16 PI-MAX
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4 System Manual Issue 9
Figure 14-1: Block Diagram: EMCCD with Dual Output Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Figure 14-2: Typical emICCD Hardware Stackup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Figure 14-3: Enabling Electron Multiplication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Figure 14-4: Typical emICCD Gain Configuration Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Figure 14-5: Typical emICCD Gain Configuration: Optimal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Figure 14-6: Typical Intensifier Gain Configuration: Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Figure 14-7: Typical EM Gain Configuration Parameters: Manual Mode. . . . . . . . 222
Figure 14-8: Typical EM Gain Configuration Display for EM Gain > 100 . . . . . . . 223
Figure 14-9: Configuring Readout Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Figure 14-10: Typical Full-Frame and Frame Transfer CCDs, Kinetics Masking. . . 225
Figure 14-11: Timing Diagrams: Kinetics Exposure-Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Figure 14-12: Timing Diagram: Kinetics Readout and Data Storage,
No Binning, 4 Row Kinetics Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Figure 14-13: Timing Diagram: Kinetics Readout and Data Storage,
2 x 1 Binning, 4 Row Kinetics Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Figure 14-14: File Storage Convention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Figure 14-15: Configuring Readout Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Figure 14-16: Configuring Trigger Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Figure 14-17: Block Diagram: Typical Kinetics Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Figure 14-18: Typical Online Processes Expander: Photon Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Figure 14-19: Typical Thresholding and Clipping Configuration Parameters . . . . . . 237
Figure 14-20: Typical High Speed Camera Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Figure 14-21: Typical High Speed Camera Spectroscopy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Figure 14-22: Typical High Speed Camera Imaging Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Figure 14-23: Typical Previous and Current Frame Rate Information. . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Figure 14-24: Typical Configuration Options: Time Stamping, Frame Tracking . . . 240
Figure 16-1: PI-MAX4 Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Figure 16-2: PI-MAX4: 1024i-RF Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Figure 17-1: Camera1 in Camera Name Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Figure 17-2: Editing Camera Name in Notepad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Figure 17-3: Updated Hardware Setup Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Figure 17-4: eBUS Driver Installation Tool Dialog for LightField . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Figure 17-5: eBUS Driver Installation Tool Dialog for WinX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Figure 17-6: Typical Diagonal Line of Gating Pulse Artifacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Figure A-1: AUX I/O Connector Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Figure A-2: AUX I/O Interface Cable (Part Number 6050-0660). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Figure B-1: Outline Drawing: PI-MAX4: 1024i/1024f/2048f/1024x256 with
C-mount Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Figure B-2: Outline Drawing: PI-MAX4: 1024i/1024f/2048f/1024x256 with
F-mount Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Figure B-3: Outline Drawing: PI-MAX4: 1024i/1024f/2048f/1024x256 with
Spectroscopy-mount Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Figure B-4: Outline Drawing: PI-MAX4: 512 EM/512 EM(B) with
C-mount Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Figure B-5: Outline Drawing: PI-MAX4: 512 EM/512 EM(B) with
F-mount Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Figure B-6: Outline Drawing: PI-MAX4: 512 EM/512 EM(B) with
Spectroscopy-mount Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Figure B-7: Outline Drawing: PI-MAX4 Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Figure B-8: Outline Drawing: PI-MAX4: 1024i-RF with C-mount Adapter . . . . . 282