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Technical Manual V7.4.0 09 March 2015 Allied Vision Technologies GmbHTaschenweg 2aD-07646 Stadtroda / GermanyGuppy

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.010Introduction IntroductionThis Guppy Technical Manual describes in depth the technical specifications, dimensions, all c

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0100Description of the data path Auto gainIn combination with auto white balance, all Guppy CCD and CMOS models are equipp

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0101Description of the data path Register Name Field Bit Description0xF0F00804 AUTO_EXPOSURE Presence_Inq [0] Presence of

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0102Description of the data path Brightness (black level or offset)It is possible to set the black level in the camera wit

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0103Description of the data path The IIDC register brightness at offset 800h is used for this purpose.The following table

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0104Description of the data path Auto shutterIn combination with auto white balance, all Guppy progressive CCD and CMOS mo

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0105Description of the data path To configure this feature in control and status register (CSR):Register Name Field Bit D

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0106Description of the data path Look-up table (LUT) and gamma functionThe Guppy camera provides one user-defined look-up

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0107Description of the data path Loading an LUT into the cameraLoading the LUT is carried out through the data exchange bu

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0108Description of the data path Defect pixel correction (only Guppy F-503B/C)The mechanisms of defect pixel correction ar

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0109Description of the data path The following flow diagram illustrates the defect pixel correction: Figure 64: Defect pix

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.011Introduction continued from previous pagePRE_V3.0.0[continued]30.10.2006[continued]New CS-Mount and C-Mount adapter in

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0110Description of the data path Building defect pixel dataTo build defect pixel data perform the following steps:Grab an

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0111Description of the data path DPC data are organized like this:The calculated mean value is written in advanced registe

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0112Description of the data path Send defect pixel data to the host1. Set EnaMemRD flag to 1.Defect pixel data is transfer

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0113Description of the data path Binning(only Guppy F-036B and Guppy F-503B/C)2 x and 4 x binningDefinition Binning is th

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0114Description of the data path • 4 x full binning (a combination of 4 x H-binning and 4 x V-binning)2 x vertical binning

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0115Description of the data path Use Format_7 Mode_2 to activate 2 x vertical binning.Use Format_7 Mode_5 to activate 4 x

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0116Description of the data path 2 x horizontal binning and 4 x horizontal binningBinning mode Guppy F-036B Guppy F-503B/C

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0117Description of the data path Guppy F-036B and Guppy F-503B/C:Use Format_7 Mode_1 to activate 2 x horizontal binning.Gu

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0118Description of the data path 2 x full binning and 4 x full binning2 x full binning: 4 pixel signals from 2 adjacent ro

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0119Description of the data path Guppy F-036B and Guppy F-503B/C:Use Format_7 Mode_3 to activate 2 x full binning.Guppy F-

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.012Introduction continued from previous pageV6.0.2 31.03.2008 Minimum shutter time of Guppy F-036B/C is now 180 μs: see Ch

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0120Description of the data path Sub-sampling (only Guppy F-503B/C)What is sub-sampling?Definition Sub-sampling is the pro

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0121Description of the data path Figure 74: Horizontal sub-sampling 2 out of 4 (color) Figure 75: Horizontal sub-sampling

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0122Description of the data path Format_7 Mode_5 By default and without further remapping use Format_7 Mode_5 for• b/w cam

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0123Description of the data path Format_7 Mode_6 By default and without further remapping use Format_7 Mode_6 for2 out of

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0124Description of the data path Figure 79: 2 out of 8 H+V sub-sampling (b/w) Figure 80: 2 out of 4 H+V sub-sampling (col

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0125Description of the data path Binning and sub-sampling access(only Guppy F-503)The binning and sub-sampling modes desc

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0126Description of the data path Note•A combination of binning and sub-sampling modes is not possible.Use either pure bi

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0127Description of the data path Figure 82: Mapping of possible Format_7 modes to F7M1...F7M7F7M0 (no change)F7M6F7M5F7M4

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0128Description of the data path Packed 12-Bit ModeDefinition Guppy F-146B and F-503B have the so-called Packed 12-Bit Mod

