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

PIKE Technical Manual V3.1.0
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Index
variation ..........................................235
Brightness Control ..................................207
brightness (table) ...................................114
BRIGHTNESS_INQUIRY .............................209
Brightness_inq. ......................................209
buffer
LUT .................................................124
bulk trigger.....................................145
, 147
busy signal ............................................. 91
Bus_Id ..................................................186
C
camera
operating .......................................... 82
rear view........................................... 73
camera dimensions................................... 58
camera interfaces..................................... 73
Camera lenses.......................................... 30
Camera status (register)...........................222
cameras
block diagram ...................................100
CAMERA_STATUS .....................................222
Camera_Status_Register ...........................186
CCD.......................................................102
CD
driver and documentation.................... 28
channel balance......................................102
chip size................................................102
C-Mount ................................................. 14
color
correction ........................................135
color camera
block diagram ...................................101
Color correction ........................ 138
, 139, 239
color correction ......................................138
Color Correction (Field)............................220
color information....................................135
Com (LED state)....................................... 80
common GND
inputs............................................... 79
common vcc
outputs............................................. 79
controlling
image capture...................................145
correction
color ...............................................135
correction data
algorithm .........................................118
AOI .................................................119
automatic generation.........................118
requirements ....................................118
shading ...........................................115
CSR.......................................................186
Cycle delay
input characteristics ........................... 83
optocoupler....................................... 83
D
data exchange buffer
LUT .................................................124
data packets ........................................... 96
data path ..............................................100
data payload size...............................23
, 182
DCAM ........................................29
, 159, 186
declaration of conformity.......................... 11
deferred image transport............ 131
, 132, 233
diagonal................................................102
Digital Camera Specification .....................186
digitizer ................................................124
document history....................................... 9
DSNU
horizontal mirror function ..................114
E
effective pixels.......................................102
emitter................................................... 89
EN 55022................................................ 11
EN 55024................................................ 11
EN 61000................................................ 11
EnableMemWR (Field) ..............................227
End of exposure......................................155
environmental conditions.......................... 13
error codes
LED .................................................. 80
error states ............................................. 80
Exposure time
(Field) .............................................153
exposure time ........................................152
81 Ch register ...................................154
example...........................................153
extended shutter...............................225
formula............................................152
longest ............................................153
long-term integration ........................153
minimum .........................................153










