Q Imaging QI Click User Manual - Appendices

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CHAPTER 8

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: External Trigger Port

The external trigger port at the rear of the camera is a 6-pin miniature circular DIN receptacle (AMP 

749265-1). The mating connector is a Singatron Enterprises part number 62000-6P, available 

fromDigikey (www.digikey.com)

Figure 11— 

External Trigger Port Connector

The pinout for the connector is as follows

+5VDC (pin 1) and GROUND (pin 4 & pin 6) must be connected in order for SYNC-A, SYNC-B or 

TRIGGER to be live.

Pin Number

Signal Name

Signal 

Source

Description

1

+5 VDC

User

Power for Optocoupler trigger

2

Trigger (input)

User

Active Low Trigger Input

3

SYNC-A (output)

Camera

Indicates CCD Read-out

4

Ground

User

Ground Reference for Optocoupler

5

SYNC-B (output)

Camera

Exposure or Trigger Mask

6

Ground

User

Ground Reference for Optocoupler

Table 2—Pin-out of the External Trigger Port Connector

1 2

3

4

5 6