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Chapter 6
Advanced Topics
Introduction
Previous chapters have discussed setting up the
hardware and the software for basic operation. This
chapter discusses topics associated with experiment
synchronization (set up on the
Experiment Setup|
Timing
tab page in WinView), TTL control, and the
Kinetics mode option.
"Standard Timing Modes", the first topic, discusses
Tim
ing Modes, Shutter Control, and Edge Trigger. Also
included under this topic is a discussion of the
EXT
SYNC
connector, the input connector for a trigger pulse.
"Frame Transfer Operation" discusses the two tim
ing
modes available for frame transfer operation, Free Run
and External Sync.
"Interline Operation"
discusses the two interline chip
operating modes, overlapped or non-overlapped.
"Fast and Safe Modes" discusses the Fast and the
Safe m
odes. Fast is used for real-time data acquisition
Figure 27. Timing tab page
and Safe is used when coordinating acquisition with external devices or when the
computer speed is not fast enough to keep pace with the acquisition rate.
"TTL Control" discusses the
TTL IN/OUT connector on the rear of the ST-133. TTL
In/Out levels can be set and read via the WinX32 Automation language to automate data
acquisition and processing functions.
"Kinetics Mode" discusses the Kinetics m
ode option. This form of data acquisition relies
on mechanical or optical masking of the CCD array for acquiring time-resolved
images/spectra.
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