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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 color line scan camera 1 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 eliixa uc8/uc4 camera user manual.

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 color line scan camera 2 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 summary 1 camera overview ............................................................................4 1.1 features..............................................................................................

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 color line scan camera 3 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3.7 save & restore settings ...................................................................................................................................................54 7 appendix a: camera status...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 4 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 1 camera overview 1.1 features • sensor: 3 or 4 x 4096 pixels 10 x 10 µm • multi-line with 3 versions (each of them in full or low speed): – r g b – r g b + monochrome – r g b + near infra red • rows spacing of two pixels (centre ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 5 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 mechanical and electrical interface size (w x h x l) mm 70 x 76 x 54 weight g 470 (without mount) lens mount f, t2, m42 x 1 compliant with aviiva sm2 series sensor alignment µm ±100 sensor flatness µm ±35 power supply v single 12 ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 6 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 1.5 models & part numbers part number sensor speed additional filter included ev71yuc8cl4010-ba0 rgb full speed : 18 khz bg38 2mm ir cut-off ev71yuc8cl4010-ba1 rgb + b&w full speed : 18 khz bg38 2mm ir cut-off ev71yuc8cl4010-ba2 r...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 7 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 2 camera performances 2.1 camera characterization unit min gain min gain +10db min gain +20db min typ. Max min typ. Max min typ. Max dark noise rms lsb 2,5 3,5 5 25 dynamic range 1170 1640 585 820 135 165 fpn rms lsb 1 2 2 7 fpn p...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 8 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 2.2.1 raw response of the sensor . 2.2.2 response with bg38 filter (for rgb and rgb+b&w versions).

