
Video formats, modes and bandwidth
MARLIN Technical Manual
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Video formats, modes and bandwidth
The different Marlin models support different video formats, modes and frame
rates.
These formats and modes are standardized in the IIDC (formerly DCAM) spec-
ification.
Resolutions smaller than the generic sensor resolution are generated from
the center of the sensor and without binning.
Note
L
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The maximum frame rates can only be achieved with
shutter settings lower than 1/framerate. This means
that with default shutter time of 40 ms, a camera will
not achieve frame rates higher than 25 frames/s. In
order to achieve higher frame rates, please reduce the
shutter time proportionally.
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The following tables assume that bus speed is
400 Mbit/s.
With lower bus speeds (e.g. 200 or 100
Mbit/s) not all frame rates may be achieved.
Note
L
H-binning
means horizontal binning.
V-binning
means vertical binning.
Full binning (H+V)
means hori vertical binning
Binning increases signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), but decreases
resolution.