Description of the data path
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Camera timing behavior is like this:
Packed 12-Bit Mode
All Stingray cameras have the so-called
Packed 12-Bit Mode
. This means:
two 12-bit pixel values are packed into 3 bytes instead of 4 bytes.
The color codings are implemented via Vendor Unique Color_Coding accord-
ing to IIDC V1.31: COLOR_CODING_INQ @ 024h...033h, IDs=128-255)
See
Table 112: Format_7 control and status register
on page 249.
Fast Parameter Update Timing
Quick Format Change Mode (QFCM)
After sending a new parameter value, the changed
parameter value is valid for the available next
image. Frame rate is constant.
After sending a new parameter value, the changed
parameter value is valid for the available next
image.
A running exposure will be interrupted and the
image is dropped.
There may be a gap between two consecutive
image transfers.
Table 46:
Standard Update (IIDC)
: comparison of
Standard Format Change Mode
and
QFCM
B/w cameras
Color cameras
Packed 12-Bit MONO
camera mode
SmartView: MONO12
Packed 12-Bit RAW
camera mode
SmartView: RAW12
Mono and raw mode have the same implementation.
Table 47:
Packed 12-Bit Mode
Note
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For data block packet format see
Table 32: Packed 12-Bit
Mode (mono and raw) Y12 format
on page 93.
For data structure see
Table 33: Data structure of Packed 12-
Bit Mode (mono and raw)
on page 94.
Mode
Color_Coding
ID
Packed 12-Bit MONO
ECCID_MONO12
ID=132
Packed 12-Bit RAW
ECCID_RAW12
ID=136
Table 48:
Packed 12-Bit Mode
: color coding