Imperx BOBCAT ICL-B0610Ml Instructions for use

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BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual
(CameraLink PoCL and GEV Models)
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BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual
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[phone] of 212
Revision History
Rev 0. 03/ 3/09 P. Dinev Initial Pre-Release – Old UART protocol
Rev 0.3 07/31/09 P. Dinev Old UART removed, added new UART protocol and new
register addresses.
Rev 0.4 08/ 5/09 P. Dinev Image Enhancement section, AOI8 modes added.
Rev 0.5 08/ 7/09 P. Dinev Figure . 7a and related text changed.
Rev 0.6 01/15/10 P. Dinev B06 0, B 5 0 cameras added, all related tables and figures
updated. Minor errors fixed.
Rev 0.7 03/0 /10 P. Dinev B16 0, B19 0 cameras added, all related tables and figures
updated. Minor errors fixed.
Rev 0.8 03/1 /10 P. Dinev B 0 0, B40 0 and B48 0 cameras added, all related tables
and figures updated. Minor errors fixed.
Rev 0.9 04/1 /10 P. Dinev GEV option added to all cameras, all related tables and
figures updated. Minor errors fixed.
Rev 1.0 04/ 5/10 P. Dinev Official Release

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOBCAT HARDWARE USER’S MANUAL 1
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION 15
1.1 BOBCAT FAMILY............................................................................................................ 16
1.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................. 17
1.3 BOBCAT SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................... 19
1.3.1 General Information ..................................................................................................... 19
1.3. Spectral Response ........................................................................................................ 1
1.3.3 Bayer Pattern Information............................................................................................ 3
1.3.4 Technical Specifications .............................................................................................. 4
1.4 CAMERA CONNECTIVITY ........................................................................................... 34
1.4.1 Camera Link Output..................................................................................................... 34
1.4. GigE Output ................................................................................................................. 39
1.4.3 Power Supply ............................................................................................................... 40
1.5 MECHANICAL, OPTICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL ................................................ 41
1.5.1 Mechanical ................................................................................................................... 41
1.5. Optical .......................................................................................................................... 48
1.5.3 Environmental .............................................................................................................. 48
CHAPTER – CAMERA FEATURES 5
2.1 IMAGE RESOLUTION .................................................................................................... 53
.1.1 Normal Mode – Single Output..................................................................................... 53
.1. Normal Mode – Dual Output ....................................................................................... 54
.1.3 Center Mode................................................................................................................. 54
2.2 FRAME TIME CONTROL .............................................................................................. 5
. .1 Internal Line and Frame Time Control ........................................................................ 58
. . Camera Speed Control ................................................................................................. 58
. .3 External Line and Frame Time Control ....................................................................... 59
2.3 AREA OF INTEREST....................................................................................................... 60
.3.1 Horizontal and Vertical Window ................................................................................. 60
.3. Calculating the Frame Rate using Vertical Window.................................................... 6
2.4 BINNING ............................................................................................................................ 73

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2.5 EXPOSURE CONTROL................................................................................................... 77
.5.1 Internal Exposure Control - Electronic Shutter............................................................ 77
.5. External exposure control............................................................................................. 77
.5.3 Variable Frame Time – Programmable Line and Frame Time .................................... 77
.5.4 Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) ............................................................................ 78
.5.5 Automatic Iris Control (AIC)....................................................................................... 79
2.6 EXTERNAL TRIGGER.................................................................................................... 0
.6.1 Triggering Inputs.......................................................................................................... 80
.6. Acquisition and Exposure Control ............................................................................... 80
.6.3 Trigger Strobe Control ................................................................................................. 81
.6.4 Triggering modes ......................................................................................................... 81
2.7 STROBE OUTPUT............................................................................................................ 6
2. GAIN and OFFSET ........................................................................................................... 7
.8.1 Analog Domain – manual control ................................................................................ 87
.8. Digital Domain – manual control................................................................................. 88
.8.3 Automatic Gain Control (AGC)................................................................................... 88
2.9 DATA OUTPUT FORMAT .............................................................................................. 9
.9.1 Bit Depth ...................................................................................................................... 89
.9. Digital Data Shift ......................................................................................................... 90
.9.3 Output Format .............................................................................................................. 90
2.10 PULSE GENERATOR ...................................................................................................... 93
2.11 I/O CONTROL................................................................................................................... 94
.11.1 I/O Mapping ................................................................................................................. 94
.11. Electrical Connectivity................................................................................................. 95
2.12 TEST IMAGE PATTERNS .............................................................................................. 97
.1 .1 Test Image patterns ...................................................................................................... 97
.1 . Image Superimposition ................................................................................................ 97
2.13 DYNAMIC BLACK LEVEL CORRECTION AND TAP BALANCING.................... 9
2.14 TRANSFER FUNCTION CORRECTION – USER LUT.............................................. 9
.14.1 Standard Gamma Correction........................................................................................ 99
.14. User Defined LUT........................................................................................................ 99
2.15 DEFECTIVE PIXEL CORRECTION........................................................................... 101
2.16 FLAT FIELD CORRECTION ....................................................................................... 102
2.17 NEGATIVE IMAGE ....................................................................................................... 104