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0129Description of the data path HDR (high dynamic range) (Guppy F-036 only)The HDR mode is available for the Guppy F-036

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.013Introduction continued from previous pageV6.1.0[continued]09.07.2008[continued]Restructuring of Guppy Technical Manual

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0130Description of the data path Pixel operations in detailThe following diagrams show the principle of the pixel operatio

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0131Description of the data path Single knee point vs. two knee pointsSingle knee point operation means: Only one knee poi

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0132Description of the data path Effects of a HiDy sensorThe Micron/Aptina MT9V022 as a typical HiDy sensor shows a large

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0133Description of the data path Advanced registers for high dynamic range mode (HDR) (Guppy F-036 only)The Guppy F-036 ca

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0134Description of the data path BAYER pattern (raw data output)Definition The color sensors capture the color information

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0135Description of the data path Figure 86: Bayer pattern of Guppy F-036C Figure 87: Bayer pattern of Guppy F-503CPixel (

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0136Description of the data path Serial interfaceAll Guppy cameras are equipped with the SIO (serial input/output) feature

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0137Description of the data path To configure this feature in access control register (CSR):Offset Name Field Bit Descript

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0138Description of the data path 0004h SERIAL_CONTROL_REG RE [0] Receive enableRD: Current statusWR: 0: disable1: Enabl

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0139Description of the data path To read data:1. Query RDRD flag (buffer ready?) and write the number of bytes the host wa

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.014Introduction continued from previous pageV6.1.0[continued]09.07.2008[continued]Added 30 fps as fixed frame rate in Tabl

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0140Description of the data path To write data:1. Query TDRD flag (buffer ready?) and write the number of bytes to send (c

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0141Controlling image capture Controlling image captureGlobal shutter (CCD cameras only)Shutter modes The cameras support

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0142Controlling image capture Pipelined global shutter (only Guppy F-036)The CMOS Guppy F-036 (Micron/Aptina CMOS sensor M

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0143Controlling image capture Electronic rolling shutter (ERS) and global reset release shutter (GRR) (only Guppy F-503)Th

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0144Controlling image capture Trigger modesThe cameras support IIDC conforming Trigger_Mode_0 and Trigger_Mode_1 and speci

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0145Controlling image capture Trigger_Mode_0 (edge mode) and Trigger_Mode_1 (level mode) Figure 89: Trigger_Mode_0 and 1:

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0146Controlling image capture The Guppy F-503 has two shutter modes:• electronic rolling shutter (ERS) and• global reset r

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0147Controlling image capture Short exposure time:If the following condition is true:Texp eff. = Texp - Tframe < 0then

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0148Controlling image capture Guppy F-503, Trigger_Mode_0, global reset release shutter• IntEna is high, when all pixels a

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0149Controlling image capture Trigger_Mode_15 (bulk trigger)Trigger_Mode_15 is a bulk trigger, combining one external trig

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.015Introduction continued from previous pageV6.2.0 15.08.2008 Added cross-reference from upload LUT to GPDATA_BUFFER in Ch

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0150Controlling image capture The functionality is controlled via bit [6] and bitgroup [12-15] of the IIDC regis-ter:Regis

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0151Controlling image capture The screenshots below illustrate the use of Trigger_Mode_15 on a register level:• The first

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0152Controlling image capture Trigger delayAs already mentioned earlier, the cameras feature various ways to delay image c

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0153Controlling image capture Trigger delay advanced registerIn addition, the cameras have an advanced register which allo

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0154Controlling image capture Note• Switching trigger delay to ON also switches external Trig-ger_Mode_0 to ON.• This fea

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0155Controlling image capture Exposure time (shutter) and offsetThe exposure (shutter) time for continuous mode and Trigge

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0156Controlling image capture Minimum shutter time of Guppy F-036Example Guppy F-036Set Shutter register: 100100 x 20 μs =

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0157Controlling image capture Example Guppy F-033100 x 20 μs + 109 μs = 2109 μs exposure timeThe minimum adjustable exposu

