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CHEETAH C5180, C4181, C4180 and C3880 Hardware

User’s Manual

HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-RESOLUTION, AND VERSATILE CMOS DIGITAL

CAMERAS

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Revision History

Rev 1.0

10/30/15

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Initial Pre-Release l

Rev 1.1

4/7/16

K. Wetzel

Added Register and GUI info. Input from Gennady

Rev 1.2

4/20/16

K. Wetzel

Updated CamConfig registers and C3880 framerates

Rev 1.3

5/4/16

K. Wetzel

Updated minimum ROI width to 320

Rev 1.4

5/25/16

K. Wetzel

Update Figure 51 description, removed single tap mode

from Figures 15, 16 and 17. Zero ROT not supported in

Averaging mode.

Rev 1.5

6/7/16

K. Wetzel

Updated PG period and width in Section 2.9

Rev 1.6

7/22/16

K. Wetzel

Updated Mechanical Drawings in 1.6.4, Cheetah images

and Appendix E Power Supply Schematic

Rev 1.7

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION 10

1.0 CHEETAH FAMILY 11

1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION 11

1.2 MAIN CHEETAH FEATURES 13

1.3 CHEETAH SPECIFICATIONS 13

1.3.1 General Information 13

1.3.2 Spectral Sensitivity Curves 16

1.3.3 Bayer Pattern Information 17

1.4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 17

1.5 CAMERA CONNECTIVITY 19

1.5.1 CLF (Full) - Camera Link (CL) Output 19

1.5.2 Camera Link Full Signal Mapping 20

1.5.3 Camera Link Physical Layer to Camera Link Receiver Bits 22

1.5.4 Camera Link Bit to Port Bit assignments 23

1.5.5 Camera Link Port assignments based on selected output configuration 27

1.5.6 Camera Power Connector 28

1.6 MECHANICAL, OPTICAL, and ENVIRONMENTAL 29

1.6.1 Mechanical 29

1.6.2 Optical 29

1.6.3 Environmental 30

1.6.4 Mechanical Drawings 31

CHAPTER 2 – CAMERA FEATURES 32

2.1.1 Internal Exposure Control - Electronic Shutter 33

2.1.2 External exposure control 33

2.2 FRAME TIME CONTROL 34

2.2.1 Internal Line and Frame Time Control 34

2.2.2 Camera Output Control 35

2.3 AREA OF INTEREST 36

2.3.1 Overview 36

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2.3.2 Horizontal and Vertical Window 36

