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ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual ATR3CMOS26000KMA User Manual Version 2.2 May 2022 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.
ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual Contents ATR3CMOS26000KMA User Manual ........................1 Description and Features ............................. 1 ATR3CMOS26000KMA Specifications and Performance ................1 Camera Specifications ............................. 1 Sony IMX571 Sensitivity ..........................2 16bit ADC and ROI ............................2 DDR3 Buffer ..............................2 Binning ................................2 Conversion Gain Switch ..........................
1 Description and Features The ATR3CMOS26000KMA camera is designed specifically for astrophotography. It is mainly used for deep sky photo shooting, since the camera has cooled CMOS sensor, ultra-low readout noise and zero amp-glow. It can be also used for planetary photo shooting.
2.3 16bit ADC and ROI The ATR3CMOS26000KMA has built in 16bit ADC. It also has 12bit 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.
Such efficient cooling system guarantees the stability of ultra-low noise mode and quality of the camera image. 2.8 Zero Amp-Glow ATR3CMOS26000KMA has been carefully designed and is able to achieve zero amp-glow photo shooting. Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the different cameras at 20°C and 5-minute exposure time with and without amp-glow. By comparison, the image captured by ATR3CMOS26000KMA shows zero amp-glow.
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SNR and better quality of image. Low Noise Mode, which means users could get even It is more impressive that ATR3CMOS26000KMA comes with Low Noise Mode lower readout noise by selecting while the frame rate is reduced as sacrifice. Its significantly low read e-(Low Noise Mode).
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ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual Figure 5 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for ATR3CMOS26000KMA The camera analysis data is shown in Table 3: Table 3 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1000 1584 2511 3981 6309 10000 Rel Gain (dB) 0.00 3.99 8.03 11.90 15.89 19.90 23.87 27.81 31.83 35.84 39.83 e-/ADU 0.25 0.16...
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ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual Figure 6 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for ATR3CMOS26000KMA...
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ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual The camera analysis data is shown in Table 4: Table 4 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1000 1584 2511 3981 6309 10000 Rel Gain (dB) 0.00 3.96 8.00 12.03 16.02 20.04 24.02 27.98 32.03 36.02 39.96 e-/ADU 0.77 0.49 0.31...
ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual 3 Product Package and Connections 3.1 Packing List Figure 7 Packing Information of ATR3CMOS26000KMA Table 5 ATR3CMOS26000KMA Packing List Standard Package Carton L:50cm W:30cm H:30cm (20pcs, 12~17Kg/ carton, 0.045m3), not shown in the photo 3-A safety equipment case: L:28cm W:23cm H:15cm (1pcs, 3.9Kg/ box); carton size: L:28.2cm W:16.7cm H:25.5cm(TBD) ATR3CMOS series camera (M42x0.75 Mount+2”...
ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual 3.2 Camera Dimension and Its Mount Figure 8 Dimension and Mount of ATR3CMOS26000KMA Table 6 Dimension and Mount of ATR3CMOS26000KMA Item Specification Æ80mm Diameter Height 100mm Mount M42Fx0.75mm 3.3 Camera Outline and Interface Figure 9 Camera Outline and Interface.
3.4 Camera Mechanical Connection with Adapter The ATR3CMOS26000KMA can be connected to a telescope with proper adapter, or the camera lens. The most common adapters are already included in the package, but we also provide some specific adaptors based on the requirement.
ATR3CMOS camera with M42Fx0.75 mount 3.6 Camera Electric Connection with Accessories On the back side of ATR3CMOS26000KMA, there are 3 connection ports: DC 12V/3A power port, USB3.0/ USB2.0 port and USB-HUB. Due to the significantly larger power cunsumption of IMX571, ATR3CMOS26000KMA (including the cooling system) is now booted up only by 12V/3A power supply.
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ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual Figure 12 Camera Electric Connection Table 10 Camera Electric Connection Details Item Specification USB3.0/USb2.0 Port To computer with USB3.0/USB2.0 cable To filter wheel with USB2.0 cable USB HUB for Accessories To guiding camera with USB 2.0 cable Power Port DC12V/3A...
4 ATR3CMOS26000KMA and Its Software 4.1 Application Installation For software, customers are welcomed to go to our software website: https//touptek-astro.com/download/, to download the latest ToupSky. The ATR3CMOS 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.
ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual Figure 14 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;...
4.2 ATR3CMOS26000KMA 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...
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/...
ATR3CMOS26000KMA Manual 5 Service For software upgrades, please refer to “Download” on our official website: https://Touptek-astro.com// 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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