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0158Controlling image capture One-ShotThe camera can record an image by setting the one-shot bit in the 61Ch register. Thi

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0159Controlling image capture One-shot command on the bus to start of exposureThe following sections describe the time res

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.016Introduction continued from previous pageV7.0.0 31.10.2008 Operating temperature changed from 50 °C to 45 °C for all Gu

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0160Controlling image capture Multi-shotSetting multi-shot and entering a quantity of images in Count_Number in the 61Ch r

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0161Controlling image capture ISO_Enable / free-runSetting the MSB (bit 0) in the 614h register (ISO_ENA) puts the camera

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0162Controlling image capture • Line 1 shows the broadcast command, which stops all cameras connected to the same IEEE 139

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0163Controlling image capture User profilesUser profiles are also known as memory channels from the IIDC specifications.Th

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0164Video formats, modes and bandwidth Video formats, modes and bandwidthThe different Guppy models support different vide

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0165Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-033B / Guppy F-033C*: Color camera outputs RAW image, which needs to be con

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0166Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-036B / Guppy F-036C*: Color camera outputs RAW image, which needs to be con

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0167Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-038B / Guppy F-038C*: Color camera outputs RAW image, which needs to be con

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0168Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-044B / Guppy F-044C*: Color camera outputs RAW image, which needs to be con

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0169Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-046B / Guppy F-046C*: Color camera outputs RAW image, which needs to be con

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.017Introduction continued from previous pageV7.1.0 07.05.2009 All advanced registers in 8-digit format beginning with 0xF1

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0170Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-080B / Guppy F-080C*: Color camera outputs RAW image, which needs to be con

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0171Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-146B / Guppy F-146C*: Color camera outputs RAW image, which needs to be con

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0172Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-503B / Guppy F-503CFormat Mode Resolution Color mode 60fps30fps 15fps7.5

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0173Video formats, modes and bandwidth *: Color camera outputs RAW image, which needs to be converted outside of camera.10

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0174Video formats, modes and bandwidth Area of interest (AOI)The camera’s image sensor has a defined resolution. This indi

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0175Video formats, modes and bandwidth In addition to the area of interest (AOI), some other parameters have an effect on

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0176Video formats, modes and bandwidth Autofunction AOI (not interlaced Guppys)Use this feature to select the image area (

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0177Video formats, modes and bandwidth As a reference it uses a grid of up to 65534 sample points (in 2n steps) equally sp

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0178Video formats, modes and bandwidth The frame rates in video modes 0 to 2 are specified, and settings are fixed by IIDC

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0179Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-033 and board level versions:AOI frame rates Figure 100: Frame rates Guppy

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.018Introduction continued from previous pageV7.1.0[continued]07.05.2009[continued][continued]Offset of low noise binning m

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0180Video formats, modes and bandwidth 260 94 95240 99 99220 104 104200 111 112180 118 118160 126 128140 135 137120 146 14

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0181Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-036: AOI frame ratesThe frame rates in the following table are measured dir

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0182Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-038 / Guppy F-038 NIR(only F7M0 and F7M1): AOI frame ratesThe frame rates

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0183Video formats, modes and bandwidth 360 38.7340 40.5320 42.2300 44.4280 46.9260 49.8240 52.7220 56.0200 59.9180 64.2160

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0184Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-044 / Guppy F-044 NIR(only F7M0 and F7M1): AOI frame ratesThe frame rates

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0185Video formats, modes and bandwidth 300 44.0280 46.3260 48.8240 51.8220 55.0200 58.6180 62.8160 67.5140 72.4120 78.8100

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0186Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-046: AOI frame rates Figure 104: Frame rates Guppy F-046 as function of AOI

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0187Video formats, modes and bandwidth 300 79.1280 82.8260 86.6240 91.0220 95.5200 100.9180 106.4160 113.1140 120.0120 128

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0188Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-080 and board level versions:AOI frame rates Figure 105: Frame rates Guppy

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0189Video formats, modes and bandwidth 560 37.2 39.3540 38.0 40.3520 38.8 41.6500 39.7 43.0480 40.5 44.1460 41.4 45.6440 4