2.3.3 Factors Impacting Frame Rate 37

2.4 SUBSAMPLING 39

2.4.1 Pixel Averaging 39

2.4.2 Sub-sampling Decimation 40

2.5 CAMERA TRIGGERING 41

2.5.1 Triggering Inputs 41

2.5.2 Acquisition and Exposure Control 41

2.5.3 Triggering modes 42

2.6 STROBES 43

2.7 VIDEO AMPLIFIER GAIN AND OFFSET 43

2.7.1 Analog Gain 43

2.7.2 Digital Gain 44

2.7.3 Digital Offset 44

2.7.4 Black Level Auto-calibration and Black Level Offset 44

2.8 DATA OUTPUT FORMAT 44

2.8.1 Bit Depth 44

2.8.2 Output Taps 45

2.9 PULSE GENERATOR 45

2.10 I/O CONTROL 46

2.10.1 Input / Output Mapping 46

2.10.2 Electrical Connectivity 46

2.11 TEST IMAGE PATTERNS 48

2.11.1Test Image patterns 48

2.12 WHITE BALANCE AND COLOR CONVERSION 49

2.12.1 White Balance Correction 49

2.13 TRANSFER FUNCTION CORRECTION – USER LUT 49

2.13.1 Standard Gamma Correction 50

2.13.2 User Defined LUT 51

2.14 DEFECTIVE PIXEL CORRECTION 52

2.14.1 Static Pixel Correction 52

2.14.2 Dynamic Pixel Correction 53

2.15 FLAT FIELD AND FPN CORRECTION 53

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2.16 CAMERA INTERFACE 53

2.16.1 Status LED 53

2.16.2 Temperature Monitor 53

2.16.3 Exposure Time Monitor 54

2.16.4 Frame Time Monitor 54

2.16.5 Current image size 54

HAPTER 3 – CAMERA CONFIGURATION 55

3.1 Overview 56

3.2 CAMERA CONFIGURATION 56

3.2.1 Configuration Memory – parameter FLASH 56

3.3 CAMERA CONFIGURATION REGISTER DESCRIPTION 60

3.3.1 Startup Procedure 60

3.3.2 Saving and Restoring Settings 60

3.3.3 Retrieving Manufacturing Data 62

3.3.4 Camera Information Registers 64

3.3.5 Frame Exposure Control 66

3.3.6 Exposure Time (Internal) 66

3.3.7 Programmable Frame Period Enable 67

3.3.8 Output Pixel Clock Rate and Zero ROT 67

3.3.9 Fixed Frame Period 67

3.3.10 Area of Interest 68

3.3.11 Decimation (Averaging or Subsampling) 68

3.3.12 Black Level auto-calibration 69

3.3.13 Analog and Digital Gain 69

3.3.14 Triggering Workspace Registers 70

3.3.15 Strobe Control Registers 72

3.3.16 Pulse Generator Registers 73

3.3.17 Test Pattern Workspace Registers 74

3.3.18 Input/output Workspace Registers 75

3.3.19 Data Output Bit Depth/Format Selector 76

3.3.20 White Balance (WB) Workspace Registers 76

3.3.21 Data Correction Workspace Registers 78

3.3.22 Flat Field Correction and FPN Correction 79

CHAPTER 4 - CONFIGURATOR FOR CAMERALINK 80

4.1 OVERVIEW 81

4.2 DISCOVERY PROCEDURE 81

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4.3 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE 82

4.4 MAIN GUI MENU 83

4.5 VIEW GUI WINDOWS 86

4.6 MENU HELP 87

4.7 PARAMETER WINDOWS 88

4.7.1 Acquisition Control Panel 89

4.7.2 Trigger Panel 93

4.7.3 Pulse Generator Panel 94

4.7.4 Strobe Control and Output Mapping 95

4.7.5 Data Output Panel 97

4.7.6 Color 100

CHAPTER 5 CHEETAH WARRANTY AND SUPPORT 101

5.1 ORDERING INFORMATION 102

5.2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 102

5.3 WARRANTY 103

APPENDIX A – CAMERA CONFIGURATION REFERENCE 104

A.0 ABBREVIATIONS 105

A.1 SAVING AND RESTORING REGISTERS 105

A.2 CAMERA INFORMATION REGISTERS 105

A.3 ACQUISITION REGISTERS (Stored in FLASH) 106

A.4 TRIGGER REGISTERS 107

A.5 PULSE GENERATOR REGISTERS 107

A.6 TEST PATTERN REGISTERS 107

A.7 STROBE REGISTERS 108

A.8 INPUT AND OUTPUT REGISTERS 108

A.9 OUTPUT DATA FORMAT REGISTERS 108

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A.10 WB AND COLOR CORRECTION REGISTERS 109

A.11 DATA CORRECTION REGISTERS 109

A.12 MANUFACTURING DATA REGISTERS 110

APPENDIX B – CREATING LOOK UP TABLES 111

B.1 OVERVIEW 112

B.2 USING AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR 112

B.3 USING MICROSOFT EXCEL 113

APPENDIX C – CREATING DPC AND HPC TABLES 114

C.1 OVERVIEW 115

C.2 USING AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR 115

APPENDIX D – SOFTWARE INSTALLATION - CL 116

APPENDIX E – POWER SUPPLIES 118

INDEX OF TABLES

Table 1: Cheetah C5180, C4181, C4180 and C3880 Overview 11

Table 2: Cheetah General Features List 17

Table 3: Cheetah C5180, C4181, C4180, C3880 Specifications 19

Table 4: CLF Camera Output Connector 1 – Signal Mapping 21

Table 5: CLF Camera Output Connector 2 – Signal Mapping 22

Table 6: Camera Link Connector #1 (X0-X3) 24

Table 7: Camera Link Connector #2 (Y0-Y3) 25

Table 8: Camera Link Connector #2 (Z0-Z3) 26

Table 9: Image data bit-to-port assignments– Base modes 27

Table 10: Image data bit-to-port assignments– Medium modes 27

Table 11: Image data bit-to-port assignments– Full mode 27

Table 12: Image data bit-to-port assignments– Deca modes 28

Table 13: Camera Power Connector Pin Mapping 29

Table 14: C5180 frame rates vs output taps 35

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Table 15: C4181 frame rates vs output taps 35

