Teledyne Princeton Instruments PICam 5.x, Programmer'S Manual

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Chapter 1: About this Manual
This manual describes terms and concepts used in PICam and provides descriptions of
functions, parameters, and values used to create a user-designed interface to Teledyne
Princeton Instruments cameras and accessories.
This manual includes information about:
• Basic PICam functions (
picam.h
)
• Complex PICam functions (
picam_advanced.h
)
• Accessory Control functions (
picam_accessory.h
)
• EM Gain Calibration functions (
picam_em_calibration.h
)
NOTE:
Functions that are specific to a particular OEM are included
in
picam_special.h
and are not described in this manual.
1.1 Manual Organization
This manual includes the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, About this Manual
This chapter provides general information about this manual, as well as contact
information for Princeton Instruments.
• Chapter 2, Introduction to PICam™
This chapter provides information about concepts, terms, and data types used
in PICam. It also provides information about the general sequence of making
functions calls when writing a program.
• Chapter 3, General Library APIs
Provides programming reference information for each of the basic functions
(
picam.h
).
• Chapter 4, Identification APIs
Provides programming reference information for each of the basic functions
(
picam.h
).
• Chapter 5, Configuration APIs
Provides programming reference pages for each of the basic functions
(
picam.h
).
• Chapter 6, Data Acquisition APIs
Provides programming reference pages for each of the basic functions
(
picam.h
).
• Chapter 7, Advanced Function APIs
Provides programming reference information about advanced functions
included in
picam_advanced.h
.
• Chapter 8, EM Calibration APIs
Provides programming reference information for EM Calibration functions
included in
picam_em_calibration.h
.