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All,

Have just done making some measurements of my ART285 (it's cloudy, so
might as well do this!).

The full Excel file documenting the test is in the Files section.

Results:

Gain = 0.57 e/ADU
Noise = 5.6 e

Dark count = 0.0015 e/s (very good!)
Well Depth = 28500 e
Dynamic Range = 5080 levels, or 12+ bits.

A couple of things to note :- noise is very good, but linearity looks
poor, with up to approx 10% deviation from linear.

However, could this is due to poor shutter time accuracy? Almost
certainly there is something happening here at the 1.1 to 1.2s
interval - see the chart at the bottom. This gap turned up a few
times in the test, accompanied by a gradient in the image sub-frame at
shorter exposures than 1.2s.

Anyone care to comment?

TG









Thu Sep 8, 2005 5:00 pm

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All, Have just done making some measurements of my ART285 (it's cloudy, so might as well do this!). The full Excel file documenting the test is in the Files...
tanguan2001 Offline Send Email Sep 8, 2005
5:00 pm

Hi, TG, Looks pretty good, excellent work. It is a strange jump around 1 second. Unfortunately the Artemis site isn't responding at the moment, so I can't...
Peter Vasey
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Sep 8, 2005
6:30 pm

HI TG, Yes these figures are very good indeed. 5.6e Readout noise is right at the limit for the Sony CCD so I doubt than any improvement would be possible! As...
Steve Chambers
smunch2001 Offline Send Email
Sep 8, 2005
6:48 pm

Hi TG, I must admit I'm a bit puzzled by the gap in the graph. I could understand a glitch at around 10ms, or at around 2.4s (which are the thresholds Steve...
Jon Grove
jgroveuk Offline Send Email
Sep 8, 2005
7:08 pm

The penny dropped! The change might be due to a switch in the timing for clearing the COD that I believe happens in firmware at 1.28 Sec. So that now gives us...
Steve Chambers
smunch2001 Offline Send Email
Sep 8, 2005
8:34 pm

Thanks for the explanations! I want to check the linearity again - as it would apply in real applications. So if I started at 2s and move upwards, there would...
tanguan2001 Offline Send Email Sep 8, 2005
11:06 pm

Guys, Looking at the main linearity plot, there seems to be a change of slope at around 15s exposure. Is there another change in mode, or timing at this...
tanguan2001 Offline Send Email Sep 9, 2005
6:41 am

Hi No there is nothing happening in firmware around 15 sec I think you may now be pushing your data interpretation a little too far. If I understand correctly...
Steve Chambers
smunch2001 Offline Send Email
Sep 9, 2005
12:06 pm

Steve, No, I'm not using stars in this case. The setup is a single (halogen) light in a otherwise darkened room, with the camera covered with sheets of paper....
tanguan2001 Offline Send Email Sep 9, 2005
5:21 pm

Hello, All the data is looking good. On the break at 15s. I am not sure how convinced I am that its real. It would be interesting to try with different ...
Steve Chambers
smunch2001 Offline Send Email
Sep 9, 2005
5:59 pm

Steve, Just re-ran the linearity test with different exposures (see bottom of the revised Calibration Sheet in the Files section). The break is not at 15s. It...
tanguan2001 Offline Send Email Sep 10, 2005
3:48 pm

Just out of curiosity, has anyone got any data like this for SC3 modified webcams? Or 424 chips in general? I was running some extremely deep 3 minute...
Tom How
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Sep 9, 2005
5:47 pm
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