Document Outline

• Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
• Introduction
  • Document history
  • Manual overview
  • Conventions used in this manual
    • Styles
    • Symbols
  • More information
  • Before operation
• Guppy cameras
• Declarations of conformity
• Filter and lenses
  • IR cut filter
  • Camera lenses
• Specifications
  • Guppy F-033B/C
  • Guppy F-033B/C BL (board level)
  • Guppy F-036B/C
  • Guppy F-038B/C
  • Guppy F-038B/C NIR
  • Guppy F-044B/C
  • Guppy F-044B/C NIR
  • Guppy F-046B/C
  • Guppy F-080B/C
  • Guppy F-080B/C BL (board level)
  • Guppy F-146B/C
  • Guppy F-503B/C
  • Spectral sensitivity
• Camera dimensions
  • Guppy standard housing (old CS-/C-Mounting)
  • Guppy standard housing (new CS-/C-Mounting)
  • Guppy board level: dimensions
  • Guppy board level: CS-Mount
  • Guppy board level: C-Mount
  • Guppy board level: M12-Mount
  • Tripod adapter
  • Cross section: C-Mount
  • Cross section: CS-Mount
• Camera interfaces
  • IEEE 1394a port pin assignment
    • Board level camera: IEEE 1394a port pin assignment
  • Camera I/O connector pin assignment
    • GUPPY (housing)
    • GUPPY (board level)
  • Status LEDs
    • On LED (green)
    • Status LED
  • Control and video data signals
    • Inputs
      • Triggers
    • Input/output pin control
      • Input modes
      • Trigger delay
    • Outputs
      • IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-3
      • Output modes
    • Board level cameras: inputs and outputs
    • Board level cameras: pulse-width modulation
      • PWM: minimal and maximal periods and frequencies
      • PWM: Examples in practice
  • Pixel data
    • Video data formats (IIDC V1.3 and AVT)
      • <Y (Mono) format>
      • <Y (Mono16) format>
      • <Y (Mono12) format> (AVT)
    • Data structure (IIDC V1.3 and AVT)
      • <Y, R, G, B>
      • <U, V>
      • <Y (Mono16>
      • <Y (Mono12)> (AVT)
• Description of the data path
  • Block diagrams of the cameras
    • Black and white cameras (CCD and CMOS)
    • Color cameras (CCD and CMOS)
  • Readout schemes: GUPPY interlaced models (F-038, F-038 NIR, F-044, F-044 NIR, F-025, F-029)
    • Interlaced and field integration (Format_7 Mode_0)
    • Interlaced and frame integration (Format_7 Mode_1)
    • Non-interlaced and field integration (Format_7 Mode_2) only b/w cameras
    • Complementary colors and demosaicing
      • How demosaicing works
      • Format_7 Mode_0: sensor readout and color
      • Format_7 Mode_1: sensor readout and color
  • Color correction (only interlaced GUPPYs)
  • Horizontal and vertical mirror function (only Guppy F-036/F-503)
  • White balance
    • White balance and interlaced GUPPYs
    • One-push white balance
    • Auto white balance (AWB)
  • Manual gain
  • Auto gain
  • Brightness (black level or offset)
  • Auto shutter
  • Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function
    • Loading an LUT into the camera
  • Defect pixel correction (only Guppy F-503B/C)
    • Building defect pixel data
      • Grab an image with defect pixel data
      • Calculate defect pixel coordinates
      • Reset values (resolution, shutter, gain, brightness)
    • Activate/deactivate defect pixel correction
    • Store defect pixel data non-volatile
    • Load non-volatile stored defect pixel data
    • Send defect pixel data to the host
    • Receive defect pixel data from the host
    • DPC data: storing mechanism
  • Binning (only Guppy F-036B and Guppy F-503B/C)
    • 2 x and 4 x binning
    • 2 x vertical binning and 4 x vertical binning
    • 2 x horizontal binning and 4 x horizontal binning
    • 2 x full binning and 4 x full binning
  • Sub-sampling (only Guppy F-503B/C)
    • What is sub-sampling?
    • Which Guppy models have sub-sampling?
