New releases of ADGenICam and ADAravis

[Mark Rivers via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Folks,

 

ADGenICam R1-7 is now available.  This is from the release notes:

 

* Added bool leftShift argument to decompressMono12Packed() and decompressMono12p().

  In R1-6 these functions always left shifted the output by 4 bits, and bits 0-3 were 0.

  This 4-bit left-shift operation is now optional.

* Added 3 new FLIR cameras.

 

Home page: https://github.com/areaDetector/ADGenICam

 

 

ADAravis R2-2 is now available.  This is from the release notes:

 

* Added new ConvertPixelFormat mbbo record with choices of Mono16Low and Mono16High.

  This record controls how Mono12Packed and Mono12p pixel formats are decompressed.

  - Mono16Low means that the data is not left-shifted by 4 bits, so bits 12-15 are 0.

  - Mono16High means that the data is left-shifted by 4 bits, so bits 0-3 are 0.

  This requires ADGenICam R1-7 or later because that contains the code to handle the left-shift option.

* Replaced the LeftShift record with ShiftDir and ShiftBits.

  - ShiftDir selects the direction in which to shift UInt16 data.  Choices are None, Left, and Right.

  - ShiftBits controls the number of bits to shift.  Choices are 1-8.  This record is not used if ShiftDir=None.

  - This change allows complete control over how to shift Mono10, Mono12, and Mono16 pixel formats.

  - For example, FLIR cameras always left-shift Mono16 PixelFormat data so the most-significant bit

    is in bit 15, and the data range is 0-65535, even if the ADC is only 10 or 12 bits.

  - In some cases it may be preferable to right-shift this data so that it only spans the

    actual range of the ADC. In the case of a 12-bit ADC this would be done with ShiftDir=Right and ShiftBits=4.

    The data will then span the range 0-4095.

  - Note that when decompressing Mono12Packed and Mono12p it may still be desirable to

    use ShiftDir and ShiftBits.  For example on FLIR cameras if AdcBitDepth=10 then the data unpacked

    with ConvertPixelFormat=Mono16Low will be 12 bits with a range of 0-4095, with bits 0 and 1 both 0.

    By using ShiftDir=Right and ShiftBits=2 then the data will be truly 10 bits, with a range of 0-1023.

 

Home page: https://github.com/areaDetector/ADAravis

 

Mark