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Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M
Camera User's Manual
3-Feb-12
03-032-20107-01
www.teledynedalsa.com

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User’s Manual 3-Feb-12 03-032-20107-01 www.teledynedalsa.com...
  • Page 2 Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual © 2012 Teled yne DALSA, Inc. All information provid ed in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. No responsibility is assumed by Teled yne DALSA for its use. Teled yne DALSA reserves the right to make changes to this information w ithout notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Contents 1. System Precautions and Cleaning ___________________________________________________________________ 5 Precautions ..............................5 Electrostatic Discharge and the CMOS Sensor ....................5 Protecting Against Dust, Oil, and Scratches ....................5 Cleaning the Sensor Window ..........................
  • Page 4 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Check Camera and Sensor Information ..........................27 Saving and Restoring Camera Settings ..........................28 Trigger Modes ..................................30 Exposure Controls ................................30 Exposure Modes in Detail ..............................31 Internally Programmable Frame Rate and Internally Programmable Exposure Time (Default) ....

  • Page 5: System Precautions And Cleaning

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual 1. System Precautions and Cleaning Precautions Read these precautions and this manu al carefully before using the camera. Confirm that the camera’s packaging is und am aged before opening it. If the p ackaging is d amaged please contact the related logistics personnel.

  • Page 6: Cleaning The Sensor Window

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Cleaning the Sensor Window Recommended Equipment  Glass cleaning station w ith microscope w ithin clean room.  3M ionized air gu n 980 (http:/ / solutions.3mcanad a.ca/ w p s/ p ortal/ 3M/ en_CA/ WW2/ Cou ntry/ ...

  • Page 7: The Falcon2 Camera

    2. The Falcon2 Camera Camera Highlights The new Falcon 2 4M, 8M, and 12M are Teled yne DALSA’s new generation of area scan cameras. The cameras incorp orate large resolutions and faster frame rates enabling high speed image capture w ith superb sp atial resolution.
  • Page 8 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Models The camera is available in the follow ing configurations: Table 1: Camera Models Overview Model Number Description FA-80-12M1H -00-R 12M pixel monochrome Camera Link.

  • Page 9: Camera Performance Specifications

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Camera Performance Specifications Table 3: Camera Performance Specifications Specifications Performance Resolution 4 : 3 aspect ratio: 12M—4096 (H) x 3072 (V) 8M—3328 (H) x 2502 (V) 4M—2432 (H) x 1728 (V)

  • Page 10: Certifications

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Table 4: Frame Rates, Aspect Ratio, and Resolution Comparison Resolution Aspect Maximum Maximum Frame Frame Frame Rate Ratio Column Rows Rate Rate 10 BPP* 8 BPP*...

  • Page 11: Responsivity

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Responsivity The responsivity graph d escribes the sensor resp onse to d ifferent w avelengths of light (exclud ing lens and light source characteristics). The qu antum efficiency (QE) graph d escribes the fraction of photons at each w avelength that contribu te charge to the pixel.

  • Page 12: Sensor Cosmetic Specifications

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Sensor Cosmetic Specifications The follow ing table lists the current cosmetic specifications for the Teled yne DALSA sensor u sed in the Falcon2 series. Table 5: Sensor Cosmetic Specifications...

  • Page 13: Sensor Block Diagram And Pixel Readout

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual D efinition of Blemishes Dark p ixel d efect: Pixel w hose signal, in d ark, exceed s 500 DN . Light pixel d efect: Pixel w hose signal, at nominal light (illum ination at 50% of the linear range), d eviates more than ±30% from its neighboring pixels.

  • Page 14: Mechanicals

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual N ote: As view ed from the front of the camera w ithout lens. Mechanicals Figure 4: Camera Mechanical 03-032-20107-01 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 15: Software And Hardware Setup

    To achieve best system perform ance, the follow ing m inimu m requ irements are recom mend ed :  H igh band w id th frame grabber recommend ed , e.g. DALSA PX8 Full Camera link frame grabber (Part # OR-X8CO-XPF00).

  • Page 16: Step 1. Install And Configure The Frame Grabber, Graphics Card And Gui

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Step 1. Install and configure the frame grabber, graphics card and GUI Install Frame Grabber Install a PX8 full Camera link frame grabber accord ing to the m anufacturer’s d escription.

  • Page 17: Step 2. Connect Power, Data, And Trigger Cables

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Step 2. Connect Power, Data, and Trigger Cables N ote: the u se of cables types and lengths other than those specified m ay result in increased emission or d ecreased im mu nity and p erformance of the camera.

  • Page 18: Leds

    For d etailed inform ation on Camera Link please refer to the Camera Link Road Map available from the Know led ge Center on the Teled yne DALSA Web site: (http:/ / w w w .teled yned alsa.com/ mv/ know led ge/ ap pnotes.aspx).
  • Page 19 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Figure 7. SDR-26 Mini Camera Link Connector Data 2 Control / Data 1 Camera Right Angle Channel Link Camera Right Angle Channel Link Connector Frame Grabber...
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Full Configuration 8 taps 8 bits Camera link Full configuration Connector 1: Channel link X Connector 2: Channel link Y Connector 3: Channel link Z...
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Extended Configurations 10 taps 8 bits Camera link Extended configuration Connector 1: Channel link X Connector 1: Channel link Y Connector 1: Channel link Z...
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual 8 taps 10 bits Camera link Extended configuration Connector 1: Channel link X Connector 1: Channel link Y Connector 1: Channel link Z Camera/Frame Camera/Frame...

  • Page 23: Camera Link Cable Quality And Length

    Recommended Cables We recom mend the u se of high -qu ality m ini-CL cables. Teled yne DALSA has 3 meter and 5 meter cables available as accessories. Contact Customer Supp ort.

