Roper MicroMAX Specifications

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10 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H tested without having to digitize all the pixels of the array. Completely flexible exposure, set th

100 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H ESABI (Electronic Shutter Active Between Images) The last timing mode, ESABI, allows separation ti

Appendix H DIF Camera 101 Tips and Tricks Lab Illumination In DIF measurements, it is necessary to remain mindful of the possibility of laboratory

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103 Appendix I Installing the Computer Interface Introduction This appendix will lead you through the process of installing the Serial Buffer car

104 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Installing the PCI Card To Install a PCI Serial Buffer Card: 1. Review the documentation for your

Appendix I Installing the Computer Interface 105 Windows Version PCI INF Filename Located in "Windows"/INF directory* PCI Device Driver N

106 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Slot Type Status I/O Address(s) Interrupt 1 (ISA) ISA Network Card 200-210 11 2 (PCI) PCI V

Appendix I Installing the Computer Interface 107 may be in conflict with address or interrupt assignments on ISA cards. It might be noted that ther

108 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Installation 1. Remove the expansion slot cover on the rear panel of the I/O slot selected. 2.

Appendix I Installing the Computer Interface 109 Figure 58. Computer expansion slots for installing an ISA Buffer card Power-On Checks Replace

11 Chapter 2 Getting Started Introduction This chapter will help you get off to a good start with your ST-133 or ST-133A Controller. In addition

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111 Warranty & Service Limited Warranty: Roper Scientific Analytical Instrumentation Roper Scientific, Inc. makes the following limited warrant

112 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Sealed Chamber Integrity Warranty Roper Scientific warrants the sealed chamber integrity of all ou

Warranty and Service 113 Your Responsibility The above warranties are subject to the following conditions: 1. You must retain your bill of sale (

114 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Contact Information Roper Scientific's manufacturing facility for this product is located at

115 Index # 64-pin DIN connector 81 A A/D converters 59, 62 dual 59 zero adjustments 22 Ac power requirements 12 Accessories, alignment of 34

116 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Dark charge (cont.) typical values 54 Dark current 54 Data smearing 86 Data transfer 10 DETECT

Index 117 ICCD-MAX camera See PI-MAX camera IEC Publication 348 12 IEC timing mode 96 IIC-100 21 IIC-100, IIC-200 or MCP-100 Shutter In connecto

118 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H PI-MAX camera (cont.) first lightrefer to the PI-MAX manual gate functions 70 PTG 9 pulsed operat

Index 119 Smearing in gated operation 86 Software binning 58 Software installation 24 Specifications 61 inputs and outputs 61 temperature contr

12 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H • System Dependent Interface Components: Note: For convenience, in the following operating-proced

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Chapter 2 Getting Started 13 care to maintain the proper polarity to protect the equipment and assure user safety. 50-60HzFUSES: LEFT:

14 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H 3. Confirm the fuse ratings by removing the white fuse holders. To do so, simply insert the flat b

Chapter 2 Getting Started 15 Controller Features Front Panel POWER Switch and Indicator: The power switch, which is located on the front panel as s

16 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H If the camera is equipped with an internal shutter, then the Shutter Power connector should not be

Chapter 2 Getting Started 17 An incorrect setting may cause the shutter to malfunction or be damaged. Cameras having a 35 mm shutter, such as an NT

18 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H TEMP LOCK LED: This lights to indicate that the temperature control loop has locked and that the te

Chapter 2 Getting Started 19 In the case of an RTE/CCD-1317-K (1317×1035), the number of array pixels far exceeds the number of monitor pixels and

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20 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H EXT SYNC BNC connector: This TTL input, which has a 10 kΩ pullup resistor, allows data acquisition

Chapter 2 Getting Started 21 texptcShuttertRScantc= Shutter Compensation TimetR= Readout Timetexp= Exposure Time Figure 6. and SHUTTER MONITOR

22 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H F and S Zero adjustments: These 10-turn potentiometers control the offset values of the Fast (F) an

Chapter 2 Getting Started 23 TTL IN/OUT connector: This 25-pin connector (type DB25) provides a programmable interface. There are eight input bits

24 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Aux. Trig. Out: Ac coupled variable delay trigger output for synchronizing other system components

Chapter 2 Getting Started 25 Summary This completes Getting Started. You should now have a reasonable understanding of how the controller hardware

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27 Chapter 3 First Light Note: The instructions in this chapter are for an ST-133 or ST-133A operated with a series TE or RTE camera. They do not

28 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H To carry out this procedure, it will be necessary to have a basic grasp of the applications softwar