Table 16: C4180 frame rates vs output taps 36

Table 17: C3880 frame rates vs output taps 36

Table 18: C5180 AOI frame rate for various AOIs 38

Table 19: C3880 Maximum Frame Rate for various AOIs 39

Table 20: CHEETAH Output Mapping 46

Table 21: Current camera temperature values 66

Table 22: Cheetah Part Numbers 102

INDEX OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Global Shutter Description 14

Figure 2: CMOS image sensor architecture 15

Figure 3: Python CMOS mono spectral response 16

Figure 4: Python CMOS typical color spectral response 16

Figure 5: CLF Camera back panel / Deca, Full, Medium or Base 20

Figure 6: CLF Camera output connector 1 20

Figure 7: CLF Camera output connector 2 21

Figure 8: Camera Link bit sequence over the physical connection 23

Figure 9: Camera Power Connector (Viewed from rear) 28

Figure 10: C5180, C4181, C4180 and C3880 Mechanical Drawings 31

Figure 11: Global Shutter with 8.33mS exposure time 33

Figure 12: Horizontal and vertical window positioning 37

Figure 13: Monochrome pixel averaging 39

Figure 14: Monochrome sub-sampling 40

Figure 15: Color sub-sampling 40

Figure 16: Trigger Mode (Internal Exposure Control) 42

Figure 17: Trigger Mode (Pulse Width Exposure Control) 43

Figure 18: Strobe positioning with respect to exposure start 43

Figure 19: 10-bit internal Digitization with 8 and 10-bit outputs 45

Figure 20: Internal pulse generator 46

Figure 21: IN1 electrical connection 47

Figure 22: IN 2 electrical connection 47

Figure 23: OUT 1 LVTTL electrical connection 48

Figure 24: OUT 2 Opto-Isolated electrical connection 48

Figure 25: Look up table 50

Figure 26: Gamma corrected video signal 51

Figure 27: Custom LUT 51

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Figure 28: Serial protocol format 57

Figure 29: Normal write cycle 58

Figure 30: Invalid command error 58

Figure 31: Rx timeout error 58

Figure 32: Normal read cycle 59

Figure 33: Discovery procedure – select port 81

Figure 34: CamConfig GUI 82

Figure 35: Main Menu 83

Figure 36: Defective pixel map 84

Figure 37: Command terminal 85

Figure 38: View Menu 86

Figure 39: Help menu 87

Figure 40: About CamConfig 88

Figure 41: Acquisition Control Panel 89

Figure 42: Exposure control window 90

Figure 43: AOI Functions 91

Figure 44: Subsampling Functions 91

Figure 45: Video Amp parameter Menu 92

Figure 46: Trigger parameter Menu 93

Figure 47: Pulse Generator Panel 94

Figure 48: Strobe Control Panel 96

Figure 49: Data Output Panel 97

Figure 50: DPC and HPC options 98

Figure 51: Color Panel 100

Figure 52: Model: PS12V04 standard power supply ordered separately 119

Figure 53: Trigger & Strobe pigtail with Male BNC connectors 119

Figure 54: Power Supply Connection Diagram 120

Figure 55: Power Supply Specifications 121

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Chapter 1 – Introduction

Introduction

This chapter outlines the key features of the CHEETAH C5180, C4181,

C4180 and C3880 cameras.

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1.0 CHEETAH FAMILY

The CHEETAH series of cameras are built around a robust imaging platform utilizing the latest

digital technology and components with CMOS imaging sensors, featuring different resolutions /

frame rates and available in both monochrome and color. The Cheetah family currently supports

Camera Link output. The CHEETAH series is programmable to support Camera Link Deca, Full,

Camera Link Medium and Camera Link Base depending upon the user’s needs.