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.019Introduction continued from previous pageV7.1.1[continued]23.02.2010[continued][continued]Improved descriptions:• Defec

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0190Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-146: AOI frame rates Figure 106: Frame rates Guppy F-146AOI height / pixel

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0191Video formats, modes and bandwidth Guppy F-503: AOI frame rates Formula 8: Guppy F-503: theoretical max. frame rate of

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0192Video formats, modes and bandwidth The frame rates in the following table are measured directly at the output of the c

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0193How does bandwidth affect the frame rate? How does bandwidth affect the frame rate?In some modes the IEEE 1394a bus li

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0194How does bandwidth affect the frame rate? Example formula for the b/w cameraMono8, 1024 x 768, 15 fps desiredA Frame r

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0195How does bandwidth affect the frame rate? Test imagesLoading test imagesTest images b/w cameras (progressive and inter

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0196How does bandwidth affect the frame rate? Test images for color camerasThe color cameras have 2 test images.Test image

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0197How does bandwidth affect the frame rate? Test image 2 (Mono8 mode) progressiveTest image 1 and 2 (Mono8 mode) interla

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0198Configuration of the camera Configuration of the cameraAll camera settings are made by writing specific values into th

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0199Configuration of the camera Every register is 32 bit (big endian) and implemented as follows (MSB = Most Significant B

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.02 Legal noticeFor customers in the U.S.A.This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.020Introduction continued from previous pageV7.3.0 21.09.2010 Updated data:• Corrected trigger diagram (Busy signal), see

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0200Configuration of the camera Sample programThe following sample code in C shows how the register is set for frame rate,

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0201Configuration of the camera Configuration ROMThe information in the Configuration ROM is needed to identify the node,

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0202Configuration of the camera The entry with key 8D in the root directory (420h in this case) provides the offset for th

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0203Configuration of the camera The entry with key D4 in the unit directory (440h in this case) provides the offset for un

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0204Configuration of the camera Implemented registers (IIDC V1.3)The following tables show how standard registers from IID

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0205Configuration of the camera Inquiry register for video modeOffset Name Field Bit Description Supported180h V_MODE_INQ(

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0206Configuration of the camera Inquiry register for video frame rate and base address19Ch V_MODE_INQ(Format_7)Mode_0 [0]

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0207Configuration of the camera 204h V_RATE_INQ(Format_0, Mode_1)FrameRate_0 [0] 1.875 fpsFrameRate _1 [1] 3.75 fpsFrameRa

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0208Configuration of the camera 210h V_RATE_INQ(Format_0, Mode_4)FrameRate_0 [0] 1.875 fpsFrameRate _1 [1] 3.75 fpsFrameRa

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0209Configuration of the camera 220h V_RATE_INQ(Format_1, Mode_0)FrameRate_0 [0] ReservedFrameRate _1 [1] 3.75 fpsFrameRat

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.021Introduction Manual overviewThis manual overview describes each chapter of this manual shortly.•Chapter Contacting Alli

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0210Configuration of the camera 22Ch V_RATE_INQ (Format_1, Mode_3)FrameRate_0 [0] 1.875 fpsFrameRate _1 [1] 3.75 fpsFrameR

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0211Configuration of the camera 238h V_RATE_INQ(Format_1, Mode_6)FrameRate_0 [0] 1.875 fpsFrameRate _1 [1] 3.75 fpsFrameRa

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0212Configuration of the camera 244h V_RATE_INQ(Format_2, Mode_1)FrameRate_0 [0] 1.875 fpsFrameRate _1 [1] 3.75 fpsFrameRa

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0213Configuration of the camera 250h V_RATE_INQ(Format_2, Mode_4)FrameRate_0 [0] 1.875 fpsFrameRate _1 [1] 3.75 fpsFrameRa

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0214Configuration of the camera 25Ch V_RATE_INQ(Format_2, Mode_7)FrameRate_0 [0] 1.875 fpsFrameRate _1 [1] 3.75 fpsFrameRa

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0215Configuration of the camera Inquiry register for basic functionOffset Name Field Bit Description400h BASIC_FUNC_INQ Ad

