On-Camera Frame Buffer; Non-Volatile Flash Memory - FLIR GRASSHOPPER 3 Series Technical Reference

5.3

On-Camera Frame Buffer

The camera has a 128 MB that can be used for temporary image storage. This may be useful in cases such as:
Retransmission of an image is required due to data loss or corruption.
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Multiple camera systems where there is insufficient bandwidth to capture images in the desired
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configuration.
All images pass through the frame buffer mechanism. This introduces relatively little delay in the system because
the camera does not wait for a full image to arrive in the buffer before starting transmission but rather lags only a
few lines behind.
The frame buffer is volatile memory that is erased after power cycling. To store images on the camera after power
cycling, use Non- Volatile Flash Memory
frame buffer, and storage is limited.
To control frame buffer:
CSRs—IMAGE_RETRANSMIT: 634h
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5.4

Non-Volatile Flash Memory

The camera has 2 MB non-volatile memory for users to store data.
FlyCapture SDK example
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