Chapter 3 First Light 29 CoolantCirculator110/220ShutterTAXI cable(Serial Com)ControllerSerialDetector110/220InletOutlet110/220CameraDetector-Contr

iii Table of Contents Manual Overview ...7 Safety Rel

30 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H 9. Begin data collection by selecting RUN on the Interactive Camera Operation dialog box. The shut

Chapter 3 First Light 31 has been properly installed. See your detector and spectrograph manual for mounting instructions. A suitable light source,

32 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Getting Started 1. Set the spectrometer entrance slit width to minimum (10 µm if possible). 2. Tu

Chapter 3 First Light 33 Interface tab page (Setup Hardware): High Speed PCI Cleans and Skips tab page (Setup Hardware): Default Experiment Setup M

34 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H • Short focal-length spectrographs: There is generally a focusing mechanism on the spectrograph it

35 Chapter 4 Temperature Control Introduction Temperature control is done via software. Once the desired array temperature has been set, the hard

36 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Cooling (TE, RTE, PI-MAX) These cameras are ordinarily equipped with a multi-stage Peltier type coo

Chapter 4 Temperature Control 37 Cooling and Vacuum Many cameras incorporate a vacuum chamber for enhanced cooling performance. With time, there ca

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39 Chapter 5 Timing Modes The Princeton Instruments ST-133 or ST-133A Controller has been designed to allow the greatest possible flexibility when

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40 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H external shutters and filter wheels. As seen in Figure 10, in Safe Mode operation, the computer con

Chapter 5 Timing Modes 41 Background orflatfield on?Computer programscamera with exposureand binning parametersSTARTACQ issued fromcomputer to came

42 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Free Run timing In the Free Run mode the controller does not synchronize with the experiment in any

Chapter 5 Timing Modes 43 In the PreOpen Shutter mode, on the other hand, shutter operation is only partially synchronized to the experiment. As so

44 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Shutter (Normal)Open Close Open Close Open CloseRead Read ReadShutter (Preopen)Open Close OpenClose

Chapter 5 Timing Modes 45 shifted midway when the External Sync pulse arrives, the pulse is saved until the row shifting is completed, to prevent t

46 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H the storage half occurs very quickly at the start of each read. During the read, the stored data is

Chapter 5 Timing Modes 47 periodic. The timing of the External Sync pulse is entirely at the user’s discretion. In Figure 19, the External Sync pul

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Chapter 5 Timing Modes 49 Free Run In the Free Run Kinetics mode, the controller takes a series of images, each with the Exposure time set through

Table of Contents v Appendix H DIF Camera (Double Image Feature)...93 Introduction...

50 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Multiple Trigger Multiple Trigger Kinetics mode takes a single image in the series for each Externa

51 Chapter 6 Exposure and Readout Before each image from the CCD array appears on the computer screen, it must first be read, digitized, and tran

52 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H CCD arrays perform three essential functions: photons are transduced to electrons, integrated and s

Chapter 6 Exposure and Readout 53 The exposure programmed by software in this case refers to duration of gating of the intensifier. For shorter exp

54 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H signal or the loss of dynamic range due to the buildup of dark charge in the pixels (see below). D

Chapter 6 Exposure and Readout 55 Readout of the CCD begins with the simultaneous shifting of all pixels one column toward the “shift register,” in

56 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H where Nx is the smaller dimension of the CCD Ny is the larger dimension of the CCD tsr is the tim

Chapter 6 Exposure and Readout 57 ++++2A2 B2 C2 D2A4A3B4B3C4C3D4D3A6A5B6B5C6C5D6D5A1 B1C1 D1+++++C2 D2C1 D13A2 B2A4A3B4B3C4C3D4D3A6A5B6B5C6C5D6D5A1

58 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Binning in Software One limitation of hardware binning is that the shift register pixels and the ou

Chapter 6 Exposure and Readout 59 5412Charge accumulates inunmasked cells duringexposure.Accumulated charge inexposed cells is quicklytransferred u

vi ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Figure 30. Frame Transfer readout...

60 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Although slowing the readout speed of a high-speed A/D converter gives some improvement in signal-t

61 Appendix A Specifications CCD Arrays Spectral Range 400-1080 nm; 190-1080 nm with UV-to-visible coating on the CCD Types The ST-133 or ST-133A

62 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Outputs Note: See Appendix B, PTG Module, for information about the PTG connectors. VIDEO: 1 V pk-p

Appendix A Specifications 63 Shutter Compensation Time The following numbers apply for a 1 MHz ST-133. Shutter Exposure Vincent (small) 8.0 msec

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65 Appendix B PTG Module Description The Princeton Instruments Programmable Timing Generator (PTG) is a plug-in module designed for operation in t

