Instruction manual

PIKE Technical Manual V3.1.0
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Trigger delay ....................................................................................................... 87
Outputs .................................................................................................................. 89
IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-4 ............................................................................................... 93
Output modes...................................................................................................... 94
Pixel data.................................................................................................................... 96
Description of the data path......................................................................100
Block diagrams of the cameras ..................................................................................... 100
Black and white cameras ......................................................................................... 100
Color cameras ........................................................................................................ 101
Sensor ...................................................................................................................... 102
Channel balance ......................................................................................................... 102
Channel adjustment with SmartView 1.5 .................................................................... 102
White balance ............................................................................................................ 104
One-push automatic white balance ........................................................................... 106
Automatic white balance ......................................................................................... 107
Auto shutter .............................................................................................................. 109
Auto gain .................................................................................................................. 110
Manual gain............................................................................................................... 113
Brightness (black level or offset) .................................................................................. 113
Horizontal mirror function ........................................................................................... 114
Shading correction...................................................................................................... 115
Automatic generation of correction data.................................................................... 118
Requirements .................................................................................................... 118
Algorithm ......................................................................................................... 118
Loading a shading image out of the camera ............................................................... 121
Loading a shading image into the camera .................................................................. 122
Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function....................................................................... 123
Loading an LUT into the camera ............................................................................... 124
Binning (b/w models) ................................................................................................. 125
2 x 2 Binning ........................................................................................................ 125
Vertical binning ..................................................................................................... 126
Horizontal binning ................................................................................................. 127
Full binning........................................................................................................... 128
Sub-sampling ............................................................................................................. 128
High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio) ...................................................................... 130
Frame memory and deferred image transport................................................................... 131
Deferred image transport......................................................................................... 131
HoldImg mode....................................................................................................... 132
FastCapture mode................................................................................................... 134
Color interpolation (BAYER demosaicing) ....................................................................... 135
Sharpness.................................................................................................................. 136
Hue and saturation ..................................................................................................... 137
Color correction.......................................................................................................... 138
GretagMacbeth ColorChecker ................................................................................ 138
Color correction coefficients ................................................................................ 138
Switch color correction on/off ............................................................................. 139