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This increases light sensitivity by a total of a factor of 4 and at the same time signal to
noise separation is improved by about 6 dB. Resolution is reduced to 814 x 618 pixels.
Figure 36 Full binning
8.3
Frame rates
An IEEE-1394 camera requires bandwidth to transport images.
The IEEE-1394a bus has very large bandwidth of at least 32 MB/s for transferring
(isochronously) image data.
Depending on the video format settings and the configured frame rate the camera
requires a certain percentage of maximum available bandwidth.
The following tables indicate how much data in various formats and modes can be sent
within one cycle (125µs) at 400 Mb/s of bandwidth.
They enable you to calculate the required bandwidth and to ascertain the number of
cameras that can be operated independently on a bus and in what mode.
Format
Mode
Resolution
60
fps
30
fps
15
fps
7.5
fps
3.75
fps
0
160 x 120 YUV (4:4:4)
24 bit/pixel
1/2H
80p
60q
1/4H
40p
30q
1/8H
20p
15q
1
320 x 240 YUV (4:2:2)
16 bit/pixel
1H
320p
160q
1/2H
160p
80q
1/4H
80p
40q
1/8H
40p
20q
2
640 x 480 YUV (4:1:1)
12 bit/pixel
2)
2H
1280p
480q
1H
640p
240q
1/2H
320p
120q
1/4H
160p
60q
3
640 x 480 YUV (4:2:2)
16 bit/pixel
4)
2H
1280p
640q
2) 1H
640p
320q
1/2H
320p
160q
1/4H
160p
80q
4
640 x 480 RGB
24 bit/pixel
4)
2H
1280p
960q
2) 1H
640p
480q
1/2H
320p
240q
1/4H
160p
120q
5
640 x 480 (MONO)
8 bit/pixel
4) 4H
2560p
640q
2) 2H
1280p
320q
1H
640p
160q
1/2H
320p
80q
1/4H
160p
40q
6
640 x 480 Y (MONO 16)
16 bit/Pixel
4)
2H
1280p
640q
2) 1H
640p
320q
1/2H
320p
160q
1/4H
160p
80q
0
7
640 x 480 Y (MONO 16)
Reserved