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Manual is about: CoaXPress Cmos Multi-Line Monochrome Camera

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    Eliixa+ 16k coaxpress cmos multi-line monochrome camera user manual.

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 2 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 summary 1 camera overview.............................................................................5 1.1 features......................................................................................................

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 3 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.3.3 trigger presets........................................................................................................................................... 27 6.2.3.4 rescaler....................................

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 4 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11.14 camera status (@0x8e00 => 0x8fff) ........................................................................................ 63 11.15 line profile average (@0x9000 => 0x91ff) .......................................

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 5 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 1 camera overview 1.1 features cmos sensor 4x 16384 pixels, 5 x 5µm multi-line structure (1, 2 or 4 lines to adapt the sensitivity) interface : o coaxpress® (4x links) line rate : o up to 100000 l/s data rate : o up...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 6 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 functionality (programmable via genicam control interface) analog gain up to 12 (x4) db offset -4096 to +4096 lsb trigger mode timed (free run) and triggered (ext trig, ext itc) modes mechanical and electrical inter...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 7 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 2 camera performances 2.1 camera characterization unit mode 1s (0db) mode 2s (0db) mode 4s (0db) min typ. Max min typ. Max min typ. Max dark noise rms lsb - 1,7 2,2 2,4 3,1 3 4 dynamic range - - 2394:1 - - 3412:1 (*...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 8 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 2.2 image sensor the eliixa+ 16k sensor is composed of two pairs of sensitive lines. Each pair of lines use the same analog to digital column converter (adc column). An appropriate (embedded) time delay in the expos...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 9 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 2.4 response & qe curves 2.4.1 quantum efficiency eliixa+ 16k quantum efficiency 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 350 450 550 650 750 850 950 (nm) q e (% ) 2.4.2 spectral response response (lsb 12bits...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 10 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 3 camera hardware interface 3.1 mechanical drawings z x y the step file is available on the web : www.E2v.Com/cameras.

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 11 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 3.2 input/output connectors and led sensor alignment z = -9.4 mm ±100µm x = 9 mm ±100 µm y = 50mm ±100 µm flatness ±25 µm rotation (x,y plan) ±0,1° tilt (versus lens mounting plane) 50µm usb connector for firmware ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 12 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 3.2.1 power over coaxpress the eliixa+ cxp is compliant with the power over coaxpress : there is no power connector as the power is delivered through the coaxial connectors 1 and 2. In the standard, the power over ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 13 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 3.2.3 trigger connector camera connector type: hirose hr10a-7r-5sb or compliant cable connector type: hirose hr10a-7p-5p (male) or compliant, provided with the camera in1/in2 are connected respectively to line0/lin...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 14 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 4 standard conformity the eliixa+ cameras have been tested using the following equipment: • a shielded trigger cable • a 10m coaxpress cable for the data transfer, certified at 6gb/s e2v recommends using the same c...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 15 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013.

