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Evaluation System Manual
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Change record
Issue
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3
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Date
20/11/2009
2/3/2010
11/05/2012
17/01/2013
31/10/2013
Modification
Origination
Added test system description details
Changed info and pictures for updated board and software
Update to reflect the changes of the new software compatible
with v2 and v3 sensors
Updated description and screenshots to reflect latest demo
software version
Added startup procedure
Removed “confidential” from footer
Updated to reflect current hardware and software versions
6
10/12/2015
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Table of Contents
1 System description .................................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Block diagram ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Contents of the test system .................................................................................................................................. 4
1.4 CMV2000/4000 board .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
Casing .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Lens holder .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Sensor + power and biasing ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.5 FPGA ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.6 CameraLink Interface ............................................................................................................................................ 7
1.6.1
Low speed.................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Frame grabber and PC ............................................................................................................................................8
3 Installing the system ..............................................................................................................................................9
4 Running the system .............................................................................................................................................. 11
4.1 Starting the software .......................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2 Software overview .............................................................................................................................................. 12
4.3 Software details .................................................................................................................................................. 13
4.3.1
4.3.2
Control area ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
Register settings area ................................................................................................................................................ 14
4.3.2.1
4.3.2.2
4.3.3
4.3.4
4.3.5
Sensor registers.......................................................................................................................................... 14
FPGA registers ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Image area ................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Image statistics area .................................................................................................................................................. 18
4.3.4.1
Image statistics in ROI mode ...................................................................................................................... 19
DEBUG TAB ................................................................................................................................................................ 21
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1 S
YSTEM DESCRIPTION
1.1 O
VERVIEW
The purpose of this document is to give an overview of the test system which for the 2/4Mpxl machine vision image
sensors produced by CMOSIS. This test system can be used for testing and verifying the operation of the
CMV2000/4000 image sensor.
1.2 B
LOCK DIAGRAM
400MHz LVDS_CLK
40/33MHz M_CLK
ADC
SPI interface
Sensor + power
and biasing
16 LVDS DATA (400 MHz)
1 LVDS CTRL (400MHz)
1 LVDS CLK (200MHz DDR)
FPGA + clock
generation
4 channels @ 10/12 bit
Camera Link Full
+ Medium
2 CL cables with data and
system configuration
PC with Frame
grabber and imaging
software
The block diagram above displays the different parts of the CMV2000/4000 test system. The three upper blocks are
implemented on one PCB.
The fourth block is a standard third party frame grabber card which plugs into a PC’s PCI Express bus (NI 1433). For this
frame grabber and the PCB dedicated software has been developed in a LabVIEW environment.
CL control bits
Serial comm. channel
1.3 C
ONTENTS OF THE TEST SYSTEM
The following components should be present when the CMV2000/4000 test system is delivered.
CMV2000/4000 board with lens holder
Black metal casing with tripod holder
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2 CameraLink cables (2m)
NI PCI1433 frame grabber card (inside PC)
Lenovo ThinkCentre mini tower model + custom software
CD with documentation and software
1.4 CMV2000/4000
BOARD
1.4.1 C
ASING
The board is placed in a black metal box with the banana plug power cords, the CameraLink connectors and a tripod
holder coming out at the side.
1.4.2 L
ENS HOLDER
The CMV2000/4000 PCB is equipped with a C-mount lens holder. On this lens holder, off-the-shelf C-mount lenses can
be fitted. The image sensor requires 2/3 (CMV2000) or 1 inch (CMV4000) or bigger C-mount lenses.
1.4.3 S
ENSOR
+
POWER AND BIASING
This part of the test board includes the sensor, its power sources and biasing (decoupling to ground). The sensor is
easily removable from the test board because of the ZIF (zero insertion force) socket. If you want the replace the
sensor, simply lift the metal handle upwards 90°; this will open the socket. Remove the sensor and place another back
in the correct pins. No force is needed to place the sensor in the socket. Now close the socket by pushing the handle
down until it ‘clicks’. The sensor is now tightened and cannot fall out. The sensor should be placed according to the
picture below:
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