    • Description of sub-sampling
  • Binning and sub-sampling access (only Guppy F-503)
  • Packed 12-Bit Mode
  • HDR (high dynamic range) (GUPPY F-036 only)
    • HDR overview (HiDy sensor)
    • Pixel operations in detail
    • Single knee point vs. two knee points
    • Effects of a HiDy sensor
    • Advanced registers for high dynamic range mode (HDR) (GUPPY F-036 only)
  • BAYER pattern (raw data output)
  • Serial interface
• Controlling image capture
  • Global shutter (CCD cameras only)
  • Pipelined global shutter (only Guppy F-036)
  • Electronic rolling shutter (ERS) and global reset release shutter (GRR) (only Guppy F-503)
  • Trigger modes
    • Trigger_Mode_0 (edge mode) and Trigger_Mode_1 (level mode)
      • Guppy F-503, Trigger_Mode_0, electronic rolling shutter
      • Guppy F-503, Trigger_Mode_0, global reset release shutter
    • Trigger_Mode_15 (bulk trigger)
    • Trigger delay
      • Trigger delay advanced register
  • Exposure time (shutter) and offset
    • Exposure time of GUPPY F-036 (CMOS)
    • Exposure time of GUPPY F-503 (CMOS)
      • GUPPY F-503 row time for global reset release shutter (GRR)
      • GUPPY F-503 row time for electronic rolling shutter (ERS)
      • Minimum shutter time of GUPPY F-036
      • Example GUPPY F-036
      • Example GUPPY F-503
    • Exposure time offset
      • Example GUPPY F-033
    • Extended shutter
  • One-Shot
    • One-shot command on the bus to start of exposure
    • End of exposure to first packet on the bus
  • Multi-shot
  • ISO_Enable / free-run
  • Asynchronous broadcast
  • Jitter at start of exposure
  • User profiles
• Video formats, modes and bandwidth
  • Guppy F-033B / Guppy F-033C and board level versions F-033B BL / F-033C BL
  • Guppy F-036B / Guppy F-036C
  • Guppy F-038B / Guppy F-038C
  • Guppy F-038B NIR / Guppy F-038C NIR
  • Guppy F-044B / Guppy F-044C
  • Guppy F-044B NIR / Guppy F-044C NIR
  • Guppy F-046B / Guppy F-046C
  • Guppy F-080B / Guppy F-080C and board level versions F-080B BL / F-080C BL
  • Guppy F-146B / Guppy F-146C
  • Guppy F-503B / Guppy F-503C
  • Area of interest (AOI)
    • Autofunction AOI (not interlaced GUPPYs)
  • Frame rates
    • Frame rates Format_7
    • GUPPY F-033 and board level versions: AOI frame rates
    • GUPPY F-036: AOI frame rates
    • GUPPY F-038 / GUPPY F-038 NIR (only F7M0 and F7M1): AOI frame rates
    • GUPPY F-044 / GUPPY F-044 NIR (only F7M0 and F7M1): AOI frame rates
    • GUPPY F-046: AOI frame rates
    • GUPPY F-080 and board level versions: AOI frame rates
    • GUPPY F-146: AOI frame rates
    • GUPPY F-503: AOI frame rates
• How does bandwidth affect the frame rate?
  • Test images
    • Loading test images
    • Test images b/w cameras (progressive and interlaced)
    • Test images for color cameras
      • Test image 1 (Mono8 mode) progressive
      • Test image 2 (Mono8 mode) progressive
      • Test image 1 and 2 (Mono8 mode) interlaced
• Configuration of the camera
  • Camera_Status_Register
    • Example
    • Sample program
  • Configuration ROM
  • Implemented registers (IIDC V1.3)
    • 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
      • Quadlet offset Format_7 Mode_0
      • Quadlet offset Format_7 Mode_1
      • Format_7 control and status register (CSR)
  • Advanced features (AVT-specific)
    • Advanced registers summary
    • Extended version information register
    • Advanced feature inquiry
    • Camera status
    • Maximum resolution
    • Time base
    • Extended shutter
    • Test images
    • Look-up tables (LUT)
    • Defect pixel correction (only Guppy F-503)
    • Input/output pin control
    • Delayed Integration Enable (IntEna)
    • Auto shutter control
    • Auto gain control
    • Autofunction AOI
    • Trigger delay
    • Mirror image (only Guppy F-036)
    • Pulse-width modulation (board level cameras only)
    • Soft reset
    • User profiles
      • Error codes
      • Reset of error codes
      • Stored settings
    • Format_7 mode mapping (only Guppy F-503)
      • Additional Format_7 modes
      • Example
    • Low noise binning mode (2 x and 4 x binning) (only Guppy F-503)
    • Global reset release shutter (only Guppy F-503)
    • GPDATA_BUFFER
      • Little endian vs. big endian byte order
• Firmware update
  • Extended version number (FPGA/µC)
• Appendix
  • Sensor position accuracy of AVT cameras
• Index