vi MicroMAX System User Manual Version 6.C
Figures
Figure 1. MicroMAX Cameras and Controller.................................................................. 9
Figure 2. Power Switch Location (ST-133A and ST-133B)........................................... 18
Figure 3. ST-133 Rear Panel Callouts............................................................................. 19
Figure 4. Shutter Compensation Times ........................................................................... 22
Figure 5. Standard System Diagram ................................................................................ 26
Figure 6. Controller Power Input Module........................................................................ 29
Figure 7. WinView Installation: Interface Card Driver Selection ................................... 30
Figure 8. Bottom Clamps................................................................................................. 37
Figure 9. Bottom Clamp secured to Relay Lens .............................................................. 38
Figure 10. Shutter Setting for 25 mm Internal Shutter .................................................... 39
Figure 11. Camera Detection Wizard - Welcome dialog box.......................................... 41
Figure 12. RSConfig dialog box...................................................................................... 41
Figure 13. Hardware Setup wizard: PVCAM dialog box ................................................ 42
Figure 14. Block Diagram of Light Path in System........................................................ 43
Figure 15. Imaging Field of View.................................................................................... 45
Figure 16. Monitor Display of CCD Image Center Area................................................. 46
Figure 17. Standard System Connection Diagram........................................................... 47
Figure 18. F-mount Focus Adjustment ............................................................................ 51
Figure 19. CCD Exposure with Shutter Compensation ................................................... 57
Figure 20. WinView/WinSpec Detector Temperature dialog box.................................. 58
Figure 21. Full Frame at Full Resolution......................................................................... 61
Figure 22. Frame Transfer Readout................................................................................. 63
Figure 23. Overlapped Mode Exposure and Readout...................................................... 65
Figure 24. Non-Overlapped Mode Exposure and Readout.............................................. 66
Figure 25. 2 × 2 Binning for Full Frame CCD ................................................................ 68
Figure 26. 2 × 2 Binning for Interline CCD .................................................................... 69
Figure 27. Timing tab page.............................................................................................. 73
Figure 28. Free Run Timing Chart (part of the chart in Figure 40) ................................. 74
Figure 29. Free Run Timing Diagram.............................................................................. 75
Figure 30. Showing Shutter "Preopen" & "Normal" Modes in External Sync Operation76
Figure 31. External Sync Timing Diagram (- edge trigger)............................................. 76
Figure 32. Continuous Cleans Flowchart......................................................................... 77
Figure 33. Continuous Cleans Timing Diagram.............................................................. 78
Figure 34. Frame Transfer where t
w1
+ t
exp
+ t
c
< t
R
................................................... 79
Figure 35. Frame Transfer where t
w1
+ t
exp
+ t
c
> t
R
................................................... 79
Figure 36. Frame Transfer where Pulse arrives after Readout......................................... 80
Figure 37. Overlapped Mode where t
w1
+ t
exp
+ t
c
< t
R
............................................... 82
Figure 38. Overlapped Mode where t
w1
+ t
exp
+ t
c
> t
R
..................................................... 82
Figure 39. Overlapped Mode where Pulse arrives after Readout .................................... 82
Figure 40. Chart of Safe and Fast Mode Operation ......................................................... 84
Figure 41. TTL In/Out Connector.................................................................................... 87
Figure 42. TTL Diagnostics dialog box........................................................................... 87
Figure 43. Kinetics Readout ............................................................................................ 89
Figure 44. Hardware Setup dialog box ............................................................................ 90
Figure 45. Experiment Setup dialog box ......................................................................... 90
Figure 46. Free Run Timing Diagram.............................................................................. 91
Figure 47. Single Trigger Timing Diagram ..................................................................... 91
Figure 48. Multiple Trigger Timing Diagram.................................................................. 92