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0216Configuration of the camera Inquiry register for feature presenceOffset Name Field Bit Description404h FEATURE_HI_INQ

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0217Configuration of the camera 480h Advanced_Feature_InqAdvanced_Feature_Quadlet_Offset[0..31] Quadlet offset of the adva

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0218Configuration of the camera Inquiry register for feature elementsRegister Name Field Bit Description0xF0F00500 BRIGHTN

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0219Configuration of the camera 530h TRIGGER_INQ Presence_Inq [0] Indicates presence of this feature (read only)Abs_Contro

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.022Introduction Conventions used in this manualTo give this manual an easily understood layout and to emphasize important

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0220Configuration of the camera 580h ZOOM_INQ Always 0584h PAN_INQ Always 0588h TILT_INQ Always 058Ch OPTICAL_FILTER_INQ A

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0221Configuration of the camera Inquiry register for absolute value CSR offset addressOffset Name Notes700h ABS_CSR_HI_INQ

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0222Configuration of the camera Status and control register for featureThe OnePush feature, WHITE_BALANCE, is currently im

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0223Configuration of the camera 804h AUTO-EXPOSURE See aboveNote: Target grey level parameter in SmartView corresponds to

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0224Configuration of the camera 80Ch WHITE-BALANCE Presence_Inq [0] Presence of this feature0: N/A1: AvailableAlways 0 fo

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0225Configuration of the camera Feature control error status register810h HUE Always 0814h SATURATION Always 0818h GAMMA S

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0226Configuration of the camera Video mode control and status registers for Format_7Quadlet offset Format_7 Mode_0The quad

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0227Configuration of the camera 040h PACKET_PARA_INQ See note044h BYTE_PER_PACKET Acc. to IIDC V1.3Note• For all modes in

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0228Configuration of the camera Advanced features (Allied Vision-specific)The camera has a variety of extended features go

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0229Configuration of the camera 0xF1000280 HDR_CONTROL High dynamic range mode (only Guppy F-036)see Chapter HDR (high dyn

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.023Introduction More informationFor more information on hardware and software read the following:•The 1394 Installation Ma

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0230Configuration of the camera NoteAdvanced features should always be activated before accessing them.Note• Currently a

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0231Configuration of the camera Extended version information registerThe presence of each of the following features can be

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0232Configuration of the camera The FPGA type ID (= camera type ID) identifies the camera type with the help of the follow

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0233Configuration of the camera Advanced feature inquiryThis register indicates with a named bit if a feature is present o

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0234Configuration of the camera 0xF1000044 ADV_INQ_2 Input_1 [0]--- [4..7]Output_1 [8]Output_2 [9]Output_3 [10]--- [12..15

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0235Configuration of the camera Camera statusThis register allows to determine the current status of the camera. The most

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0236Configuration of the camera Maximum resolutionThis register indicates the highest resolution for the sensor and is rea

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0237Configuration of the camera The ExpOffset field specifies the camera specific exposure time offset in micro-seconds (μ

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0238Configuration of the camera Extended shutter•For CCD models and Guppy F-503 with electronic rolling shutter:The expos

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0239Configuration of the camera Test imagesBits 8-14 indicate which test images are saved. Setting bits 28-31 activates or

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.024Introduction NoteTo demonstrate the properties of the camera, all examples in this manual are based on the FirePackage

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0240Configuration of the camera Look-up tables (LUT)Load the look-up tables to be used into the camera and choose the look

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0241Configuration of the camera NoteThe BitsPerValue field indicates how many bits are read from the LUT for any gray-val

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0242Configuration of the camera Frame informationThis register can be used to double-check the number of images received b

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0243Configuration of the camera Defect pixel correction (only Guppy F-503)Definition The defect pixel correction mode allo

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0244Configuration of the camera 0xF100029C DPC_MEM Presence_Inq [0] Indicates presence of this fea-ture (read only)--- [1]

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0245Configuration of the camera Input/output pin controlAll input and output signals running over the HIROSE plug are cont

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0246Configuration of the camera Auto shutter controlThe table below illustrates the advanced register for auto shutter con

