Manual

Introduction

MARLIN Technical Manual V2.4.0

Introduction

This MARLIN Technical Manual describes in depth the technical specifica-

tions, dimensions, all camera features (IIDC standard and AVT smart fea-

tures) and their registers, trigger features, all video and color formats, band-

width and frame rate calculation.

For information on hardware installation, safety warnings, pin assignments

on I/O connectors and 1394b connectors read the Hardware Installation

Guide.

Document history

Note

Please read through this manual carefully.

We assume that you have read already the Hardware

Installation Guide and that you have installed the hard-

ware and software on your PC or laptop (FireWire card,

cables).

Version Date Remarks

0.9 18.12.2003 First issue

0.91 09.01.2004 Typos corrected, minor changes, spectral sensitivity of IR cut

filter added

1.0 20.01.2004 Wording checked, MARLIN W90/270 added

1.1 07.09.2004 MARLIN F-131C added, added features to make manual compli-

ant with firmware 2.05, wording checked, impulse diagrams

corrected

1.2 08.10.2004 Manual compliant to firmware 2.06

1.3 23.02.2005 For MARLINS with serial numbers xx/yy-6zzzzzzz

1.31 12.04.2005 Color: firmware 20050321, CMOS included

1.4 24.08.2005 Added MARLIN F-146, all: class B compliant

2.0.0 10.03.2006 Added MARLIN F-201, manual compliant to firmware 3.03,

added features secure image signature (SIS) and user profiles,

minor corrections

2.1.0 10.04.2006 Time stamp changed

to be continued on next page

Table 1: Document history