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'''RS323''': Access to Console and debug output
 
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==technical specs==
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==Internal Hardware Modules==
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Strongly simplified the camera can be split up in 3 different hardware modules with their specific tasks:
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[[Image:Camera-353-Hardware-Modules.jpg]]
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'''Sensor-Frontend''': houses the actual sensor that delivers the digital image
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* Aptina 5MPix CMOS (video sensor)
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* Kodak 11MPix CCD (still image sensor)
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* Kodak 16MPix CCD (still image sensor)
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'''FPGA''': ('''F'''ield '''P'''rogrammable '''G'''ate '''A'''rray) processes the incoming image data (color manipulations, compression, etc) in realtime
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* Xilinx (R) Spartan3e 1200K gates
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'''CPU''': can direct the processed image stream (video) over a network or into a file (HDD or CF card), it can do all tasks a normal embedded computer can do (web server, peripherals, etc. )
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* Axis ETRAX FS (200Mhz CPU, 64MB SDRAM, 128MB system flash memory, 64MB image memory)

Revision as of 07:16, 2 April 2009

This page should give a very, very short brief overview about what Elphel 353 camera is all about.


Dimensions & Weight

Example: NC353L-10369-HDD with 10369 IO board and internal 1.8" HDD installed:

Camera-353-Nutshell-Dimensi.jpg

Dimensions without HDD: 116mm х 45mm х 45mm

NC353L Weight: 150 - 215g (depending on installed internal hardware, excluding HDD)

Connectors

Example: NC353L-10369-HDD with 10369 IO board and internal 1.8" HDD installed:

Camera-353-Nutshell-Connect.jpg

SATA: Can be used to connect any external SATA device that is supported under Linux

Ethernet: 100MBit Network with POE (48V)

USB: USB 1.1 with 5V power supply

IDE: Used to connect internal HDD

Sync: Can be used to sync multiple cameras or trigger shooting images externally

RS323: Access to Console and debug output

Internal Hardware Modules

Strongly simplified the camera can be split up in 3 different hardware modules with their specific tasks:

Camera-353-Hardware-Modules.jpg

Sensor-Frontend: houses the actual sensor that delivers the digital image

  • Aptina 5MPix CMOS (video sensor)
  • Kodak 11MPix CCD (still image sensor)
  • Kodak 16MPix CCD (still image sensor)

FPGA: (Field Programmable Gate Array) processes the incoming image data (color manipulations, compression, etc) in realtime

  • Xilinx (R) Spartan3e 1200K gates

CPU: can direct the processed image stream (video) over a network or into a file (HDD or CF card), it can do all tasks a normal embedded computer can do (web server, peripherals, etc. )

  • Axis ETRAX FS (200Mhz CPU, 64MB SDRAM, 128MB system flash memory, 64MB image memory)