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Manta Technical Manual V7.0.1
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Camera interfaces
Signal Description
GPO Configured to be a general purpose output, control of which is assigned to
SyncOutGpoLevels
AcquisitionTriggerReady Active once the camera has been recognized by the host PC and is ready to start
acquisition
FrameTriggerReady Active when the camera is in a state that will accept the next frame trigger
FrameTrigger Active when an image has been initiated to start. This is a logic trigger internal
to the camera, which is initiated by an external trigger or software trigger
event
Exposing Active for the duration of sensor exposure
FrameReadout Active at during frame readout, i.e. the transferring of image data from the
CCD to camera memory
Imaging High when the camera image sensor is either exposing and/or reading out
data
Acquiring Active during an acquisition stream
SyncIn1 Active when there is an external trigger at SyncIn1
SyncIn2 Active when there is an external trigger at SyncIn2
Strobe1 The output signal is controlled according to Strobe1 settings
Table 39: Output signals
Figure 74: Output block diagram
GPO
Output signal
Optocoupler
Polarity
selectable
via software
Read from
software
Output
mode
selectable
via software
AcquisitionTriggerReady
FrameTriggerReady
FrameTrigger
Exposing
FrameReadout
Acquiring
SyncIn1
SyncIn2
Strobe1