This manual describes the C5180, C4181, C4180 and C3880 camera products which are listed

below using the Camera Link Output:

Model

Resolution

(H x V)

Speed

(fps)

Type

Optics

CMOS

Sensor

Supported

Outputs

C5180M

5120 x 5120

32

Mono

35mm

ONSEMI

NOIP1SN025KA

CLF/CXP*

C5180C

5120 x 5120

32

Color

35mm

ONSEMI

NOIP1SN025KA

CLF/CXP*

C4181M

4096 x 4096

50

Mono

35mm

ONSEMI

NOIP1SN016KA

CLF/CXP*

C4181C

4096 x 4096

50

Color

35mm

ONSEMI

NOIP1SN016KA

CLF/CXP*

C4180M

4096 x 3072

67

Mono

4/3”

ONSEMI

NOIP1SN012KA

CLF/CXP*

C4180C

4096 x 3072

67

Color

4/3”

ONSEMI

NOIP1SN012KA

CLF/CXP*

C3880M

3840 x 2896

75

Mono

4/3”

ONSEMI

NOIP1SN010KA

CLF/CXP*

C3880C

3840 x 2896

75

Color

4/3”

ONSEMI

NOIP1SN010KA

CLF/CXP*

Table 1: Cheetah C5180, C4181, C4180 and C3880 Overview

1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The CHEETAH cameras are advanced, intelligent, high-resolution, progressive scan, fully

programmable and field upgradeable CMOS cameras. They are built around On

Semiconductors area scan Python CMOS imagers and are feature rich with a built-in image

processing engine, low noise, and efficient and optimized internal thermal distribution. The

CHEETAH cameras feature a wide range of programmable functions; including, , exposure

control, frame rate control, area of interest, subsampling, pixel averaging, gain, offset,

several triggering options, strobes, output control, transfer function correction, temperature

monitoring and user programmable and up-loadable LUT.

All Cheetah cameras offer global shutter for superior motion capture and exceptionally high

frame rates for high thru-put applications. Cheetah camera exposure time can be controlled

using an internal control or controlled by an external pulse width. Exposure times up to 1

second with 1µs increments are supported. An Area of Interest (AOI) can be programmed

for each acquisition frame and subsampling or pixel averaging capabilities are also

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available. Analog gains up to 10 dB (3.17x) are supported and digital gain controls allow

further expansion of the low-end signal with 24dB (16x) of additional gain available.

A built-in Gamma correction and user-defined Look-up Table (LUT) capability optimizes

the camera’s dynamic range even further. Defective pixel Correction (DPC) and hot pixel

correction (HPC) can also be applied to correct for pixels that are over-responding or under-

responding. Auto-White Balance (AWB) is available in color cameras to correct for color

temperature. The cameras have a Camera Link™ interface that includes 8/10/12 bits data

transmission with two, four, eight or ten output taps as well as camera control all on one or

two cables. The cameras are fully programmable via the Camera Link interface. The

adaptability and flexibility of the camera allow it to be used in a wide and diverse range of

applications including machine vision, metrology high-definition imaging and surveillance,

medical and scientific imaging, intelligent transportation systems, aerial imaging, character

recognition, document processing and many more.

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1.2 MAIN CHEETAH FEATURES

 Global shutter (GS)

 Monochrome or color

 Large 4.5 micron pixels

 Fixed pattern noise (FPN) correction

 Enhanced near infrared (NIR) sensitivity version available upon request

 Fast frame rates:32 fps (C5180), 50fps (C4181), 67 fps (C4180) and 75 fps (C3880)

 Configurable Pixel Clock

 Pixel Averaging

 Sub-sampling

 Area of Interest

 Analog and Digital Gain Controls

 Offset Control

 Three selectable trigger sources: external, pulse generator or computer

 Built-in pulse generator

 Two programmable output strobes

 Auto-white balance: once, static or tracking

 Two 12-bit look-up tables (LUT)

 Defective pixel correction (DPC), hot pixel correction (HPC)

 Two programmable external inputs (one opto-isolated) and two external outputs (one opto-

isolated)

 Flat Field Correction (FFC), User and Factory

 Camera Link Base, Medium, Full and Deca support

 Temperature monitor

 Field upgradeable firmware, LUT, DPC, HPC, FFC

1.3 CHEETAH SPECIFICATIONS

1.3.1 General Information

A CMOS camera is an electronic device for converting light into an electrical signal.

