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Extended shutter – ALLIED Vision Technologies Pike F-1600 User Manual

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Controlling image capture

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Example: Pike F-032

register value x time base = exposure time

100 x 20 μs + 17 μs = 2017 μs exposure time

The minimum adjustable exposure time set by register is 1 μs.  The real mini-
mum exposure time of Pike F-032 is then:

1 μs + 17 μs = 18 μs

Extended shutter

The exposure time for long-term integration of up to 67 seconds can be
extended via the advanced register: EXTENDED_SHUTTER

The longest exposure time, 3FFFFFFh, corresponds to 67.11 sec.

The lowest possible value of ExpTime is camera-specific (see

Table 73: Camera-

specific minimum exposure time

on page 215).

Pike F-505

1 μs

1 μs + 26 μs = 27 μs

Pike F-1100

1 μs

1 μs + 128 μs = 129 μs

Pike F-1600

1 μs

1 μs + 635 μs = 636 μs

Camera

Register value

Time base (default)

Pike F-032

100

20 μs

Table 74: Register value and time base for Pike F-032

Register

Name

Field

Bit

Description

0xF100020C

EXTD_SHUTTER

Presence_Inq

[0]

Indicates presence of this feature (read
only)

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[1.. 5]

ExpTime

[6..31]

Exposure time in μs

Table 75: Advanced register: Extended shutter

Camera model

Minimum exposure time

Effective min. exp. time

= Min. exp. time + offset

Table 73: Camera-specific minimum exposure time

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