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 9 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 2.2.3 response n-bk7 band-cut filter for rgb + nir version the sensor has been designed to give in the near infra red (800-1100nm) an equal answer of each red, green and blue colors than the nir line itself. In order to remove sim...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 10 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 3 camera hardware interface 3.1 mechanical drawings sensor alignment z = 10,9mm ±150µm x = 14,52mm ±100 µm y = 38mm ±100 µm planarity ±35 µm rotation (x,y plan) ±0,2° tilt (versus lens mounting plane) ±35µm references : first pix...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 11 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 3.2 input/output connectors and led 3.2.1 status led behaviour after less than 2 seconds of power establishment, the led first lights up in red. Then after a maximum of 8 seconds, the led must turn in one of the following colors:...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 12 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 3.2.3 camera link output configuration notes : 1) on rgb models only one mode : rgb 8bits 3x80 or 3x60mhz. The connector cl2 is not used. 2) on rgb models, the medium 8 bits is equivalent to a base 8 bits because there is no four...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 13 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 connector cl2 assignment table: port/bit dual base 3x8 + 1x8bits dual base 3x8 + 1x10bits dual base 3x8 + 1x12bits dual base 3x8 + 3x8bits medium 10 bits medium 12 bits dual base interlaced rgb port d0 m0 m0 m0 r0 m0 m0 r0 port d...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 14 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 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 configuration...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 15 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 5 setting up the camera in the system vocabulary: w = size of the sensor line (40,96mm) fov = field of view (width of the web inspected by the sensor line) in mm. L = working distance (from the lens to the web) in mm. F = focal d...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 16 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6 camera software interface 6.1 control and interface as all the e2v cameras, the eliixa is delivered with the friendly interface control software commcam.Ucl (as “ultimate camera link”) which is based on the genicam standard com...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 17 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 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 protocol. Th...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 18 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3 camera commands information, status and communication - vendor name / model name - camera id / customer id - status - software version - dump - baud rate output modes and spatial rebuild - signal source - output mode - scanni...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 19 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3.1 information, status and communication • information : these values allow to identify the camera. They can be accessed through the commcam software in the “info” section all these values are fixed in factory except the camer...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 20 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 o firmware version : can be set by the customer to identify the camera Ö read function : “r vers”; return - with = hexadecimal 32-bits long for id and version for module n the format of a 32-bits value is: bit 0 to 3 : 0 bit 4 to...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 21 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 • dump : allows to dump all the camera info/settings in a text file. This command is available in the commcam view menu: => read function : “r dump”; • baudrate : set the camera baudrate. This command is available in the commcam ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 22 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 title command features vendorname r vdnm get camera vendor name return string e2v modelname r mdnm get camera model name return string camera id r idnb get camera id. Return max 50 bytes w cust set customer id to . Format is : my...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 23 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3.2 output modes and spatial rebuild • signal source : defines if the data comes from the sensor or the fpga (test pattern). This command is available in the commcam “setup” section : Ö read function : “r srce”; return by the c...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 24 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 • output mode : set the camera link output mode (refer to chap 3.2.3 : camera link output configuration). This command is available in the commcam “output” section : Ö read function : “r mode”; return by the camera : output mode ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 25 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 definition of forward / reverse : • spatial correction : set the number of lines (0 up to 6) for the spatial correction (see explanation below). This command is available in the commcam “spatial rebuild” section : Ö read function...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 26 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 the spatial correction has changed since the firmware version 3.0.0 on all previous versions, only the delays from 1 to 7 were available with the associated loop value. For more information, please contact the hotline : hotline-c...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 27 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 title command features w srce 0 set signal source to ccd sensor w srce 1 set signal source to user pattern signal source r srce get current signal source w mode 0 set 3+1 outputs dual base 8/ 8bits (*) w mode 1 3+1 outputs dual b...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 28 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3.3 exposure and synchronization • synchronisation mode : timed or triggered, it defines how the grabbing is synchronized. This command is available in the commcam “exposure” section : Ö read function : “r sync”; return by the ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 29 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 exposure mode timed : free run this mode doesn’t require an external trigger. In this case, the line period (lp) can be defined in the camera (see below) but the real line period of the camera depends also on the exposure time (t...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 30 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 integratio n n int eg ration n+1 reado ut n cc1 td th ti=lp readout n-1 lp ext trig with integration time controlled (itc) with one trig this mode requires an external trigger ( via cc1). Both exposure time and line period are de...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 31 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 • exposure time : defines the integration time when set in the camera. This command is available in the commcam “exposure” section : Ö read function : “r tint”; return by the camera : integer from 1 to 65535 (=0,1µs to 6,5535ms) ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 32 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 title command features w sync 0 set free run mode, with integration time and line period programmable w sync 1 set line period synchronisation with integration time programmable w sync 2 set line period synchronisation (start and...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 33 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3.4 gain and offset ultimate concept: a different way to set the gain in order to improve the tap balance the “u” concept has been developed to get a real improvement in term of tuning for the multi-tap sensors : as each sensor...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 34 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 the global chain of gain is described as follows: the flat field correction and the color modules will be detailed in a following chapter. Analog gain • preamp gain : set the pre-amplification gain. This command is available in t...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 35 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 tap balance how to perform a tap balance ? Why and when performing a tap balance? Each output of the sensor (tap) has its own analog chain and behavior. There could have some discrepancies between these outputs in extreme conditi...