AVT Bigeye Technical Manual Low-noise CCD camera with GigE interface and optional cooling V2.3.
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Contents Contacting Allied Vision Technologies ................................................... 5 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 7 Document history............................................................................................................ 7 Manual overview .............................................................................................................
Appendix ..................................................................................................................45 GigE Vision feature description for AVT Bigeye cameras ......................................................... 45 DeviceInformation .................................................................................................... 45 ImageSizeControl ..................................................................................................... 46 AcquisitionControl .......
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Introduction Introduction This Bigeye Technical Manual describes in depth the technical specifications, dimensions, all pixel formats, bandwidth and frame rate related subjects. Note Please read through this manual carefully. We assume that you have read already the How to install a GigE camera (Bigeye/Pearleye/Goldeye) and that you have installed the hardware and software on your PC or laptop (GigE interface card, cables etc.). http://www.alliedvisiontec.
Introduction Version Date Description continued from previous page V2.1.0 23.01.
Introduction Version Date Description continued from previous page V2.2.0 30.04.12 [continued] • • • 2.3.0 2013-May-31 • • • • Corrected wording: Stabilized to an absolute value of ... in cooling feature in Chapter Specifications on page 13 Added: adjustable in 658.29 μs steps (or 390.
Introduction Conventions used in this manual To give this manual an easily understood layout and to emphasize important information, the following typographical styles and symbols are used: Styles Style Function Example Bold Programs, inputs or highlighting bold important things Courier Code listings, camera output etc.
Introduction Before operation Target group This Technical Manual is the guide to detailed technical information of the camera and is written for experts. Note Caution Please read through this manual carefully before operating the camera. Before operating any AVT camera read the following safety instructions and ESD warnings. Safety warnings Caution Electrostatic discharge The camera contains sensitive electronic components that can be destroyed by means of electrostatic discharge.
Conformity Conformity Allied Vision Technologies declares under its sole responsibility that all standard cameras of the Bigeye that this declaration relates to, are in conformity with the following standard(s) or other normative document(s): • CE, following the provisions of 2004/108/EG directive • RoHS (2011/65/EU) CE We declare, under our sole responsibility, that the previously described Bigeye cameras conform to the directives of the CE. Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Specifications Specifications Bigeye P-132B Feature Specification Sensor Type 2/3, progressive scan, Sony ICX 285AL, interline transfer sensor (no mechanical shutter required) EXView HAD Effective chip size 8.26 mm (H) x 6.6 mm (V) Cell size 6.45 μm x 6.45 μm Picture size (max.) 1280 (H) x 1024 (V) Lens mount C-Mount Pixel format Mono8, Mono10, Mono12 Frame rate up to 12.5 fps (full frame) up to 25 fps (binning: 1280 x 512) ADC 14 bits Exposure time 100 μs ... 1000 seconds in 76.
Specifications Note Note The design and specifications for the products described above may change without notice. The right polarization of the 12 V supply voltage has to be taken into consideration. Caution Surge To avoid damage caused by surge, connect the camera to an AC/DC power supply. Use a certified industrial power supply that complies with common industrial standards. Make sure the polarization of the power supply is correct.
Specifications Bigeye P-132B/C Cool / Bigeye P-132B NIR Cool Feature Specification Sensor Type 2/3, progressive scan, Sony ICX 285AL, interline transfer sensor (no mechanical shutter required) ExView HAD Effective chip size 8.26 mm (H) x 6.6 mm (V) Cell size 6.45 μm x 6.45 μm Picture size (max.) 1280 (H) x 1024 (V) Lens mount C-Mount ADC 14 bits Pixel format Mono8, Mono10, Mono12 Bigeye P-132C Cool: additional BayerGB8, BayerGB10, BayerGB12 Frame rate up to 12.
Specifications Note Note The design and specifications for the products described above may change without notice. The right polarization of the 12 V supply voltage has to be taken into consideration. The two hexagon socket screws (M 5) in the front plate must not be loosened in any case since this may cause a leak to the vacuum area. Caution Surge To avoid damage caused by surge, connect the camera to an AC/DC power supply.
