BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual
Imperx, Inc.
Rev. 2.0.6
6421 Congress Ave.
11/20/2012
Boca Raton, FL 33487
+1 (561) 989-0006
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2.4
EXPOSURE CONTROL .................................................................................................. 110
2.5.1
Internal Exposure Control - Electronic Shutter ............................................................... 110
2.5.2
External exposure control ................................................................................................ 110
2.5.3
Variable Frame Time – Programmable Line and Frame Time ....................................... 110
2.5.4
Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) ............................................................................... 111
2.5.5
Automatic Iris Control (AIC) .......................................................................................... 112
2.6
EXTERNAL TRIGGER ................................................................................................... 113
2.6.1
Triggering Inputs .............................................................................................................. 113
2.6.2
Acquisition and Exposure Control ................................................................................... 113
2.6.3
Trigger Strobe Control ..................................................................................................... 114
2.6.4
Triggering modes ............................................................................................................. 114
2.7
STROBE OUTPUT ........................................................................................................... 119
2.8
GAIN and OFFSET ........................................................................................................... 120
2.8.1
Analog Domain – manual control ................................................................................... 120
2.8.2
Digital Domain – manual control .................................................................................... 121
2.8.3
Automatic Gain Control (AGC) ...................................................................................... 121
2.9
DATA OUTPUT FORMAT ............................................................................................. 122
2.9.1 Bit Depth ......................................................................................................................... 122
2.9.2 Digital Data Shift ............................................................................................................. 123
2.9.3 Output Format ................................................................................................................. 123
2.10
PULSE GENERATOR ..................................................................................................... 127
2.11
I/O CONTROL .................................................................................................................. 128
2.11.1 I/O Mapping ................................................................................................................... 128
2.11.2 Electrical Connectivity ................................................................................................... 129
2.12
TEST IMAGE PATTERNS ............................................................................................. 131
2.12.1 Test Image patterns ........................................................................................................ 131
2.12.2 Image Superimposition ................................................................................................... 131
2.13
WHITE BALANCE AND COLOR CONVERSION ..................................................... 132
2.13.1 White Balance ................................................................................................................ 132
2.13.2 Color (Bayer to RGB) Conversion ................................................................................ 132
2.14
DYNAMIC BLACK LEVEL CORRECTION AND TAP BALANCING ................... 133
2.14.1 Black Level Correction ................................................................................................. 133
2.14.2 Tap Balancing ................................................................................................................ 133
2.15
TRANSFER FUNCTION CORRECTION – USER LUT ............................................. 134
2.15.1 Standard Gamma Correction ......................................................................................... 134
2.15.2 User Defined LUT ......................................................................................................... 135