_DRAIN USB 3 0 signal Ground 9 MicB_SSRX USB 3 0 SuperSpeed receiver signal pair 10 MicB_SSRX table 3 35 USB3 connector pin assignment Cable label details figure 3 45 label details USB3 cable angled xx xM XYZ Specified Cable Length Week Year ...

Page 51: ...LK 10 0 120x3C 32 0 120 27AWG 3Core Line Cord 4 Process end with wire end Striped and tin plated soldering 5 Cable Label table 3 36 sync cable components Sync cable wiring figure 3 47 wiring sync cable Pin Assignment Pin color Signal 1 Red Trigger sync digital Input VDI 2 Black Common IO Ground 3 White Trigger sync digital Output VDO table 3 37 sync cable pin assignment Cable label details figure ...

Page 52: ... adapter xiQ series tripod mounting bracket with 1 4 20 thread Use 4x SROB M2x4 CUST screws for mounting Bracket can be mounted on the bottom or top side of the camera 3 12 1 Mechanical drawings Brackets for MQ013xG yy and MQ042xG CM figure 3 50 mechanical drawing tripod adapter MQ013xG yy and MQ042xG CM Weight without screws 9 8 g ...

Page 53: ...xiQ Technical Manual Version 1 0 53 3 12 2 Mechanical drawings universal figure 3 51 mechanical drawing tripod adapter universal Weight without screws 9 3 g ...

Page 54: ...U0 U1 U2 and U3 Support USB 2 0 Link Power management LPM USB IF LPM PDK Standard PCIe Active State Power Management ASPM L0s and L1 USB3 cable lock mechanism Provides the threaded holes for the jack screws of USB 3 0 A Plug w Jackscrew lock Cable Distance between the hole midpoints 19mm threads M2 x 0 4 table 3 38 technical specification U3PE FL1009 Computer Platform Computer with PCI Express slo...

Page 55: ...latency 130ns 2KB max payload size PCI Express Power Management Link power management states L0 L0s L1 L2 L3 Ready and L3 Device states D0 and D3hot Quality of Service QoS support Two Virtual Channels VC per Port Eight Traffic Classes per Port Weighted Round Robin Port VC Arbitration Secondary PCI Express Four Single x1 PCI Express Lane Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 2 0 Su...

Page 56: ... be installed in a PCIe Gen 2 compliant slot in the host computer Most computers have PCIe Gen 2 5 0 Gbps throughput on x8 or x16 slots A PCIe Gen 1 compliant slot reaches up to 2 5 Gbps throughput Operating System Requirements Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 o USB 3 0 Host Drivers x86 32 bit and x64 64 bit for Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 ...

Page 57: ...The XIMEA xiQ cameras are compatible with USB 3 0 and USB 2 0 Please note that the highest performance can only be achieved by using high performance USB 3 0 ports Using a USB 2 0 port will lead to a limited frame rate Please note details and the most recent info at Recommended hardware http www ximea com support wiki usb3 Compatible_hardware 4 1 2 1 System Configuration Minimum system configurati...

Page 58: ...a transfer speed achieved using the selected controller on Windows 7 x64 with CPU Intel i7 3770 USB3 Controller Driver version Data MB s Fresco Logic FL1009 3 5 24 0 395 Fresco Logic FL1100 3 5 24 0 400 Intel QM77 1 0 4 220 450 Intel Z77 1 0 4 220 450 Renesas D720202 3 0 12 0 365 Table 4 1 USB3 maximum data transfer rates PCI Express PCIe bus speed requirement To achieve maximum performance of USB...

Page 59: ...ling mode but also introduces more aliasing effects 4 2 4 Color and Mono Modes All modes are provided by the xiAPI or standard interfaces using the xiAPI please note 5 1 Accessing the Camera Each xiQ cameras supports several mono black and white output modes Mode Description RAW8 Raw sensor data 8 Bit per pixel single channel RAW16 Raw sensor data 16 Bit per pixel single channel 10 or 12 Bit senso...

Page 60: ...timing depends on minimum of Exposure Time and Data Readout Time 4 3 2 Triggered Acquisition Unlike in the free run each image exposition can also be triggered with an input trigger signal In this mode the sensor waits in stage until the trigger signal arrives Only then the exposure is started which is followed by the data readout 4 3 2 1 Software Trigger The trigger signal can be send to the sens...

