ALLIED Vision Technologies Mako G-419 NIR - Manual (Page 43)

Mako Technical Manual V2.0.4
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Camera interfaces
Trigger timing diagram
The following diagram explains the trigger concept in general.
Notes on triggering
Trigger definitions
Note

For trigger description on camera control basis, see AVT GigE
Camera and Driver Features.
Figure 32: Trigger timing diagram
Term Definition
User trigger Trigger signal applied by the user (hardware
trigger, software trigger)
Logic trigger Trigger signal seen by the camera internal logic
(not visible to the user)
Tpd Propagation delay between the user trigger and
the logic trigger
Exposure High when the camera image sensor is integrating
light
Table 16: Trigger definitions
User trigger
Logic trigger
Exposure
Readout
Trigger ready
Imaging
Interline time
Idle
Tpd
Trigger
latency
Exposure
start delay
Trigger
jitter
Registered
exposure time
Readout time
N N+ 1
N N+ 1
Note: Jitter at the
beginning of an exposure
has no effect on the
length of exposure.