Mikrotron MC130x User manual

MC130x
High Speed CMOS Camera
MC130x Users Manual Rev. 2.1
Camera-FirmwareV2.10-F1.30
Camera ID Nr.: MC1300, MC1301
Copyright 2003 Miktrotron GmbH
Mikrotron GmbH
Freisinger Str. 3
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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General MC130x Users Manual Rev. 2.1
Table of content
1General....................................................................... 5
1.1 For customers in the U.S.A. ...............................................................5
1.2 For customers in Canada....................................................................5
1.3 Pour utilisateurs au Canada ................................................................6
1.4 Life Support Applications ..................................................................6
1.5 Declaration of conformity ..................................................................7
1.6 Warranty Note....................................................................................8
1.7 Remarks, Warnings ............................................................................8
2Introduction................................................................ 9
2.1 Top level specifications....................................................................10
2.2 Differences between the camera types .............................................11
3Hardware.................................................................. 12
3.1 Serial interface .................................................................................12
3.1.1 MC1300.......................................................................................12
3.1.2 MC1301.......................................................................................12
3.2 Digital video interface......................................................................13
3.2.1 16 bit LVDS interface of MC1300 ..............................................13
3.2.2 Camera Link interface of MC1301..............................................13
3.3 Power supply....................................................................................13
3.3.1 MC1300.......................................................................................14
3.3.2 MC1301.......................................................................................14
3.4 LEDs ................................................................................................14
3.5 Electronic „Freeze Frame“ Shutter...................................................15
4Operation ................................................................. 16
4.1 First steps .........................................................................................17
5Initial setup .............................................................. 18
5.1 Serial number and firmware revision ...............................................18
5.2 Camera profile..................................................................................18
5.3 Factory profile..................................................................................18
5.4 User profiles.....................................................................................19
6Configuration........................................................... 20
6.1 Read serial number and firmware revision.......................................20
6.2 Profile processing.............................................................................21
6.2.1 Read camera profile.....................................................................22
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6.2.2 Write user profile.........................................................................22
6.2.3 Load user profile .........................................................................23
6.2.4 Load factory profile.....................................................................23
6.3 Adjusting image ...............................................................................23
6.3.1 Brightness....................................................................................23
6.3.2 Contrast .......................................................................................24
6.3.3 Black up.......................................................................................24
6.3.4 Black down..................................................................................24
6.3.5 Registers a3-4, a7-8.....................................................................24
6.4 Image size.........................................................................................24
6.4.1 Number of the first displayed line ...............................................25
6.4.2 Number of lines ...........................................................................25
6.4.3 Address of the first pixel of a line ...............................................26
6.4.4 Address of the last pixel of a line ................................................26
6.5 Clock selection .................................................................................26
6.6 Camera operating modes..................................................................28
6.6.1 Camera mode and maximum line length .....................................28
6.6.2 Type of exposure .........................................................................30
6.6.3 Synchronous operation without shutter .......................................30
6.6.4 Synchronous operation with shutter ............................................30
6.6.5 Asynchronous operation, shutter control by pulse width.............31
6.6.6 Asynchronous operation, shutter control by timer.......................31
6.7 Frame rates.......................................................................................32
6.8 Firmware ..........................................................................................33
6.8.1 Update Firmware.........................................................................33
6.8.2 Reset and configuration of the internal FPGA.............................33
6.9 Test image ........................................................................................34
