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    Eliixa+ 16k cmos multi-line monochrome camera user manual.

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl cmos multi-line camera 2 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 summary 1 camera overview.............................................................................4 1.1 features.....................................................................................

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl cmos multi-line camera 3 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.5 flat field correction................................................................................................................................................ 32 6.3.5.1 activation and ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl cmos multi-line camera 4 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 1 camera overview 1.1 features cmos sensor 4x 16384 pixels, 5 x 5µm multi-line structure (1, 2 or 4 lines to adapt the sensitivity) interface : o medium/full cameralink®, 85mhz per channel o full+ (...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl cmos multi-line camera 5 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 functionality (programmable via control interface) analog gain up to 12 (x4) db offset -4096 to +4096 lsb trigger mode timed (free run) and triggered (ext trig, ext itc) modes mechanical and electri...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl cmos multi-line camera 6 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 2 camera performances 2.1 camera characterization unit mode 1s (0db) mode 2s (0db) mode 4s (0db) min typ. Max min typ. Max min typ. Max dark noise rms lsb - 1,7 2,2 2,4 3,1 3 4 dynamic range - - 239...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl cmos multi-line camera 7 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 2.2 image sensor the eliixa+ 16k sensor is composed of two pairs of sensitive lines. Each pair of lines use the same analog to digital column converter (adc column). An appropriate (embedded) time d...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 8 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 2.4 response & qe curves 2.4.1 quantum efficiency eliixa+ 16k quantum efficiency 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 350 450 550 650 750 850 950 (nm) q e (% ) 2.4.2 spectral response response (lsb 12bits /(nj/...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 9 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 3 camera hardware interface 3.1 mechanical drawings z x y the step file is available on the web : www.E2v.Com/cameras.

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 10 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 3.2 input/output connectors and led sensor alignment z = -9.4 mm ±100µm x = 9 mm ±100 µm y = 50mm ±100 µm flatness ±25 µm rotation (x,y plan) ±0,1° tilt (versus lens mounting plane) 50µm usb connector for firmware upgrad...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 11 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 3.2.1 power connector camera connector type: hirose hr10a-7r-6pb (male) cable connector type: hirose hr10a-7p-6s (female) signal pin signal pin pwr 1 gnd 4 pwr 2 gnd 5 pwr 3 gnd 6 camera side description power supply fro...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 12 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 3.2.2 status led behaviour after less than 2 seconds of power establishment, the led first lights up in orange. Then after a maximum of 30 seconds, the led must turn in a following colour : colour and state meaning green...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 13 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 4 standard conformity the eliixa+ cameras have been tested using the following equipment: • a shielded power supply cable • a camera link data transfer cable ref. 14b26-szlb-500-olc (3m) e2v recommends using the same con...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 14 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013.

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 15 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 5 getting started 5.1 out of the box the contains of the camera box is the following : - one camera eliixa+ - power connector (hirose hr10a-7p-6s -female) 5.2 setting up in the system the compliant lenses and their acces...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 16 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6 camera software interface 6.1 control and interface as all the e2v cameras, the eliixa+ cl is delivered with the friendly interface control software commcam.Ucl (as “ultimate camera link”) which is based on the genicam...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 17 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2 serial protocol and command format the camera link interface provides two lvds signal pairs for communication between the camera and the frame grabber. This is an asynchronous serial communication based on rs-232 pro...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 18 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3 camera commands 6.3.1 information these values allow to indentify the camera. They can be accessed in commcam software in the “info” section all these values are fixed in factory and can’t be changed (shaded) except ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 19 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 • electronic board id ( electronicboardid ) : get pcb board id read function : “r boid”; returned by the camera : string of 32 bytes (including “/0”) can not be written • device temperature selector ( devicetemperaturese...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 20 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 • camera status : get the camera status register (32bits integer) read function : “r stat”; returned by the camera : 32bits integer : bit 0 : ( statuswaitfortrigger ) : true if no trig received from more than 1sec bit 1 ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 21 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.2 image format • sensor width ( sensorwidth ) : get the physical width of the sensor. This value is available in the commcam “image format control” section : read function : “r snsw”; return by the sensor : integer 1...