Filter
Top Products
iv I-PentaMAX System Manual Version 3.A
Chapter 4 Temperature Control ........................................................................33
Introduction.......................................................................................................................33
Air Cooling....................................................................................................................... 33
Water Cooling...................................................................................................................34
Error Conditions ............................................................................................................... 34
Pressurization.................................................................................................................... 34
Chapter 5 First Light ..........................................................................................35
Introduction.......................................................................................................................35
Overexposure Protection ..................................................................................................36
Alarm................................................................................................................................ 36
Shutter vs. Gated Operation.............................................................................................. 36
Procedure.......................................................................................................................... 37
Imaging Field of View......................................................................................................42
Chapter 6 Microscopy Applications .................................................................43
Introduction.......................................................................................................................43
Mounting the Camera on the Microscope ........................................................................43
C-Mount .....................................................................................................................43
F-Mount...................................................................................................................... 44
Operation .......................................................................................................................... 46
Xenon or Mercury Arc Lamp Precautions................................................................. 46
Focusing the Microscope ........................................................................................... 46
Adjusting the Parfocality of the Camera.................................................................... 47
Imaging Hints....................................................................................................................47
Fluorescence .....................................................................................................................47
Microscopes and Infrared Light........................................................................................ 48
Chapter 7 Intensifier...........................................................................................49
Overview of Intensifier Operation.................................................................................... 49
Intensifier Alarm...............................................................................................................50
Chapter 8 Timing Modes....................................................................................51
Full Speed (sync) or Safe Mode (async) .......................................................................... 52
Standard Timing Modes ................................................................................................... 52
Freerun Timing........................................................................................................... 54
External Sync Timing................................................................................................. 55
Software Trigger............................................................................................................... 57
Frame Transfer Mode .......................................................................................................57
Edge vs. Level External Sync........................................................................................... 59
Chapter 9 Exposure and Readout.....................................................................61
Exposure ........................................................................................................................... 62
Introduction................................................................................................................ 62
Gated Operation ......................................................................................................... 62
Shutter Mode Operation............................................................................................. 62
Saturation ................................................................................................................... 63
Dark Charge ............................................................................................................... 63
Readout of the Array ........................................................................................................64
Full Frame Readout.................................................................................................... 64