Trigger Timing Diagram; Notes On Triggering - AVT Mako G-032B Technical Manual

Camera interfaces
Tpd
User trigger
Logic trigger
Exposure
Readout
Interline time
Trigger ready
Imaging
Idle

Trigger timing diagram

The following diagram explains the trigger concept in general.
Note For trigger description on camera control basis, see AVT GigE
Camera and Driver Features.

Readout time
Trigger
latency
Exposure
start delay
N
Trigger
jitter
Figure 35: Trigger timing diagram

Notes on triggering

Trigger definitions
Term
User trigger
Logic trigger
Tpd
Exposure
Readout
Registered
exposure time
N+ 1
N
Definition
Trigger signal applied by the user (hardware
trigger, software trigger)
Trigger signal seen by the camera internal logic
(not visible to the user)
Propagation delay between the user trigger and
the logic trigger
High when the camera image sensor is integrating
light
High when the camera image sensor is reading out
data
Table 21: Trigger definitions
Note: Jitter at the
beginning of an exposure
has no effect on the
length of exposure.
N+ 1
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