Table of Contents
BitFlow, Inc.
Table of Contents
P - Preface
Purpose NEO-P-1
Support Services NEO-P-1
Technical Support NEO-P-1
Sales Support NEO-P-1
Conventions NEO-P-2
1 - General Description and Architecture
The Neon NEO-1-1
NEO-PCE-CLB General Description NEO-1-2
NEO-PCE-CLD General Description NEO-1-4
NEO-PCE-CLQ General Description NEO-1-6
NEO-PCE-DIF General Description NEO-1-8
Virtual vs Hardware Frame Grabbers NEO-1-10
The Virtual Frame Grabber (VFG) NEO-1-10
Configuration Spaces NEO-1-10
Firmware, Camera Files and Downloads NEO-1-11
2 - Acquisition and Camera Control
Introduction NEO-2-1
BitFlow’s Flow-Thru Architecture NEO-2-2
Camera Specific Firmware for Camera Link Models (CL Models Only) NEO-2-7
Generation of Acquisition Windows NEO-2-9
The Horizontal Active Window, HAW NEO-2-9
The Vertical Active Window, VAW NEO-2-10
The Control Tables (CTABs) NEO-2-12
Vertical Control Table NEO-2-12
The VCTAB Functions NEO-2-13
Vertical Control Table Size NEO-2-15
Horizontal Control Table NEO-2-15
The HCTAB Functions NEO-2-17
Horizontal Control Table Size NEO-2-20
Synchronizing Acquisition, Camera, CTABs and External Signals NEO-2-21
Vertical Operations and Events NEO-2-21
Horizontal Operations and Events NEO-2-25
Acquisition Command and Status NEO-2-29
The Acquisition Bitfields NEO-2-29
Trigger Processing (CL & Dif Models Only) NEO-2-34
Encoder Processing (CL & Dif Models Only) NEO-2-35
The On-Board Signal Generator NEO-2-36
