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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Color conversion (RGB Æ YUV) ..................................................................................... 139
Bulk Trigger............................................................................................................... 139
Level Trigger.............................................................................................................. 139
Serial interface........................................................................................................... 140
Controlling image capture ..........................................................................145
Trigger modi .............................................................................................................. 145
Bulk Trigger (Trigger_Mode_15)................................................................................ 147
Trigger delay ......................................................................................................... 150
Trigger delay advanced register............................................................................ 151
Exposure time ............................................................................................................ 152
Exposure time offset ............................................................................................... 152
Minimum exposure time .......................................................................................... 152
Extended shutter.................................................................................................... 153
One-Shot................................................................................................................... 154
One-Shot command on the bus to start of exposure..................................................... 155
End of exposure to first packet on the bus ................................................................. 155
Multi-shot ................................................................................................................. 156
ISO_Enable / Free-Run ................................................................................................ 157
Asynchronous broadcast .............................................................................................. 157
Jitter at start of exposure ............................................................................................ 158
Video formats, modes and bandwidth .................................................159
PIKE F-032B / PIKE F-032C........................................................................................... 159
PIKE F-100B / PIKE F-100C........................................................................................... 161
PIKE F-145B / PIKE F-145C........................................................................................... 163
PIKE F-210B / PIKE F-210C........................................................................................... 165
PIKE F-421B / PIKE F-421C........................................................................................... 167
Area of interest (AOI) ................................................................................................. 169
Autofunction AOI ................................................................................................... 171
Frame rates................................................................................................................ 172
Frame rates Format_7 ............................................................................................. 176
PIKE F-032: AOI frame rates..................................................................................... 177
PIKE F-100: AOI frame rates..................................................................................... 178
PIKE F-145: AOI frame rates..................................................................................... 179
PIKE F-210: AOI frame rates..................................................................................... 180
PIKE F-421: AOI frame rates..................................................................................... 181
How does bandwidth affect the frame rate? ...................................182
Test images ............................................................................................................... 184
Loading test images ............................................................................................... 184
Test images for b/w cameras.................................................................................... 184
Test images for color cameras .................................................................................. 185
YUV4:2:2 mode.................................................................................................. 185
Mono8 (raw data) .............................................................................................. 185
Configuration of the camera......................................................................186
Camera_Status_Register............................................................................................... 186