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Handbook for the Trius PRO-674C Issue 1 September 2020
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Manual for the TRIUS PRO-674C colour CCD
camera
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The TRIUS PRO-674C is an advanced, high-resolution one-shot colour, 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. This ‘PRO’ camera uses an updated version of the original TRIUS
main board and has both improved read noise and faster download time. It features
an internal USB hub with 3 external ports and a dry argon CCD chamber fill. The USB
hub permits several other devices to share the single USB connection and greatly
reduces the number of cables required in a typical set-up. For example, a Lodestar
PRO or Ultrastar PRO guide camera and an SX filter wheel could use two of the USB
ports and the third might connect to an electric focuser, or similar peripheral. The
argon fill, along with other improvements to the cooler stack, has improved the delta
T to about -42 degrees C below ambient.
The camera also includes a CCD temperature monitoring circuit that provides
regulated set-point cooling of the chip, an adjustable chip alignment plate and a very