Instruction manual
Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0
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Status LED .............................................................................................................. 60
Control and video data signals ........................................................................................ 62
Inputs.................................................................................................................... 62
Triggers ............................................................................................................. 62
Input/output pin control ........................................................................................... 62
Input modes ....................................................................................................... 63
Trigger delay....................................................................................................... 63
Outputs.................................................................................................................. 66
IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-3 ............................................................................................... 68
Output modes...................................................................................................... 68
Pixel data.................................................................................................................... 70
Video data formats (IIDC V1.3 and Allied Vision)............................................................. 71
<Y (Mono) format> ............................................................................................... 71
<Y (Mono16) format>............................................................................................ 72
<Y (Mono12) format> (Allied Vision)........................................................................ 72
Data structure (IIDC V1.3 and Allied Vision)................................................................... 73
<Y, R, G, B>......................................................................................................... 73
<U, V> ............................................................................................................... 73
<Y (Mono16>....................................................................................................... 74
<Y (Mono12)> (Allied Vision) ................................................................................. 74
Description of the data path ....................................................................... 75
Block diagrams of the cameras ........................................................................................ 75
Black and white cameras (CCD and CMOS)...................................................................... 76
Color cameras (CCD and CMOS).................................................................................... 77
Readout schemes: Guppy interlaced models
(F-038, F-038 NIR, F-044, F-044 NIR, F-025,
F-029)........................................................................................................................ 78
Interlaced and field integration
(Format_7 Mode_0).................................................................................................. 79
Interlaced and frame integration
(Format_7 Mode_1).................................................................................................. 81
Non-interlaced and field integration
(Format_7 Mode_2) only b/w cameras.......................................................................... 83
Complementary colors and demosaicing ....................................................................... 85
How demosaicing works ........................................................................................ 85
Format_7 Mode_0: sensor readout and color ............................................................. 87
Format_7 Mode_1: sensor readout and color ............................................................. 88
Color correction (only interlaced Guppys).......................................................................... 89
Horizontal and vertical mirror function
(only Guppy F-036/F-503).............................................................................................. 90
White balance .............................................................................................................. 90
White balance and interlaced Guppys ........................................................................... 94
One-push white balance ............................................................................................ 95
Auto white balance (AWB)......................................................................................... 96
Manual gain ................................................................................................................ 98
Auto gain................................................................................................................... 100
Brightness (black level or offset) .................................................................................... 102