Basler A500k User manual

Basler A500k
USER’S MANUAL
Document Number: DA000570
Version: 09 Language: 000 (English)
Release Date: 07 August 2012
DRAFT

For customers in the U.S.A.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used
in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could
void your authority to operate this equipment.
The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in
order to comply with the limits for a computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules.
For customers in Canada
This apparatus complies with the Class A limits for radio noise emissions set out in Radio
Interference Regulations.
Pour utilisateurs au Canada
Cet appareil est conforme aux normes Classe A pour bruits radioélectriques, spécifiées dans le
Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique.
Life Support Applications
These products are not designed for use in life support appliances, devices, or systems where
malfunction of these products can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury. Basler
customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and
agree to fully indemnify Basler for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale.
Warranty Note
Do not open the housing of the camera. The warranty becomes void if the housing is opened.
All material in this publication is subject to change without notice and is copyright
Basler AG.

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Contents
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Camera Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 Performance Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.3 Digital Responsivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.4 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1.5 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
2 Camera Interface
2.1 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1.1 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1.2 Pin Assignment for the MDR 26 Camera Link Connector(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.1.3 Pin Assignment for the Power Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.1.4 Pin Assignment for the Flash Trigger Receptacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.1.5 Pin Assignment for the VGA Monitor Output
(A504k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.2 Cable Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.2.1 Camera Link Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.2.2 Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.3 Camera Link Implementation in the A500k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2.4 Input Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2.4.1 ExSync: Controls Frame Readout and Exposure Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2.4.2 ExFlash from the Frame Grabber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2.5 Output Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2.5.1 Pixel Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2.5.2 Line Valid Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2.5.3 Frame Valid Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2.5.4 Video Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2.5.5 Video Data Output for the A504k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
2.5.6 Video Data Output for the A503k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
2.5.7 Video Data Output for the A501k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
2.5.8 Flash Trigger Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
2.5.9 VGA Monitor Output (A504k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
2.6 RS-644 Serial Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
2.6.1 Making the Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
2.7 Converting Camera Link Output to RS-644 with a k-BIC (A501k Only) . . . . . . . . 2-33
2.8 DC Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
2.9 Power Control: Full Function and Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
2.10 Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

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3 Basic Operation and Features
3.1 Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 Exposure Time Control Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.2.1 ExSync Controlled Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.2.2 Free Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.3 Exposure Time Control Modes in Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.3.1 ExSync, Edge-controlled Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
3.3.1.1 ExSync, Edge-controlled Mode with Asynchronous Timing . . . . . 3-11
3.3.1.2 ExSync, Edge-controlled Mode with Synchronous Timing 1 . . . . . 3-12
3.3.1.3 ExSync, Edge-controlled Mode with Synchronous Timing 2 . . . . . 3-13
3.3.2 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
3.3.2.1 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode with Asynchronous Timing . . . . . 3-15
3.3.2.2 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode with Synchronous/Asynchronous
Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3.3.2.3 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode with Synchronous Timing 1 . . . . . 3-17
3.3.2.4 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode with Synchronous Timing 2 . . . . . 3-18
3.3.3 ExSync, Programmable Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
3.3.3.1 ExSync, Programmable Mode with Asynchronous Timing . . . . . . 3-20
3.3.3.2 ExSync, Programmable Mode with Synchronous/Asynchronous
Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
3.3.3.3 ExSync, Programmable Mode with Synchronous Timing 1 . . . . . 3-22
3.3.3.4 ExSync, Programmable Mode with Synchronous Timing 2 . . . . . 3-23
3.3.4 Free-run Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
3.3.4.1 Free-run Mode with Asynchronous Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
3.3.4.2 Free-run Mode with Synchronous/Asynchronous Timing . . . . . . . 3-26
3.3.4.3 Free-run Mode with Synchronous Timing 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
3.3.4.4 Free-run Mode with Synchronous Timing 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
3.3.5 Free-run VGA Mode (A504k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
3.4 Long Exposure Compensation (A504k, A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3.5 Max Exposure Time at Max Speed (A504k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
3.6 Gain and Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
3.6.1 Gain Settings in More Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
3.6.2 Offset Settings in More Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
3.7 DSNU Constancy (A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
3.8 Shutterline Correction (A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
3.9 Digital Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
3.9.1 How Digital Shift Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
3.9.2 Precautions When Using Digital Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
3.10 Area of Interest (AOI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
3.10.1 Changes to the Maximum Frame Rate with Area of Interest . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
3.10.2 Dynamic Area of Interest (A504k, A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
3.10.3 Area of Interest Stamp (A504k, A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
3.10.4 Area of Interest with the VGA Monitor Output (A504k Only) . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

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3.11 Test Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
3.11.1 Gray Scale Test Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
3.11.2 Running Line Test Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
3.11.3 White Screen Test Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
3.12 Configuration Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
3.13 Camera Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
4 Configuring the Camera
4.1 Configuring the Camera with the Camera
Configuration Tool Plus (CCT+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.1 Opening the Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.2 Closing the Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.3 Configuration Tool Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.1.4 Configuration Tool Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.2 Configuring the Camera with Binary
Programming Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4.2.1 Command Frame and Response Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4.2.2 Error Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.2.2.1 ACK/NAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.2.2.2 Time-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.2.2.3 Read Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.2.2.4 Write Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
4.2.3 Example Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
4.2.3.1 Read Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
4.2.3.2 Write Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
4.2.3.3 Calculating the Block Check Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
4.2.4 Commands for Setting Camera Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
4.2.4.1 Exposure Time Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
4.2.4.2 Timer 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
4.2.4.3 Timer 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
4.2.4.4 Long Exposure Compensation (A504k, A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4.2.4.5 Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
4.2.4.6 Negative Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
4.2.4.7 Positive Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
4.2.4.8 DSNU Constancy and Shutterline Correction Enable
(A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4.2.4.9 Shutterline Correction (A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.2.4.10 Digital Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
4.2.4.11 Area of Interest Starting Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
4.2.4.12 Area of Interest Width in Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
4.2.4.13 Area of Interest Starting Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
4.2.4.14 Area of Interest Height in Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
4.2.4.15 Area of Interest Stamp and Dynamic Area of Interest (A504k,
A503k Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
4.2.4.16 FlashCtrl: Flash Trigger Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22

