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Piranha HN RoHS User Manual

Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20135-01

Contents

Contents _____________________________________________________________________________ 3

1. The Piranha HS NIR Camera ______________________________________________________________ 5

Camera Highlights ............................................................................................................................................................. 5

Camera Performance Specifications .................................................................................................................................. 6

Image Sensor ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Responsivity ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9

2. Quick, Simple Steps to Acquire an Image _____________________________________________________ 10

2. Camera Hardware Interface ______________________________________________________________ 11

Installation Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 11

Input / Output Connectors and LED ................................................................................................................................... 11

LED Status Indicator ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Power Connector ............................................................................................................................................. 12

Camera Link Data Connector .......................................................................................................................... 12

Input Signals, Camera Link ............................................................................................................................ 14

Output Signals, Camera Link .......................................................................................................................... 14

3. Mechanical Interface ___________________________________________________________________ 15

Lens Mounts ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Optical Interface................................................................................................................................................................. 16

Illumination .................................................................................................................................................... 16

Light Sources ................................................................................................................................................... 16

Filters .............................................................................................................................................................. 16

Lens Modeling ................................................................................................................................................. 16

4. Software Interface: How to Control the Camera _________________________________________________ 18

Camera Help Screen ....................................................................................................................................... 19

First Power Up Camera Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 21

Command Categories......................................................................................................................................................... 22

Selecting TDI or Area Mode Operation ........................................................................................................... 23

Selecting the Number of CCD Integration Stages ........................................................................................... 23

Setting the Camera’s CCD Shift Direction ....................................................................................................... 24

Increasing Sensitivity with Binning ................................................................................................................. 25

Exposure Mode and Line/Frame Rate ............................................................................................................ 30

How to Set Exposure Mode and Line/Frame Rate .......................................................................................... 30

Setting the Exposure Mode ............................................................................................................................. 30

Exposure Modes in Detail ............................................................................................................................... 31

Setting Frame Rate ......................................................................................................................................... 32

Maximum Line Rate Calculations ................................................................................................................... 33

Camera Output Format...................................................................................................................................................... 34

How to Configure Camera Output ................................................................................................................... 34