Pco edge User Manual

6 Camera Control for the pco.edge
18 pco.edge User Manual V1.03 © PCO AG, Germany
Details for [External Exp. Start] and [External Exp. Ctrl]
The detailed timing for external trigger includes system delay times, an
adjustable additional delay time, and the jitter.
Camera (RS only)
Interface
internal
system clock
tsys
tjit (jitter)
≙1 row time
tdelay
(delay)
pco.edge 4.2
pco.edge GOLD 4.2
USB 3.0
100 MHz
50 ns
0 ... 24.10 µs
0 … 1s
pco.edge 4.2
Camera Link
72 MHz
70 ns
0 ... 27.60 µs
(slow scan)
0 … 1s
0 … 9.65 µs
(fast scan)
0 … 1s
pco.edge 5.5
pco.edge GOLD 5.5
USB 3.0
100 MHz
50 ns
0 … 30.50 µs
0 … 1s
pco.edge 5.5
Camera Link
72 MHz
70 ns
0 ... 27.52 µs
(slow scan)
0 … 1s
0 … 9.17 µs
(fast scan)
0 … 1s
For optimized synchronization (minimized jitter time) use the falling edge of
the line signal at the status output (see SDK description).
t
fsys
exposure
exp trig (in)
t
rsys
t
jit
t
jit
t
delay
t
delay

Pco edge Specifications

General

Brand	Pco
Model	edge
Category	Digital Camera
Language	English