Page 61: ...eadout time see trd above Typical times for selected camera models Camera Model DownS titr µs texp µs teio µs texpo µs trd µs Notes MQ013xG E2 any 1 4 29 19 238 10 400 16 6 BWF LC N1 N2 table 4 4 trigger mode w o overlap timing Notes N1 V Input 15V N2 x in model name means all available models M C R Description DownS Current camera DownSampling XI_PRM_DOWNSAMPLING teio Trigger Digital Input to Str...

Page 62: ...iod is decreased the sensor will expose the images in overlap mode In this case the frame active signal will be constantly active Sensor timing in Exposure Overlapped with Data Readout Mode figure 4 3 acquisition mode triggered with overlap For timing description please see previous paragraph Typical times for selected camera models Camera Model DownS titr µs texp µs teio µs texpo µs trd µs Notes ...

Page 63: ... is used clock depending on Bandwidth Limit parameter set in API XI_PRM_LIMIT_BANDWIDTH Flimit is set in 1MHz steps and cannot go lower than Fmin MQ003xG CM Fmax 24MHz Fmin 10MHz limit 325 BWL 6 LC F 10368 BPP LC MHz tfot 40 625 BWF µs BPP number of bytes per pixel BWL bandwith limit in Mbit s MQ042xG CM and MQ022xG CM Fmax 48MHz Fmin 5Mhz limit 129 BW 12 LC F 8192 BPP LC MHz tfot 64 5 BWF µs BPP ...

Page 64: ...hose two parameters in their contribution to the algorithm can also be set exposure priority 4 4 4 White Balance Only for color models The white balance can be adjusted with three coefficients kR kG and kB one for each color channel These coefficients can be set individually in order to increase or decrease each channel s contribution and therefore allow the user to control the color tint of the i...

Page 65: ...gh a testing procedure where hot pixels are measured based on dark field images The measured hot pixels are stored inside the camera and are used for the correction of the acquired images during operation The correction is active by default but can be turned off by the user if a non processed output is required ...

Page 66: ...integration The dynamic range of a linear image sensor is limited by the saturation of the pixel Different light intensities are shown in the figure below All blue marked light intensities cause different signal levels and can be separated without saturation All red marked intensities cause an overexposure and the info about the different light intensity above 100 is lost figure 4 4 image saturati...

Page 67: ...HDR method the user has to define two pairs of parameters T1 SL1 and T2 SL2 T1 and T2 define portions of the total exposure time and the length of the three timing phases SL1 and SL2 define portions of the sensor saturation so called kneepoint1 and kneepoint2 Please note the figure below figure 4 6 image saturation example with HDR Please note the exemplary corresponding positions 1 5 in the image...

Page 68: ...s in this phase Phase 3 All pixels are integrated until the exposure time is reached The pixel saturation may reach the maximum saturation level The main idea of this method is to reach an approx logarithmic saturation curve In order to achieve this goal phase2 always has a smaller slope than phase1 and phase3 smaller than phase 2 Thus the signal response during phase1 is higher as during phase2 A...

Page 69: ...re images or other data and to communicate with a device Each camera serves as a GenTL Producer which can be accessed in all software packages that are compatible with the GeniCam standard as well as through custom developments which implement this standard interface 5 1 2 2 USB3 Vision The USB3 Vision standard not only defines hardware specifications and communication protocols but also enables a...

Page 70: ...i 5 2 3 Adaptive Vision Studio Adaptive Vision Studio is a comprehensive software tool for creating machine vision applications regardless of the target industry or hardware that is used More http www adaptive vision com en https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries Adaptive_Vision_Studio 5 2 4 Aforge NET Framework Aforge NET is a C framework for image processing neural networks genetic alg...

Page 71: ...ore http www cognex com ProductsServices VisionSoftware https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries Cognex_VisionPro 5 2 8 Digital Optics V Digital Optics V is a high performance scientific imaging and spectroscopy application used in thousands of laboratories around the world More http www digitaloptics net vpp html https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries Digital_Optics_VPP 5 2 9 ...

