Photon Focus CameraLink MV1-D1280, User Manual

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5 Functionality
pixel value will be saturated at 1023 if it exceeds this limit. A shift value of 2 will output 11 to 2
of the binned data. Figure Fig. 5.8 shows the relation between the shift value and the output
data alignment.
1 0
0
1 0 b i t r e s o l u t i o n
S h i f t V a l u e = 0
S h i f t V a l u e = 1
S h i f t V a l u e = 2
8 b i t r
e s o l u t i o n
11
1 0
11
1 0
11
9
0 7
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Figure 5.8: Binning bitshift
5.1.6 Maximal Frame Rate
The maximal frame rate of the camera depends on the camera settings. The following factors
influence the maximal frame rate (see also Table 5.1):
• The length of the exposure time: A shorter exposure time leads to an increase in the
maximal frame rate.
• ROI height: a smaller height ROI leads to an increase in the maximal frame rate.
The maximal frame rate of the camera can be determined by a frame rate calculator in the
support section of the Photonfocus web page www.photonfocus.com. The maximal frame rate
with the current camera settings can be read out by a camera register with pflib and it is also
displayed in the PFRemote tool.
To have a rough idea about the maximal allowed frame rate for a given setting it is important
to know the 2 possible frame timings that are described in the next sections.
Camera TReadoutTime of 1 row
D-120 14.8
µ
s
Table 5.5: Time to read out 1 row;
Camera TReadoutDel
D-120 (binning disabled) 177.6
µ
s - 192.4
µ
s
D-120 (binning enabled) 222.0
µ
s - 236.8
µ
s
Table 5.6: Value of TReadoutDel
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