6.10 FDV (frame data valid) low time .....................................................34
6.11 No LDV during FDV signal is inactive............................................35
6.12 Pixelbinning .....................................................................................36
6.13 Digital gain.......................................................................................37
6.14 Image counter...................................................................................37
6.15 ImageBLITZshutter release..........................................................37
6.15.1 ImageBLITZ® processing......................................................38
6.15.2 ImageBLITZ® programming .................................................40
6.15.2.1 Number of trigger line .......................................................40
6.15.2.2 Nummer des linken Randes des Triggerfensters................40
6.15.2.3 Rightmost pixel of the trigger line .....................................41
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6.15.2.5 Release condition...............................................................42
6.15.2.6 Release limitation...............................................................42
6.15.3 ImageBLITZ® setup...............................................................44
7MC1xxx configuration tool ..................................... 45
8Mechanical dimensions ........................................... 47
8.1 Camera body ....................................................................................47
8.1.1 Dimensioned drawing, side view of MC1300 .............................47
8.1.2 Dimensioned drawing, front view of MC130x............................48
8.1.3 Dimensioned drawing, rear view of MC1300 .............................49
8.1.4 Dimensioned drawing, rear view of MC1301 .............................50
8.2 Lens adjustment ...............................................................................51
8.2.1 Adjustable lens adapter................................................................51
8.2.2 Lens selection ..............................................................................51
9Technical Data......................................................... 52
9.1 Spectral response..............................................................................53
9.2 Connector pinning............................................................................54
9.2.1 Video connector, D-Sub 44-pins, used in MC1300....................54
9.2.2 Camera Link connector, MDR-26, used in MC1301...................55
9.2.3 RS-232 connector, D-Sub 9-pins, used in MC1300 ...................56
9.2.4 RS-232 ↔PC cable ....................................................................56
9.2.5 Circular connector 6-pole, used in MC1301................................57
9.3 Camera profiles, factory settings......................................................58
9.3.1 Profile 0: 100 x 100, 4.852 fps, camera mode 0 ..........................58
9.3.2 Profile 1: 240 x 240, 1.011 fps, camera mode 1 ..........................58
9.3.3 Profile 2: 640 x 480, 202 fps, camera mode 2 .............................58
9.3.4 Profile 3: 1.280 x 1.024, 47 fps, camera mode 3 .........................59
9.3.5 Default-Profile: 1.280 x 1.024, 14 fps, camera mode 3...............59
9.3.6 Camera profile: 1.280 x 1.024, 14 fps .........................................59
9.4 Camera clock, frequency selection...................................................61
9.4.1 Code of the clock synthesizer......................................................63
9.5 Programming sequence, factory profile ...........................................65
9.6 Timing..............................................................................................66
9.6.1 Pixel clock ...................................................................................66
9.6.2 Line Data Valid (LDV) ...............................................................66
9.6.3 Frame Data Valid (FDV).............................................................67
9.6.4 Exposure Signal (EXP)................................................................68
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1 General
1.1 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 commer-
cial 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 ra-
dio 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 ap-
proved in this manual could void your authority to operate this
equipment. The shielded interface cable recommended in this man-
ual 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.
1.2 For customers in Canada
This apparatus complies with the Class A limits for radio noise
emissions set out in Radio Interference Regulations.
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1.3 Pour utilisateurs au Canada
Cet appareil est conforme aux normes Classe A pour bruits radioé-
lectriques, spécifiées dans le Règlement sur le brouillage r
trique.
adioélec-
ea-
om-
ions do so
1.4 Life Support Applications
These products are not designed for use in life support appliances,
devices, or systems where malfunction of these products can r
sonably be expected to result in personal injury. Mikrotron cust
ers using or selling these products for use in such applicat
at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Mikrotron for any
damages resulting from such improper use or sale.
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1.5 Declaration of conformity
Manufacturer: Mikrotron GmbH
Address: Freisingerstr. 3
85386 Eching
Deutschland
Product: CMOS camera MC1300
CMOS camera MC1301
The dedicated products conform to the requirements of the Council
Directives 89/336/EWG for the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to electromagnetic consistency. The f
ing standards were consulted for the conformity testing with regard
to electromagnetic consistency.
ollow-
EC regulation Description
EN 50081 Electromagnetic compatibility
EN 50082 Immunity
Eching, Feb 07th. 2002
Mikrotron GmbH
Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Mindermann
President of Mikrotron
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1.6 Warranty Note
Do not open the body of the camera. The warranty becomes void if
the body is opened.
