Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit

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1 Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit User Manual Revision Unit Meadowbrook Drive London, ON Canada N6L 1E3

2 Document Revision History This User Manual provides basic information about using the Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit, PN: The following table shows the document revision history. Date Description May 2011 Initial release Version 1.0 June 2011 Camera Link Medium added - Version 1.1 August 2011 Added new Camera Link Receiver Board Version 1.2 July 2012 Transmitter and PoCL - Version 1.3 August 2012 Camera Link Full added Version 1.4 September 2012 Add new Camera Link Transmitter board - Version 1.5 June 13, 2013 Remove ViClaroIII receiver reference designs July 08, 2013 Update for ViClaro IV reference designs 1.61 How to Contact Microtronix Sales Information: Support Information: WEBSITE General Website: Downloads: Support FTP site: sales@microtronix.com support@microtronix.com PHONE NUMBERS General: (001) Fax: (001) Typographic Conventions Path/Filename [SOPC Builder]$ <cmd> Code A path/filename A command that should be run from within the Cygwin Environment. Sample code. Indicates that there is no break between the current line and the next line. Page 2 of 18

3 Table of Contents Document Revision History... 2 How to Contact Microtronix Website... 2 Phone Numbers... 2 Typographic Conventions... 2 Introduction... 4 Kit Contents... 4 Options... 4 Related Documentation... 5 Design Kit Overview... 5 Microtronix IP Cores... 6 Reference Designs... 7 Overview of HSMC Daughter Cards... 7 Camera Link Receiver HSMC Daughter Card... 7 Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card... 8 HDMI Transmitter/Receiver HSMC Daughter Card... 9 Cameral Link Software Installation...10 Overview of Microtronix IP Cores Camera Link IP Core...11 I2C Master-Slave-PIO IP Core...11 Avalon Multi-port SDRAM Memory Controller IP Core...11 IP Core Licenses OpenCore Plus Evaluation License...11 Installing the Microtronix IP Core license...12 Full IP Core License...12 Camera Link Frame Grabber Reference Design Supported Video Resolution...13 Microtronix ViClaro Video Host Board Reference Project...14 Hardware Setup Running the Frame Grabber Project Camera Link Transmitter Reference Design Supported Video Resolution...16 Microtronix ViClaro Video Host Board Reference Project...17 Hardware Setup Running the Camera Link Transmitter Project Page 3 of 18

4 Introduction This User Manual provides basic information about using the Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit, PN The kit is designed to help engineers use the Microtronix Camera Link IP Core to build vision systems incorporating Camera Link Base, Medium & Full Channel Link configurations. The Design Kit supports camera control signals, serial communication, and video data. It is designed to aid engineers building both Camera and Frame Grabber devices. Kit Contents The Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit includes the following components: Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Video Host Board, PN AC Power Supply Microtronix HDMI Transmitter / Receiver HSMC Daughter Card, PN: Microtronix Camera Link IP Core with 1-year OpenCore Plus IP Core license Board mounting hardware Quartus Reference Designs Board schematics Installation CD The camera Link HSMC Daughter Cards are not included in the Kit. These items are ordered separately to allow options for purchase of the Camera Link receiver only, the transmitter only, or both options. OPTIONS The Kit can be purchased with the following options: Microtronix Camera Link Receiver HSMC Daughter Card, PN: Microtronix Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card, PN: MDR26 MDR26 Male-Male Camera Link Cables, PN: 811-MDR26-3M Microtronix Quad Link LVDS Interface HSMC Daughter Card, PN: and Microtronix One meter Hirose MDR26 Male Camera Link Adapter Cables, PN: 811-MDR26-1M for use with the Quad Link LVDS Interface HSMC Daughter Card. Page 4 of 18

5 RELATED DOCUMENTATION The Camera Link Design Kit includes Microtronix User Manuals and schematics for the supplied HSMC daughter cards and user documentation for the Microtronix IP cores used in the Quartus reference designs. Design Kit Overview The Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit is supplied with the Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Video Host Board and the Microtronix HDMI Transmitter / Receiver HSMC Daughter Card. The two boards are shown below: Figure 1: ViClaro IV GX Video Host Board and HDMI Transmitter / Receiver Daughter Card Page 5 of 18

6 Figure 2: Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card with optional PN: 811-MDR26 cables MICROTRONIX IP CORES The ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit is supplied with a 1-year OpenCore Plus licenses for the following Microtronix IP cores: Camera Link IP Core, I2C Master-Slave-PIO IP Core; and Avalon Multi-port SDRAM Memory Controller IP Core; OpenCore Plus licenses enable the designer develop their system by: 1. Evaluating the behavior of the IP core within the targeted system, 2. Verifying the functionality of the design, and 3. Evaluating its size and speed of the core quickly and easily. The Quartus II development software generates time-limited programming files for designs containing the Microtronix IP, allowing device programming and design verification before license purchase. Page 6 of 18