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 36 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 • offsets and gain taps balance : all the commands are available in the commcam “gain & offset” section : • offsets balance : Ö read function: “r balo”; returns the offset balance status: 1 for running and 0 for stopped. Ö write ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 37 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 for example val = 14 means that the lines blue + green + nir (or mono) will be processed. The value switches back to 0 automatically when the balance process is finished (“gain balance control” in commcam) “w balg 0” : stops the ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 38 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 title command features w pamp set pre amplifier gain to: 0 (-5.4db), 1 (-3.6db), 2 (-1.8db), 3 (0db) (analog gain) change tap balance settings to factory default preamp gain r pamp get current pre amplifier w gain set gain form –...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 39 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3.5 color management white balance how is performed the white balance ? Automatic white balance calculation the user can access to one dedicated gain per color line (r, g, b and eventually mono or nir). The red, green and blue ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 40 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 • auto white balance activation: activate the white balance. This command is available in the commcam “color management” section : Ö read function : “r wben” : returns the white balance status (0 if disabled, 1 if enabled) Ö writ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 41 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 o white balance blue gain Ö read function : “r wbab ” : returns the white balance blue gain value. Ö write function : “w wbab ” : sets the white balance blue gain value. Is a q13.10 unsigned value (from 0 to 7,999…). The blue gai...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 42 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 the default matrix are the following : ¾ for the rgb+nir versions: 1 0 0 -1 0 1 0 -1 to remove the nir infra red component of each color and which has 0 0 1 -1 been measured with the nir line 0 0 0 1 some values of the rgb matrix...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 43 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 by clicking on “click for extended control” we can get a global view of the matrix : Ö read function : “r cm” : returns the value of the designed coefficient. And are defined as follow : 1=red, 2=blue, 3=green, 4=nir or mono (if ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 44 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 • save & restore color settings : allows saving or restoring all the colors settings: white balance gains and colors matrix coefficients. This command is available in the commcam “color management” section : Ö read function “r rc...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 45 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 title command features w sawb 1 start auto white balance w sawb 0 stop auto white balance auto white balance calibration r sawb auto white balance state w wben 0 w wben 1 white balance disable white balance enable white balance a...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 46 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3.6 flat field correction automatic 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 : ¾ to ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 47 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 how to perform the flat field correction? Fpn/dsnu calibration ¾ cover the lens ¾ launch the fpn calibration : grab and calculation is performed in few seconds prnu calibration the user must propose a white uniform target to the ...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 48 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 “w ffcp 0”: disabled the ffc • fpn/dsnu calibration : launches the ffc process for the offsets calculation. This command is available in the commcam “flat field correction/automatic calibration ” section: Ö read function : “r cal...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 49 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 • dsnu coefficient reset : reset the dsnu (gains) coefficient in memory. This command is available in the commcam “flat field correction / manual calibration ” section : Ö write function : “w rstg 0” : reset (set to 0) the fpn co...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 50 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 • fpn coefficients modification : direct access to the fpn coefficients for reading or writing. This command is available in the commcam “flat field correction / manual calibration ” section : ⇒ read function : “r ffco [crcreq]”:...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 51 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 ⇒ read function : “r ffcg [crcreq]” : read fpn user coefficients starting from address. If [crcreq] is equal to 1, the crc will be calculated on the outputted value. Is between 1 and 10 starts from • 1 for red coefficients • 5001...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 52 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 title command features w ffcp 0 disable flat field correction processing w ffcp 1 enable flat field correction processing ffcorrection r ffcp get flat field correction processing status w calo 1 start fpn user calibration; onepus...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 53 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 title command features fpn user coefficients w ffco … [crcval] write fpn user coefficients starting from the address. If [crcval] is added, the crc value is computed on the all the . Is signed. Starts from • 1 for red coefficient...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 54 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 6.3.7 save & restore settings the settings (or main configuration) of the camera can be saved in 4 x different user banks. ¾ these settings don’t include neither the color settings (white balance and color matrix) nor the tap bal...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 55 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 7 appendix a: camera status details 7.1 table 1 : processing status name init value update description wait for trigger 0 set to 1 when camera in triggered mode and no trigger is received. Otherwise, value set to 0 no trigger rec...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 56 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 7.3 table 3 : error diagnostic status name init value update description err hardware init 0 at each camera start or when the fpga restart notify that an error has occurred during the hardware init of the camera : mainly the load...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 57 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 8 appendix c : thermal management the most important source of heat in the camera is around the sensor. The fastest version dissipates around 14w with 8 taps at 40mhz on the sensor. The camera has been designed to dissipate the m...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 58 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 9 appendix e: optical mounts available f mount: kit10 (part number at71kfpaviva-aba).

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 59 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 m42x0,75 (t2 mount): kit30 (part number at71kfpaviva-aka) m42x1 mount: kit40 (part number at71kfpaviva-ada).

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 60 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 appendix f: color matrix examples please, contact the camera hotline : hotline-cam@e2v.Com for more information.

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 61 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 10 appendix g: revision history revision comments / details camera ref rev a preliminary release firmware 2.0.0 rev d spatial correction extended to 0,5 and 1,5 values + inhibition mechanical drawing detailed reverse/forward = 0/...

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    Eliixa® uc8/uc4 62 eliixa_color–revf 04/11 e2v semiconductors sas 2011 how to reach us home page: www.E2v.Com sales office: northern europe e2v ltd 106 waterhouse lane chelmsford essex cm1 2qu england tel: +44 (0)1245 493493 fax: +44 (0)1245 492492 e-mail: enquiries@e2v.Com southern europe e2v sas 1...