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2.2
Protection against Electrostatic Discharge
The camera contains sensible electronic components which can be destroyed by means of electrostatic
discharge. When using the camera one has to take care of a sufficient grounding which is obligatory to
minimize the risk of damage.
2.3
Environmental Conditions
The camera should be operated in dry and dust free environment. The working temperature range
depends on the model version and is for example between 25°C and 45°C (temperature of the camera
housing). Outside this temperature range the image quality can be worse. Also clipping of some
regions or clipping of the whole image is possible outside the working temperature range. Regarding
the signal quality of the IRC-320 it is an advantage to operate the camera under constant ambient air
temperature. This can e.g. be facilitated by assembling the camera on a bigger metal corpus or by an
additional active temperature regulation. The red LED at the backside of the camera (L3) or the value
of the register
T
serves for examination. If L3 permanently lights up or rather the lowest bit of
T
is set,
the camera housing has a temperature which is outside of the optimum. In this case an additional
heating or cooling has to be provided.
2.4
Warm up Period
Depending on the prevailing environmental conditions, some time might pass after the camera start,
until the image quality reaches its optimum. In case of simple view applications with low demands, the
data are already suitable following an operating period of some minutes. If time stability of the
temperature data is required a longer warm up period of at least 20 minutes is recommended.
VDS Vosskühler GmbH
IRC-320