1.7 Remarks, Warnings
This document contains important remarks and warnings. See the
corresponding symbols:
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Important remark
*
Attention, Warning
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Introduction MC130x Users Manual Rev. 2.1
2 Introduction
The CMOS-High Speed camera MC130x is a high resolution c
era with 1280•1024 pixel. Benefits of CMOS technology are high
speed, random access to pixels with free programmability and low
power.
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The camera uses industry-standard C-Mount lenses. The sensor
diagonal is 1,25“ with square pixels measuring 12µm.
Free programmability means that the user is free to define the r
gion of interest by size and position and the speed of data output.
With a resolution of 100 x 100 pixel, the frame rate exceeds 4850
frames/sec. The highest continuous data rate at the output can be
constant with a maximum of 132 Mbyte/sec (16Bit data width at
66MHz pixel clock).
The MC130x is configured via a serial interface (MC1300 uses
RS232, MC1301 uses the serial interface according to the Camera
Link specification. There are six configuration parameter sets
(called: profiles) available, one camera profile, four user profiles,
and one factory profile that cannot be modified by the user. All
profiles are stored in non volatile memory.
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2.1 Top level specifications
high resolution: 1280•1024 pixel CMOS sensor•
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256 grey levels
up to 100 full frames/s
arbitrary region of interest
high sensitivity
12µm square pixels
electronic “Freeze Frame” shutter
low blooming
programmable via serial link
patented ImageBLITZ® image trigger
asynchronous trigger
download customer specific FPGA preprocessing firmware
small, compact housing
low power, wide power supply range
low temperature
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2.2 Differences between the camera types
The CMOS cameras MC130x family consist of 2 cameras, the
MC1300 and the MC1301. The differences between the two c
eras are shown in the table below.
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table 1
differences MC1300 MC1301
digital interface 16 bit LVDS Camera Link
base configuration
serial interface RS232 at 44p. and
9p. SUB-D c
tor
onnec-
via MDR-26 (camera
link connector)
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3 Hardware
3.1 Serial interface
The communication via the serial interface is optional. The camera
was programmed with predefined profiles and is fully operative.
For loading new parameters or settings into the camera a serial data
link is needed.
A description of the connector pinning is in chapter 9.2.
3.1.1 MC1300
A connection is accessible via a standard 9-pin or the 44-pin data
connector.
Parameters of the RS-232 link:
table 2
Baud rate 9600 Bd
Data bits 8
Parity n
Stop bits 1
See chapter 9.2 for pinning and wiring of the RS-232 cable.
3.1.2 MC1301
The serial interface is integrated in the Camera Link connection,
which is supported by many frame grabbers. The settings for the
communication are shown in table 3.
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3.2 Digital video interface
The digital video interface supplies pixel data (D0...15), pixel clock
(CLKOUT), line- and frame data valid signals (FDV, LDV). Start
and duration of exposure time can be defined with the exposure
input signal EXP.
Pixel data is 8-bit wide (256 grey levels) and two adjacent pixels
are output with one pixel clock. Pixel clock is 66MHz max, all sig-
nals change after the rising edge of clock with a hold time of typi-
cal 4,5ns (3,5..6ns max). See Pixel clock for details.
Connector pinning is described in Chapter 9.2.
3.2.1 16 bit LVDS interface of MC1300
All signals are transmitted with twisted pairs at an impedance of
100Ω, conforming to RS-644 signal definition.
3.2.2 Camera Link interface of MC1301
Camera Link is a communication interface for vision applications.
Up to 28 bits are serialized to 4 output signals, which are t
ted via a RS644 interface using twisted pair wiring and are termi-
nated with 100 Ω.
ransmit-
3.3 Power supply
The camera needs a DC supply voltage between 8 … 35 V at a
power consumption of 2,5 Watt max..
See also Connector pinning .
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3.3.1 MC1300
The power is input either via the 6-pin circular power connector or
via a pin from the 44-pin video data connector.