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4.2.5 Test Image Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
4.2.6 Query Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
4.2.6.1 Read Vendor Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
4.2.6.2 Read Model Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
4.2.6.3 Read Product ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
4.2.6.4 Read Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
4.2.6.5 Read Camera Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
4.2.6.6 Read EEPROM Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
4.2.6.7 Read Microcontroller Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
4.2.6.8 Read FPGA Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
4.2.6.9 Read Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
4.2.7 Commands for Manipulating Configuration Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
4.2.7.1 Copy the Factory Set or the User Set into the Work Set
(Profile Load) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
4.2.7.2 Copy the Work Set into a User Set (Profile Save) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
4.2.7.3 Select the Startup Pointer (Profile Startup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
4.2.8 Camera Status Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
4.2.9 Bitrate Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
4.2.10 Camera Reset Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
4.2.11 Power Control Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
5 Mechanical Considerations
5.1 Camera Dimensions and Mounting Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2 F-Mount Adapter Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5.3 Positioning Accuracy of the Sensor Chip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5.4 Mechanical Stress Test Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
6 Troubleshooting and Support
6.1 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.1.1 Fault Finding Using the Camera’s LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.1.2 Troubleshooting Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.1.2.1 No Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.1.2.2 Poor Quality Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
6.1.2.3 Interfacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
6.1.2.4 RS-644 Serial Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
6.2 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
6.2.1 Technical Support Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
6.2.2 Obtaining an RMA Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
6.2.3 Before Contacting Basler Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Introduction
Basler A500k1-1
PRELIMINARY
1 Introduction
BASLER A500karea scan cameras are high speed CMOS cameras designed for industrial use.
Good CMOS image sensing features are combined with a robust, high precision manufactured
housing.
Important features are:
• CMOS APS (Active Pixel Sensor) technology
• High speed
• Electronic full frame shutter (True SNAPTM freeze-frame)
• Anti-blooming
• Electronic exposure time control
• Partial scan
• Programmable via an RS-644 serial port
• Industrial housing manufactured with high planar, parallel and angular precision
• VGA monitor output (A504konly)
• Flash trigger output
1.1 Camera Versions
A500kseries area scan cameras are available in different versions; the version depends on the
maximum frame rate.
Throughout the manual, the camera will be called the A500k. Passages that are only valid for a
specific version will be so indicated.
Camera Version Max. Frame Rate Monochrome/Color
A504k500 fps monochrome
A503k402 fps monochrome
A501k74 fps monochrome
Table 1-1: Versions of the A500kSeries Camera

Introduction
1-2 Basler A500k
PRELIMINARY
1.2 Performance Specifications
The image sensor characteristics were measured at 25 °C.
Specifications A504kA503kA501k
Sensor 1280 H x 1024 V pixel CMOS (1310720 pixels)
Micron MV13 progressive scan
monochrome monochrome monochrome
Pixel Size 12 µm x 12 µm (12 µm pixel pitch)
Fill Factor without micro
lens
40 %
Sensor Imaging Area H: 15.36 mm, V: 12.29 mm, Diagonal: 19.67 mm
Digital Responsivity See section 1.3 and
Figure 1-1.
See section 1.3 and
Figure 1-1.
See section 1.3 and
Figure 1-1.
Shutter Electronic full frame shutter: True SNAPTM (Shuttered-Node Active Pixel)
Shutter Efficiency 99.9 % (typical)
Shutter Exposure Time 10 µs to greater than 33 ms
PRNU (Photo Re-
sponse Non-uniformity)
high spatial frequency: < 0.6 % rms (typical)
low spatial frequency: < 10 % p-p (typical)
DSNU (Dark Signal
Non-uniformity)
high spatial frequency: < 0.4 % rms (typical)
low spatial frequency: < 1.5 % p-p (typical)
Vdrk (output referred
dark signal)
75 LSB/s with digital shift = 0 (typical)
150 LSB/s with digital shift = 1 (typical)
300 LSB/s with digital shift = 2 (typical)
600 LSB/s with digital shift = 3 (typical)
Kdrk (Dark current tem-
perature coefficient)
+100 % at + 8 °C
Pixel Clock Speed 67.58 MHz 50 MHz
Frame Rate Max. 500 fps @ 1280 x
1024
Max. 402 fps @1280 x
1024
Max. 500 fps @ < 1040
x 1024
Max. 74 fps @1280 x
1024
Output Data Rate 625 MBytes/s 502.5 MBytes/s 95 MBytes/s
Pixel Depth 8 Bit out of 10
Video Output Type Channel Link®LVDS,
10 x 8 Data Bits
Channel Link®LVDS, 8
x 8 Data Bits
Channel Link®LVDS, 2
x 8 Data Bits
Video Output Format 10 taps 8 Bit each
Camera Link®Full Con-
figuration (Basler-spe-
cific bit assignment)
8 taps 8 Bit each
Camera Link®Full Con-
figuration
2 taps 8 Bit each;
Camera Link®
Base
Configuration
Synchronization Via external ExSync signal or free-run
Exposure Time Control Edge-controlled, Level-controlled, or Programmable
Table 1-2: A500kPerformance Specifications