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- Page 1 ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual G3M178M User Manual Version 1.0 Sept 2023 All materials related to this publication are subject to change without notice and its copyright totally belongs to ToupTek Photonics. Please download the latest version from touptek-astro.com.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual Contents G3M178M User Manual .............................. 1 Description and Features ............................. 1 G3M178M Specifications and Performance ....................... 2 Camera Specifications ............................. 2 Sony IMX178 Sensitivity ..........................3 14bit ADC and ROI ............................3 DDR3 Buffer ..............................3 Binning ................................3 Conversion Gain Switch .......................... -
Page 3: G3M178M User Manual
ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual 1 Description and Features The planetary camera G3M178M adopts SONY STARVIS and Exmor R technologies, which are suitable for astronomical photography, microscopy, industrial vision, etc. In addition, it has extremely low readout noise, high sensitivity and 14-bit ADC back-illuminated CMOS image sensor. This enables G3M178M to take high-resolution astronomical photos. -
Page 4: G3M178M Specifications And Performance
ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual 2 G3M178M Specifications and Performance 2.1 Camera Specifications Table 1 G3M178M Technique Specifications. Sensor Sony IMX178 monochrome CMOS sensor Diagonal 8.92 mm Image Resolution 6.2 mega pixels (3040*2048) 2.4µm ´ 2.4µm Pixel Size 7.4mm ´ 5.0mm Image Area 14bit 8bit Max FPS at Resolution (USB 3.0) 29.1 FPS @ 3040*2048... -
Page 5: Sony Imx178 Sensitivity
2.3 14bit ADC and ROI The G3M178M has built in 14bit ADC. It also has 14bit output mode for hardware binning and smaller resolution. The camera also supports hardware ROI, and the smaller the ROI size is, the higher the frame rate is. -
Page 6: Power System
ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual 2.7 Power System The camera operates via a USB 3.0 interface. Upon establishing a connection with the host system using the USB 3.0 cable, the device is primed for operation. 2.8 Camera Performance Analysis Camera performance can be evaluated with e-/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well... - Page 7 ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual Figure 2 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for G3M178M The camera analysis data is shown in Table 3: Table 3 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1000 1778 3163 4999 Rel Gain (dB) 0.00 4.88 10.09 14.94 20.04 25.14 29.99 33.78 e-/ADU 0.65 0.36 0.21 0.12 0.07 0.04 0.02...
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Page 8: Product Package And Connections
ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual 3 Product Package and Connections 3.1 Packing List Figure 3 Packing Information of G3M178M Table 4 G3M178M Packing List Standard Camera Packing List Carton L:50cm W:30cm H:30cm (20pcs, 12~17Kg/ carton, 0.045m3), not shown in the photo Gift box L:15cm W:15cm H:10cm (0.8~1.0Kg/ box) One G3M series USB3.0 camera with 1.25” interface(outer) and C-Mount(inner) High-speed USB3.0 A male to B male gold-plated connectors cable /2.0m... -
Page 9: Camera Dimension And Its Mount
ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual 3.2 Camera Dimension and Its Mount Figure 4 Dimension and Mount of G3M178M and 1.25’’ extender series body, made from tough, alloy, ensures a heavy duty, workhorse solution. The camera is designed with IR-CUT a high-quality to protect the camera sensor and block the IR elimination the reflection light. No moving parts included. -
Page 10: G3M178M And Its Software
4 G3M178M and Its Software 4.1 Application Installation For software, customers are welcomed to go to our software website: https//touptek-astro.com.cn, to download the latest ToupSky. The G3M can also be used with ASCOM, DirectShow SDK. If the third-party software is compatible with these SDK, customers can also download the software driver from our website and install the drivers into the third-party software. -
Page 11: Professional Camera Control Panel
ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual Figure 7 ToupSky and Its Browse Window 4.1.2 Professional Camera Control Panel Capture & Resolution Set the live and snap resolution and snap the image or record video; Exposure & Gain Auto exposure (exposure target preset) and manual exposure (exposure time can be inputted manually); Up to 5 times gain; Color Balance Advanced single-click intelligent white balance setting, temperature and tint can be manually adjusted;... -
Page 12: Powerful Compatibility
4.2 G3M178M and Dshow ToupTekDshowAstroSetup (Click the left blue link to download) DshowAstro is an interface driver providing Dshow standard support for ToupTek USB astronomy camera Supported OS: Windows: x86: XP SP3 or above; CPU supports SSE2 instruction set or above... -
Page 13: Phd Guiding
4.3.3 PHD Guiding A popular free guide software: http://openphdguiding.org/ ToupTek’s telescope camera support Native/ASCOM/WDM driver to run the video. 4.3.4 Nebulosity A popular cooled camera control/image process software directly supported via ASCOM. 4.3.5 MetaGuide Autoguiding software with novel method to avoid the atmospheric agitation. The latest version support GCMOS01200KPB and the guide port: http://www.astrogeeks.com/Bliss/MetaGuide/... -
Page 14: Service
ATR3CMOS09000KPA Manual 5 Service For software upgrades, please refer to “Download” on our official website: https://touptek-astro.com.cn// For customers who purchase the cameras from local dealer, please contact your dealer for more inquiry. For technical support, please contact e-mail address: karas@Touptek-astro.com.
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