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 16 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 5 getting started 5.1 out of the box the contains of the camera box is the following : - one camera eliixa+ - trigger connector (hirose hr10a-7p-5p-male or compliant) 5.2 setting up in the system the compliant lens...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 17 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6 camera software interface 6.1 control and interface the eliixa+ coaxpress camera is compliant with genicam 2.1 and the sfnc 1.5 standards. This means that the camera embeds its own definition and parameter descri...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 18 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2 camera commands 6.2.1 device control these are identification values of the camera. They can be accessed in the “device control” section feature description devicevendorname get camera vendor name as a string (...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 19 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 a standby mode, what for ? The standby mode stops all activity on the sensor level. The power dissipation drops down to about 6w. During the standby mode, the grab is stopped once the standby mode turned off, the c...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 20 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.2 image format feature description sensorwidth get sensor physical width : 16384 sensorheight 1 widthmax mapped on sensorwidth : 16384 or 8192 in binning mode heightmax 1 width mapped on sensorwidth : 16384 or ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 21 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.2.2 binning modes why using a multi-line gain of x0,5 ? Full exposure control as the « 4s » mode is performing an internal time delay exposure on the lines a & b and c & d, normally, the variation of the exposu...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 22 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 first pixel readout direction 6.2.2.3 forward/reverse forward/reverse information has to be set correctly as soon as one of the following modes : “2s”, “4s” or 2sb of the sensor is set. In these modes, the sensor/c...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 23 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.2.4 test image pattern selector this selection defines if the data comes from the normal sensor operation and fpga chain or from digital patterns generated at the end of the fpga. This is mainly useful to detec...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 24 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.3 acquisition control the acquisition control section describes all features related to image acquisition, including the trigger and exposure control. It describes the basic model for acquisition and the typica...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 25 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.3.1 external triggers on gpio connector an external gpio connector allows the camera to used 2 lines for triggering (line0 and line1) the end-user has the responsibility of the definition of the triggering syst...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 26 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature description acquisitionmode continuous (on line scan side) acquisitionstart start the acquisition acquisitionstop stop the acquisition lineperiod set line period, from 10µs to 6553,5µs, by step 0,1µs linepe...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 27 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.3.3 trigger presets several triggers are pre-defined to help the user to define its trigger configuration. For external trigger, 5 modes are available (same than in the camera link version) : for cxp triggers, ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 28 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 rescaler feature name description triggerrescalersource selection of the input source of the rescaler : - line0 - line1 - bypass rescaler triggerrescalermultplier multiplier factor : 1 to 4096 triggerrescalerdivide...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 29 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 the maxsampledperiod must be as close as possible to the trigger period while still being longer maxsampledperiod = 20ns x granularity x 2 rescalersize the array below gives the maxsampledperiod in millisecond resc...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 30 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.4 digital i/o control feature name description linestatusall return the current status of all lines (bit0 for line0, bit1 for line1, bit2 for line2) a voir lineselector - line0, - line1 the 5 following paramete...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 31 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.5 counters and timers control counters counterselector select which counter to be configured - counter1, - counter2 all the following parameters are relative to the selection of the counterselector above counte...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 32 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 counters counterresetsource select the signal that reset the counter: 0: off 1: software 2: line0, 3: line1 4: line2 counterresetactivation select the type of activation for the counter reset source : 0: risingedge...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 33 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.5.1 counters here is a following description of the counters : 6.2.5.2 timers here is a following description of the counters : counter counterduration counterend countereventsource countertriggersource + polar...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 34 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.6 gain and offset analog gain in the adc the only analog gain available in the eliixa+ is located at the sensor level, in the adc converter. This “preamp gain” is in fact a variation of the ramp of the comparat...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 35 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature description preampgain set pre amplifier gain (analog gain) to: x1: (0db) x2: (6db) x4: (12db) gain set adjustment gain from 0db to +8 db digital quarter gain selector select the quarter gain (1-4) to be se...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 36 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 roi gain : how does it works the roi gain feature comes in addition with the ffc (it’s applied and calculated after). The maximum complementary gain ix x2. It can be applied in 2 commands : - first set the roi gain...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 37 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.7 flat field correction how is performed the flat field correction ? What is the flat field correction (ffc) ? The flat field correction is a digital correction on each pixel which allows : to correct the pixel...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 38 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 how to perform the flat field correction ? Fpn/dsnu calibration cover the lens launch the fpn calibration : grab and calculation is performed in few seconds prnu calibration the user must propose a white/gray unifo...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 39 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature description ffcenable - disable flat field correction - enable flat field correction fpnreset reset fpn coefficients of the ram memory prnureset reset prnu coefficients of the ram memory fpnvalueall memory ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 40 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.7.2 manual flat field correction the ffc coefficients can also be processed outside of the camera or changed manually by accessing directly their values in the camera : this is the “manual” ffc. This will allow...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 41 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.8 look up table the user can define an upload a lut in the camera that can be used at the end of the processing. The lut is defined as a correspondence between each of the 4096 gray levels (in 12 bits) with ano...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 42 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.9 statistics and line profile this function allows the user to get some statistics on a pre-defined roi. On request, the camera acquires and then calculates some key values as the min, the max, the average or t...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 43 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.10 privilege level there are 3 privilege levels for the camera : factory (0) : reserved for the factory integrator (1) : reserved for system integrators user (2) : for all users. The cameras are delivered in in...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 44 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 6.2.11 save & restore settings the settings (or main configuration) of the camera can be saved in 4x different user banks and one integrator bank. This setting includes also the ffc and lut enable parameters this f...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 45 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 7 appendix a: test patterns 7.1 test pattern 1: vertical wave the test pattern 1 is a vertical moving wave : each new line will increment of 1 gray level in regards with the previous one. In 12 bits the level reach...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 46 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 7.2.2 in 12 bits (medium) format – no binning (16384 pixels) 0 1024 2048 3072 4096 0 2048 4096 6144 8192 10240 12288 14336 an increment of 1 lsb is made for each pixel. When it reaches 4095, turns back to 0 and sta...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 47 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 7.2.3 in 8/12 bits full/medium format with binning (8192 pixels) pixel 0 : 32 pixel 1 : 32 … pixel 15 : 32 pixel 16 : 33 pixel 17 : 33 … pixel 31 : 33 pixel 32 : 34 … pixel 511 : 63 pixel 512 : 96 pixel 513 : 96 … ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 48 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 8 appendix b: timing diagrams 8.1 synchronization modes with variable exposure time t pix : timing pixel. During this uncompressible period, the pixel and its black reference are read out to the digital converter. ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 49 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 if t per is the line period (internal or external coming from the trigger line), in order to respect this line period, the exposure time as to be set by respecting : t int + t pix per then, the real exposure time i...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 50 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 8.3 timing values label min unit t pix 5 µs t x 3,1 µs t h 0,120 µs t ht t pix µsec t d 1,1 µs 7µs 2,5µs tint prog 5µs 10µs 1,5µs tint real tper min.

