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Description of the data path
STINGRAY Technical Manual V4.4.4
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Packed 12-Bit Mode
All Stingray cameras have the so-called Packed 12-Bit Mode. This means:
two 12-bit pixel values are packed into 3 bytes instead of 4 bytes.
The color codings are implemented via Vendor Unique Color_Coding accord-
ing to IIDC V1.31: COLOR_CODING_INQ @ 024h...033h, IDs=128-255)
See Table 125: Format_7 control and status register on page 289.
B/w cameras Color cameras
Packed 12-Bit MONO camera mode
SmartView: MONO12
Packed 12-Bit RAW camera mode
SmartView: RAW12
Mono and raw mode have the same implementation.
Table 52: Packed 12-Bit Mode
Note
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For data block packet format see Table 34: Packed 12-Bit
Mode (mono and raw) Y12 format on page 114.
For data structure see Table 39: Data structure of Packed
12-Bit Mode (mono and raw) (AVT) on page 114.
Mode Color_Coding ID
Packed 12-Bit MONO ECCID_MONO12 ID=132
Packed 12-Bit RAW ECCID_RAW12 ID=136
Table 53: Packed 12-Bit Mode: color coding