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0247Configuration of the camera MinValue and MaxValue limits the range the auto shutter feature is allowed to use for the

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0248Configuration of the camera MinValue and MaxValue limits the range the auto gain feature is allowed to use for the reg

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0249Configuration of the camera Trigger delayThe advanced register allows to delay the start of the integration via DelayT

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.025Guppy cameras Guppy camerasGuppy With Guppy cameras, entry into the world of digital image processing is simpler and mo

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0250Configuration of the camera Mirror image (only Guppy F-036/F-503)Guppy F-036/F-503 CMOS cameras are equipped with hori

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0251Configuration of the camera The reset can be delayed by setting the Delay to a value unequal to 0 - the delay is defin

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0252Configuration of the camera User profilesWithin the IIDC specification user profiles are called memory channels. Often

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0253Configuration of the camera Store To store the current camera settings into a profile:1. Write the desired ProfileID w

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0254Configuration of the camera Stored settingsThe following table shows the settings stored inside a profile:The user can

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0255Configuration of the camera Format_7 mode mapping (only Guppy F-503)With Format_7 mode mapping it is possible to map s

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0256Configuration of the camera The remaining visible Format_7 Mode_1 ... Mode_7 can be mapped to any inter-nal Format_7 m

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0257Configuration of the camera Global reset release shutter(only Guppy F-503)GPDATA_BUFFERGPDATA_BUFFER is a register th

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0258Configuration of the camera • The big endian byte order of the 1394 bus is unlike the little endian byte order of comm

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0259Firmware update Firmware updateFirmware updates can be carried out via FireWire cable without opening the cam-era.Exte

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.026Conformity ConformityAllied Vision Technologies declares under its sole responsibility that all stan-dard cameras of th

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0260Appendix AppendixSensor position accuracy of Guppy cameras Figure 114: Sensor position accuracyCriteria Subject Proper

Guppy Technical Manual V7.4.0261Index IndexIndex IndexNumbers0xF1000010 (version info) ...2310xF1000040 (advanced feature inquir

Guppy Technical Manual V7.4.0262Index IndexIndex AUTO_EXPOSURE ...101Auto_Exposure CSR...

Guppy Technical Manual V7.4.0263Index IndexIndex description ... 71data exchange bufferLUT ...

Guppy Technical Manual V7.4.0264Index IndexIndex FOV... 90FPGA ...

Guppy Technical Manual V7.4.0265Index IndexIndex inputconfiguration register... 62current status...

Guppy Technical Manual V7.4.0266Index IndexIndex Mirror (advanced register)...250missing imagewhile IntEna active...

Guppy Technical Manual V7.4.0267Index IndexIndex SSensor position accuracy...260sequenceBAYER color pattern...

Guppy Technical Manual V7.4.0268Index IndexIndex Trigger Delay CSR...65, 153Trigger delay (advanced register) ...

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.027Specifications SpecificationsGuppy F-033B/CNote• For information on bit/pixel and byte/pixel for each color mode see T

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.028Specifications Guppy F-036B/CDimensions 48.2 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm (L x W x H); w/o tripod and lensMass 50 g (without lens

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.029Specifications Smart functions • AGC (auto gain control), LUT (look-up table), mirror,only b/w: binning (average)only

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.03 Contacting Allied Vision...9Introductio

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.030Specifications Guppy F-038B/CFeature SpecificationImage device Type 1/2 (diag. 8 mm) interlaced SONY EIA/NTSC CCD ICX41

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.031Specifications Guppy F-038B/C NIRFeature SpecificationImage device Type 1/2 (diag. 8 mm) interlaced SONY EIA/NTSC ICX42

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.032Specifications Guppy F-044B/CFeature SpecificationImage device Type 1/2 (diag. 8 mm) interlaced SONY CCIR/PAL CCD ICX41

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.033Specifications Guppy F-044B/C NIRFeature SpecificationImage device Type 1/2 (diag. 8 mm) interlaced SONY CCIR/PAL CCD I

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.034Specifications Guppy F-046B/CFeature SpecificationImage device Type 1/2 (diag. 8 mm) progressive scan SONY IT CCD ICX41

