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Basic Operation & Standard Features

BASLER A102f 3-27

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3.9 Selectable 8 or 12 Bit Pixel Depth

When an A102f camera is operating in Format 7, it can be set to output pixel data at either 8 bit or

12 bit depth.

3.9.1 A102f Monochrome Cameras

For 8 Bit Depth

Set the Color_Coding_ID field of the Format_7, Mode_0 register to Mono 8 (see Section 3.12.2

and page 4-10). With this ID set, the camera outputs 8 bits per pixel.

For 12 Bit Depth

Set the Color_Coding_ID field of the Format_7, Mode_0 register for Mono 16. With this ID set, the

camera outputs 16 bits per pixel but only 12 bits are effective. The effective pixel data fills from

the LSB and the unused bits are filled with zeros. Pixel data is stored in the PC memory in little

endian format, i.e., the low byte for each pixel is stored at the lower address and the high byte is

stored at the neighboring higher address.

3.9.2 A102fc Color Cameras

For 8 bit depth

Set the Color_Coding_ID field of the Format_7, Mode_0 register to Mono 8 or Raw 8 (see Section

3.13.2 and page 4-10). With either of these IDs set, the camera outputs 8 bits per pixel.

For 12 bit depth

Set the Color_Coding_ID field of the Format_7, Mode_0 register for Raw 16. With this ID set, the

camera outputs 16 bits per pixel but only 12 bits are effective. The effective pixel data fills from

the LSB and the unused bits are filled with zeros. Pixel data is stored in the PC memory in little

endian format, i.e., the low byte for each pixel is stored at the lower address and the high byte is

stored at the neighboring higher address.

When a camera is operating in a mode that outputs 16 bits per pixel, the maximum

frame rate at full resolution is 11.3 fps.