Table of Contents v
Warranty & Service ........................................................................................... 89
Limited Warranty ....................................................................................................... 89
Contact Information ................................................................................................... 92
Index ................................................................................................................... 93
Figures
Figure 1. Typical System Components ............................................................................ 11
Figure 2. Initial System Checkout Imaging Experiment Layout (Air-cooled Camera) ... 18
Figure 3. Initial System Checkout Imaging Experiment Layout (Liquid-cooled Camera) ... 18
Figure 4. WinView Installation: Select Installation Type dialog .................................... 22
Figure 5. LightField Installation Wizard dialog .............................................................. 23
Figure 6. Position of Camera Mounting Hole .................................................................. 24
Figure 7. Camera Detection Wizard - Welcome dialog ................................................... 26
Figure 8. LightField Experiment Workspace................................................................... 27
Figure 9. Block Diagram of PIXIS-XB System .............................................................. 29
Figure 10. Initial System Checkout Imaging Experiment Layout ................................... 30
Figure 11. Example of WinView Data Acquired from First Light Procedure ................. 33
Figure 12. Available Devices Area .................................................................................. 34
Figure 13. Experiment Devices Area ............................................................................... 35
Figure 14. View Area....................................................................................................... 35
Figure 15. View Area Displaying an Image .................................................................... 36
Figure 16. Mechanical Shutter Operation and NOT SCAN Signal ................................. 37
Figure 17. WinX Detector Temperature dialog .............................................................. 37
Figure 18. Array Terms for a CCD with a Dual Output Amplifier ................................. 39
Figure 19. Full Frame at Full Resolution ......................................................................... 39
Figure 20. 2 × 2 Binning .................................................................................................. 41
Figure 21. Binning and Array Orientation ....................................................................... 42
Figure 22. Free Run {No Response} Timing Chart, part of the chart in Figure 30 ......... 49
Figure 23. Free Run {No Response} Timing Diagram.................................................... 49
Figure 24. Chart Showing Two External Sync Timing Options ...................................... 50
Figure 25. Timing Diagram for External Sync Mode (+ edge trigger) ............................ 51
Figure 26. Continuous Cleans {Clean Until Trigger} Flowchart .................................... 52
Figure 27. WinX Continuous Cleans Timing Diagram ................................................... 53
Figure 28. LightField Clean Until Trigger (CUT) Timing Diagram ............................... 53
Figure 29. Rear of PIXIS-XB Camera ............................................................................. 53
Figure 30. Chart of Safe and Fast Mode Operation ......................................................... 55
Figure 31. Comparison of NOT SCAN {Not Reading Out}, SHUTTER
{Shutter Open}, and NOT READY {Busy} Logic Output Levels ............... 56
Figure 32. Kinetics Readout ............................................................................................ 57
Figure 33. Hardware Setup dialog ................................................................................... 58
Figure 34. Experiment Setup dialog ................................................................................ 58
Figure 35. Readout expander: Kinetics Readout Mode .................................................. 58
Figure 36. Shutter and Trigger expanders........................................................................ 58
Figure 37. Free Run Timing Diagram.............................................................................. 59
Figure 38. Single Trigger Timing Diagram ..................................................................... 59
Figure 39. Multiple Trigger Timing Diagram.................................................................. 60
Figure 40. WinX: Custom Chip tab ................................................................................. 61
Figure 41. LightField: Custom Sensor pane .................................................................... 61
Figure 42. LightField: Custom Timing ............................................................................ 62