Piranha ES-xx User Manual
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3.3 Sensor Output Format
3.3.1 Selecting TDI or Area Mode Operation
The Piranha ES-xx cam eras have the ability to op erate in both TDI and Area Mod e.
In Area Mod e, the cam era op erates as an area array cam era u sing a tw o d im ensional array
of p ixels. Area Mod e is u sefu l for aligning the cam era to you r w eb d irection or w hen you
need a rectangu lar 2D im age and the lighting su p p orts a fu ll fram e im ager.
In TDI Mod e, the cam era op erates as a TDI high sensitivity line scan cam era and
com bines m u ltip le exp osu res of an object into one high -resolu tion resu lt.
The cam era stores u ser settings for Area Mod e and TDI Mod e sep arately , allow ing you to
sw itch betw een Area and TDI m od e w ithou t losing settings sp ecific to ea ch m od e. See
section 3.6 Saving and Restoring Settin gs for an exp lanation on how u ser settings are
stored and retrieved .
NOTE: Sensor cosmetic specifications for Area Mode of operation are neither tested nor
guaranteed
Pu rp ose:
Selects the cam era’s op erating m od e. Area Mod e is u sefu l for
aligning and focu sing you r cam era.
Syntax:
tdi
i
Syntax Elem ents:
i
0
Area m od e
1
TDI m od e
N otes:
Rem em ber to save you r u ser settings before changing m od e.
Send ing the
tdi
com m and
always
restores you r last saved u ser
settings for the m od e of op eration requ ested even if you are
alread y op erating in the requ ested m od e. See section 3.6 Saving
and Restoring Settin gs for an exp lanation on how u ser settings
are stored and retrieved for each m od e.
Flat field correction is not available in Area Mod e
Exam p le
tdi 1
3.3.2 Selecting the Number of CCD Integration Stages
Pu rp ose:
In TDI Mod e, this com m and ad ju sts the sensitivity level in you r
cam era by setting the nu m ber of CCD integration stages. In Area
Mod e, the vertical height of the im age sensor is controlled by the
nu m ber of stages.
Syntax:
stg
m
Syntax Elem ents:
m
N u m ber of stages to u se. Available valu es are 8 and 16 (ES-82)
or
16
and
32 (ES-80)
. Area m od e is restricted to
the
maximum number of
stages.
Exam p le
stg 32
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