Ocean Optics Flame-S, User Manual

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Table of Contents
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CCD Overview ............................................................................................................... 52
CCD Detector ............................................................................................................................ 52
CCD Well Depth ........................................................................................................................ 53
Signal Averaging ....................................................................................................................... 53
Internal Operation ...................................................................................................................... 54
Pixel Definition ...................................................................................................................... 54
CCD Detector Reset Operation ................................................................................................. 55
Timing Signals ............................................................................................................... 55
Strobe Signals ........................................................................................................................... 55
Single Strobe ......................................................................................................................... 55
Continuous Strobe ................................................................................................................ 56
Synchronous Continuous Strobe .......................................................................................... 56
External Triggering ........................................................................................................ 56
Triggering Modes ....................................................................................................................... 57
Normal ................................................................................................................................... 57
External Synchronous Trigger Mode .................................................................................... 57
External Hardware Level Trigger Mode ................................................................................ 57
External Hardware Edge Trigger Mode ................................................................................ 57
Chapter 7: Calibration ....................................................................... 59
Overview ....................................................................................................................... 59
Wavelength Calibration.................................................................................................. 59
About Wavelength Calibration ................................................................................................... 59
Calibrating the Spectrometer Wavelength ................................................................................. 60
Preparing for Calibration ....................................................................................................... 60
Calibrating the Wavelength of the Spectrometer .................................................................. 60
Irradiance Calibrations ................................................................................................... 63
Chapter 8: Firmware and Advanced Communications ................... 65
FLAME-S Firmware ....................................................................................................... 65
Hardware Description ................................................................................................................ 65
USB Information ........................................................................................................................ 65
Instruction Set ............................................................................................................................ 65
Command Syntax .................................................................................................................. 65
USB Command Summary ......................................................................................................... 66
USB Command Descriptions ................................................................................................ 67
Flame
–S Serial Port Interface Communications and Control Information ............................... 81
Hardware Description ............................................................................................................ 81
Instruction Set ....................................................................................................................... 82
Command Descriptions ......................................................................................................... 84
FLAME-T Firmware ....................................................................................................... 91
Hardware Description ................................................................................................................ 91