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Figure 30. Timing Diagram: Internal Sync (PTG) ........................................................... 78
Figure 31. Timing Diagram: Internal Sync with an External Trigger .............................. 78
Figure 32. PTG Fast Gating Experiment Block diagram ................................................. 84
Figure 33. Fast Gating Measurement Results .................................................................. 84
Figure 34. Timing: Bracket Pulsing ................................................................................. 85
Figure 35. PI-MAX Timing for MCP Bracket Pulsing with PTG Timing Generator ..... 88
Figure 36. MCP Gated Operation Cabling ...................................................................... 90
Figure 37. PI-MAX Timing in MCP Gated Operation with PTG Timing Generator ...... 90
Figure 38. Experiment Setup|Main tab page .................................................................... 91
Figure 39. PTG|Triggers tab page .................................................................................... 91
Figure 40. Repetitive Gating dialog box .......................................................................... 92
Figure 41. Experiments with the PI-MAX ....................................................................... 92
Figure 42. Experiment is Master Clock: Hardware Setup and Timing Diagram ............. 94
Figure 43. Hardware Setup: Controller/ Camera and Interface tab pages ....................... 95
Figure 44. Define Spectrograph and Install/Remove Spectrographs dialogs .................. 96
Figure 45. Move Spectrograph dialog ............................................................................. 96
Figure 46. Experiment Setup: Main and Timing tab pages ............................................. 97
Figure 47. Experiment Setup: ADC and ROI Setup tab pages ........................................ 97
Figure 48. PTG: Triggers and Gating tab pages .............................................................. 98
Figure 49. Sequential Gating Setup and Width/Delay Sequence dialog boxes ............... 99
Figure 50. Aux. Trig. Out tab page .................................................................................. 99
Figure 51. Experiment Setup: Timing and Main tab pages ........................................... 100
Figure 52. Experiment Results in 3-D ........................................................................... 100
Figure 53. PTG is Master Clock: Hardware Setup and Timing Diagram ...................... 101
Figure 54. Single Shot: Hardware Setup ........................................................................ 102
Figure 55. Cleans and Skips: Default Values Loaded ................................................... 103
Figure 56. Experiment Setup: Gain Selected ................................................................. 103
Figure 57. Repetitive Gating Setup: 100 nsec Width, 10 nsec Delay ............................ 104
Figure 58. Single Shot Result: Fluorescence Spot, 100 nsec Width, 10 nsec Delay ..... 104
Figure 59. Single Shot Result: Fluorescence Spot, 100 ns Width, 10 ns Delay, Binned
Vertically ...................................................................................................... 104
Figure 60. Repetitive Gating Setup dialog box .............................................................. 105
Figure 61. DG535: External Sync, PreOpen, Exposure Time = 0 sec. .......................... 110
Figure 62. DG535: External Sync, PreOpen, Exposure Time > 0 sec. .......................... 110
Figure 63. DG535: External Sync, PreOpen, Cont. Cleans, Exposure Time > 0 sec. ... 111
Figure 64. DG535 Triggers tab ...................................................................................... 111
Figure 65. DG535 Gating tab......................................................................................... 112
Figure 66. DG535 Repetitive Gating Setup dialog ........................................................ 112
Figure 67. DG535 Sequential Gating Setup dialog........................................................ 112
Figure 68. DG535 Comm Port tab ................................................................................. 113
Figure 69. DG535 Fast Gating Experiment Block Diagram .......................................... 114
Figure 70. Fast Gating Measurement Results ................................................................ 114
Figure 71. Timing: Bracket Pulsing ............................................................................... 115
Figure 72. Gating tab page ............................................................................................. 117
Figure 73. MCP Gated Operation Cabling .................................................................... 119
Figure 74. PI-MAX Timing in MCP Gated Operation with DG535 Timing Generator 120
Figure 75. Kinetics in Shutter Mode: Free Run Timing Diagram ................................. 122
Figure 76. Kinetics in Shutter Mode: Single Trigger Timing Diagram ......................... 122
Figure 77. Kinetics in Shutter Mode: Multiple Trigger Timing Diagram ..................... 123
Figure 78. Kinetics Readout .......................................................................................... 124