Phoenix PC-1280 User Manual
Phoenix PC-1280
USB Digital Camera
User’s Guide
MuTech Corporation
When Your Image Counts
Copyright 2004
MuTech Corporation
85 Rangeway Road
Billerica, MA 01862
USA
Telephone: 978-663-2400
Fax: 978-663-3444
Email: support@mutech.com
Website: www.mutech.com
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Table of Content
1 Introduction 5
1.1 Phoenix Digital Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Phoenix Camera Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.1PhoenixView DEMO & Utility Program . .......................................6
1.2.2Phoenix PC-1280 SDK...................................................................7
2 Installation 9
2.1 Pre-Installation Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2 Phoenix Camera Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.1Device Driver Installation........................... .... .... ... .....................10
2.2.2Distribution Software Installation...............................................11
2.3 To Remove an USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Camera Operation Overview 13
3.1 Using the PhoenixView DEMO & Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Theory of Operation 17
4.1 Hardware Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.2 Software Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
A Specification of Connectors 23
B Camera Miscillanous 25
B.1 Spectrum Responses...........................................................................25
B.2 Camera Dimensions...........................................................................26
B.3 Mounting Mechanics..........................................................................27
B.4 Lenses...................................................................................................27
B.5 Power Consumption....................................... .... .... ............................27
B.6 Operating Environment.................................. ....................................28
C Product Specification 29
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1 Introduction
This manual describes the usage of the Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera products. The brief introduction of the PC-1280 products in this chapter is followed by the installation, the operation of
the camera hardware/software, then a chapter talks about the working theory of the pr oducts. Several appe ndices a t the end of this Us er’ Guide list specific detailed information as references to the user.
1.1 Phoenix Digital Camera
The Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera is a line of high-resolution progressive scan digital cameras. The PC-1280 Camera is
designed to provide high quality video/images for Professional,
Medical, and Industrial applications with low cost. It provides
Plug-n-Play and hot swappable feature, and the video/image cap ture and camera control functions are through the 480 Mb/s high
speed USB 2.0 interface.
Two versions of Phoenix Camer a are a vai la ble . PC- 12 80 / M is th e
monochrome version and PC-1280/C is the color version. The PC1280/M is a monochrome digital camera with 10 or 8 bit black/
white pixel formats. It also supports the CCIR 601 YCbCr (YUV)
pixel format (16 bit) for easier Windows Overlay Display. The PC1280/C supports several user selectable pixel formats. They are the
Raw Bayer (8 or 10 bit), the CCIR 601 YCbCr (YUV-16 bit) and
the RGB (24 bit) formats. The RGB and YUV color video is produced using a bi-linear interpolation algorithm, in real-time, by the
PC1280/C camera. This gives the user a choice of the best pixel format for the application without the burden of doing software format
conversion.
There is a built-in 10 bit LUT in the PC-1280 Camera. For 8 bit pixel modes, the LUT can be loaded with a 10 to 8 mapping. For the
PC-1280/C model, a second 8 bit LUT is added after the color
space converter. This LUT works with the YUV pixel format only.
It has two 8 bit paths, one for Y the other for U/V.
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To reduce the fixed pattern noise from the CMOS image sensor, the
PC-1280 Camera provides a Fixed Pattern Compensation Feature.
The user can capture a Black Field with the particular fixed pattern
of a camera, then load it to the Fixed Pattern Buffer in the camera.
This Black Frame will be subtracted from the video frames during
live video capture to effectively reduce the Noise.
The PC-1280 Camera employs a ½" CMOS image sensor (with
Bayer color mask on color version). The sensor chip provides 54dB
dynamic range. The camera delivers 15 FPS at full resolution (1280
x 1024), 60 FPS at VGA resolution (640 x 480). The PC-1280 also
supports user defined Regi on Of In t e rest (RO I ) capture.
The Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera uses C-Mount lens (CS lens is supported with an adaptor) with 1/2" optical format. This
makes easy to replace existing CCD 1/2" cameras without changing the optical and mechanical design.
The PC-1280 Camera connects to the PC with a USB 2.0 cable. All
the image data transfers and all camera control commands are delivered on this cable. A separate Trigger Input is provided for trigger/reset one or multiple Phoenix Digital Cameras at the exact time
for highly accurate images capture. A Strobe Output is provided by
the camera to control the external shutter or strobe light. The time
relation between the Shutter and the Trigger is software programmable.
