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CIC Synchronization Principle

Principles of the CIC Synchronization through C2C-Link

The synchronization is achieved by synchronizing the CIC Cycle Trigger of all involved CIC 's using the C2C-Link interconnect.

A C2C-Link interconnects two or more Camera Illumination Controllers:

  • One configured as the C2C-Link Master.
  • One (or more) configured as a C2C-Link Slave(s).

The following drawing shows a configuration with one C2C-Link Master (top) and two C2C-Link Slaves:

The C2C-Link Master:

  • Generates a Common Cycle Start event when all the start conditions of all the synchronized CIC's, including itself, are satisfied.
  • Delivers a common Cycle Start signal to all the synchronized CIC's.
  • Upon reception of the Common Cycle Start, generates a Strobe pulse and a Camera Trigger pulse according to its timers settings.

A C2C-Link Slave:

  • Forces the Global Ready signal to 'false' until its start conditions are all satisfied
  • Upon reception of the Common Cycle Start, generates a Strobe pulse and a Camera Trigger pulse according to its timers settings.

For comparison purpose, the following drawing shows a CIC device where the C2C-Link is disabled: