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
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Index
Index
Numbers
1394a data transmission ........................... 18
1394b
bandwidths ....................................... 23
requirements laptop............................ 24
1394b data transmission ........................... 19
A
Abs_Control (Field) ..... 105, 109, 111, 112, 114
Abs_Control_Inq (Field) ............................ 87
AccessLutNo (Field).................................227
Access_Control_Register ..........................208
AddrOffset .............................................230
AddrOffset (Field) ...................................227
Advanced feature inquiry .........................220
Advanced feature inquiry register ..............220
Advanced features...................................216
activate ...........................................218
base address.....................................208
inquiry.............................................206
advanced register
auto shutter control...........................236
Algorithm
correction data .................................118
AOI................................................119
, 169
correction data .................................119
area of interest (AOI) .......................119
, 238
Asynchronous broadcast...........................157
auto exposure
limits ..............................................236
target grey level.........................112
, 236
auto gain........................................110
, 236
auto shutter............................. 107
, 109, 236
auto shutter control (advanced register) ....236
AUTOFNC_AOI.........................................107
AUTOFNC_AOI positioning ........................108
automatic generation
correction data .................................118
automatic white balance ..........................107
AUTO_EXPOSURE .....................................112
Auto_Exposure CSR..................................112
Auto_Inq ................................................ 87
A_M_MODE (Field)....... 105
, 109, 111, 112, 114
B
bandwidth .............................................159
affect frame rate ...............................182
available ..........................................173
deferred image transport ....................132
FastCapture ......................................134
frame rates.......................................172
limitation of IEEE 1394 bus ................176
RGB8 format .....................................139
save in RAW-mode.............................135
BAYER demosaicing .......................... 135
, 138
BAYER mosaic.........................................135
BAYER to RGB
color interpretation ...........................135
binning .................................................125
full..................................................128
horizontal ........................................127
vertical ............................................126
BitsPerValue...........................................227
black level .............................................113
black value ............................................113
black/white camera
block diagram ...................................100
blink codes ............................................. 80
block diagram
b/w camera ......................................100
color camera.....................................101
block diagrams
cameras ...........................................100
BRIGHTNESS............................. 113
, 114, 213
Brightness
inquiry register .................................207
brightness
auto shutter .....................................109
average............................................110
decrease ..........................................236
IIDC register.....................................113
increase.................................... 113
, 236
level......................................... 117
, 120
LUT .................................................123
nonlinear .........................................123
reference .................................. 109
, 110
setting ............................................113
sub-sampling ....................................128