Sony UM-101 manual

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  • Page 1

    UNIQ UM-100, UM-101 CCD Camera User's Manual 05-22-02[...]

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    0 Table of Contents Warning .................................................................................................................................................... 1 Precautions .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Limited Warran[...]

  • Page 3

    1 W A RNING T O PREVEN T FIRE OR ELEC T RIC SHOCK H A Z A RD, DO NO T EXPOSE T HIS C A M ER A UNI T T O R A IN OR M OIS T URE. DO NO T A TT E M P T T O RE M OVE C A M ER A COVER OR M ODIFY T HE C A M ER A UNI T , W A RR A N T Y WILL BE VOIDED. PREC A UTIONS Do dot attempt to disassemble, modif y , or repair the camera. Contact UNIQ for help. Do not[...]

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    2 1. Introduction 1.1 General Description T he UM-100/UM-101 series is a lo w cost, high resolution, and standard EIA/CCIR CCD ca m era. It provides excellent i m age qualit y w ith super H AD , on-chip m icro lens and ble m ish f ree CCD i m ager. Di ff erent shutter speed can be changed through rotar y s w itch located on rear plate. AGC/MGC, Ga [...]

  • Page 5

    3 1.5 Camera Specifications M odel U M -100 (EI A ) U M -101 (CCIR) CCD Sensor ½” Interline- T rans f er Super HAD CCD Chip Size 6.4 mm x 4.8 mm Effecti v e Pixels (H x V) 768 x 494 752 x 582 Unit Cell Size (H x V) 8.4 µ m x 9.8 µ m 8.6 µ m x 8.3 µ m Scanning 525 T V lines, 2:1 Interlaced or Non-interlaced 625 T V lines; 2:1 Interlaced or No[...]

  • Page 6

    4 2. Camera Setup 2.1 Basic Camera Setup For basic ca m era setup, as sho w n in Figure 1, one UM-100/UM-101 ca m era, one standard C- m ount lens, one T V m onitor, one PS-12C po w er suppl y unit or equivalent, and one BNC cable (75 Ω ) are required. Ma k e sure the ca m era has the correct settings be f ore po w ering up. See section 3 f or de[...]

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    5 3. Camera Functions 3.1 12-Pin Connector T he 12-pin Hirose connector is located on the rear plate o f the ca m era. All ground signals on pin # 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, and 12 are co mm on grounds. Although +12 V DC input is reco mm ended on pin #2, this ca m era should w ithstand +12 V ± 1V input voltage. Ma k e sure to set the NRM/ASM s w itch to NRM [...]

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    6 3.4 Gain Control Mode ( A GC/MGC) A utomatic gain control ( A GC): AGC/MGC s w itch is located on the rear plate. AGC f actor y setting is 2V f or AGC control and 3V f or AGC MAX control. T here f ore, the m axi m u m gain is about 18dB as sho w n in Figure 6 belo w . AGC setting cannot be changed through the rear gain potentio m eter. M anual ga[...]

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    7 3.6 Field and Frame Mode (FLD/FRM) Field M ode: Field/Fra m e m ode s w itch is located on the rear panel. In f ield m ode, t w o adjacent hori z ontal lines are co m bined and scanned out as sho w n in f igure 8 sho w n belo w . T here is one line o ff set bet w een odd f ield and even f ield. T he sensitivit y in f ield m ode is double f or eac[...]

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    8 4. Timing Signals 4.1 External S y nchronization and Gen lock T he UM-100/UM-101 ca m era auto m aticall y loc k s to the external s y nc source. T he external s y nc source m ust m atch the ca m era HD and VD speci f ication, w hich are 15.73KH z and 59.94H z respectivel y . Both external HD and VD are TT L level signals. a) HD H: 2.5V to 5V L: [...]

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    9 4.3 Strobe Set NRM/ASM s w itch to ASM m ode and m a k e sure the FRM/FLD s w itch on rear panel is set to FRM m ode in order to achieve f ull f ra m e resolution. T he strobe application is si m ilar to high-speed shutter application except the strobe pulse m ust occur in the dar k and no shutter is required. T he advantage to use strobe is that[...]

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    10 5. Camera Malfunction W A RNING: DO NO T A TT E M P T T O OPEN T HE C A M ER A HOUSING FOR T ROUBLESHOO T ING IN A NY C A SE WI T HOU T T HE CONSEN T OF T HE F A C T ORY. Ca m era m al f unction rarel y happens. In case ca m era m al f unctions, the f ollo w ing troubleshooting procedures w ould help to m ini m i z e the proble m ; it de f inite[...]