The camera contains a light sensitive element CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide

Semiconductor) where an electronic representation of the image is formed. The CMOS

image sensor consists of a two dimensional array of sensitive elements – silicon

photodiodes, also known as pixels. The photons falling on the CMOS surface create

photoelectrons within the pixels, where the number of photoelectrons is linearly

proportional to the light level. Although the number of electrons collected in each

pixel is linearly proportional to the light level and exposure time, the amount of

electrons varies with the wavelength of the incident light.

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1.3.1.1 Global Shutter Description

All Cheetah cameras support global shutter readout mode. In Global Shutter (GS)

mode every pixel starts and stops integration at the same time. This mode is excellent

for clean capture of moving scenes without the need for a mechanical shutter. When

global shutter mode is used, all pixel data is stored in light shielded regions within

each pixel and held there until readout. (Figure 1.0)

Figure 1: Global Shutter Description

1.3.1.2 A/D architecture and frame rate controls

The C5180, C4181, C4180 and C3880 image sensors multiplex 80 (C5180), 64

(C4181 and C4180) and 60 (C3880) columns respectively into an array of 64 A/D

converters. The camera takes care of all the details of re-ordering the lines within

frame grabber memory. Unlike a CCD where digitization is performed within one

pixel time, these cameras perform digitize at 1/64

th

the pixel rate (64 A/D converters)

and the digitization has a depth of 10-bits

The image sensor provides up to thirty-two LVDS outputs and the time to readout one

line from the image sensor is much less than the time necessary to output the data

using Camera Link. The camera compensates for this mismatch in data output rate

versus data capture rate using two methods: a variable pixel clock for line readout and

the ability to add 1 micro-second of delay (row overhead) time at the end of each line

output by the camera. Slowing down the pixel line clock and adding delay (dead time)

at the end of each line allow the Camera Link grabber to keep pace with the camera

output.

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Figure 2 shows a typical CMOS image sensor architecture. Figures 3 and 4 show the

camera’s spectral response.

Figure 2: CMOS image sensor architecture

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1.3.2 Spectral Sensitivity Curves

Figure 3: Python CMOS mono spectral response

(Monochrome with the cover glass)

Figure 4: Python CMOS typical color spectral response

(Color with Microlens and with cover glass)

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1.3.3 Bayer Pattern Information

CHEETAH is available with Monochrome or Color CMOS imager. To generate a

color image a set of color filters (Red, Green, and Blue) arranged in a “Bayer”

pattern, are placed over the pixels. The starting color is Red.

1.4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

The following Tables describe features and specifications that relate to all

CHEETAH CLF cameras.

Features / Specifications

C5180/C4181/C4180/C38

80

Shutter Operation

Global only

Exposure time

4 s min

Area of Interest

one

Analog Gain

Up to 10dB

Digital Gain

Up to 24dB

Subsampling

Keep one, skip one

Pixel Averaging (mono)

1x2, 2x1 and 2x2

Auto-White Balance

Yes

Test Image

Static, Dynamic

Defective pixel correction

Static, Dynamic, User DPM

Hot pixel correction

Static, Dynamic, User HPM

Inputs

1-LVTTL / 1-Opto-coupled

Outputs

1-5v TTL / 1-Opto-coupled

Triggers

Programmable Rising/Falling

De-bounce

Pulse Generator

Yes

In-camera Image Processing

2 LUTs

Camera housing

Aluminum

Supply voltage range

10 V to 33 V DC

Upgradeable firmware

Yes

Upgradeable LUT,DPM, FFC

Yes

Operating

- 40.0 to + 85.0 deg C

Environmental – Storage

- 50.0 to + 90.0 deg C

Vibration, Shock

Relative humidity

10% to 90% non-condensing

Table 2: Cheetah General Features List

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Specifications

C5180

C4181

Active image resolution

5120 x 5120

4096 x 4096

Active image area (H, V)

