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Mark Rivers via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:41:40 +0000

I see the HTML table did not come through tech-talk well so I have attached it as an image.

Mark

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From: Mark Rivers
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 6:31 AM
To: Miceli, Antonino
Cc: tech-talk
Subject: Re: Quantalux sCMOS camera

Hi Nino,

I don't think there is a driver, someone else asked about another Thorlabs camera a few weeks ago.

I wrote to Thorlabs and asked if their cameras are GenICam compliant.  They said that they are not, so it is not possible to use ADAravis with their cameras. A new driver based on their SDK (Windows only) would need to be written.

What is the application and requirements for this camera?

Here is a comparison of that camera with 2 FLIR cameras:

        ThorLabs Quantalux
        FLIR GS3-U3-23S6M-C
        FLIR GS3-U3-32S4M-C

Pixels (HxV)
        1920x1080
        1920x1200
        2048x1536

Frames/s
        50
        163
        121

Full well capacity (e-)
        23,000
        33,000
        10,500

RMS read noise (e-)
        1.5
        7.0
        2.3

Price
        $3,172
        $1,045
        $1,025

So both of the FLIR cameras are faster, have more pixels, and are cheaper.  One has a 50% larger full-well capacity than the ThorLabs, the other is 50% smaller.  One has ~4 times the read noise, the other about 50% more.  But even 7e- read noise is only significant if the pixels have fewer than about 50e- total; if they have more than 50- then the shot noise (sqrt(50)) dominates.  Is this a very low-light application?

Mark

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From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of Miceli, Antonino via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 9:09 PM
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov >> EPICS Tech Talk
Subject: Quantalux sCMOS camera

Hi

Has anyone written EPICS support for or have experience with the Quantalux sCMOS camera from Thorlabs?
https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=11421

I guess it considerable cheaper the Andor version.

Thanks,
Nino

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System