Handbook for the SXVR-H694
Issue 1 March 2012
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The SXVR-H694 USB2 CCD camera
Thank you
for purchasing a Starlight Xpress CCD camera. We hope that you will be
very satisfied with the results.
The SXVR-H694 is an advanced, high-resolution cooled CCD camera, especially
designed for astronomical imaging. It uses a third generation version of the very
popular Sony ‘EXview’ CCDs that offer very high QE and extremely low thermal
noise. Other features include a built-in, fully programmable, USB 2 super-fast
computer interface, an autoguider control port and output and optional integrated dual
serial ports for filter wheel and telescope control. It also includes a CCD temperature
monitoring circuit that provides regulated set-point cooling of the chip, adjustable
chip alignment and a very compact overall size.
The SXVR-H694 uses a Sony ICX694ALG ‘EXview’ progressive scan CCD, with
2750 x 2200 x 4.54uM pixels in a 12.48 x 9.98mm active area. This EXview device
has an excellent quantum efficiency, with a broad spectral response peaking at around