Page 72: ...s www ximea com support wiki vision libraries Integrating_Vision_Toolkit 5 2 12 Intopii Pinta Pinta developed by Intopii is a fast and simple way to create high performance applications that know what s in the image More http intopii com en home https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries Intopii_Pinta 5 2 13 Keyetech Keyetech offers key technologies in computer vision in particular for robo...

Page 73: ...loper and supplier of software for technical computing and Model Based Design More http www mathworks de https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries MathWorks_Matlab 5 2 17 Micro Manager μManager is a software package for control of automated microscopes More http micro manager org https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries Micro Manager 5 2 18 MVTec HALCON HALCON is the comprehensive...

Page 74: ...es NeuroCheck 5 2 21 Neurotechnology SentiSight SentiSight is intended for developers who want to use computer vision based object recognition in their applications More http www neurotechnology com sentisight html https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries Neurotechnology_SentiSight 5 2 22 StreamPix StreamPix is Norpix s flagship software product Resulting from more than 10 years of intera...

Page 75: ...e http www roborealm com index php https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries RoboRealm 5 2 25 STEMMER IMAGING Common Vision Blox Common Vision Blox is an open architecture hardware independent toolkit that supports both PC and embedded smart camera technology More http www commonvisionblox com https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries STEMMER_IMAGING_Common_Vision_Blox 5 2 26 SANXO...

Page 76: ...e Vision BV VisionLab is a portable library C and a development environment for machine vision applications pattern recognition and classification with neural networks More http www vdlmv nl https www ximea com support wiki vision libraries VisionLab 5 2 30 Voyant Vision Voyant Vision is library of software functions that makes developing machine vision solutions easier More http www voyantvision ...

Page 77: ...OpenCV demo with sources o Libdmtx demo with sources o Aforge NET framework demo with sources o Integrating Vision Toolkit demo with sources o Halcon demo with sources o Cognex demo with sources o Matrox MIL demo with sources o Voyant Vision demo with sources 5 3 2 Installation Download and execute the XIMEA API Software Package installer EXE file approx 50 MB http www ximea com downloads recent X...

Page 78: ...s you don t want to install but it is recommended to leave them all checked figure 5 2 xiAPI installation Windows 2 Specify the install location you can leave the default location or change it to your desired location Selecting the pre defined location will make updates easier figure 5 3 xiAPI installation Windows 3 ...

Page 79: ...les and installing drivers if necessary figure 5 4 xiAPI installation Windows 4 Installation is completed figure 5 5 xiAPI installation Windows 5 Changes to System Environment Variables may require a system reboot If you want to reboot immediately select Reboot Now option otherwise select I want to manually reboot later ...

Page 80: ...stom application development Usage Start xiViewer with the shortcut located on your desktop or the executable found in C XIMEA Examples Bin If multiple cameras are connected a pop up will appear which offer the selection of a desired cameras by its serial number The image acquisition starts in free run mode and video stream is displayed Right Click inside the camera window opens the settings menu ...

Page 81: ... while using the mouse wheel will increase the increment of the value change 10 100 Select Configuration GPIO open the GPIO settings window Note newCCDtest does not measure the available bandwidth for connected xiQ camera automatically If a USB host controller is used that cannot deliver a sufficient bandwidth it is necessary to limit the bandwidth manually To do so before starting the acquisition...

Page 82: ... check o vaViewer alternative camera live image viewer for picture check vaViewer is based on libva which must be installed before vaViewer is started see 5 4 2 Installation vaViewer figure 5 8 Linux vaViewer 5 4 2 Installation Download XIMEA Linux Software Package wget http www ximea com downloads recent XIMEA_Linux_SP tgz figure 5 9 xiAPI installation Linux 1 ...

Page 83: ...Linux_SP tgz cd package Start installation script install cam_usb30 figure 5 10 xiAPI installation Linux 2 1 Note If logged in user is not root you will be asked for your password to get root access because the installation runs with root account using sudo ...

