User`s manual

Basic Operation & Standard Features

BASLER A600f 3-25

DRAFT

3.8 Selectable 8 or 10 Bit Pixel Depth

When an A600f camera is operating in Format 7, it can be set to output pixel data at either 8 bit

or 10 bit depth.

3.8.1 A600f Monochrome Cameras

For 8 Bit Depth

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

and page 4-13). With this ID set, the camera outputs 8 bits per pixel.

For 10 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 10 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.

3.8.2 A600fc Color Cameras

For 8 Bit Depth,

Set the Color_Coding_ID field of the Format_7, Mode_0 register for either Mono 8 or Raw 8 (see

Section 3.13.2 and page 4-13). With either of these IDs set, the camera outputs 8 bits per pixel.

When the Mono 8 color coding ID is set, the camera outputs 8 bits per pixel and outputs only the

Y component (brightness) of the YUV format.

When the Raw 8 color coding ID is set, the camera outputs 8 bits per pixel and outputs the raw

data for each pixel. (The pixel data is not

processed to account for the color filter.)

For 10 Bit Depth

Set the Color_Coding_ID field of the Format_7, Mode_0 register for Raw 16. When the Raw 16

color coding ID is set, the camera outputs 16 bits per pixel and outputs the raw data for each pixel.

(The pixel data is not

processed to account for the color filter.) Although the camera outputs 16

bits per pixel in this mode, only 10 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.

On an A601f set to Mono 16 or an A601fc set to Raw 16, the maximum frame rate is 30

fps.

On an

A602f set to Mono 16 or an A601fc set to Raw 16, the maximum frame rate at

full resolution is 50 fps.