7 REFERENCE DESIGNS The following Quartus Reference Designs are supplied: Camera Link Frame Grabber supporting Base, Medium, Full, Full Octo and Full Deca modes on the Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Video Host Board. This design requires the optional Microtronix Camera Link Receiver HSMC Daughter Card. Camera Link Trasmitter supporting Base, Medium, Full, Full Octo and Full Deca modes on the Microtronix ViClaro IV GX Video Host Board. This design requires the optional Microtronix Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card. The Camera Link Frame Grabber design takes 24 bit RGB video from Camera Link and outputs it as HDMI 720p video from the HDMI Transmitter / Receiver Daughter Card. The Camera Link Transmitter design takes 720p, 24 bit RGB video from the HDMI Transmitter / Receiver Board and transmits it over the Camera Link Interface. In addition to the Microtronix Camera Link IP, the designs incorporate the I2C and the Avalon SDRAM IP cores. The user can replace these cores with IP from other vendors if they wish. The designs can also be easily modified to target other development platforms or FPGA devices. NOTE: The design was tested with an IMPERX ICL-B0610C-KC000 camera. Overview of HSMC Daughter Cards The following section provides a brief overview of the HSMC Daughter Cards. For more detailed information the user should reference the User Manual supplied with each of the cards. CAMERA LINK RECEIVER HSMC DAUGHTER CARD The Microtronix Camera Link Receiver HSMC Daughter Card (PN: ) is shown in Figure 3 below. It provides two Camera Link MDR-26 female connectors (3M 14B26-SZLB-X00-OLC). The card supports Power over Camera Link (PoCL). Page 7 of 18

8 Figure 3: Camera Link Receiver HSMC Daughter Card Camera data output is compliant with Base Camera Link standard and includes 12VDC Power over Camera Link (PoCL), 4 W max, 24 data bits, four sync signals (LVAL, FVAL, DVAL and User Out), 1 reference clock, four external inputs CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4 and a bi-directional serial interface. For additional information on the CL card please refer to the Camera Link Receiver User Manual. CAMERA LINK TRANSMITTER HSMC DAUGHTER CARD The Microtronix Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card (PN: ) is shown in Figure 3 below. It provides two Camera Link MDR-26 female connectors (3M 14B26-SZLB-X00-OLC). The card supports configuration to indicate Power over Camera Link (PoCL). Page 8 of 18

9 Figure 4: Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card Camera data output is compliant with Base Camera Link standard and includes 12VDC Power over Camera Link (PoCL), 4 W max, 24 data bits, four sync signals (LVAL, FVAL, DVAL and User Out), 1 reference clock, four external inputs CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4 and a bi-directional serial interface. For additional information on the CL card please refer to the Camera Link Receiver User Manual. HDMI TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER HSMC DAUGHTER CARD The Microtronix HDMI Transmitter/Receiver HSMC Daughter Card (PN: ) provides a HDMI output/input port. The HDMI port is used to display the incoming Camera Link video. Page 9 of 18

10 Figure 5: HDMI Transmitter/Receiver HSMC Daughter Card For additional information on this card please refer to the HDMI Transmitter/Receiver HSMC Daughter Card User Manual. Cameral Link Software The Cameral Link Design Kit requires an installed version of the Altera Quartus FPGA design software (either the Altera Web Edition or the Full Edition). The Cameral Link Design Kit software is supplied by Microtronix on a CD or as a zipped file. If you received the latter, unzip the file to a temporary file directory and run the setup.exe file. The software should self-install from the CD or it can be manually installed by running the setup.exe file. WARNING: Remove older installations of the Cameral Link Design Kit software (including previous version of the Microtronix IP Cores) from the PC prior to installing the new version of software. INSTALLATION Follow these steps to install the Microtronix Camera Link IP Core Design Kit files on your computer. 1. Insert the Microtronix Camera Link IP Core Design Kit Installation CD into your CD-ROM (or equivalent). Or run the setup file contained in the zip file. Page 10 of 18

