Allied International V2.4.0 Digital Camera User Manual


 
Controlling image capture
OSCAR Technical Manual V2.4.0
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Extended shutter
The exposure time for long-term integration of up to 67 seconds can be
extended via the advanced register: EXTENDED_SHUTTER
The longest exposure time, 3FFFFFFh, corresponds to 67.11 sec.
Register Name Field Bit Description
0xF100020C EXTD_SHUTTER Presence_Inq [0] Indicates presence of this feature (read
only)
--- [1.. 5] Reserved
ExpTime [6..31] Exposure time in µs
Table 38: Advanced register: extended shutter
Note
L
Exposure times entered via the 81Ch register are mir-
rored in the extended register, but not vice versa.
Longer integration times not only increase sensitivity,
but also may increase some unwanted effects, such as
noise and pixel-to-pixel non-uniformity. Depending on
the application, these effects may limit the longest
usable integration time.
Changes in this register have immediate effect, even
when the camera is transmitting.
Extended shutter becomes inactive after writing to a
format/mode/frame rate register.