Page 84: ... beta version for XIMEA USB2 and USB3 cameras xiAPI Examples o xiSample sample showing basic image acquisition in xiAPI o streamViewer camera live image viewer for picture check 5 5 2 Installation Before installing XIMEA OSX Software Package it may be necessary to modify security settings on your computer The new feature of OS X 10 8 called GateKeeper can prevent you from using our OSX Software Pa...

Page 85: ...ximea com support attachments 1112 XIMEA_OSX_SP dmg Mount it by double clicking this file in Finder A window with package contents will open figure 5 13 xiAPI installation MacOS 3 Drag streamViewer to Applications folder Drag m3api framework to Frameworks folder popup dialog will appear asking for your password enter it You can check contents of Examples folder and copy the files you want anywhere...

Page 86: ...can check Examples folder to see how to use it properly Opening streamViewer from terminal The streamViewer can be opened from terminal using cd Applications streamViewer app Contents MacOS streamViewer Opening multiple streamViewers When multiple XIMEA cameras are connected to OSX multiple streamViewers can be used to display image from each of the cameras To open multiple streamViewers follow st...

Page 87: ... current XIMEA software packages for Windows Linux and MacOS For information on the software packages see 5 3 Windows software package ff 5 6 3 xiAPI Functions Description The core of xiAPI consists of the following functions which allow controlling of the camera functionality get the number of discovered devices XI_RETURN xiGetNumberDevices OUT DWORD pNumberDevices open interface XI_RETURN xiOpen...

Page 88: ...vailable devices If any device was found the first device with index 0 is opened HANDLE xiH NULL XI_RETURN stat XI_OK Get number of camera devices DWORD dwNumberOfDevices 0 stat xiGetNumberDevices dwNumberOfDevices if dwNumberOfDevices printf No camera found n goto finish Retrieving a handle to the camera device stat xiOpenDevice 0 xiH finish Close device if xiH xiCloseDevice xiH 5 6 5 2 Parameter...

Page 89: ...Digital Input Trigger After the image is triggered it can be transferred using xiGetImage This setup ensures a low latency between the trigger signal and image Exposure start This time should be less than 10µs figure 5 15 GPIO schematic HANDLE xiH xiOpenDevice 0 xiH select trigger source xiSetParamInt xiH XI_PRM_TRG_SOURCE XI_TRG_EDGE_RISING select input pin 1 mode xiSetParamInt xiH XI_PRM_GPI_SEL...

Page 90: ...ossible data transfer speed To disable ABC the application should set parameter XI_PRM_AUTO_BANDWIDTH_CALCULATION to XI_OFF before the first xiOpenDevice is used This setting disabled ABC and the camera stream is not limited 5 6 7 USB3 Vision For more information on programing according the USB3 VISION standard please visit the standard s website at http www visiononline org vision standards detai...

Page 91: ...rdware tree thus problematic hardware configurations can be identified Diagnosis of firmware and software compatibility xiCOP checks relevant firmware and software versions and warns is a component is not up to date List all currently attached XIMEA devices and their features Suggests solution for diagnosed issues One click to switch selected XIMEA cameras to USB3 Vision standard One click to swit...

Page 92: ...ly start searching for connected cameras Your camera will appear in the XIMEA camera list on the upper left side of the xiCOP window if it is connected properly and your USB interface meets the minimum system requirements described in 4 1 System Requirements If the camera does not appear please proceed with the following steps Step no Description 1 Click on the button Troubleshoot My System and fo...

Page 93: ... that you are using recommended hardware please see 4 1 System Requirements and that all software requirements are met xiCOP please see 5 7 XIMEA Control Panel XIMEA Control Panel free software tool facilitates the task of verification of XIMEA USB3 Vision camera installations 6 1 3 4 What voltage should be applied to Digital Input of xiQ to turn it on off Following table shows different levels of...

Page 94: ...ontains shipping instructions attached document containing the Product Service Request Number PSRN When you received the PSR Approval email please continue to Step 4 In case your PSR was rejected please do not send your camera to XIMEA 6 2 4 Step 4 Sending the camera to XIMEA If possible send the camera back in the original package If not possible please pack the camera in a way that it cannot be ...

