e2v ELIIXA+ 16K/8K CXP MONO, User Manual

Page 1: ...ELIIXA Family CMOS Multi Line Camera e2v com cameras USER MANUAL ELIIXA 16K 8K CXP MONOCHROME...

Page 2: ...ciency 9 2 4 2 Spectral Response 9 3 CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE 11 3 1 Mechanical Drawings 11 3 2 Input output Connectors and LED 12 3 2 1 Power Over CoaXPress 13 3 2 2 Status LED Behaviour 13 3 2 3 Tr...

Page 3: ...7 7 1 Automatic Calibration 42 7 7 2 Manual Flat Field Correction 42 7 7 3 Save Restore FFC in User Memory Banks 43 7 8 Look Up Table 44 7 8 1 Save Restore LUT in User Memory Banks 44 7 9 Statistics...

Page 4: ...alues 54 Appendix C HDR Mode 55 C 1 HDR Block 55 C 2 Example with Ratio 2 and 10bits output 55 C 3 HDR With LUT 10bits 8bits 56 C 4 Example of difference between AB and C Line 56 Appendix D Data Cable...

Page 5: ...f the Market Full Exposure Control even in 4S TDE mode New Sensor version and HDR mode on BH0 Models 1 2 Key Specifications Note All values in LSB is given in 12 bits format Characteristics Typical Va...

Page 6: ...mera provides an unmatched 100 000 lines s in a 16k pixel format and combines high response with an extremely low noise level this delivers high signal to noise ratio even when short integration times...

Page 7: ...e 660nm LSB nJ cm2 137 274 547 Non Linearity 0 3 0 3 0 3 Without Flat Field Correction FPN rms LSB 0 4 1 5 0 7 1 5 0 8 1 5 FPN pk pk LSB 3 2 15 5 15 5 6 15 PRNU hf 3 4 Sat 0 13 0 25 0 1 0 25 0 1 0 25...

Page 8: ...uble the sensitivity of a single line This Time Delay Exposure is used only in the 4S multi line modes 4 Lines as described below The 16384 Pixels of the whole sensor are divided in 4 blocks of 4096 p...

Page 9: ...1 Quantum Efficiency 2 4 2 Spectral Response Single Modes 1S 2S 4S 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 LSB12bits nJ cm2 nm Response in 16k Pixels 5...

Page 10: ...CXP MONO REV K 06 2017 P A G E 10 Binning Modes 1SB 2SB 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 LSB12bits nJ cm2 nm Response...

Page 11: ...USER MANUAL ELIIXA 16K 8K CXP MONO REV K 06 2017 P A G E 11 3 CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE 3 1 Mechanical Drawings Z X Y The Step file is available on the web www e2v com cameras...

Page 12: ...tput Connectors and LED Sensor alignment Z 9 4 mm 100 m X 9 mm 100 m Y 50mm 100 m Flatness 50 m Rotation X Y plan 0 1 Tilt versus lens mounting plane 50 m USB Connector For Firmware upgrade Trigger Co...

Page 13: ...to a specific command from the Frame Grabber interface for shutting down up the power of the CoaxPress This solution with the complete reboot is the better solution to ensure a complete power On of t...

Page 14: ...the Camera IN1 IN2 are connected respectively to Line0 Line1 and allow to get external line triggers or the forward Reverse Live indication On the Connector side the 120 termination is validated only...

Page 15: ...nterferencethat may cause undesired operation This equipmenthas been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designe...

Page 16: ...e 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 Main Camera page www e2v com cameras...

Page 17: ...GenICam API process to the application The Frame Grabber software is supposed to propose a feature Brother based on GenICam which lists and allows the modification of the parameters of the Camera This...

Page 18: ...ing including 0 ElectronicBoardID 0x08000 32 RO Read Electronic Board ID ElectronicBoardTestStatus 0x08020 16 RO Read Electronic board status DeviceFirmwareVersion 0x02090 Boostrap 32 RO Get camera sy...

Page 19: ...in from the sensor or Tap balance available only for integrator user mode StatusWarningUnderflow Bit 9 true if a an underflow occurs during FFC calibration or Tap balance available only for integrator...

Page 20: ...SB 4 Set sensor mode to Binning DualLine 2SB 5 Set in HDR Mode MultiLineGain 0x08208 4 RW 0 Set MultiLine gain to x1 1 Set MultiLine gain to x1 2 not available if SensorMode 0 1S mode ReverseReading 0...