Specifications Bigeye P-629B Cool / P-629B NIR Cool Feature Specification Sensor Type 35 mm, CCD progressive scan, Truesense KAF-6303E, full-frame transfer sensor Effective chip size 27.65 mm (H) x 18.43 mm (V) Cell size 9.00 μm x 9.00 μm Picture size (max.) 3072 (H) x 2048 (V) Lens mount F-Mount Shutter 50 ms ... 30 min (built-in electromechanical long-live shutter: min. 1 x 106 cycles) Pixel format Mono8, Mono10, Mono12, Mono14, Mono16 Frame rate up to 0.67 fps (full frame) up to 1.
Specifications Feature Specification Operating temperature (ambient) 0 °C ... 35 °C Regulations CE, RoHS (2011/65/EU) Table 5: Specification Bigeye P-629B Cool / P-629B NIR Cool Note Note The design and specifications for the products described above may change without notice. The right polarization of the 12 V supply voltage has to be taken into consideration. Caution Surge To avoid damage caused by surge, connect the camera to an AC/DC power supply.
Specifications Bigeye P-1100B/C Cool Feature Specification Sensor Type 35 mm, CCD progressive scan, TruesenseKAI11002, interline transfer sensor (IT) (no mechanical shutter required) global shutter Effective chip size 36.22 mm (H) x 24.12 mm (V) Cell size 9.00 μm x 9.00 μm Picture size (max.
Specifications Note Note The design and specifications for the products described above may change without notice. The right polarization of the 12 V supply voltage has to be taken into consideration. Caution Surge To avoid damage caused by surge, connect the camera to an AC/DC power supply. Use a certified industrial power supply that complies with common industrial standards. Make sure the polarization of the power supply is correct.
Specifications Spectral sensitivity Figure 1: Spectral sensitivity of Bigeye P-132B / P-132B Cool Figure 2: Spectral sensitivity of Bigeye P-132C Cool Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Specifications Figure 3: Spectral sensitivity of Bigeye P-132B NIR Cool Figure 4: Spectral sensitivity of Bigeye P-629B Cool / P-629B NIR Cool Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Specifications Figure 5: Spectral sensitivity of Bigeye P-1100B Cool Figure 6: Spectral sensitivity of Bigeye P-1100C Cool Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Camera dimensions Camera dimensions Bigeye P-132B Figure 7: Camera dimensions: Bigeye P-132B (front/side/back) Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Camera dimensions LED Color Description L2 Red Camera is operational L3 Red Image-on-demand mode Power Green Power indicator L4 Red Exposure input activity L5 Red Frame output activity Table 7: Description of LEDs: Bigeye P-132B Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Camera dimensions Bigeye P-132B/C Cool and P-132B NIR Cool Figure 8: Camera dimensions: Bigeye P-132B/C Cool and P-132B NIR Cool (front/side/back) Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Camera dimensions LED Color Description L2 Red Camera is operational L3 Red Temperature state (same function as Temp LED) Power Green Power indicator L4 Red Exposure input activity L5 Red Frame output activity Temp Red Indicates that cooling temperature has not reached approx. -20 °C. If this LED is permanently lit during operation, the temperature of the camera might be too high: Check the ambient temperature and ensure unhindered air flow.
Camera dimensions Bigeye P-629B Cool / NIR Cool Figure 9: Camera dimensions: Bigeye P-629B Cool / NIR Cool (front/side/back) Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Camera dimensions LED Color Description L2 Red Camera is operational L3 Red Temperature state (same function as Temp LED) Power Green Power indicator L4 Red Exposure input activity L5 Red Frame output activity Temp Red Indicates that cooling temperature has not reached approx. +5 °C. If this LED is permanently lit during operation, the temperature of the camera might be too high: Check the ambient temperature and ensure unhindered air flow.