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Use only one power connection, otherwise there is a
risk of severe damage
3.3.2 MC1301
The power is supplied via the 6-pin circular connector.
3.4 LEDs
Two LEDs on the camera backplane show the operating condition
of the MC130x.
Green LED ... Power supply on/off
Yellow LED ... off:
Download of internal firmware in progress,
no other activity is possible.
blinking:
Camera logic is configured, no other activity
is possible.
on:
Camera in operation, access to internal
microcontroller via serial link is possible.
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3.5 Electronic „Freeze Frame“ Shutter
Preceding exposure, the contents of all light sensitive elements is
cleared. When exposure terminates, accumulated charge is trans-
ferred to an analog memory associated which each pixel. It stays
there until it is read out (and discharged) by the A/D conversion
cycle.
As all light sensitive elements are exposed at the same time, even
fast moving objects are captured without geometric distortion.
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4 Operation
Before starting to operate the camera, make sure that the following
equipment is available:
Camera MC130x
C-Mount Lens
Image processing system, e.g.: PC, frame grabber and Software
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The frame grabber must be compatible with RS-644
digital signaling. Ask Mikrotron www.mikrotron.de or
[email protected] for compatible frame grabbers
Additional items:
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1 Power supply 12VDC, 0.3A min*
1 Camera cable
1 power cable*
1 Serial RS-232-cable*
* Not necessary if the corresponding pins on the 44-pin data c
nector are used.
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To specify cables see chapter Connector pinning.
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4.1 First steps
1. Switch off the image processing system
2. Connect data cable between camera and frame grabber**.
3. Connect power cable.**
4. Optional: connect serial RS-232 cable.**
5. Unscrew dust protection cover, screw in lens.
** not necessary if the corresponding pins on 44-pin. SUB-D-
connector are used (only MC1300).
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5 Initial setup
The MC1300 is delivered with initial parameters and therefore does
not need to be configured via the serial RS-232 link. See the initial
setup parameters in chapter 9.3.
5.1 Serial number and firmware revision
Serial number and firmware revision is provided in MC130x non
volatile memory. Use :v command (Read serial number and firm-
ware revision) to read serial number and firmware revision. The
serial number is also marked on the type plate of the camera.
5.2 Camera profile
A profile is the contents of all camera registers and therefore re-
sponsible for the cameras mode of operation.
The camera profile is the contents of all camera registers that are
loaded from non-volatile memory after power up. A change of pa-
rameters by the serial link is reflected in the camera profile. See
chapter 9.3 for factory setup of the camera profile.
5.3 Factory profile
The factory profile can be read but not written by the user. (see
chapter 9.2).
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5.4 User profiles
The user can store up to four camera profiles in non volatile mem-
ory. All load or write commands exchange data between the cam-
era profile and one of the four user profiles.
table 3
Profile-Nr. Resolution
/ Pixel
Frame rate
/fps
0 100 x 100 4.852
1 240 x 240 1.011
2 640 x 480 202
3 1280 x 1024 47
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6 Configuration
The MC130x has 15 FPGA registers, r1..rfh, each 10 bit wide,
eight D/A registers, a1..a8, 8-bit wide, and one clock select regis-
ter, 4 bit wide.
The contents of all the above registers is called a profile. There is
space in non volatile memory for 6 profiles: one camera profile, 4
user profiles and one factory profile.
Any change of a specific register through the serial interface is
immediately processed and written to the camera profile. This set-
ting is stored in a volatile part of the memory and gets lost when
power goes down.
After power-up the camera profile is loaded from the non-volatile
to the volatile part of the memory and is used to adjust the camera.
A load or write command exchanges data between the camera pro-
file and one of the four user profiles.
The factory profile can be read but not be written by any command.
All values are given in hexadecimal notation, e.g.: 0xff or 0ffh =
255.
6.1 Read serial number and firmware revision
The serial number and the firmware revision can be read with the
:v command.
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