CAMERAS FRAME GRABBERS IMAGING SOLUTIONS
BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual
IMPERX
Rev. 2.0.9
6421 Congress Ave.
4/8/2014
Boca Raton, FL 33487
www.imperx.com
+1 (561) 989-0006
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2.5.1
Internal Exposure Control - Electronic Shutter ............................................................... 165
2.5.2
External exposure control ................................................................................................ 165
2.5.3
Variable Frame Time – Programmable Line and Frame Time ....................................... 165
2.5.4
Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) ............................................................................... 166
2.5.5
Automatic Iris Control (AIC) .......................................................................................... 167
2.6
EXTERNAL TRIGGER ................................................................................................... 168
2.6.1
Triggering Inputs ............................................................................................................. 168
2.6.2
Acquisition and Exposure Control .................................................................................. 168
2.6.3
Trigger Strobe Control .................................................................................................... 169
2.6.4
Triggering modes ............................................................................................................ 169
2.7
STROBE OUTPUT ........................................................................................................... 174
2.8
GAIN and OFFSET ........................................................................................................... 175
2.8.1
Analog Domain – manual control ................................................................................... 175
2.8.2
Digital Domain – manual control .................................................................................... 176
2.8.3
Automatic Gain Control (AGC) ...................................................................................... 176
2.9
DATA OUTPUT FORMAT ............................................................................................. 177
2.9.1
Bit Depth ..................................................................................................................... 177
2.9.2
Digital Data Shift ......................................................................................................... 178
2.9.3
Output Format ............................................................................................................. 178
2.10
PULSE GENERATOR ..................................................................................................... 182
2.11
I/O CONTROL .................................................................................................................. 183
2.11.1
I/O Mapping ................................................................................................................ 183
2.11.2
Electrical Connectivity ................................................................................................ 184
2.12
TEST IMAGE PATTERNS ............................................................................................. 187
2.12.1
Test Image patterns ..................................................................................................... 187
2.12.2
Image Superimposition ................................................................................................ 187
2.13
WHITE BALANCE AND COLOR CONVERSION ..................................................... 188
2.13.1
White Balance ............................................................................................................. 188
2.13.2
Color (Bayer to RGB) Conversion .............................................................................. 188
2.14
DYNAMIC BLACK LEVEL CORRECTION AND TAP BALANCING ................... 189
2.14.1
Black Level Correction ............................................................................................... 189
2.14.2
Tap Balancing .............................................................................................................. 189
2.15
TRANSFER FUNCTION CORRECTION – USER LUT ............................................. 190
2.15.1
Standard Gamma Correction ....................................................................................... 190
2.15.2
User Defined LUT ....................................................................................................... 191