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.035Specifications Guppy F-080B/COptional accessories • b/w: C/CS-Mount: IR cut filter / IR pass filter available as CS-Mou

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.036Specifications Mass 50 g (without lens)Operating temperature + 5 °C ... + 45 °C housing temperature (without condensati

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.037Specifications Guppy F-146B/CFeature SpecificationImage device Type 1/2 (diag. 8 mm) progressive scan SONY IT CCD ICX26

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.038Specifications Guppy F-503B/COptional accessories • b/w: C/CS-Mount: IR cut filter / IR pass filter available as CS-Mou

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.039Specifications Spectral sensitivityPower requirements DC 8 V - 36 V via IEEE 1394 cable or 8-pin HIROSEPower consumptio

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.04 Status LED ...

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.040Specifications Figure 1: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-033B without cut filter and optics Figure 2: Spectral sensiti

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.041Specifications Figure 3: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-036B without cut filter and optic Figure 4: Spectral sensitiv

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.042Specifications Figure 5: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-038B without cut filter and optics Figure 6: Spectral sensiti

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.043Specifications Figure 7: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-038B NIR without cut filter and optics Figure 8: Spectral sen

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.044Specifications Figure 9: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-044B without cut filter and optics Figure 10: Spectral sensit

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.045Specifications Figure 11: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-044B NIR without cut filter and optics Figure 12: Spectral s

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.046Specifications Figure 13: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-046B without cut filter and optics Figure 14: Spectral sensi

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.047Specifications Figure 15: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-080B without cut filter and optics Figure 16: Spectral sensi

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.048Specifications Figure 17: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-146B without cut filter and optics Figure 18: Spectral sensi

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.049Specifications Figure 19: Spectral sensitivity of Guppy F-503B without cut filter and optics Figure 20: Spectral sensi

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.05 Auto shutter ...

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.050Camera dimensions Camera dimensionsGuppy standard housing (old CS-/C-Mounting)NoteFor information on sensor position a

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.051Camera dimensions Guppy standard housing (new CS-/C-Mounting) Figure 22: Camera dimensions (new CS-/C-Mounting)Body siz

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.052Camera dimensions Tripod adapter Figure 23: Tripod dimensions

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.053Camera dimensions Cross section: C-Mount Figure 24: Guppy C-Mount dimensions

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.054Camera dimensions Cross section: CS-Mount Figure 25: Guppy CS-Mount dimensions

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.055Filter and lenses Filter and lensesIR cut filterThe following illustration shows the spectral transmission of the IR cu

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.056Filter and lenses Camera lensesAllied Vision offers different lenses from a variety of manufacturers. The follow-ing ta

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.057Filter and lenses Focal Widthfor type 1/3 sensorsGuppy F-033/036/080Distance = 0.5 m Distance = 1 m4.8 mm 0.375 m x 0

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.058Camera interfaces Camera interfacesThis chapter gives you detailed information on status LEDs, inputs and outputs, trig

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.059Camera interfaces Camera I/O connector pin assignmentGuppy (housing) Figure 28: Guppy (housing): Camera I/O connector p

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.06 Exposure time of Guppy F-036 (CMOS) ... 155Exposu

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.060Camera interfaces Status LEDsOn LED (green)The green power LED indicates that the camera is being supplied with suffici

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.061Camera interfaces Blink codes are used to signal warnings or error states:The following sketch illustrates the series o

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.062Camera interfaces Control and video data signalsThe inputs and outputs of the camera can be configured by software. The

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.063Camera interfaces IO_INP_CTRL 1The Polarity field determines whether the input is inverted (0) or not (1). See Table 18

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.064Camera interfaces Register Name Field Bit Description0xF0F00534 TRIGGER_DELAY_INQUIRY Presence_Inq [0] Indicates presen

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.065Camera interfaces The cameras also have an advanced register which allows even more precise delay of image capture afte

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.066Camera interfaces OutputsOutput features are configured by software. Any signal can be placed on any out-put.The main f

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.067Camera interfaces Figure 31: Output block diagramNoteThe following signals are high active: IntEna, FVal, Busy,Follo

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.068Camera interfaces IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-3The outputs are controlled via 3 advanced feature registers (see Table 24: Advanced r

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.069Camera interfaces The Polarity setting refers to the input side of the inverting driver.See also Chapter Jitter at star

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.07 Test images ...

