Document Outline

• Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
• Introduction
  • Document history
  • Manual overview
  • Conventions used in this manual
    • Styles
    • Symbols
  • More information
  • Before operation
• MARLIN cameras
• Declarations of conformity
• Filter and lenses
  • Camera lenses
• Specifications
  • MARLIN F-033B/C
  • MARLIN F-046B/C
  • MARLIN F-080B/C (-30 fps*)
  • MARLIN F-145B2/C2
  • MARLIN F-146B/C
  • MARLIN F-201B/C
  • MARLIN F-131B/C (NIR)
  • Spectral sensitivity
• Camera dimensions
  • MARLIN standard housing
  • Tripod adapter
  • MARLIN W90
  • MARLIN W90 S90
  • MARLIN W270
  • MARLIN W270 S90
• Camera interfaces
  • IEEE 1394a port pin assignment
  • Camera I/O connector pin assignment
  • Status LEDs
    • Status LED green
    • Status LED yellow
  • Control and video data signals
    • Inputs
      • Triggers
    • Input/output pin control
      • IO_INP_CTRL 1-2
      • Trigger delay
    • Outputs
      • IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-2
      • Output modes
  • Pixel data
• Description of the data path
  • Block diagrams of the cameras
    • Black and white cameras
    • Color cameras
  • IBIS5A multiple slope (High Dynamic Range mode)
    • MARLIN F-131 with three knee-points
  • White balance
    • One-push automatic white balance
    • Automatic white balance
  • Auto shutter
  • Auto gain
  • Manual gain
  • Brightness (black level or offset)
  • Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function
    • Loading an LUT into the camera
  • Shading correction
    • How to store shading image
    • Automatic generation of correction data
      • Requirements
      • Algorithm
    • Loading a shading image out of the camera
    • Loading a shading image into the camera
  • DSNU & blemish correction (MARLIN F-131B only)
  • Horizontal mirror function
  • Binning (only Marlin CCD b/w models)
    • 2 x binning
    • Vertical binning
    • Horizontal binning
    • 2 x full binning
  • Sub-sampling (MARLIN F-131B/C, MARLIN F-146C and MARLIN F-201C)
    • What is sub-sampling?
    • Which Marlin models have sub-sampling?
    • Description of sub-sampling
  • Parameter update timing
  • Sharpness
  • Color interpolation and correction
    • Color interpolation (BAYER demosaicing)
    • Color correction
      • Why color correction
      • Color correction in AVT cameras
      • Color correction: formula
      • GretagMacbeth ColorChecker
  • Color conversion (RGB ‡ YUV)
  • Hue and saturation
  • Serial interface
• Controlling image capture
  • Trigger modi
    • Bulk trigger (Trigger_Mode_15)
    • Trigger delay
      • Trigger delay advanced register
  • Exposure time (shutter) and offset
    • Exposure time offset
    • Minimum exposure time
      • Example Marlin 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
  • Frame memory and deferred image transport
    • Deferred image transport
    • HoldImg mode
    • FastCapture
  • Sequence mode
    • How is sequence mode implemented?
    • Points to pay attention to when working with a sequence
    • Changing the parameters within a sequence
    • Points to pay attention to when changing the parameters
  • Secure image signature (SIS)
    • SIS: Definition
    • SIS: Scenarios
• Video formats, modes and bandwidth
  • MARLIN F-033B/ MARLIN F-033C
  • MARLIN F-046B/ MARLIN F-046C
  • MARLIN F-080B/ MARLIN F-080C (-30 fps)
  • MARLIN F-145B2/ MARLIN F-145C2
  • MARLIN F-146B / MARLIN F-146C
  • MARLIN F-201B / MARLIN F-201C
  • MARLIN F-131B (NIR)/ MARLIN F-131C
  • Area of interest (AOI)
    • Autofunction AOI
  • Frame rates
    • Frame rates Format_7
    • MARLIN F-033: AOI frame rates
    • MARLIN F-046: AOI frame rates
    • MARLIN F-080: AOI frame rates
    • MARLIN F-080-30 fps: AOI frame rates
    • MARLIN F-145: AOI frame rates
    • MARLIN F-146: AOI frame rates
    • MARLIN F-201: AOI frame rates
    • MARLIN F-131: AOI frame rates
• How does bandwidth affect the frame rate?
  • Example formula for the b/w camera
  • Test images
    • Loading test images
    • Test images b/w cameras
    • Test images for color cameras
      • YUV422 mode
      • Mono8 (raw data)
• 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
    • Version information inquiry
    • Advanced feature inquiry
    • Maximum resolution
    • Time base
    • Extended shutter
    • Test images
    • Sequence control
    • Look-up tables (LUT)
    • Shading correction
    • Deferred image transport
    • Frame information
    • High dynamic range mode (MARLIN F-131B/C only)
    • DSNU control
    • Input/output pin control
    • Delayed Integration Enable (IntEna)
    • Auto shutter control
    • Auto gain control
    • Autofunction AOI
    • Color correction
    • Trigger delay
    • Mirror image
    • Soft Reset
    • Secure image signature (SIS)
      • Advanced register: time stamp
      • Advanced register: frame counter
      • Advanced register: trigger counter
      • Where to find time stamp, frame counter and trigger counter in the image
    • User profiles
      • Error codes
      • Reset of error codes
      • Stored settings
    • GPDATA_BUFFER
      • Little endian vs. big endian byte order
• Firmware update
• Appendix
  • Sensor position accuracy of AVT cameras
• Index