1.19. PCOPixelFly

Summary:

PCO Pixelfly cameras

Type:

DataIO

License:

LGPL / the contained camera SDK belongs to PCO - Computer Optics GmbH

Platforms:

Windows

Devices:

PCO Pixelfly qet cameras with frame grabber board

Author:

W. Lyda, M. Gronle, ITO, University Stuttgart

1.19.1. Overview

This plugin connects the grabber family Pixelfly from PCO to itom. It has mainly been tested with the camera ‘pixelfly qe’, that is connected to the computer by the PCO PCI interface board 540.

Please install first the necessary drivers for the camera and grabber board from www.pco.de. This plugin supports two families of drivers. The driver with major version 1 only supports Windows, 32bit operating systems, while the new driver version 2 also operates on 64bit Windows systems.

1.19.2. Initialization

The following parameters are mandatory or optional for initializing an instance of this plugin:

  • boardNumber: int, optional

    Value range: [0, 3], Default: 0

  • restoreLast: int, optional

    Value range: [0, 1], Default: 0

1.19.3. Parameters

An instance of this plugin has the following internal parameters:

name: {str}, read-only

PCOPixelFly

integration_time: {float}

Integrationtime of CCD programmed in s

gain: {float}

Standard light mode (0, default), low light mode (1)

x0: {int}

Startvalue for ROI

y0: {int}

Startvalue for ROI

x1: {int}

Stopvalue for ROI

y1: {int}

Stopvalue for ROI

roi: {int seq.}

ROI (x,y,width,height)

sizex: {int}, read-only

ROI-Size in x

sizey: {int}, read-only

ROI-Size in y

bpp: {int}

bit depth in bits per pixel

binning: {int}

Activate 2x2 binning

trigger_mode: {int}, read-only

Set Triggermode, currently not implemented

shift_bits: {int}

In 8 bit, select a number of bits (0..5) that the 12bit acquired values should be shifted before transport with 8 bit precision. (only in 8bit bpp mode)

board_number: {int}, read-only

Number of this board

driver_version: {str}, read-only

driver version

1.19.4. Changelog

  • itom setup 3.1.0: This plugin has been compiled using the pco pixelfly SDK 2.01.03

  • itom setup 3.2.1: This plugin has been compiled using the pco pixelfly SDK 2.01.03

  • itom setup 4.0.0: This plugin has been compiled using the pco pixelfly SDK 2.01.03

  • itom setup 4.1.0: This plugin has been compiled using the pco pixelfly SDK 2.01.03