Page 21: ...if the MultiLine Gain is set to see below this calculation will be AB BC 7 2 2 Binning modes The two binning modes give an output of 8k pixels 10x10 m As for the 2S mode the sensor manages the delay b...

Page 22: ...ved by a factor of 2 7 2 4 HDR mode Only available on BH0 Models The High Dynamic Range Mode is using the top and bottom couple of lines of the sensor in a different way in order to get 2 different ex...

Page 23: ...iven in Appendix C The following HDR Parameters are available only if the Sensor Mode is set to HDR HDR Mode 0 Output Single Line Bottom Only 1 Output Single Line Top Only 2 Output HDR Line HDR Ratio...

Page 24: ...ble line period ScanDirectionMode 0x0820C 4 RW 0 Set scan direction to forward 1 Set scan direction to reverse 2 Set scan direction to Externally controlled direction via CC3 Camera Link CC3 0 forward...

Page 25: ...3 2 CXP Trigger Line 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 th...

Page 26: ...a is in 4S Sensor mode after changing of the scanning direction the 5 first following triggers will be ignored in order to reinitialize the Full Exposure Control mode Then the 3 following lines acquir...

Page 27: ...l Conversion In TDI control of the exposure is not possible Only the full Exposure during the Line Period is possible In order to allow the User to control the exposure in this 4S Sensor mode Synchron...

Page 28: ...e Switch 4s 2S is made in the conditions described above All the lines are sent even the double dark or double white at the transition depending on the direction of the transition Without Incorrect Li...

Page 29: ...nd1 7 TimerEnd2 8 CounterStart1 9 CounterStart2 10 CounterEnd1 11 CounterEnd2 17 Line0 OR line1 18 Line0 AND Line1 19 RescalerLine TriggerActivation RW 25 23 Specifies the activation mode of the trigg...

Page 30: ...ed Continuous TriggerMode Off TriggerMode On TriggerMode Off TriggerSource NA TriggerSource Line0 TriggerSource NA TriggerActivation NA TriggerActivation RisingEdg e TriggerActivation NA Mode 2 Off Co...

Page 31: ...s two registers per line which can define a rescaler a multiplier and a divider With these two registers the end user can change the frequency of the line The generated line has always a 50 duty cycle...

Page 32: ...or Line0 LineMode 0x08470 4 RW 31 Define the physical line as input Input 0 Input 1 Output LineInverter RW 30 Define the signal inversion 0 False 1 True LineDebounceFilter RW 29 Activate debounce filt...

Page 33: ...nd 18 Timer1End 19 Timer2End CounterTriggerActivation RW 26 24 Select the type of activation for the trigger to start reset the counter 0 RisingEdge 1 FallingEdge 2 AnyEdge 3 LevelHigh 4 LevelLow Coun...

Page 34: ...er was reset by a trigger or by an explicit CounterReset CounterResetSource 0x084C4 4 RW 31 27 Select the signal that reset the counter 0 Off 1 Software 2 Line0 3 Line1 4 Line2 CounterResetActivation...

Page 35: ...the delay in s from the TimerTrigger to the actual Timer pulse output 0 31 30MHz step 1 30MHz TimerStatus RO 18 17 Get counter status 0 TimerIdle 1 TimerTriggerWait 2 TimerActive 3 TimerCompleted Time...

Page 36: ...ailable x1 x2 and x4 A gain x1 in a 12 bits conversion is equivalent to x4 in 10 bits The Contrast Expansion both Digital Gain Offset will be automatically disabled if the LUT is enabled OUT Pixel X P...

Page 37: ...4095 step 1 GainAbs GainSelector QuarterGain j 0x08610 to 0x0861C 4 4 RW tap j digital gain from 128 to 127 by step 1 0 0021dB Dynamically updated on AnalogAll gain changes Quarter Gain enable 0x0862...

Page 38: ...he ROI Region of Interest Command address is 0x8628 This second command applies the Gain on the ROI in memory and this is immediately activated The ROI Gain is a online function that can be overlapped...

Page 39: ...x1 x4 999 by step of 1 1024 Size CCDSize 2 PRNUValueSize Xml 2 RO Integer providing PRNU value size in byte FFCCalibrationCtrl 0x0880C 4 RW FFC calibration In Read Mode 0 finished 1 running In Write...

Page 40: ...h precision of 1 2 o A Gain on 12 bits Unsigned Int U2 12 with a max gain value of x5 The calculation of the new pixel value is P P Off 1 Gain 1024 Gain 0 to 4095 The FFC processing can be completed w...