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2.1 CAMERA INTERFACE ................................................................................................. 105
.18.1 Status LED ................................................................................................................. 105
.18. Temperature Monitor ................................................................................................. 105
.18.3 Exposure Time Monitor ............................................................................................. 105
.18.4 Frame Time Monitor .................................................................................................. 106
.18.5 Current image size...................................................................................................... 106
CHAPTER 3 – DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING 107
3.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 10
3.2 IMAGE ENHANCEMENT............................................................................................. 10
3. .1 Threshold Operation................................................................................................... 108
3. . Multi Point Correction ............................................................................................... 110
CHAPTER 4 – CAMERA CONFIGURATION 114
4.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 115
4.2 CAMERA CONFIGURATION .................................................................................. 115
4. .1 Configuration Memory – parameter FLASH ............................................................. 115
4. .3 Camera Serial Protocol............................................................................................... 116
4.3 CAMERA CONFIGURATION REGISTER DESCRIPTION.................................... 120
4.3.1 Startup Procedure ....................................................................................................... 1 0
4.3. Saving and Restoring Settings.................................................................................... 1 0
4.3.3 Retrieving Manufacturing Data.................................................................................. 1
4.3.4 Camera Information Registers ................................................................................... 1 3
4.3.5 Image Size (AOI) Workspace Registers .................................................................... 1 6
4.3.6 Exposure Control Workspace Registers..................................................................... 13
4.3.7 AEC, AGC, AIC Workspace Registers...................................................................... 134
4.3.8 Video Amp, Gain and Offset Workspace Registers................................................... 137
4.3.9 Triggering Workspace Registers................................................................................ 138
4.3.10 Pulse Generator Workspace Registers ....................................................................... 14
4.3.11 Test Pattern Workspace Registers.............................................................................. 143
4.3.1 Input/output Workspace Registers ............................................................................. 144
4.3.13 Output Data Format.................................................................................................... 149
4.3.14 Data Correction Workspace Registers ....................................................................... 151
4.4 DATA PROCESSING REGISTER DESCRIPTION ................................................... 153
4.4.1 Image Enhancement Workspace Registers ................................................................ 153
CHAPTER 5 - CONFIGURATOR FOR CAMERALINK 155

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5.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 156
5.2 DISCOVERY PROCEDURE.......................................................................................... 156
5.3 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ............................................................................... 157
5.4 MAIN GUI MENU ........................................................................................................... 15
5.5 VIEW GUI WINDOWS .................................................................................................. 162
5.6 GUI HELP ........................................................................................................................ 163
5.7 PARAMETER WINDOWS ............................................................................................ 164
5.7.1 Video Amp ................................................................................................................. 164
5.7. I/O Control ................................................................................................................. 165
5.7.3 Trigger........................................................................................................................ 167
5.7.4 Pulse Generator .......................................................................................................... 169
5.7.5 Exposure..................................................................................................................... 170
5.7.6 Test Image .................................................................................................................. 17
5.7.7 Area of Interest (AOI) ................................................................................................ 173
5.7.8 Strobe Control ............................................................................................................ 175
5.7.9 Processing................................................................................................................... 176
5.7.10 Data Output ................................................................................................................ 178
CHAPTER 6 – GEN<I>CAM REFERENCE MANUAL 181
6.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................ 1 2
6.2 NODE TREE .................................................................................................................... 1 3
6. .1 Device Information .................................................................................................... 183
6. . IP Engine .................................................................................................................... 183
6. .3 GigE Vision Transport Layer..................................................................................... 183
6. .5 Acquisition and Trigger Controls............................................................................... 185
6. .6 Counters and Timers Controls.................................................................................... 185
6. .7 Analog Controls ......................................................................................................... 186
6. .8 Test Mode................................................................................................................... 186
6. .9 User Sets..................................................................................................................... 186
6. .10 Custom Features......................................................................................................... 187
CHAPTER 7 – BOBCAT WARRANTY AND SUPPORT 190
7.1 ORDERING INFORMATION ....................................................................................... 191
7.2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ................................................................................................ 192