Page 95: ...6 3 3 Connections Use only recommended connectors and cables Please check the system requirements described in 4 1 System Requirements 6 3 4 Power supply Use only the recommended electrical power supply via the USB cable see 3 1 Power Supply The I O connection is not usable for powering the camera 6 3 5 Environment protect against water Use camera in acceptable environment only please note the des...

Page 96: ...11 Safety instructions for board level cameras Abuse or misapplication of the board level camera may result in limited warranty or cancelation of warranty Due to the exposed electronics special rules apply Only qualified personnel is allowed to handle install and operate the board level cameras Board level cameras are delivered without housing Handle the PCB and the sensor with care Do not bend th...

Page 97: ...IMEA be liable to the Original Purchaser or any third party for direct indirect incidental consequential special or accidental damages including without limitation damages for business interruption loss of profits revenue data or bodily injury or death except in case of willful misconduct by XIMEA or employees of XIMEA 6 5 Disclaimer of Warranty In addition to the provisions of Article XII of the ...

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Page 100: ...milar installations as well as the necessary structural data 3 Prior to assembly or erection the materials and equipment necessary for the work to start must be available on the site of assembly or erection and any preparatory work must have advanced to such a degree that assembly or erection can be started as agreed and carried out without interruption Access roads and the site of assembly or ere...

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Page 102: ... be unaffected 2 Where events within the meaning of Article IV No 2 a to c substantially change the economic importance or the contents of the Supplies or considerably affect the Supplier s business the contract shall be adapted taking into account the principles of reasonableness and good faith To the extent this is not justifiable for economic reasons the Supplier shall have the right to rescind...

Page 103: ...s the validity of the remaining provisions This shall not apply if it would be unreasonably onerous for one of the parties to be obligated to continue the contract 6 8 Copyright All texts pictures and graphics are protected by copyright and other laws protecting intellectual property It is not permitted to copy or modify them for trade use or transfer nor may they be used on websites 6 9 Revision ...

Page 104: ...ixed pattern noise FPS Frame per second FWC Full Well Capacity GR Global reset GS Global shutter IR Infra Red JTAG Joint Test Action Group LSB Least Significant Bit MIMR Multiple integration multiple ROI MSB Most significant bit MSL Moisture sensitivity level NA Not Available PCB Printed Circuit Board same as PWB PGA Programmable gain amplifier PRNU Photo response non uniformity PWB Printed Wiring...

Page 105: ...MQ022xG CM C Mount housing 31 figure 3 19 mechanical drawing MQ022xG CM CS Mount housing 31 figure 3 20 CMV4000 mono and color quantum efficiency curve CMOSIS 34 figure 3 21 CMV4000 mono and NIR E12 quantum efficiency curves CMOSIS 34 figure 3 22 mechanical drawing MQ042xG CM C Mount housing 35 figure 3 23 mechanical drawing MQ042xG CM CS Mount housing 35 figure 3 24 position status LEDs 37 figure...

Page 106: ...uisition mode triggered with overlap 62 figure 4 4 image saturation example without HDR 66 figure 4 5 image example without HDR 66 figure 4 6 image saturation example with HDR 67 figure 4 7 image example with HDR 67 figure 4 8 HDR approx logarithmic saturation curve 68 figure 5 1 xiAPI installation Windows 1 77 figure 5 2 xiAPI installation Windows 2 78 figure 5 3 xiAPI installation Windows 3 78 f...

Page 107: ...le 3 15 MQ042xG CM sensor and camera parameters 33 table 3 16 sensor features available 36 Table 3 17 MQ042MG CM frame rate examples with ROI 36 table 3 18 LED output description 37 table 3 19 USB 3 0 mating connector description 38 table 3 20 USB 3 0 connector pin assignment 38 table 3 21 GPIO mating connector description 39 table 3 22 I O connector Pin Assignment 39 table 3 23 digital input gene...

Page 108: ...a transfer rates 58 table 4 2 image formats mono 59 table 4 3 image formats color 59 table 4 4 trigger mode w o overlap timing 61 table 4 5 trigger mode with overlap timing 62 table 6 1 use xiCOP before contacting technical support 92 table 6 2 interface depending transfer rates 93 table 6 3 voltage levels for digital input 93 table 6 4 service operations overview 94 ...

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