66 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Specifications Back panel I/O Pre-Trigger Input: BNC (10 kΩ impedance), TTL level used only to star

Appendix B PTG Module 67 Operating modes Continuous: Pulse Width and Pulse Delay remain constant over the course of the measurement for all trigger

68 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Timing Trigger gate start delay: minimum: 24 ns maximum: 20 ms* resolution: 0.04 ns Gate Pulse wid

Appendix B PTG Module 69 Operation Introduction Operation of the PTG module is quite simple. Most of the functions are performed automatically thro

7 Manual Overview Chapter 1, Description provides an overview of the ST-133 or ST-133A Controller and Camera. Chapter 2, Getting Started discusses

70 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H 2. Experiment Setup Timing tab page: Select Internal Sync Timing Mode, deselect the Continuous Clea

Appendix B PTG Module 71 3. On the Setup menu select Pulsers to open the Pulsers dialog box. 4. Select PTG. Then click on the Setup Pulser button.

72 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Repetitive-Sequential 2: The Trigger is repetitive and Gate Width and Delay are varied over the cou

73 Appendix C TTL Control Introduction This connector provides 8 TTL lines in, 8 TTL lines out and an input control line. Figure 38 illustrates t

74 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Table 6 illustrates this coding for decimal values 0 through 7. Obviously this table could easily b

Appendix C TTL Control 75 Pin # Assignment Pin # Assignment 1 IN 1 14 IN 2 2 IN 3 15 IN 4 3 IN 5 16 IN 6 4 IN 7 17 IN 8 5 GND 18

76 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H • RG/58U coaxial cable. • Shielded Metalized hood (Radio Shack part no. 276-1536A). • BNC connec

77 Appendix D Cleaning Instructions Turn off all power to the equipment and secure all covers before cleaning the units. Otherwise, damage to the

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79 Appendix E Outline Drawing of ST-133/ST-133A Controller Note: Dimensions are in inches and mm. 5.2513.638.75 Figure 39. Controller dimens

8 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Safety Related Symbols Used in This Manual Caution! The use of this symbol on equipment indicates t

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81 Appendix F Plug-In Modules Introduction ST-133 and ST-133A Controllers have three plug-in slots. The Analog/Control module (leftmost slot w

82 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Tighten the screws to where they are just snug. Do not tighten them any further because you could e

83 Appendix G Interline CCD Cameras Introduction This appendix discusses the operation and theory of a Princeton Instruments camera with an interl

84 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Overlapped vs. Non-Overlapped Operation There are two basic operating modes, overlapped and non-ove

Appendix G Interline CCD Cameras 85 time the controller waits for the first External Sync pulse, plus texp, the programmed exposure time, plus tc,

86 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H External Sync(negative polarity shown)SCANShutterMonitortw1tctexpcleansacquisitiontRtRtRtRactual ex

Appendix G Interline CCD Cameras 87 SCANMechanical ShutterAcquire ReadoutClosedOpenExposure timeShutter compensationtexptc Figure 44. Exposure of

88 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Readout of the Array In this section, a simple 6 × 4 pixel interline CCD is used to demonstrate how

Appendix G Interline CCD Cameras 89 1.Empty Readout RegisterTransfer Image toStorage RegistersReadout Register with chargefrom first cell in each s

9 Chapter 1 Description Introduction Overview: The Model ST-133 or ST-133A is a compact, high performance CCD Camera Controller for operation with

90 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H register has started. Note that a second exposure doesn’t begin while the readout is in progress. P

Appendix G Interline CCD Cameras 91 A subsection of the CCD can be read out at full resolution, sometimes increasing the readout rate while retaini

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93 Appendix H DIF Camera (Double Image Feature) Introduction This Appendix describes operation of a DIF system. Both the Controller and a Interlin

94 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H ESABI: Allows two fast images of equal duration to be acquired. Unlike the IEC and EEC modes, in th

Appendix H DIF Camera 95 Figure 48. Thus, the positive going edge of the output marks the start of the first exposure. In Freerun operation, the t

96 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H Summary of Free Run Timing mode • Allows user to capture single images. • Requires that the swit

Appendix H DIF Camera 97 Images5 µsMechanicalShutter8 ms8 msEXT. SYNC.200 nsSCAN5 µsImage1 Image 2~200 nsLaser Output>200 nsLaser 1 Laser 2READY

98 ST-133/ST-133A Controller Manual Version 2.H ImagesEXT. SYNC.MechanicalShutter8 ms8 msSCANLaser OutputImage 1 Image 25 µs 5 µsLaser 1 Laser 2>

Appendix H DIF Camera 99 EEC (External Exposure Control) Gives the user the ability to capture two images before readout with a different exposure