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7.3 WARRANTY.................................................................................................................... 193
APPENDIX A – CAMERA CONFIGURATION REFERENCE 194
A.0 ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................... 195
A.1 SAVING AND RESTORING REGISTERS.................................................................. 195
A.2 CAMERA INFORMATION REGISTERS ................................................................... 195
A.3 IMAGE SIZE (AOI) REGISTERS................................................................................. 196
A.4 EXPOSURE CONTROL REGISTERS......................................................................... 197
A.5 VIDEO REGISTERS....................................................................................................... 197
A.6 AEC, AGC, AIC REGISTERS ....................................................................................... 19
A.7 TRIGGER REGISTERS ................................................................................................. 19
A. PULSE GENERATOR REGISTERS ............................................................................ 199
A.9 TEST PATTERN REGISTERS...................................................................................... 199
A.10 STROBE REGISTERS.................................................................................................... 199
A.11 INPUT AND OUTPUT REGISTERS ............................................................................ 199
A.12 OUTPUT DATA FORMAT REGISTERS .................................................................... 200
A.13 DATA CORRECTION REGISTERS ............................................................................ 200
A.14 PROCESSING REGISTERS .......................................................................................... 200
A.15 MANUFACTURING DATA REGISTERS................................................................... 201
APPENDIX B – CREATING LOOK UP TABLES 0
B.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 203
B.2 USING AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR................................................................................ 203
B.3 USING MICROSOFT EXCEL....................................................................................... 204
APPENDIX C – CREATING DPC AND HPC TABLES 05

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C.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 206
C.2 USING AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR................................................................................ 206
APPENDIX D – SOFTWARE INSTALLATION - CL 07
APPENDIX E – FIRMWARE UPGRADE - CL 09
E.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 210
E.2 BOBCAT UPGRADE ...................................................................................................... 210

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FIGURES
Figure 1.0 – Interline CCD pixel structure. 0
Figure 1.1a – KAI (Kodak) CCD typical mono spectral response. 1
Figure 1.1b – KAI (Kodak) CCD typical UV spectral response. 1
Figure 1.1c – KAI (Kodak) CCD typical color spectral response.
Figure 1. a – ICX (SONY) CCD typical mono spectral response.
Figure 1. b – ICX (Sony) CCD typical color spectral response. 3
Figure 1.3 – Bayer Patter arrangement. 3
Figure 1.4 – Camera back panel – camera link output 34
Figure 1.5a – Camera output connector 35
Figure 1.5b – Camera power connector 37
Figure 1.6 – Camera back panel –GigE output 39
Figure 1.7a – C-mount camera link cameras. 41
Figure 1.7b – C-mount GEV cameras. 41
Figure 1.8a – C-mount camera link output – dimensional drawings for ICL-B0610, ICL-
B06 0, ICL-B1410, ICL-B1610 and ICL-B 5 0. 4
Figure 1.8b – C-mount camera link output – dimensional drawings for ICL-B16 0 and
ICL-B19 0. 43
Figure 1.8c – F-mount camera link output – dimensional drawings for ICL-B 0 0, ICL-
B40 0 and ICL-B48 0. 44

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Figure 1.8d – C-mount GigE vision output – dimensional drawings for IGV-B0610, IGV-
B06 0, IGV-B1410, IGV-B1610 and IGV-B 5 0. 45
Figure 1.8e – C-mount GigE vision output – dimensional drawings for IGV-B16 0 and
IGV-B19 0. 46
Figure 1.8f – F-mount GigE vision output – dimensional drawings for IGV-B 0 0, IGV-
B40 0 and IGV-B48 0. 47
Figure 1.9a – Optical plane position for B0610, B06 0, B1410, B1610 and B 5 0
cameras. 49
Figure 1.9b – Optical plane position for B16 0 and B19 0 cameras. 50
Figure 1.9b – Optical plane position for B 0 0, B40 0 and B48 0 cameras. 51
Figure .1 – Single output mode of operation. 53
Figure . – Dual output mode of operation. 54
Figure .3 – Center columns output mode of operation. 55
Figure .4 – Center columns output in dual mode of operation. 56
Figure .5 – Center columns output in dual tap mode. 56
Figure .6 – Sub-sampled CCD output. 57
Figure .7 – Horizontal and vertical window positioning. 60
Figure .8 – Slave AOIs. 61
Figure .9 – PAOI enabled as processing ROI. 6
Figure .10a – Frame rate vs. vertical window size for B0610 63
Figure .10b – Frame rate vs. Vertical window size for B06 0 64
Figure .10c – Frame rate vs. Vertical window size for B1410 65