Instruction manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Declarations of conformity
- Safety instructions
- PIKE types and highlights
- FireWire
- Overview
- FireWire in detail
- Serial bus
- FireWire connection capabilities
- Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)
- Capabilities of 1394b (FireWire 800)
- Compatibility between 1394a and 1394b
- Image transfer via 1394a and 1394b
- 1394b bandwidths
- FireWire Plug & play capabilities
- FireWire hot plug precautions
- Operating system support
- 1394a/b comparison
- System components
- Specifications
- 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: 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 (b/w models)
- Sub-sampling
- 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
- Video formats, modes and bandwidth
- 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
- Version information inquiry
- 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)
- User profiles
- GPDATA_BUFFER
- Firmware update
- Glossary
- Index
Glossary
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Blooming A pixel on a digital camera sensor collects photons which are converted
into an electrical charge by its photo diode. Once the full well capacity of
the pixel is full, the charge caused by additional photons will overflow and
have no effect on the pixel value, resulting in a clipped or overexposed
pixel value. Blooming occurs when this charge flows over to surrounding
pixels, brightening or overexposing them in the process. As a result detail
is lost. Blooming can also increase the visibility of purple fringing.
BMP bitmap The BMP (bit mapped) format is used internally in the Microsoft Windows
operating system to handle graphics images. These files are typically not
compressed resulting in large files. The main advantage of BMP files is
their wide acceptance and use in Windows programs. Their large size makes
them unsuitable for file transfer. Desktop backgrounds and images from
scanners are usually stored in BMP files.
CCD charge-coupled device
CCD readout CCDs are analog devices. In order to obtain a digital signal that is appro-
priate for doing quantitative analysis, it is necessary to convert the analog
signal to a digital format. When light is gathered on a CCD and is ready to
be read out, a series of serial shifts and parallel shifts occurs. First, the
rows are shifted in the serial direction towards the serial register. Once in
the serial register, the data is shifted in the parallel direction out of the
serial register, into the output node, and then into the A/D converter
where the analog data is converted into a digital signal.
CDS CDS = correlated double sampling
Charge-coupled
device
A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a sensor for recording images, consisting
of an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capaci-
tors. Under the control of an external circuit, each capacitor can transfer
its electric charge to one or other of its neighbors. CCDs are used in digital
cameras and are manufactured in a wide variety of formats, architectures,
and grades.