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.070Camera interfaces Pixel dataPixel data are transmitted as isochronous data packets in accordance with the 1394 interfac

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.071Camera interfaces • The video data for each pixel are output in 8-bit format (Packed 12-Bit Mode: 12-bit format). Excep

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.072Camera interfaces <Y (Mono16) format><Y (Mono12) format> (Allied Vision)Y-(K+Pn-8) Y-(K+Pn-7) Y-(K+Pn-6) Y-

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.073Camera interfaces Data structure (IIDC V1.3 and Allied Vision)The following tables provide a description of the data st

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.074Camera interfaces <Y (Mono16>Y component has 16-bit data. The data type is Unsigned Short (big endian).<Y (Mon

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.075Description of the data path Description of the data pathBlock diagrams of the camerasThe following diagrams illustrate

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.076Description of the data path Black and white cameras (CCD and CMOS) Figure 38: Block diagram b/w camera (CCD) Figure 39

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.077Description of the data path Color cameras (CCD and CMOS) Figure 40: Block diagram color camera (CCD) Figure 41: Block

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.078Description of the data path Readout schemes: Guppy interlaced models(F-038, F-038 NIR, F-044, F-044 NIR, F-025,F-029

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.079Description of the data path Interlaced and field integration(Format_7 Mode_0)First field: Binning line 1+2, 3+4, ...S

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.08 User profiles...

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.080Description of the data path Figure 44: Format_7 Mode_0: output (interlaced, field)Parameter DescriptionOutput during

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.081Description of the data path Interlaced and frame integration(Format_7 Mode_1)First field: Reading out line 1, 3, 5, .

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.082Description of the data path Figure 47: Format_7 Mode_1: output (interlaced, frame)Parameter DescriptionOutput during

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.083Description of the data path Non-interlaced and field integration(Format_7 Mode_2) only b/w camerasThis mode emulates

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.084Description of the data path Figure 50: Format_7 Mode_2: output (non-interlaced, field integration, emulating progress

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.085Description of the data path Complementary colors and demosaicingThe interlaced SONY CCDs use the four complementary co

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.086Description of the data path This is for the first line pair:The first chroma signal R-Y is created by subtracting the

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.087Description of the data path Format_7 Mode_0: sensor readout and colorIn Format_7 Mode_0 controlling gain of the binned

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.088Description of the data path As mentioned before two adjacent pixels in a line are used to calculate a luma (Y) value a

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.089Description of the data path Color correction (only interlaced Guppys)In order to further improve the color response of

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.09Contacting Allied Vision Contacting Allied VisionConnect with Allied Vision colleagues by function: www.alliedvision.co

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.090Description of the data path Horizontal and vertical mirror function(only Guppy F-036/F-503)The Guppy F-036/F-503 CMOS

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.091Description of the data path White balance does not use the so-called PxGA® (Pixel Gain Amplifier) of the analog front

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.092Description of the data path In CMOS cameras offset and gain are in reversed order compared to the CCD cam-eras. Theref

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.093Description of the data path The values in the U/B_Value field produce changes from green to blue; the V/R_Value field

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.094Description of the data path White balance and interlaced GuppysFor the interlaced Guppys (Guppy F-038/038 NIR/044/044

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.095Description of the data path One-push white balanceThe camera automatically generates frames, based on the current sett

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.096Description of the data path The following flow diagram illustrates the one-push white balance sequence.Finally, the ca

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.097Description of the data path AUTOFNC_AOI affects the auto shutter, auto gain and auto white balance fea-tures and is in

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.098Description of the data path The following drawing illustrates the AUTOFNC_AOI settings in greater detail.The algorithm

Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.099Description of the data path The following ranges can be used when manually setting the gain for the analog video signa