Camera dimensions Bigeye P-1100B/C Cool Figure 10: Camera dimensions: Bigeye P-1100B/C Cool (front/side/back) Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Camera dimensions LED Color Description L2 Red Camera is operational L3 Red Image-on-demand mode Power Green Power indicator L4 Red Exposure input activity L5 Red Frame output activity Temp Red Indicates that cooling temperature has not reached approx. 0 °C. If this LED is permanently lit during operation, the temperature of the camera might be too high: Check the ambient temperature and ensure unhindered air flow.
Camera interfaces Camera interfaces This chapter gives you information on the control functions, inputs and outputs, and trigger features. www For accessories such as cables see: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/ accessories/gige-accessories.html Control junction Camera I/O connector pin assignment (15-pin D-sub connector) This connector is intended for the power supply as well as for controlling the camera by the user.
Camera interfaces Pin Signal Direction Level Description 14 Line-sync output Out 5 V (at no load) Active low 15 Frame-sync output Out 5 V (at no load) Active low Table 11: Camera I/O connector pin assignment (Bigeye P-132B/Cool/NIR Cool) Bigeye P-629B Cool/NIR Cool Pin Signal 1 Direction Level External Power 2 3 +12 V DC GND Description Power supply max. 2.
Camera interfaces Pin Signal 3 Direction Level GND Description External Ground 4 External GND 5 --- Reserved 6 --- Reserved 7 RXD In RS232 Serial control 8 TXD Out RS232 Serial control 9 Mode input + 12V, 20 mA max. Internal pull-up resistor 10 11 Trigger input + 12V, 20 mA max. Optocoupler input 12 Exposure 13 output - 14 Line-sync output Out 5 V (at no load) Active low 15 Frame-sync output Out 5 V (at no load) Active low + 12V, 20 mA max.
Camera interfaces Mode input (pin 9) The mode input provides a method for switching the camera between different exposure control modes using an externally applied signal. The indiviual function depends on the camera variant. The GigE Vision feature AcquisitionControl/TriggerMode can be used to switch the mode via software. Note For more information see Chapter Mode setting on page 42.
Camera interfaces tinuous mode the cooling is switched off. This feature allows to reduce the power consumption of the camera during standby. After re-enabling the IOD mode a cooling time of approx. 4 – 5 minutes is needed. After switching to image-on-demand mode a break of at least 635 ms has to occur before the first image exposure can take place.
Camera interfaces Exposure output (pin 12, 13) Figure 12: Exposure output Caution Bigeye P-132 The current that flows through the optocoupler should not exceed 20 mA (at 12 V, resistance of the optocoupler: Rv 600 ). The exposure output indicates the active exposure time of the sensor. Usage: synchronize an external strobe light source. At the end of the exposure this output stays active approx. 76 μs (1 line) longer than the real exposure.
Camera interfaces At the end of the exposure this output stays active approx. 232 μs (1 line) longer than the real exposure. The active exposure is indicated in the image-ondemand operation also by the LED L4 on the backside of the camera. For using the exposure output an external resistor Rv according to the drawing has to be applied. After the end of image exposure the 2680 active lines of the image are transmitted. This image output is displayed by LED L5 at the backside of the camera.
Camera interfaces Frame-sync output (pin 15) Bigeye P-132 The frame-sync output is only active in continuous operation. 1 line = 76.19 μs 5 Vss (no-load operation) 80 ms 1050 lines (40 ms / 525 lines) Figure 16: Frame-sync output (Bigeye P-132) The frame-sync output (active low) supplies approx. 1200 mV at a termination with 75 . Bigeye P-629 The frame-sync output becomes active at the beginning of an image output. 1 line = 658.286 μs (390.095 μs for binning mode) 5 Vss (no-load operation) 1379.
Camera interfaces To control the Bigeye cameras use the AVT AcquireControl software or any GigE Vision V1.2 compliant third-party software package. Pin assignment of Gigabit Ethernet connector The Bigeye P-008/032 cameras are equipped with a 1000Base-T Ethernet interface (RJ-45 connector). The data connection between camera and PC can be established via a standard patch cable of category 5e or better, using a 1000Base-T compatible Ethernet adapter card..
