User`s manual
BASLER A500k i
DRAFT
Revision History
Doc. ID Number Date Changes
DA00057001 14 Oct 2002 Initial release covering series production cameras.
DA00057002 07 Jan 2003 The A501kc color camera was added to the series.
The high and low byte information was added to the AOI stamp.
The AOI Stamp and Dynamic AOI register was renamed and is now
called the AOI Feature register.
DA00057003
25 Jul 2003 Vibration, shock, and bump specifications were added.
FVAL high time in Figure 2-8 and Figure 2-9 was corrected.
Figure 2-5 and Table 2-6 were changed.
The flash trigger output schematics for open collector and high side
switch and explanation were added in Figure 2-4.
The explanation of exposure modes in section 3.3 was improved.
The minimum AOI height in lines was changed to 2.
The responsivity of the sensor changed, and with it the explanation in
section 1.3 and the formulas in section 3.6.1.
A power supply recommendation was added to section 2.8.
DA00057004
2 Dec 2004 Marked several values in Table 1-1 as typical.
In section 5.3, added sensor horizontal and vertical position tolerances
referenced to the sides of the camera.
Added a Feedback section.
DA00057005
18 Apr 2005 Updated Figure 2-5 and Figure 2-7 in section 2.3.
Corrected flash trigger modes in section 4.2.4.16 (the ID for the flash trig-
ger mode “Always high“ is 0x03 and not 0x04).
Corrected Write Command and Data Format in section 4.2.10 (the order
of the data bytes have been inversed).
DA00057006
4 April 2006 Corrected the address for Singapore in the “Contacting Basler Support”
section of the front matter.
Corrected a LED supply voltage for the low side switch in Figure 2-4.
Corrected the steps and added information about reset behavior in the
note box in section 4.2.9.
Corrected the tilt angle tolerance in Figure 5-3.
Added section 6.2 that describes what to do before calling tech support.
DA00057007
20 Mar 2007 Updated Basler address in the U.S.A.
Added storage conditions in section 1.4.
Interchanged required pixel clocks between A504k/kc and A501k/kc in
section 2.5.2.
Replaced FlashOut signal by Integrate Enabled signal in all figures of
section 3.3.
Augmented explanations in sections 3.3.1 to 3.3.5.
Replaced “ExSync signal“ by “internal control signal“ in section 3.3.4.
Made minor corrections and additions throughout the manual.
Integrated the A503k.