Table Of Contents - Hamamatsu Photonics C8484-16C Instruction Manual

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1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................ 1
1-1 CLASSIFICATION OF WARNINGS .................................................................... 1
2. CHECK THE CONTENTS OF PACKAGE ................................................... 4
3. INSTALLATION ........................................................................................... 4
4. OVERVIEW .................................................................................................. 7
5. FEATURES .................................................................................................. 7
6. NAME AND FUNCTION OF THE PARTS ................................................... 8
6-1 CAMERA HEAD .................................................................................................. 8
6-2 CAMERA CONTROL UNIT ................................................................................. 9
7. CONNECTING CABLES ........................................................................... 10
8. OPERATION .............................................................................................. 11
8-1 PREPARATION FOR IMAGING........................................................................ 11
8-2 IMAGING ........................................................................................................... 11
8-3 END OF IMAGING ............................................................................................. 11
9. IMAGE ACQUISITION ............................................................................... 12
9-1 DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE CCD FUNCTIONS ............................................ 12
9-2 OVERVIEW OF THE CAMERA MODES ........................................................... 13
9-3 DETAILS OF CAMERA MODE ......................................................................... 14
9-3-1 DIGITAL OUTPUT PIXEL COUNT ....................................................................................... 14
9-3-2 DIGITAL OUTPUT BIT COUNT ............................................................................................ 14
9-3-3 BINNING READOUT AND BINNING SETTINGS VALUES .................................................. 14
9-3-4 CCD READOUT METHODS (SCAN MODE) ....................................................................... 15
9-4 EXPOSURE TIME SETTINGS .......................................................................... 17
9-4-1 FREE RUNNING MODE ...................................................................................................... 17
9-4-2 EXTERNAL CONTROL MODE............................................................................................. 23
10. COMMAND SPECIFICATION ................................................................... 30
10-1 TRANSMISSION INTERFACE .......................................................................... 30
10-2 COMMAND FORMAT ....................................................................................... 30
10-3 CAMERA RESPONSE TO COMMANDS .......................................................... 30
10-4 OVERVIEW OF COMMANDS ........................................................................... 32
10-5 COMMAND INITIAL SETTING .......................................................................... 34
10-6 DETAIL OF COMMANDS ................................................................................. 35
11. PRECAUTIONS WHEN USING THE CCD ................................................ 40
12. MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................ 41
12-1 CARE ................................................................................................................. 41
13. TROUBLESHOOTING CHECKLIST ......................................................... 42
13-1 IMAGES NOT TRANSFERRED ........................................................................ 42
13-2 ALTHOUGH IMAGES ARE TRANSFERRED (OTHER PROBLEMS) ........... 42
14. SPECIFICATION ....................................................................................... 43
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