Cheetah KAC Camera User Manual | Camera Link (CLF) Interface
October 1, 2019
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Analog Gain Vs Select Code
Select Code
10-Bit Gain
12-Bit Gain
2
NA
4.00
4
8.00
2.00
6
5.33
1.33
8
4.00
1.00
10
3.20
NA
12
2.66
NA
14
2.28
NA
16
2.00
NA
18
1.77
NA
20
1.60
NA
22
1.45
NA
24
1.33
NA
26
1.23
NA
28
1.14
NA
30
1.07
NA
32
1.00
NA
Table 20: Analog gain steps.
5.10.2 Digital Domain – manual control
As mentioned under Analog Domain – Manual Control, you should apply analog gain
before applying digital gain for optimal noise performance. Digital gain is applied before
the application of the user selected target black level. To provide finer control at lower
gain settings, the digital gain step size varies according to the following table.
Table 21: Digital Gain Range and Step sizes.
5.11 Wide Dynamic Range Function
5.11.1 Overview
The Cheetah cameras introduce an exciting new feature for outdoor and uncontrolled
lighting applications. The extended dynamic range function (or wide dynamic range
function) is applied to each individual pixel. In WDR mode, the camera effectively varies
the exposure time of each individual pixel based on the intensity of the source at each
