Foreword
Contents
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1 General Information 10
101.1 Safety
121.2 Ordering Codes and Accessories
121.3 Requirements
131.4 DCx Camera Family
151.5 Contents
171.6 What's New in this Version?
2 Camera Basics 18
182.1 Operating Modes
182.1.1 Freerun Mode
202.1.2 Trigger Mode
212.1.3 Standby
222.2 Image Display Modes
252.3 Sensor
252.3.1 Sensor Sizes
262.3.2 Micro Lenses
292.3.3 Color Filter (Bayer filter)
312.3.4 Hot Pixels
332.3.5 Shutter Methods
372.3.6 Line Scan Mode
382.4 Reading Out Partial Images
382.4.1 Area of Interest (AOI)
422.4.2 Subsampling
432.4.3 Binning
442.5 Digitizing Images
442.5.1 Characteristics and LUT
472.5.2 Bit Depth and Digital Contrast Adjustment
502.6 Camera Parameters
502.6.1 Pixel Clock, Frame Rate, Exposure Time
512.6.2 Gain and Offset
512.6.3 Automatic Image Control
532.6.4 Applying New Parameters
532.7 Firmware and Camera Start
532.8 Digital Inputs / Outputs
542.8.1 Using Digital Inputs/Outputs
542.8.2 Flash Timing (Trigger Mode)
562.8.3 Flash Timing (Freerun Mode)
572.8.4 Serial Interface RS-232 (DC3240x only)