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 22 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 structure of the camera link channels for interfacing medium mode 4x4096 pixels at 85mhz each channel (4x2048 pixels in binning mode 1sb or 2sb) 4 taps separate, from left to right full mode 8x2048 pixels at 85mhz each c...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 23 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 • sensor mode ( sensormode ) : defines the number of line used on the sensor. This command is available in the commcam “image format control” section : structure of the sensor in 2s mode, the summation of the two lines i...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 24 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 binning modes (only available with ev71yc4mcl1605-ba1 versions) • m u l t i - l i n e • gain ( multilinegain ) : enables the multiline gain of x0,5 . This value is available in the commcam “image format control” section ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 25 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 why using a multi-line gain of x0,5 ? • reverse reading (x) ( reversereading ) : allows to output the line in the reverse-x direction. This value is available in the commcam “image format control” section : read function...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 26 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 first pixel readout direction the forward direction is defined as detailed beside : note : : the minimum delay for the camera to take in account a change in the scandirection value is : - using cc3 signal : 120ms. - usin...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 27 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.3 acquisition control this section deals with all the exposure, line period and synchronisation modes • synchronisation mode ( triggerpreset ) : timed or triggered, it defines how the grabbing is synchronized. This c...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 28 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 • line period ( lineperiod ) : defines the line period of the camera in timed mode. This command is available in the commcam “acquisition control” section : read function : “r tper”; returned by the camera : integer from...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 29 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.4 gain and offset • preamp gain : ( gain with gainselector = analogall ) set the pre-amplification gain. This command is available in the commcam “gain & offset” section. Read function : “r pamp”; returned by the cam...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 30 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 • gain : ( gain with gainselector = gainall ) set the amplification gain. This command is available in the commcam “gain & offset” section : read function : “r gain”; returned by the camera : value from 0 to 6193 corresp...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 31 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 • roi set () : set the roi and apply the gain for roi gain feature. Not available on ba0 models read function : “r rois”; returns the roi set for the last roi gain command write function : “w rois ” with : hexadecimal co...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 32 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.5 flat field correction how is performed the flat field correction ? What is the flat field correction (ffc) ? The flat field correction is a digital correction on each pixel which allows : to correct the pixel prnu ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 33 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 how to perform the flat field correction ? Fpn/dsnu calibration cover the lens launch the fpn calibration : grab and calculation is performed in few seconds prnu calibration the user must propose a white/gray uniform tar...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 34 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.5.1 activation and auto-adjust • ffc activation ( ffcenable ) : enable/disable the flat field correction. This command is available in the commcam “flat field correction” section : read function : “r ffcp” : returns ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 35 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.5.2 automatic calibration • fpn/dsnu calibration : o fpn calibration control ( fpncalibrationctrl ) : launch or abort of the fpn process for the offsets calculation. These commands are available in the commcam “flat ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 36 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.5.3 manual flat field correction the ffc coefficients can also be processed outside of the camera or changed manually by accessing directly their values in the camera : this is the “manual” ffc. In commcam, the user ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 37 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.5.4 ffc user bank management the new-processed ffc values can be saved or restored in/from 4 x user banks. Both gains and offsets in the same time but also the ffc adjust user target and associated gain. These functi...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 38 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.6 look up table the user can define an upload a lut in the camera that can be used at the end of the processing. The lut is defined as a correspondence between each of the 4096 gray levels (in 12 bits) with another o...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 39 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 read function : “r lutc ” : read 128 lut coefficients starting from address from 0 to 4095-128. Returned value is the concatenation in hexadecimal of individual lut values, without space between values. (one unsigned sho...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 40 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.7 statistics and line profile this function allows the user to get some statistics on a pre-defined roi. On request, the camera acquires and then calculates some key values as the min, the max, the average or the sta...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 41 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 after performing a line profile measurement, all the values computed which are described below are not refreshed automatically in commcam : you have to right-click on each value and ask for an individual refresh. 