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G3M662C Manual G3M662C 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.
G3M662C Manual Contents G3M662C User Manual ............................... 1 Description and Features ............................. 1 G3M662C Specifications and Performance ......................1 Camera Specifications ............................. 1 Sony IMX662 Sensitivity ..........................1 12bit ADC and ROI ............................2 DDR3 Buffer ..............................2 Binning ................................2 Conversion Gain Switch ..........................
100 frames/second. In addition, it also has the advantages of high full well, high dynamics and high sensitivity. This makes G3M662C have excellent performance in planetary photography, solar photography and lunar photography.
Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 /10 (32 & 64 bit) Supported OS OSx(Mac OS X) Linux 2.2 Sony IMX662 Sensitivity The sensor G Sensitivity of G3M662C is 5612mv with 1/30s. Its spectral sensitivity is shown in Figure 1.
2.3 12bit ADC and ROI The G3M662C has built in 12bit ADC. It also has 16bit 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.
G3M662C 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,...
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G3M662C Manual Figure 2 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for G3M662C The camera analysis data is shown in Table 3: Table 3 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1000 1778 3162 5623 10000 15000 Rel Gain (dB) 0.00 4.89 10.09 14.95 20.06 25.17 35.01 40.02 43.47 e-/ADU 9.56 3.04 1.75 0.97...
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G3M662C Manual Camera setting used for performance analysis is shown below: Full resolution RAW 12-bit mode Figure 3 shows the curves of the camera analysis data in Table 4 Figure 3 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for G3M662C...
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G3M662C Manual The camera analysis data is shown in Table 4: Table 4 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1000 1778 3162 5623 10000 15000 Rel Gain (dB) 4.89 10.09 14.95 20.06 25.17 35.01 40.02 43.47 e-/ADU 0.98 0.54 0.17 0.05 0.03 0.02...
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G3M662C Manual Camera setting used for performance analysis is shown below: Full resolution RAW 12-bit mode Figure 4 shows the curves of the camera analysis data in Table 4 Figure 4 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for G3M662C...
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G3M662C Manual The camera analysis data is shown in Table 5: Table 5 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1000 1778 3162 5623 10000 15000 Rel Gain (dB) 0.00 4.89 10.09 14.95 20.06 25.17 35.01 40.02 43.47 e-/ADU 0.23 0.13 0.07 0.04 0.02...
G3M662C Manual 3 Product Package and Connections 3.1 Packing List Figure 5 Packing Information of G3M662C Table 6 G3M662C 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...
G3M662C Manual 3.2 Camera Dimension and Its Mount Figure 6 Dimension and Mount of G3M662C 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.
G3M662C Manual 4 G3M662C and Its Software 4.1 Application Installation For software, customers are welcomed to go to our software website: https://Touptek-astro.com//, 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.
G3M662C Manual Figure 9 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;...
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 x64: Win7 or above Supported Camera: All ToupTek astronomy cameras 4.3 G3M662C and the 3 Party Software 4.3.1 Support Software Software Version ASCOM...
G3M662C Manual http://www.ascom-standards.org/index.htm You can download the ASCOM package from : http://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/Index.htm 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.
G3M662C 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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