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 51 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 9 appendix c: data cables • cxp cables and the separate lanes of a cxp-multi-cable shall be coaxial with a characteristic impedance of 75Ω ± 4 Ω. When a series connection of cxp-cables is considered, all of the bnc...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 52 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 10 appendix d: lenses compatibility qioptics (linos) nominal magnification magnification range m95 focus tube reference lens reference part number inspec.X. L 5.6/105 0,33 x 0,25 – 0,45 x 2408-012-000-41 0703-085-0...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 53 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 edmund optics nominal magnification working distance (at nom. Mag.) reference part number techspec f4 1 x 151 mm nt68-222 techspec f4 1,33 x 158,5 mm nt68-223 techspec f4 2,0 x 129 mm nt68-224 techspec f4 3,0 x 110...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 54 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11 appendix e: commands summary 11.1 category “device control” (@0x8000 => 0x81ff) 11.2 image format (@0x8200 => 0x83ff) feature cxp @ size in bytes description by default width 0x07000 4 depends on sensorwidth hei...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 55 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature cxp @ size in bytes description by default sensormode 0x08204 4 0: set sensor mode to dualline “1s” 1: sensor mode to multiline “2s” 2: set sensor mode to quadriline “4s” 3: set sensor mode to binning monol...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 56 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11.4 scan direction feature cxp @ size in bytes description by default scandirectionmode 0x0820c 4 0: set scan direction to “forward” 1: set scan direction to “reverse” 2: set scan direction to “externally controll...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 57 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature name cxp @ size bytes bit field description by default triggersoftware 0x08424 4 generate a software trigger to start the acquisition when trigger mode is active and trigger source is software triggerselect...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 58 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11.7 counters feature name cxp @ size bytes bit field description by default counterselector not a register select which counter to configure {counter1, counter2} counter1 counterselector = counter1 countertriggers...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 59 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 feature name cxp @ size bytes bit field description by default counterresetsource [31-27] select the signal that reset the counter: 0: off 1: software 2: line0, 3: line1 4: line2 counterresetactivation 0x084c4 4 [2...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 60 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11.8 timers feature name cxp @ size bytes bit field description by default timerselector not a register select which timer to configure {timer1, timer2} timer1 timerselector = timer1 timertriggersource [31-27] sele...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 61 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11.9 rescaler feature name cxp @ size bytes bit field description by default triggerrescalersource 4 [31-30] rescalersize (see 6.2.3.4) bit0: 0: line0 selected for rescaler 1: line1 selected for rescaler bit1: bypa...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 62 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11.11 flat field correction (@0x8800 => 0x89ff without memory zone) feature cxp @ size in bytes description by default ffcenable 0x08800 4 0: disable flat field correction (“false”) - in user/integrator mode : the ...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 63 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 11.13 save and restore user configurations (@0x8c00 => 0x8dff) feature cxp @ size in bytes description by default usersetload 0x08c00 4 restore current userset from userset bank number , from 0 to 5; comes from use...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 64 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 standby 0x08e08 4 0 :disable standby mode (“false”) 1 :enable standby mode (“true”), no more video available but save power and temperature 0 statuswaitfortrigger bit 0: true if camera waits for a trigger during mo...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 65 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 12 appendix f: revision history manual revision comments / details firmware version rev a first release 1.0.10a rev b full exposure control lens compatibility list extension. Cable specifications (standard) 1.0.13a...

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    Eliixa+® 16k cxp 66 um eliixa+ 16k cxp – indice e - 06/13 e2v semiconductors sas 2013 whilst e2v has taken care to ensure the accuracy of the information contained herein it accepts no responsibility for the consequences of any use thereof and also reserves the right to change the specification of g...