The user can control and operate the PC-1280 Camera with the
PhoenixView DEMO & Utility Program. MuTech also provide
standard TWAIN and WIA image capture drivers for the Phoenix
PC-1280 products. A softwar e develo pment ki t (Phoen ix PC-1280
Software Development Kit) is available for OEM customers.
The Phoenix PC-1280 software supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP platform. Multiple Cameras can be installed and operated
in one system.
1.2 Phoenix Camera Software
1.2.1 PhoenixView DEMO & Utility Program
The PhoenixView provides direct control for most features of the
PC-1280 Camera. For simple applications, it can be used to acquire
image frames and/or video sequences under the desired conditions.
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The PhoenixView works with multiple cameras by selecting the
Camera ID. It operates on one camera at a time.
The PhoenixView provides the following controls for the user:
Selecting Camera ID
Changing Resolution, Pixel Format, Frame Rate
Controlling Capture Mode
Changing Image Sensor and other Video Settings
Selecting different LUTs
Capturing/Loading the FP Frame, enabling the FPC
Capturing and displaying a video sequence
Adjust Trigger and Strobe Settings
1.2.2 Phoenix PC-1280 SDK
The Phoenix PC-1280 Softwa re Development Kit offers programming interface for OEMs and other users who are developing application programs for the Phoenix PC-1280 products. The SDK
supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The components of the
SDK are:
DLLs
Header files
Sample source codes (to show typical calling sequences of
core functions)
SDK Manual “Phoenix Digital Camera Software Development Guide”
Functions in the Phoenix PC-1280 SDK provide to the programmer
the capabilities to open and initialize the camera, to setup a grab
window, to adjust camera gain, exposure, offset and white balance,
to set the camera working mode and pixel format, to load LUT or
FPN to the camera and to control the Trigger, Reset and the Strobe
of the camera.
The functions are divided into the following groups:
Camera Initialization Functions
Image Sensor Control Functions
Capture Control Functions
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Exposure and Trigger Control Functions
Image Preprocessing Functions
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2 Installation
2.1 Pre-Installation Check List
Before the installation, please check the followings:
Products In
Package
Verify that you have received the following Phoenix PC-1280
Camera components:
Phoenix Camera Model that you ordered (PC-1280/M or PC1280/C)
USB 2.0 Standard Cable ( 10 ft.)
Phoenix PC-1280 Distribution Software CD
This manual - Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s
Guide
DC Power Adapter, part # PC1280-PWR (optional, must be
ordered separately)
Any other options that your ordered
System
Requirements
Verify that the host computer meets the following minimum requirements:
Has Pentium 3 or better processor
CPU Runs at 1 GHz clock or higher
USB 2.0 support on the motherboard or a USB Interface Card,
with the most updated USB device driver installed.
Windows 2000/XP operating system
Minimum of 256 MB of Memory
2.2 Phoenix Camera Installation
The installation of the Phoenix Camera consists the following
steps:
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Connecting the PC-1280 Camera to the computer system
and install the Device Driver
Installing the Phoenix Software from the Phoenix PC1280 Distribution Software CD
2.2.1
Device Driver Installation
Note: this step needs to be done only for the first time installtion. For any update, skip this step and go to the next section - Distribution Software Installation. The “setup”
procedure will automatically update the hardware device driver.
Follow these steps to connect the PC1280 Camera and to install its
driver:
Power up the PC1280 Camera with the Power Adapter.
The LED on the back of the camera should turns ON
Power up the host computer (DO NOT connect the camera yet)
Plug the USB 2.0 Cable into the computer USB port (type
A connector) and the b a ck of t he PC- 12 80 Camera (type
B connector)
Windows will pop up the dialog box - "Found New Hardware Wizard"
Select the second radi o button - "Insta ll from a list or sp ecific location(Advanced)"; then click the “Next” button
Windows pops up another dialog box
Select the first radio button - "Search for the best driver in
these locations"
Load the “Phoenix PC-1280 Distribution Software” CD
into a CD drive, e.g. X, and select the drive and directory
for the Device Drivers as X:\drivers\Win2kXP\; then
click the “Next” button
Windows will find the correct driver files, load them and
complete the necessary registry settings
On the Windows 'Completing the Found New Hardware
Wizard' dialog box, click the "Finish" button
Reboot the computer system
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