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
 

System components
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Focal length
for type 1 sensors
PIKE F-210
Distance = 0.5 m Distance = 1 m
8 mm 0.6 m x 0.8 m 1.2 m x 1.6 m
12 mm 0.39 m x 0.52 m 0.78 m x 1.16 m
16 mm 0.29 m x 0.38 m 0.58 m x 0.76 m
25 mm 18.2 cm x 24.2 cm 36.4 cm x 48.8 cm
35 mm 12.8 cm x 17.02 cm 25.6 cm x 34.04 cm
50 mm 8.8 cm x 11.7 cm 17.6 cm x 23.4 cm
 Table 12: Focal length vs. field of view (PIKE F-210)
Note
L
Lenses with focal lengths < 35 mm will very likely show exces-
sive shading in the edges of the image due to the fact that 
the image size of the sensor is slightly bigger than the 
C-mount itself and due to micro lenses on the sensor's pixel.
Ask your dealer if you require non C-Mount lenses.
Focal length
for type 1.2 sensors
PIKE F-421
Distance = 0.5 m Distance = 1 m
35 mm 15.4 cm x 20.4 cm 30.7 cm x 40.8 cm
50 mm 10.6 cm x 14.0 cm 21.1 cm x 28.1 cm
 Table 13: Focal length vs. field of view (PIKE F-421)










