Andor Technology New iStar - 5.3 CCD SETUP ACQUISITION

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New iStar ICCD
Pre-Acquisition Setup - CCD
5.3 - CCD SETUP ACQUISITION
To select the mode of acquisition prior to data capture, the following steps should be followed:
• Clickthe
button
• KeyinCtrl+A
• SelectSetup Acquisition from the Acquisition drop-down menu:
The Setup Acquisition dialog box appears, e.g.:
As user selects an acquisition mode, additional acquisition-related parameter elds will appear. The following matrix lists
the acquisition modes and the key set-able parameters:
MODE
EXPOSURE
TIME
ACCUMULATE
CYCLE
TIME
NO.
OF
ACCUMULATIONS
KINETIC
CYCLE
TIME
NO. IN
KINETIC
SERIES
Single Scan
ü
Accumulate
ü ü ü
Kinetic
ü ü ü ü
Note: The value entered in one eld (e.g. exposure time) may affect the value in another eld (e.g. acquisition
cycle time)
Note: Other modes such as photon counting or fast kinetics will be detailed specically in following sections of
this user guide