
Video formats, modes and bandwidth
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As already mentioned, the recommended limit for transferring isochronous
image data is 1000q (quadlets) per cycle or 4096 bytes (with 400 Mbit/s of
bandwidth).
The third table shows that a MF-145B2 @ 7.5 fps has to send 1280 pixels or
1 line of video per cycle. The camera thus uses 32 % of available bandwidth.
This allows up to three cameras with these settings to be operated indepen-
dently on the same bus.
Format
Mode
Resolution
60
fps
30
fps
15
fps
7.5
fps
3.75
fps
1.875
fps
2
0
1280 x 960 YUV422
16 bit/pixel
1H
1280p
640q
1/2H
640p
320q
1/4H
320p
160q
1
1280 x 960 RGB
24 bit/pixel
1H
1280p
960q
1/2H
640p
480q
1/4H
320p
240q
2
1280 x 960 Y (Mono8)
8 bit/pixel
2H
2560p
640q
1H
1280p
320q
1/2H
640p
160q
1/4H
320p
80q
3
1600 x 1200 YUV422
16 bit/pixel
5/4H
2000p
1000q
5/8H
1000p
500q
5/16H
500p
250q
4
1600 x 1200 RGB
24 bit/pixel
5/8H
1000p
750q
5/16
500p
375q
5
1600 x 1200 Y (Mono8)
8 bit/pixel
5/2H
4000p
1000q
5/4H
2000p
500q
5/8H
1000p
250q
5/16H
500p
125q
6
1280 x 960 Y (Mono16)
16 bit/pixel
1H
1280p
640q
1/2H
640p
320q
1/4H
320p
160q
7
1600 x 1200 Y (Mono16)
16 bit/pixel
5/4H
2000p
1000q
5/8H
1000p
500q
5/16H
500p
250q
Table 69: Format_2
Note
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•
If the cameras are operated with an external trigger the
maximum trigger frequency may not exceed the highest
continuous frame rate, so preventing frames from being
dropped or corrupted.
•
IEEE 1394 adapter cards with PCILynx™ chipsets have a
limit of 4000 bytes per cycle.