Balluff MATRIX VISION mvBlueFOX Series User Manual

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1.18.2.3 Working With Gain And Black-Level Values Per Color Channel . . . . . . . . . . . 122
1.18.3 Saving data on the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
1.18.3.1 Creating user data entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
1.18.4 Working with several cameras simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
1.18.4.1 Using 2 mvBlueFOX-MLC cameras in Master-Slave mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
1.18.4.2 Synchronize the cameras to expose at the same time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
1.18.5 Working with HDR (High Dynamic Range Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
1.18.5.1 Adjusting sensor of camera models -x00w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
1.18.5.2 Adjusting sensor of camera models -x02d (-1012d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
1.18.6 Working with I2C devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
1.18.6.1 Working with the I2C interface (I2C Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
1.18.6.2 Using mvBlueFOX-MLC with motorized lenses (MotorFocusControl) . . . . . . . . 148
1.18.7 Working with LUTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1.18.7.1 Introducing LUTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1.18.8 Working with triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
1.18.8.1 Using external trigger with CMOS sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
1.18.9 Working with 3rd party tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
1.18.9.1 Using VLC Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
1.18.10 Working with the Hardware Real-Time Controller (HRTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
1.18.10.1 Achieve a defined image frequency (HRTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
1.18.10.2 Delay the external trigger signal (HRTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
1.18.10.3 Creating double acquisitions (HRTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
1.18.10.4 Take two images after one external trigger (HRTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
1.18.10.5 Take two images with different expose times after an external trigger (HRTC) . . 168
1.18.10.6 Edge controlled triggering (HRTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
1.18.10.7 Delay the expose start of the following camera (HRTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
1.19 Appendix A. Specific Camera / Sensor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
1.19.1 A.1 CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
1.19.1.1 mvBlueFOX-[Model]220 (0.3 Mpix [640 x 480]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
1.19.1.2 mvBlueFOX-[Model]220a (0.3 Mpix [640 x 480]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
1.19.1.3 mvBlueFOX-[Model]221 (0.8 Mpix [1024 x 768]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1.19.1.4 mvBlueFOX-[Model]223 (1.4 Mpix [1360 x 1024]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
1.19.1.5 mvBlueFOX-[Model]224 (1.9 Mpix [1600 x 1200]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
1.19.2 A.2 CMOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
1.19.2.1 mvBlueFOX-[Model]200w (0.4 Mpix [752 x 480]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
1.19.2.2 mvBlueFOX-[Model]202a (1.3 Mpix [1280 x 1024]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
1.19.2.3 mvBlueFOX-[Model]202v (1.2 Mpix [1280 x 960]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
1.19.2.4 mvBlueFOX-[Model]202b (1.2 Mpix [1280 x 960]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
1.19.2.5 mvBlueFOX-[Model]202d (1.2 Mpix [1280 x 960]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
1.19.2.6 mvBlueFOX-[Model]205 (5.0 Mpix [2592 x 1944]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
1.20 Appendix B. Product Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
1.21 Appendix C. Tested ARM platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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Balluff MATRIX VISION mvBlueFOX Series Specifications

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Brand	Balluff
Model	MATRIX VISION mvBlueFOX Series
Category	Digital Camera
Language	English