Data Output Format; Bit Depth; Figure 2.21 - Data Output Format - Imperx BOBCAT ICL-B0610Ml Hardware User Manual

2.9

DATA OUTPUT FORMAT

2.9.1 Bit Depth

The internal camera processing of the CCD data is performed in 14 bits. The
camera can output the data in 14, 12, 10 or 8 bit format. During this standard bit
reduction process, the least significant bits are truncated – Figure 2.21.
- "14-bit" – All original bits D0 (LSB) to D13 (MSB) are used. This mode is
available only for Single Output.
- "12-bit" – If the 14 bit original camera data is D0 (LSB) to D13 (MSB), and
camera is set to output 12 bit data, the 12 output bits are mapped to D2 (LSB) to
D13 (MSB).
- "10-bit" – If the 14 bit original camera data is D0 (LSB) to D13 (MSB), and
camera is set to output 10 bit data, the 10 output bits are mapped to D4 (LSB) to
D13 (MSB).
- "8-bit" – If the 14 bit original camera data is D0 (LSB) to D13 (MSB), and
camera is set to output 8 bit data, the 8 output bits are mapped to D6 (LSB) to
D13 (MSB).
LSB
D0
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D5 D6 D7 D8
8-bit output data
10-bit output data
12-bit output data
14-bit output data
MSB
D9 D10 D11 D12 D13
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