Page 41: ...ter if the Target can t move This will remove the defects of the target itself Launch the FFC Enable the FFC You can save the FFC result both FPN PRNU in the same time in one of the 4 x FFC User Banks...

Page 42: ...ted as too high or too low in the source image to be corrected efficiently The Calculation result will be proposed anyway as it s just a warning message The Status Register is the changed and displaye...

Page 43: ...etSelector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 User Banks SaveFFCToBank 0x08C14 4 WO Save current FFC including FPN and FFCGain to FFC bank number val from 1 to 8 val comes from FFC SetSelector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 User Banks...

Page 44: ...abled Feature CXP Size in bytes R W Description LUTEnable 0x08A00 4 RW 0 Disable LUT False 1 Enable LUT True LUTValueAll 0x30000 8K RW Memory containing LUT on 12 bits Size 2 12 2 LUTValueSize Xml 2 R...

Page 45: ...NUAL ELIIXA 16K 8K CXP MONO REV K 06 2017 P A G E 45 LUT User Bank Usage At the power up Last User Bank used is loaded in RAM Ram Memory Save Load Upload load from to a Txt file User1 User2 User3 User...

Page 46: ...vel values of Region of interest Pixel Min value PixelROIMin Minimum gray level pixel value on the whole region of interest Pixel Max Value PixelROIMax Maximum gray level pixel value on the whole regi...

Page 47: ...e and a specific password is required to switch back the Camera in Integrator mode This password can be generated with a specific tool available from the hotline hotline cam e2v com Feature CXP Size i...

Page 48: ...rator Bank UserSetSave 0x08C04 4 WO Save current UserSet to UserSet bank number val from 1 to 5 val comes from UserSetSelector 1 2 3 4 User Bank 5 Integrator Bank Not available in User Mode UserSetCon...

Page 49: ...USER MANUAL ELIIXA 16K 8K CXP MONO REV K 06 2017 P A G E 49 APPENDIX...

Page 50: ...e previous one In 12 bits the level reaches 4095 before switching down to 0 In 8 bits the level reaches 255 before switching down to 0 A 2 Test Pattern 2 Fixed Horizontal Ramps A 1 2 In 8 bits Full fo...

Page 51: ...2 bits Medium format No Binning 16384 pixels An increment of 1 LSB is made for each pixel When it reaches 4095 turns back to 0 and starts again 250 255 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 295 300 250 260 270...

Page 52: ...15 32 Pixel 16 33 Pixel 17 33 Pixel 31 33 Pixel 32 34 Pixel 511 63 Pixel 512 96 Pixel 513 96 Pixel 2047 255 Pixel 2048 32 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 0 100 200 300 400 500 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90...

Page 53: ...g Gain is applied by the gradient of the counting ramp see next chapter Gain Offset The conversion time depends on the pixel format 8 or 10 bits 6 s 12 bits 18 s This conversion is done in masked time...

Page 54: ...e effective Exposure Time will be about Tintreal Tint Tx Td B 2 Synchronisation Modes with Maximum Exposure Time In these modes the rising edge of the Trigger internal or External starts the readout p...

Page 55: ...is 12 bits The MSB are taken from the 8bits MSB of the Lines AB and divided by 16 max C 2 Example with Ratio 2 and 10bits output Line C 8bit Lines AB 8bit HDR bloc HDR Output 12 bit x 16 12bit 16 12bi...

Page 56: ...ine The LUT could be used to compress the HDR output in 8bit Camera output illumination Saturation Lines AB Saturation Line C 1023 255 Lines AB used Line C used Camera 10b output without LUT Camera 8b...

Page 57: ...rate shall have an attenuation that is less or equal to the following attenuation at its corresponding frequency example with Belden 1694A Cable Bit Rate Gbps Maximum Attenuation dB Frequency GHz Bel...

Page 58: ...2650 SR 5 6 120 0061 0 33 X 0 26 0 38 X 453 mm 1004611 Accessories V mount 25mm macro extension tube Necessary to combine the whole lens system 20179 V mount to Leica adapter 20054 Unifoc 76 13048 Ada...

Page 59: ...ter addresses 1 0 15B Rev E Characterization of the Forward Reverse feature 1 0 17 Rev F Documentation details about GenICam Triggers 1 0 17 Rev G New Documentation Template Low band Filter and 8 memo...