What's New In This Version - THORLABS DCU223x Operation Manual And Sdk

DCx Cameras

1.6 What's New in this Version?

Version 4.20 of the DCxCamera software package includes many new features and enhancements. The following
table gives you an overview of the major new functions.
Please make sure to also read the file named WhatsNew.txt which you will find in the C:\Program Files
\Thorlabs\DCx Cameras\Help directory when the installation is completed. This file contains late-breaking
information on new functions and fixed issues.
New in Version 4.20
Cameras & functions
CCD models with hardware revision 3:
Improved long time exposure function
12 bit per pixel now also available for USB 2.0 cameras
More functions for the USB 3 DCC3240 camera series:
Hot pixel corrections, color conversion, gamma and LUT are now
integrated at the hardware level for DCC3240 models. This
reduces PC load and further enhances color reproduction quality
significantly.
An event/message indicates when the transfer speed changes
from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 and vice versa.
The is_Measure() function allows the measurement of the image
sharpness in the current image. The sharpness is returned as a
relative value. For this function a new camera demo is added.
New color formats are added:
IS_CM_RGB12_PACKED
IS_CM_RGBA12_PACKED
IS_CM_BGR12_PACKED
IS_CM_BGRA12_PACKED
IS_CM_RGB8_PLANAR
The following formats are renamed and the previous formats are
moved to the uc480_deprecated.h header file:
IS_CM_BGR10V2_PACKED (new IS_CM_BGR10_PACKED)
IS_CM_RGB10V2_PACKED (new: IS_CM_RGB10_PACKED)
IS_CM_BGR555_PACKED (new: IS_CM_BGR5_PACKED)
The following formats are moved to the uc480_deprecated.h
header file as they are identical to existing formats:
IS_CM_BAYER_RG8 (now: IS_CM_SENSOR_RAW8)
IS_CM_BAYER_RG12 (now: IS_CM_SENSOR_RAW12)
IS_CM_BAYER_RG16 (now: IS_CM_SENSOR_RAW16)
New camera demos:
Simultaneous opening of multiple cameras and sending a single
software trigger (Multi-camera demo)
Measuring of the image sharpness in an AOI of the current image
(Measure sharpness demo)
In the is_AOI() function the IS_AOI_MULTI_MODE_AXES
parameter was renamed to IS_AOI_MULTI_MODE_X_Y_AXES.
The old parameter was moved to the uc480_deprecated.h
header file.
Older versions
See the History of uc480 Software Versions
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and History of uc480 API functions
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Described in chapter
Camera and sensor data
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is_Measure()
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is_SetColorMode()
Color and memory formats
See separate manual for the uc480 samples
is_AOI()
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chapters.
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