User guide

Introduction

STINGRAY Technical Manual V4.4.4

Introduction

This STINGRAY 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

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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

V2.0.0 31.03.08 New Manual - RELEASE status

V2.1.0 23.05.08 New CAD drawings due to new flange in Chapter Camera dimen-

sions on page 71ff.

Added Appendix: Chapter Sensor position accuracy of AVT

FireWire cameras on page 341

Added direct fiber technology in Chapter STINGRAY cameras on

page 29

Added fiber cameras (1 x copper, 1 x GOF) and fiber power con-

sumption in all tables in Chapter Specifications on page 46ff.

Added Chapter Pulse-width modulation (Stingray housing and

Stingray board level models) on page 106ff.

Added Chapter Horizontal mirror function on page 129ff.

Added Chapter Shading correction on page 130

to be continued on next page

Table 1: Document history