23.0 mm x 23.0 mm

32.5 mm Diagonal

18.4 mm x 18.4 mm

26.1 mm Diagonal

Pixel size

4.5 μm

Video output

Digital, 8/10-bit

Output structure

10-Tap

Data clock

85 MHz

Camera interface

DECA/Full/Medium or Base CL

Connector

Dual HDR (26-pin mini CL)

Maximum frame rate

26 fps (10-bit), 32 fps (8-bit)

40 fps (10-bit), 50 fps (8-bit)

Dynamic Range

59 dB

Shutter speed

4s to 1 sec

Area of Interest

One

Analog gain

0 to 10dB (8 & 10-bit)

Digital gain

0 to 24dB

Black level offset

0 to 1024, 1/step

0 to 1024 1/step

User LUT

2 LUTs: Gamma, User LUT

Hardware trigger

Asynchronous

Strobe Modes

Programmable Width, Delay

, Programmable Width, Delay

Trigger Sources

External , Pulse Generator,

Computer

External, Pulse Generator,

Computer

Trigger features

Rising/Falling edge, De-glitch,

Delay, Strobe

Rising/Falling edge, De-glitch,

Delay, Strobe

Size (W x H x L) - CLB

(72.0 x 72.0 x 39.8) mm

Weight

385 g

Lens Mount

F-Mount, 35mm format

F-Mount– 35mm format

Power:

12V / XX A

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Specifications

C4180

C3880

Active image resolution

4096 x 3072

3880 x 2896

Active image area (H, V)

18.4 mm x 13.8mm

23.0 mm Diagonal

17.5 mm x 13.0 mm

21.8 mm Diagonal

Pixel size

4.5 μm

Video output

Digital, 8/10-bit

Output structure

10-Tap

Data clock

85 MHz

Camera interface

DECA/Full/Medium or Base CL

Connector

Dual HDR (26-pin mini CL)

Maximum frame rate

54 fps (10-bit), 67 fps (8-bit)

60 fps (10-bit), 75 fps (8-bit)

Dynamic Range

59 dB

Shutter speed

4 s to 1 sec

Area of Interest

One

Analog gain

0 to 10dB

Digital gain

0 to 24dB

Black level offset

0 to 1024, 1/step

0 to 1024 1/step

User LUT

2 LUTs: Gamma, User LUT

Hardware trigger

Asynchronous

Strobe Modes

Programmable Width, Delay

, Programmable Width, Delay

Trigger Sources

External , Pulse Generator,

Computer

External, Pulse Generator,

Computer

Trigger features

Rising/Falling edge, De-glitch,

Delay, Strobe

Rising/Falling edge, De-glitch,

Delay, Strobe

Size (W x H x L) - CLB

(72.0 x 72.0 x 39.8) mm

Weight

385 g

Lens Mount

F-Mount, 35mm format

F-Mount– 35mm format

Power:

12V / XX A

Table 3: Cheetah C5180, C4181, C4180, C3880 Specifications

1.5 CAMERA CONNECTIVITY

1.5.1 CLF (Full) - Camera Link (CL) Output

The interface between the CHEETAH cameras and outside equipment is done via 2

connectors and one LED, located on the back panel of the camera – Figure 5.

1. Two camera outputs – standard Full Camera Link Mini connectors provides data,

sync, control, and serial interface.

2. Male 12-pin Power Connector – provides power and I/O interface.

3. USB type B programming/SPI connector.

4. Status LED – indicates the status of the camera – refer to Status LED section.

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5. Model / Serial Number – shows camera model and serial number.

Figure 5: CLF Camera back panel / Deca, Full, Medium or Base

1.5.2 Camera Link Full Signal Mapping

Camera data output is compliant with Deca (80-bit), Full (64-bit), Medium (48-bit)

and Base (24-bit) Camera Link standard, up to 80 data bits, 4 sync signals (LVAL,

FVAL, DVAL and User Out), 1 reference clock, 2 external inputs CC1, CC2 and a

bi-directional serial interface. The camera link output connectors are shown in

Figure 6 and 7, and the corresponding bit and port mapping is described below.

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Figure 6: CLF Camera output connector 1

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