11 2. The setup program for the package should start. If it doesn t, browse to the CD using Windows Explorer and double-click on the setup icon. 3. Follow all the prompts. The setup program will attempt to autodetect the installation location of the Quartus II. Please correct the specified paths if the setup program doesn t or incorrectly detects them. Overview of Microtronix IP Cores CAMERA LINK IP CORE The Microtronix Camera Link IP Core is designed for building vision systems incorporating Camera Link communication interfaces including Base, Medium & Full Channel Link configurations. The core supports camera video data and optional PoCL SafePower control. Camera control signals and serial communication are not directly supported. The IP is designed for building both Camera and Frame Grabber devices. I2C MASTER-SLAVE-PIO IP CORE The Microtronix I2C Master/Slave/PIO IP Core is a complete I2C solution offering three modes of operation and support for standard I2C bus transmission speeds. The I2C Master/Slave core is used to configure the registers of the HDMI Transmitter. AVALON MULTI-PORT SDRAM MEMORY CONTROLLER IP CORE The Microtronix Avalon Multi-port SDRAM Memory Controller IP Core is required to interface to the on-board DDR2 SDRAM devices. It is designed to maximize the performance of the Altera Nios II processor in Avalon multi-master streaming data systems. IP Core Licenses The Camera Link Design Kit is supplied with Open Cores Plus evaluation licenses for all of the listed Microtronix IP cores. OPENCORE PLUS EVALUATION LICENSE An OpenCore Plus Evaluation license enables you to design and evaluate your design in circuit on a hardware test platform. Microtronix requires the customer NIC or Guard ID (from a Server or PC workstation) in order to generate an Evaluation license to support OpenCore Plus compilation. To generate an Evaluation license, Microtronix requires one of two things: 1. Your Altera Software Guard ID (dongle), this is a 9-digit number starting with T. (Example: T ) or. 2. Your 12-digit Network MAC Address (Example: AB) Page 11 of 18

12 Your NIC number is a 12-digit hexadecimal network card number that identifies the Windows workstation serving the Quartus II Web Edition license. You can find the NIC number by typing ipconfig /all at the command prompt. Your NIC number is the number on the physical address line, minus the dashes, for example, 00C04FA392EF. Once either is received, Microtronix will send you the license file(s) to enable Quartus to generate a.sof file for you to run on your target board. INSTALLING THE MICROTRONIX IP CORE LICENSE To install an IP Core license, follow these steps: 1) Run the Altera Quartus II program and from the menu select > Tools > License Setup. This menu gives the location of the folder and name of the master license file used by Quartus. For example: C:\altera\licences\T dat. 2) Open this license file with a text editor (i.e. Notepad). 3) In a separate text editor window, open the license_filename.dat file provided by Microtronix. 4) Select all of the text in the Microtronix license file. 5) Paste this text into the Altera license.dat file at the end of the file. 6) If it is a Server License, you may need to edit the Server Name or TCP Port in the header per notes in Server License. 7) Save this file and close the text editor. 8) Return to Quartus and start your project. For more information, please visit FULL IP CORE LICENSE To generate pof program files incorporating the Camera Link IP core requires the user to have purchased a Full IP Core license. These licenses are generated by Microtronix based on a NIC or Guard ID supplied by the user. They can be supplied as either Floating Server or a Node Locked PC workstation license. After purchasing a Full License you receive your license file. Copy the license file (license.dat) to your current Quartus license file and the LVDS core (CC21_6246) will show in the Quartus License Setup (Tools->License Setup). Please contact sales at Microtronix (sales@microtronix.com) for additional licensing details. Page 12 of 18

13 Camera Link Frame Grabber Reference Design The ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit is shipped with a Frame Grabber Quartus Reference Design for the ViClaro IV (Cyclone IV GX) board. The reference design use a Camera Link video source and outputs the received video through the HDMI card to a display. The reference design can also output a colour bar test pattern to the HDMI monitor. Pressing switch PB1 on the ViClaro IV switches between the test pattern and the Frame Grabber camera input. The design can be compiled for Base, Medium, Full, Full Octo or Full Deca mode by setting a parameter in the design file. Pre-compiled sof files are included for all modes. NOTE: Microtronix tested with the IMPERX ICL-B0610C-KC000 camera and Vivid Engineering CLS-211 Camera Link Simulator. SUPPORTED VIDEO RESOLUTION The reference designs support 24 bit and 36 bit RGB (which is mapped to HDMI 24 bit RGB) frames from the camera link interface and supports the following video resolution: Camera resolution up to 1080p Camera Link clock up to 85MHz The camera input is scaled and frame-rate-converted to 720p60 HDMI output. As there is no single-pixel format defined for Full modes, the Camera Link Full reference designs do not make use of all ports. Page 13 of 18

14 Figure 6: Block Diagram of Frame Grabber Reference Design MICROTRONIX VICLARO VIDEO HOST BOARD REFERENCE PROJECT This section describes how to run the Quartus Reference Design on the Microtronix ViClaro III Video Host board. Hardware Setup To run the Camera Link Frame Grabber Reference Project on the ViClaro IV Video Host board requires the hardware to be installed and connected as follows: 1. Install the Microtronix Camera Link HSMC Daughter Card on HSMC Connector J3 of the ViClaro IV Host Video board. a. Attach the MDR26 cable between J2 on the Camera Link board and the Camera Link video source. b. For Camera Link Medium and Full modes, attach a second MDR26 Camera Link Cable between J3 on the Camera Link Board and the Camera Link video source. 2. Install the Microtronix HDMI Transmitter card on HSMC Connector, J2 of the ViClaro IV Video Host board. a. Attach an HDMI Cable to the HDMI connector J6 of the board and connect to a suitable monitor. Page 14 of 18

