Instruction manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Declarations of conformity
- Safety instructions
- PIKE types and highlights
- FireWire
- Overview
- FireWire in detail
- System components
- Specifications
- PIKE F-032B / F-032B fiber
- PIKE F-032C / F-032C fiber
- PIKE F-100B / F-100B fiber
- PIKE F-100C / F-100C fiber
- PIKE F-145B / F-145B fiber (-15fps*)
- PIKE F-145C / F-145C fiber (-15fps*)
- PIKE F-210B / F210B fiber
- PIKE F-210C / F-210C fiber
- PIKE F-421B / F-421B fiber
- PIKE F-421C / F-421 C fiber
- PIKE F-505B / F-505B fiber
- PIKE F-505C / F-505C fiber
- Spectral sensitivity
- Camera dimensions
- PIKE standard housing (2 x 1394b copper)
- PIKE (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
- Tripod adapter
- Pike W90 (2 x 1394b copper)
- Pike W90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
- Pike W90 S90 (2 x 1394b copper)
- Pike W90 S90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
- Pike W270 (2 x 1394b copper)
- Pike W270 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
- Pike W270 S90 (2 x 1394b copper)
- Pike W270 S90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
- Cross section: CS-Mount (only PIKE F-032B/C)
- Cross section: C-Mount (VGA size filter)
- Cross section: C-Mount (large filter)
- Adjustment of C-Mount
- F-Mount, K-Mount, M39-Mount
- Camera interfaces
- Description of the data path
- Block diagrams of the cameras
- Sensor
- Channel balance
- White balance
- Auto shutter
- Auto gain
- Manual gain
- Brightness (black level or offset)
- Horizontal mirror function
- Shading correction
- Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function
- Binning (only PIKE b/w models)
- Sub-sampling (PIKE b/w and color)
- Binning and sub-sampling access
- Quick parameter change timing modes
- Packed 12-Bit Mode
- High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio)
- Frame memory and deferred image transport
- Color interpolation (BAYER demosaicing)
- Sharpness
- Hue and saturation
- Color correction
- Color conversion (RGB ‡ YUV)
- Bulk Trigger
- Level Trigger
- Serial interface
- Controlling image capture
- Trigger modi
- Exposure time
- One-shot
- Multi-shot
- ISO_Enable / Free-Run
- Asynchronous broadcast
- Jitter at start of exposure
- Sequence mode
- Secure image signature (SIS): definition and scenarios
- Smear reduction
- Video formats, modes and bandwidth
- PIKE F-032B / PIKE F-032C
- PIKE F-100B / PIKE F-100C
- PIKE F-145B / PIKE F-145C (-15 fps**)
- PIKE F-210B / PIKE F-210C
- PIKE F-421B / PIKE F-421C
- PIKE F-505B / PIKE F-505C
- Area of interest (AOI)
- Frame rates
- Frame rates Format_7
- PIKE F-032: AOI frame rates
- PIKE F-100: AOI frame rates
- PIKE F-145: AOI frame rates (no sub-sampling)
- PIKE F-145: AOI frame rates (sub-sampling)
- PIKE F-145-15fps: AOI frame rates (no sub-sampl.)
- PIKE F-145-15fps: AOI frame rates (sub-sampl.)
- PIKE F-210: AOI frame rates (no sub-sampling)
- PIKE F-210: AOI frame rates (sub-sampling)
- PIKE F-421: AOI frame rates
- PIKE F-505: AOI frame rates
- How does bandwidth affect the frame rate?
- Configuration of the camera
- Camera_Status_Register
- Configuration ROM
- Implemented registers
- Camera initialize register
- Inquiry register for video format
- Inquiry register for video mode
- Inquiry register for video frame rate and base address
- Inquiry register for basic function
- Inquiry register for feature presence
- Inquiry register for feature elements
- Inquiry register for absolute value CSR offset address
- Status and control register for feature
- Feature control error status register
- Video mode control and status registers for Format_7
- Advanced features
- Extended version information register
- Advanced feature inquiry
- Camera status
- Maximum resolution
- Time base
- Extended shutter
- Test images
- Look-up tables (LUT)
- Shading correction
- Deferred image transport
- Frame information
- Input/output pin control
- Delayed Integration enable
- Auto shutter control
- Auto gain control
- Autofunction AOI
- Color correction
- Trigger delay
- Mirror image
- AFE channel compensation (channel balance)
- Soft Reset
- High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio)
- Quick parameter change timing modes
- Parameter-List Update
- Format_7 mode mapping
- Secure image signature (SIS)
- Smear reduction
- User profiles
- GPDATA_BUFFER
- Firmware update
- Appendix
- Index
FireWire
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Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)
FireWire 400 (S400) is able to transfer data between devices at 100, 200 or
400 MBit/s data rates. Although USB 2.0 claims to be capable of higher
speeds (480 Mbit/s), FireWire is, in practice, not slower than USB 2.0.
The 1394a capabilities in detail:
• 400 Mbit/s
• Hot-pluggable devices
• Peer-to-peer communications
• Direct Memory Access (DMA) to host memory
• Guaranteed bandwidth
• Multiple devices (up to 45 W) powered via FireWire bus
IIDC V1.3 camera control standards
IIDC V1.3 released a set of camera control standards via 1394a which estab-
lished a common communications protocol on which most current FireWire
cameras are based.
In addition to common standards shared across manufacturers, a special
Format_7 mode also provided a means by which a manufacturer could offer
special features (smart features), such as:
•higher resolutions
• higher frame rates
•diverse color modes
as extensions (advanced registers) to the prescribed common set.
Capabilities of 1394b (FireWire 800)
FireWire 800 (S800) was introduced commercially by Apple in 2003 and has
a 9-pin FireWire 800 connector (see details in Chapter IEEE 1394b port pin
assignment on page 86). This newer 1394b specification allows a transfer
rate of 800 MBit/s with backward compatibilities to the slower rates and 6-
pin connectors of FireWire 400.
The 1394b capabilities in detail:
• 800 Mbit/s
• All previous benefits of 1394a (see above)
• Interoperability with 1394a devices
• Longer communications distances (up to 500 m using GOF cables)
IIDC V1.31 camera control standards
Twinned with 1394b, the IIDC V1.31 standard arrived in January 2004, evolv-
ing the industry standards for digital imaging communications to include I/
O and RS232 handling, and adding further formats. At such high bandwidths
it has become possible to transmit high-resolution images to the PC’s mem-
ory at very high frame rates.