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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Camera lenses.......................................................................................................... 30
Specifications .......................................................................................................32
PIKE F-032B / F-032B fiber ............................................................................................ 33
PIKE F-032C / F-032C fiber............................................................................................. 35
PIKE F-100B / F-100B fiber ............................................................................................ 37
PIKE F-100C / F-100C fiber............................................................................................. 39
PIKE F-145B / F-145B fiber ............................................................................................ 41
PIKE F-145C / F-145C fiber............................................................................................. 43
PIKE F-210B / F210B fiber ............................................................................................. 45
PIKE F-210C / F-210C fiber............................................................................................. 47
PIKE F-421B / F-421B fiber ............................................................................................ 49
PIKE F-421C / F-421 C fiber............................................................................................ 51
Spectral sensitivity ....................................................................................................... 53
Camera dimensions ..........................................................................................58
PIKE standard housing (2 x 1394b copper) ....................................................................... 58
PIKE (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)................................................................................... 59
Tripod adapter ............................................................................................................. 60
Pike W90 (2 x 1394b copper).......................................................................................... 61
Pike W90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper) ............................................................................ 62
Pike W90 S90 (2 x 1394b copper).................................................................................... 63
Pike W90 S90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper) ...................................................................... 64
Pike W270 (2 x 1394b copper)........................................................................................ 65
Pike W270 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)........................................................................... 66
Pike W270 S90 (2 x 1394b copper) .................................................................................. 67
Pike W270 S90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)..................................................................... 68
Cross section: C-Mount (VGA size filter) ........................................................................... 69
Cross section: C-Mount (large filter) ................................................................................ 70
Adjustment of C-Mount.................................................................................................. 71
F-Mount, K-Mount, M39-Mount ....................................................................................... 72
Cross section: M39-Mount.......................................................................................... 72
Camera interfaces .............................................................................................73
PIKE fiber.................................................................................................................... 74
IEEE 1394b port pin assignment ..................................................................................... 76
Camera I/O connector pin assignment ............................................................................. 77
Status LEDs.................................................................................................................. 80
On LED (green) ........................................................................................................ 80
Status LED............................................................................................................... 80
Operating the camera.................................................................................................... 82
Control and video data signals........................................................................................ 82
Inputs .................................................................................................................... 82
Triggers.............................................................................................................. 84
Input/output pin control........................................................................................... 85
IO_INP_CTRL 1-2 ................................................................................................. 86