15 Running the Frame Grabber Project The default configuration demonstrates the basic operation of the board. The following steps are required to load and run the Frame Grabber Reference Design: 1. Apply power to the ViClaro IV Host Video board. 2. Use the Quartus programmer to download the selected sof file from the reference design folder. The following pre-compiled files are supplied: a. example\viclaroiv_cl_receiver_base.sof b. example\viclaroiv_cl_receiver_medium.sof c. example\viclaroiv_cl_receiver_full.sof d. example\viclaroiv_cl_receiver_full_octo.sof e. example\viclaroiv_cl_receiver_full_deca.sof 3. Use pushbutton switch PB0 to reset the design. 4. Observe the LEDs on the ViClaro IV GX Board: LED0 indicates the receiver PLL for the Base mode link has locked to a clock on the camera link Base port. This LED should be ON for all camera link modes when a camera link source is connected. LED1 indicates the receiver PLL for the Medium mode link has locked to a clock. This LED should be on for all modes except Base when a camera link source is connected. LED2 indicates the receiver PLL for the Full mode link has locked to a clock. This LED should be on for the FULL modes when a camera link source is connected. 5. The projects contain a small Nios II application that allows you to switch between the colour bar test pattern and the Frame Grabber video source. Use pushbutton switch PB1 to switch between the Test Pattern and the Frame Grabber input. Note that the video will only switch to Frame Grabber Input if a valid camera link source is connected. 6. The design treats the four camera link control signals (CC1.. CC4) as a 4 bit binary value that can be incremented by pressing PB2. Page 15 of 18

16 Camera Link Transmitter Reference Design The ViClaro IV GX Camera Link Development Kit is shipped with a Camera Link Transmitter Quartus Reference Design for the Microtronix ViClaro IV (Cyclone IV GX) board. The reference design can take either 720p 60 fps video from the HDMI Transmitter / Receiver Board, or a locally generated color bar Test Pattern, and transmits the image over Camera Link. For both sources, a Microtronix logo overlay is mixed with the image. A NIOS II CPU program slowly changes the position of the logo. The design can be compiled for Base, Medium, Full, Full Octo or Full Deca modes by changing a parameter in the top level design file. Precompiled sof files are provided for each mode. Figure 7: Block Diagram of Transmitter Reference Design SUPPORTED VIDEO RESOLUTION The design accepts HDMI input with 1280 x 720 pixel frame size at either or 60 fps (74.25 MHz pixel clock). Page 16 of 18

17 The reference design transmits 1280x720 pixel frames over camera link with a 75 MHz pixel clock. For all camera link modes, the video transmitted is 24 bit. The designs do not use all camera link ports when operating in Medium and Full modes. MICROTRONIX VICLARO VIDEO HOST BOARD REFERENCE PROJECT This section describes how to run the Quartus Reference Design on the Microtronix ViClaro III Video Host board. Hardware Setup To run the Camera Link Camera Reference Project on the ViClaro IV Video Host board requires the hardware to be installed and connected as follows: 1. Install the Microtronix Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card on HSMC Connector J3 (HSMC 3) of the ViClaro IV Host Video board. a. Attach the MDR26 cable between J2 on the Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card board and the Frame Grabber. b. For Camera Link Medium and Full Modes, attach a second MDR 26 cable between J3 on the Camera Link Transmitter HSMC Daughter Card and the Frame Grabber. 2. Install the Microtronix HDMI Transmitter / Receiver HSMC Daughter Card on J2 (HSMC 2) of the ViClaro IV Host Board. Connect a 720p, or 60 Hz video source to HDMI connector J5. Running the Camera Link Transmitter Project The default configuration demonstrates the basic operation of the board. The following steps are required to load and run the Reference Design: 1. Apply power to the ViClaro IV Host Video board. 2. Use the Quartus programmer to download the selected sof file from the reference design folder. The following pre-compiled files are supplied: a. example\viclaroiv_cl_transmitter_base.sof b. example\viclaroiv_cl_transmitter_medium.sof c. example\viclaroiv_cl_transmitter_full.sof d. example\viclaroiv_cl_transmitter_full_octo.sof e. example\viclaroiv_cl_transmitter_full_deca.sof Page 17 of 18

18 3. Use pushbutton switch PB0 to reset the design. 4. The projects contain a small Nios II application that allows you to switch between the colour bar test pattern and the HDMI input signal video source. Use pushbutton switch PB1 to switch between the sources. 5. The design displays the state of the Camera Link Control Signals (CC1 to CC4) on LED0 to LED3. Page 18 of 18