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

Configuration of the camera
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Where to find time stamp, frame counter and trigger counter
in the image
Where to find all SIS values in the image
In the following table you find the position of all SIS values byte for byte
including the endianness of SIS values.
Figure 115: SIS in the image
CycleCounter [7..0] CycleCounter [15..8] CycleCounter [23..16] CycleCounter [31..24]
Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 3 Byte 4
FrameCounter [7..0] FrameCounter [15..8] FrameCounter [23..16] FrameCounter [31..24]
Byte 5 Byte 6 Byte 7 Byte 8
TriggerCounter [7..0] TriggerCounter [15..8] TriggerCounter [23..16] TriggerCounter [31..24]
Byte 9 Byte 10 Byte 11 Byte 12
AoiLeft [7..0] AoiLeft [15..8] AoiTop [7..0] AoiTop [15..8]
Byte 13 Byte 14 Byte 15 Byte 16
AoiWidth [7..0] AoiWidth [15..8] AoiHeight [7..0] AoiHeight [15..8]
Byte 17 Byte 18 Byte 19 Byte 20
Shutter [7..0] Shutter [15..8] Shutter [23..16] Shutter [31..24]
Byte 21 Byte 22 Byte 23 Byte 24
Gain [7..0] Gain [15..8] Reserved [NULL] Reserved [NULL]
Byte 25 Byte 26 Byte 27 Byte 28
OutputState_1 [7..0] OutputState_2 [7..0] OutputState_3 [7..0] OutputState_4 [7..0]
Byte 29 Byte 30 Byte 31 Byte 32
InputState_1 [7..0] InputState_2 [7..0] Reserved [NULL] Reserved [NULL]
Byte 33 Byte 34 Byte 35 Byte 36
SequenceIndex [7..0] Reserved [NULL] ColorCoding [NULL] Reserved [NULL]
Byte 37 Byte 38 Byte 39 Byte 40
SerialNumber [7..0] SerialNumber [15..8] SerialNumber [23..16] SerialNumber [31..24]
Byte 41 Byte 42 Byte 43 Byte 44
SIS_UserValue [7..0] SIS_UserValue [15..8] SIS_UserValue [23..16] SIS_UserValue [31..24]
Byte45 Byte46 Byte47 Byte48
Table 167: SIS values (increasing order of transmitted pixels)
123456789101112..... .
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⎬
⎭
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Time stamp (Cycle counter)
Frame counter
Trigger counter
Bytes
Output line
of image