Allied AVT STINGRAY Technical Manual

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3 Contents Contacting Allied Vision Technologies ..................................................11 Introduction ...........................................................................................................12 Document history ......................................................................................................... 12 Manual overview........................................................................................................... 21 Conventions used in this manual..................................................................................... 22 Styles........................ ...

4 STINGRAY F-033B/C (fiber)............................................................................................. 45 STINGRAY F-046B/C (fiber)............................................................................................. 47 STINGRAY F-080B/C (fiber)............................................................................................. 49 STINGRAY F-125B/C (fiber)............................................................................................. 51 STINGRAY F-145B/C (fiber)............................................................................................. 53 STINGRAY F-146B ...

5 Automatic generation of correction data.................................................................... 101 Requirements .................................................................................................... 101 Algorithm ......................................................................................................... 101 Loading a shading image out of the camera ............................................................... 104 Loading a shading image into the camera.................................................................. 105 Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function................. ...

6 Color correction: formula..................................................................................... 143 GretagMacbeth ColorChecker................................................................................ 143 Changing color correction coefficients .................................................................. 144 Switch color correction on/off ............................................................................. 144 Color conversion (RGB  YUV) ..................................................................................... 145 Bulk Trigger........................................... ...

7 Asynchronous broadcast .............................................................................................. 189 Jitter at start of exposure............................................................................................ 190 Sequence mode .......................................................................................................... 192 How is sequence mode implemented?........................................................................ 193 Setup mode....................................................................................................... 194 Sequence step mode........ ...

8 Stingray F-146/F-146 BL: AOI frame rates .................................................................. 238 Stingray F-201/F-201 BL: AOI frame rates .................................................................. 239 Stingray F-504/F-504 BL: AOI frame rates .................................................................. 240 How does bandwidth affect the frame rate? ...................................241 Example formula for the b/w camera..................................................................... 242 Test images ........................................................................................ ...

9 Shading correction ................................................................................................. 295 Reading or writing shading image from/into the camera.......................................... 296 Automatic generation of a shading image.............................................................. 296 Memory channel error codes ................................................................................ 297 Deferred image transport......................................................................................... 298 Frame information................................................... ...

10 Index.........................................................................................................................331 ...

STINGRAY Technical Manual V4.2.0 11 Contacting Allied Vision Technologies Info  • Technical information: [email protected] phone (for Germany): +49 (0)36428 677-270 phone (for USA): +1 978-225-2030 outside Germany/USA: Please check the link for your local dealer. http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/partner.html • Ordering and commercial information: [email protected] phone (for Germany): +49 (0)36428 677-230 phone (for USA): +1 978-225-2030 outside Germany/USA: Please check the link for your local dealer. http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/partner.html Please note order number/text given in ...

12 Introduction This STINGRAY Technical Manual describes in depth the technical specifica- tions, dimensions, all camera features (IIDC standard and AVT smart fea- tures) and their registers, trigger features, all video and color formats, band- width and frame rate calculation. For information on hardware installation, safety warnings, pin assignments on I/O connectors and 1394b connectors read the Hardware Installation Guide. Document history Note  Please read through this manual carefully. We assume that you have read already the Hardware Installation Guide and that you have installed the hard- ware an ...

13 continued from last page V2.1.0 [continued] 23.05.08 [continued] Added 4 x and 8 x binning in Chapter Binning (only Stingray b/w models and F-201C) on page 114ff. Added 2 out of 8 sub-sampling in Chapter Sub-sampling (Stin- gray b/w and color) on page 120ff. Changed Figure 74: Mapping of possible Format_7 modes to F7M1...F7M7 on page 127 Added fiber models in Table 36: FIFO memory size on page 135 Added Chapter Temperature register on page 279 Added Shading control registers (0xF1000250, 0xF1000254, 0xF1000258) in Table 124: Advanced registers summary on page 280ff. Added Mirror image register (0xF100041 ...