  • Page 24: Step 3. Establish Communication With The Camera

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Step 3. Establish Communication with the Camera Power on the camera Turn on the camera’s p ow er supply. You may have to w ait up to 60 second s w hile the camera w arms up and prep ares itself for operation.
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Figure 8. Two CamExpert window shown. One connected to the frame grabber and one to the camera. At this p oint your host and camera system should be setup and you can verify the camera’s operation by retrieving a test p attern and setting the camera’s trigger and exposure time.

  • Page 26: Step 4. Check Camera Test Patterns And Set Trigger And Exposure Time

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Step 4. Check Camera Test Patterns and Set Trigger and Exposure Time Review a Test Image The camera is now read y to retrieve a test pattern. Select Image Format Control > Test Image Selector...

  • Page 27: Camera Operation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual At this p oint you are read y to start operating the camera in ord er to acquire im ages, set camera functions, and save settings.

  • Page 28: Saving And Restoring Camera Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Saving and Restoring Camera Settings The parameters used to select, load and save user sets are grouped together und er the Camera Inform ation set of features.
  • Page 29 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Figure 9. Relationship between the Camera Settings Active Settings for Current Session The active setting for the cu rrent session is the set of configuration s that are operating w hile the camera is currently ru nning, includ ing all u nsaved changes you have mad e to the settings before saving them .

  • Page 30: Trigger Modes

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual N ote: By d efault, the user settings are set to the factory settings. Default Setting Either the Factory or one of the User settings can be saved as the Default Setting by selecting the set in the User Set Default Selector.

  • Page 31: Exposure Modes In Detail

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual The param eters used to select the im aging mod es—trigger sources (sync), exposu re time, and frame rate—are grouped together as the Sensor Controls.

  • Page 32: External Frame Rate And External Exposure Time (Trigger Width)

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Internally-generated Exsync Exposure Time Exposure Time Programmable Programmable Readout Time Readout Time Programmable Programmable Frame Time Frame Time FVAL Figure 11. Internally Programmable Frame Rate and Internally Programmable Exposure Time (Default) External Frame Rate and External Exposure Time (Trigger Width) In this m od e, EXSYN C sets both the frame period and the exposure time.

  • Page 33: External Frame Rate, Programmable Exposure Time

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual External Frame Rate, Programmable Exposure Time In this m od e, the frame rate is set externally w ith the falling ed ge of EXSYN C generating the rising ed ge of a programm able exposure time.

  • Page 34: Set Frame Rate

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Set Frame Rate Sensor Control Parameter Options Frame Rate (in H z) Camera frame rate, in H z. Only available w hen the camera is in Internal Mod e—...

  • Page 35: Set Exposure Time

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Set Exposure Time To set the camera’s exp osure time, use the Exp osure Time parameter —a member of the Sensor Controls set. GenICam parameters: Sensor Controls >...
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Enables the softw are trigger button. Specify the type of trigger overlap Trigger Overlap permitted w ith the previou s frame. This d efines w hen a valid trigger w ill be...

  • Page 37: Control Gain And Black Level

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual to output. Sets the w id th (d uration) of the outp ut Output Line Min 0 µs, Max 8388608 µs line pulse in microsecond s (μs). The Line Pulse Duration Mod e feature mu st be set to Outp ut.

  • Page 38: Set Baud Rate

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Image Format Control Action Parameter Description Control the size of the transmitted image Wid th Wid th of the im age / area of interest (in...

  • Page 39: I / O Opto-Couplers

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual N umber of bits per character used in the Data Size serial p ort Parity of the serial p ort Parity N umber of stop bits per character u sed...

  • Page 40: Calibrating The Camera: Flat Field Correction

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Calibrating the Camera: Flat Field Correction N ote: FFC calibration can only be performed on the full w ind ow (4 : 3 and 1 :1 asp ect ratios).
  • Page 41 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual GenICam Parameters Feature Sensor Control Menu Item > Parameter FPN Global Black Level Selector Digital ALL1 Background Subtract Black Level Selector Digital ALL2 System Gain...
  • Page 42 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual 2. The camera is placed in the d ark and FPN Calibration is run. 3. With FPN correction on the sensor is illuminated (Light Source: Broad band Quartz H alogen, 3250 K, w ith a 750 nm cutoff filter) w ith a light level of 26.4...
  • Page 43 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual An important note on w indow blemishes: When flat field correction is performed , w ind ow cleanliness is paramou nt. The figure below show s an examp le of w hat can happen if a blemish is present on the sensor w ind ow w hen flat field correction is performed .

  • Page 44: File Access Control

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual File Access Control Use the File Access Control features to up load (firmw are, FFC coefficient files) and d ow nload (FFC coefficient files, error log files) to and from the camera.

  • Page 45: Defining Multiple Areas Of Interest

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Appendix A Defining Multiple Areas of Interest N ote: This feature is prelim inary. Use the Multiple AOI commands to d efine multiple areas of interest. Once d efined , each of the AOIs share a comm on w id th and x-offset value.

  • Page 46: Revision History

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Revision History Revision Number Change Description Revision Date Initial (Preliminary) release 11-Nov-11 Extensive revisions mad e throughout the manual 03-Feb-12 in prep aration for camera prod uction and general release.

  • Page 47: Index

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual Index set, 35 EXSYNC, 23 antiblooming, 9 factory settings, 27 flat field correction overview, 40 baud rate, 38 frame rate black level set, 34 control, 37...
  • Page 48 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual ranges, 9 optocouplers, 39 safety, 5 settings current, 29 default, 30 performance specifications, 9 factory, 27, 29 pixel read out, 13 loading, 28 pow er...

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