Camera interfaces AcquisitionControl Description Feature AcquisitionMode This feature controls the acquisition mode of the software. This feature works independently (!) of the chosen camera mode (Continuous, IOD hardware trigger, IOD hardware timer). It describes how many frames should be acquired. AcquisitionStart Starts the image acquisition of the camera. AcquisitionStop Stops the image acquisition of the camera. TriggerMode Modifies the trigger mode of the camera.
Camera interfaces Mode setting The GigE Vision feature AcquisitionControl/TriggerMode setting provides a method for switching the camera between different exposure control modes. The individual function depends on the camera variant. The Mode input (pin 9) can be used to control this setting using an external signal. Note Note For more information see Chapter Mode input (pin 9) on page 35.
Camera interfaces Camera TriggerMode Description Bigeye P-1100 On Image-on-demand mode. Peltier cooling active. Exposure control via ExposureTime and DarkTime features (ExposureMode = Timed) or externally (ExposureMode = Off). Off Continuous mode with fixed exposure time and frame rate. Peltier cooling inactive (power saving). Table 16: TriggerMode Binning Each Bigeye camera variant supports one distinct binning configuration (either 1 x 2 or 2 x 2) that can be switched on or off.
Camera interfaces Feature Gain AnalogControls Description This feature controls the selected gain as a raw integer value. Table 18: Camera standard feature: AnalogControls Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Appendix Appendix GigE Vision feature description for AVT Bigeye cameras DeviceInformation Feature Description DeviceModeName Name of the attached camera model. DeviceID Unique 32 bit device ID of the AVT camera model. DeviceUserID User ID field. This field can be accessed (R/W) by the user to store an additional device identifier. DeviceScanType This feature specifies the scan type of the sensor (Areascan or Linescan). Table 19: Standard: DeviceInformation Bigeye Technical Manual V2.3.
Appendix ImageSizeControl Feature Description SensorWidth Maximum width of the sensor in pixels. SensorHeight Maximum height of the sensor in pixels. WidthMax This feature represents the maximum width (in pixels) of the image after horizontal binning, decimation or any other function changing the horizontal dimensions of the image.
Appendix AcquisitionControl Feature Description AcquisitionMode This feature controls the acquisition mode of the software. This feature works independently (!) of the chosen camera mode (Continuous, IOD hardware trigger, IOD hardware timer). It describes how many frames should be acquired. AcquisitionStart Starts the image acquisition of the camera. AcquisitionStop Stops the image acquisition of the camera. TriggerMode Modifies the trigger mode of the camera.
Appendix CameraSpecialFeatures This feature is not available for Bigeye P-1100B/C Cool and Bigeye P-132B. Feature Description CameraTemperatureState Camera temperature state. 0 = The camera temperature is OK. 1 = The camera temperature is outside the optimum range. CameraTemperatureStateReg Camera temperature state register. QueryCameraTemperatureState Query camera temperature state.
Index Index A AcquisitionControl.......................... 40, 41, 47 AnalogControls ........................................ 47 B BGC_OffsetValue ...................................... 48 BGC_OperationMode ................................. 48 BGC_StartIntegration_1 ............................ 48 BGC_StartIntegration_4 ............................ 48 Binning .................................................. 43 BinningHorizontal .................................... 46 BinningVertical ....................
Index Spectral sensitivity ................................... 21 Bigeye P-1100B Cool ........................... 23 Bigeye P-1100C Cool............................ 23 Bigeye P-132B.................................... 21 Bigeye P-132B Cool ............................. 21 Bigeye P-132B NIR Cool........................ 22 Bigeye P-132C .................................... 21 Bigeye P-132C Cool ............................. 21 Bigeye P-629B Cool ............................. 22 Bigeye P-629B NIR Cool........
