Instruction manual
Camera interfaces 
MARLIN Technical Manua
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7.4 Operating the camera: 
Power for the camera is supplied only via the FireWire™ bus. 
The input voltage must be within the following range: 
Vcc min.: +8 V 
Vcc max.: +36 V 
  An input voltage of 12 V is recommended to make most efficient use of the camera. 
  The HiRose connector does not supply power to the camera. 
7.5 Control and video data signals 
The camera has 2 inputs and 2 outputs. These can be configured by software. The different modes 
are described below. 
7.5.1 Inputs 
All inputs have been implemented as shown on the diagram below. 
Figure 19: Input schematics 
Flux voltage from LED type 1.5 V at 10 mA   Cycle delay of the optical coupler 
min. on-current: 
5 mA 
max. off-current:  0.25 mA     
max. input current:  15 mA     
min. pulse width @high 
speed: 
0.67 µs  tpdHL:
tpdLH:
745 ns 
760 ns 
min. pulse width 
@normal speed: 
2.2 µs  tpdHL:
tpdLH:
2275 ns 
2290 ns 
Table 15: Input characteristics 