14 continued from last page V2.1.0 [continued] 23.05.08 [continued] [continued] Added board level in Video formats, modes and bandwidth on page 203ff. Added board level (BL) in Table 126: Camera type ID list on page 284 Added PWM in Table 127: Advanced register: Advanced feature inquiry on page 286f. Changed resolutions of Format_7 modes in Chapter Video for- mats, modes and bandwidth on page 203ff. Corrected RGB8 frame rates in Format_7 Mode_0 in Chapter Video formats, modes and bandwidth on page 203ff. Added frame rates for binning and sub-sampling modes in Chapter Video formats, modes and bandwidth on p ...

15 continued from last page V2.2.0 [continued] 15.08.08 [continued] [continued] Rounded offsets in Chapter Exposure time (shutter) and offset on page 183f. and in Figure 98: Data flow and timing after end of exposure on page 188. Added new image of Stingray camera with two screws on either side of the cameras for fixing the front flange: – See title page – See Figure 35: Fixing the front flange on page 80 New Stingray photo on title page (with new screws on either side of camera) New photo of LED positions in Figure 85: Position of status LEDs on page 155 V2.3.0 12.09.08 New Stingray board level CAD dra ...

16 continued from last page V3.0.0 08.10.08 New Stingray board level CAD drawing with name of screws M2x14 ISO7045-A2 (2x): – Figure 37: Stingray board level: CS-Mount on page 82 – Figure 38: Stingray board level: C-Mount on page 83 New Stingray F-125B/C: Read information in the following sec- tions: • Table 16: Specification STINGRAY F-125B/C (fiber) on page 51f. • Table 36: FIFO memory size on page 135 • Table 62: Camera-specific exposure time offset on page 183 • Table 63: Camera-specific minimum exposure time on page 183 • Figure 98: Data flow and timing after end of exposure on page 188 � ...

17 continued from last page V4.0.0 21.10.08 New Stingray F-504B/C: Read information in the following sec- tions: • Table 20: Specification STINGRAY F-504B/C (fiber) on page 59f. • Table 36: FIFO memory size on page 135 • Table 62: Camera-specific exposure time offset on page 183 • Table 63: Camera-specific minimum exposure time on page 183 • Figure 98: Data flow and timing after end of exposure on page 188 • Table 68: Jitter at exposure start (no binning, no sub- sampling) on page 191 • Table 87: Video fixed formats Stingray F-504B / F-504C on page 223 • Table 88: Video Format_7 default mode ...

18 continued from last page V4.1.0 28.01.09 All advanced registers in 8-digit format beginning with 0xF1... in Chapter Advanced features (AVT-specific) on page 280ff. and in Chapter Parameter-List Update on page 314 New CAD drawings (hexagon socket head cap screw ISO 4762): • Figure 36: Stingray board level dimensions on page 81 • Figure 37: Stingray board level: CS-Mount on page 82 • Figure 38: Stingray board level: C-Mount on page 83 • Figure 82: Board level camera: two IEEE 1394b FireWire connectors on page 152 • Figure 84: Board level camera: I/O pin assignment on page 154 SEQUENCE_RESET regis ...

19 continued from last page V4.2.0 28.05.09 Calculated effective chip size for all sensors (with resolution of Format_7 Mode_0) in Chapter Specifications on page 45ff. SIS feature: standardized terminology, added examples in Chapter Secure image signature (SIS): definition and scenarios on page 201 Stingray cameras do not support storing shading image data into non-volatile memory, see Table 135: Advanced register: Shading on page 295 (0XF1000250 bit 8 to 10) Corrected drawing in Figure 115: Delayed integration timing on page 302. In SIS chapter: added cycle time examples: Chapter Examples: cycle time on pa ...

20 continued from last page V4.2.0 [continued] 28.05.09 [continued] Stingray update round (SUR): • Only GOF models: new LED signals (asynchronous traffic and signal detect) in Table 40: LEDs showing normal condi- tions on page 156 • Stingray F-504 cameras are also available with 64 MByte internal FIFO memory (instead of 32 MByte): – Table 20: Specification STINGRAY F-504B/C (fiber) on page 59 and – Table 36: FIFO memory size on page 135 • All Stingray models: added defect pixel correction: – Chapter Defect pixel correction on page 109 – Table 139: Advanced register: Defect pixel correction on ...