6.3.8 p...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 42 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.3.9 save & restore settings the settings (or main configuration) of the camera can be saved in 4 different user banks and one integrator bank. This setting includes also the ffc and lut enable this function is availabl...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 43 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 7 appendix a: test patterns 7.1 test pattern 1: vertical wave the test pattern 1 is a vertical moving wave : each new line will increment of 1 gray level in regards with the previous one. In 12 bits the level reaches 409...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 44 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 7.2.2 in 12 bits (medium) format – no binning (16384 pixels) 0 1024 2048 3072 4096 0 2048 4096 6144 8192 10240 12288 14336 an increment of 1 lsb is made for each pixel. When it reaches 4095, turns back to 0 and starts ag...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 45 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 7.2.3 in 8/12 bits full/medium format with binning (8192 pixels) pixel 0 : 32 pixel 1 : 32 … pixel 15 : 32 pixel 16 : 33 pixel 17 : 33 … pixel 31 : 33 pixel 32 : 34 … pixel 511 : 63 pixel 512 : 96 pixel 513 : 96 … pixel ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 46 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 8 appendix b: timing diagrams 8.1 synchronization modes with variable exposure time t pix : timing pixel. During this uncompressible period, the pixel and its black reference are read out to the digital converter. During...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 47 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 if t per is the line period (internal or external coming from the trigger line), in order to respect this line period, the exposure time as to be set by respecting : t int + t pix per then, the real exposure time is : ti...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 48 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 8.3 timing values 8.3.1 ev71yc4mcl1605-ba0 version due to the high value of the timing pixel in this ev71yc4mcl1605-ba0 version and the associated limitations, we recommend the use of synchro modes 2 and 5 (maximum expos...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 49 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 9 appendix c: cameralink data cables you may check the compliance of your cameralink cables with the transportation of the 85mhz data rate. The main parameter to be checked in the cable specification is the skew (in pico...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 50 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 10 appendix d: lenses compatibility qioptics (linos) nominal magnification magnification range m95 focus tube reference lens reference part number inspec.X. L 5.6/105 0,33 x 0,25 – 0,45 x 2408-012-000-41 0703-085-000-20 ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 51 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 edmund optics nominal magnification working distance (at nom. Mag.) reference part number techspec f4 1 x 151 mm nt68-222 techspec f4 1,33 x 158,5 mm nt68-223 techspec f4 2,0 x 129 mm nt68-224 techspec f4 3,0 x 110 mm nt...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 52 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11 appendix e: troubleshooting 11.1 camera 11.2 commcam connection refer to commcam software help for the connection issues. Camera power up 43s no led red led color blinking green fixed green hardware failure or firmwar...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 53 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 12 appendix f: command summary tables 12.1 device control feature cl command description devicevendorname r vdnm get camera vendor name as a string (32 bytes long including ‘\0’) devicemodelname r mdnm get camera model n...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 54 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature command description w revr 0 set reverse reading to “disable” w revr 1 set reverse reading to “enable” r mode get output mode (cameralink configuration and cmos sensor resolution) w mode 0 set output mode to “med...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 55 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 12.4 gain & offset feature commands description r pamp get the current pre-amp gain gainabs gainselector= analogall w pamp set pre amplifier gain to: 0 (-12db), 1 (-6db), 2 (0db) (analog gain) change balances and compens...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 56 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature commands description r calo get the fpn calibration status w calo 0 abort fpn calibration by setting it to “off” (no effect if already stopped) prnucalibrationctrl w calo 1 launch fpn calibration by setting it to...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 57 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 12.8 camera status feature commands description privilegelevel r lock get camera running privilege level 0 = privilege factory 1 = privilege advanced user 2 = privilege user w lock 1 lock camera privilege to “advanced us...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 58 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature commands description r prod get roi start pixelroistart w prod set roi start for pixel statistic computing (0 to sensorwidth -1-1) r prow get roi width pixelroiwidth w prow set roi width for pixel statistic compu...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 59 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 13 appendix g: revision history manual revision comments / details firmware version 1 st commcam compliant version rev a first release 1.0.19 2.1.0 rev b timing values and electro-optic performances 1.0.19 2.1.0 rev c ev...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cl 60 um eliixa+ 16k cl – revh – 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 whilst e2v has taken care to ensure the accuracy of the information contained herein it accepts no responsibility for the consequences of any use thereof and also reserves the right to change the specification of goods w...