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Pixel Formatting

This board can deliver the image using one of the following pixel formats:

ColorFormat

RGB components storage method

Pixel components

Bytes per pixel

Surface planes

MONOCHROME FORMATS

Y8

N/A

1

1

1

Y10, Y12, Y16

N/A

1

2

1

BAYER CFA FORMATS

BAYER8

N/A

1

1

1

BAYER10, BAYER12, BAYER16

N/A

1

2

1

THREE PACKED R G B COMPONENTS FORMATS

RGB24

Packed

3

3

1

THREE PLANAR R G B COMPONENTS FORMATS

RGB24PL

Planar

3

3

3

RGB30PL, RGB36PL, RGB48PL

Planar

3

6

3

FOUR PACKED R G B ALPHA COMPONENTS FORMATS

RGB32 (*)

Packed

4

4

1

(*) ARGB32 value is accepted as an alias of RGB32.

The following table defines the pixel formats deliverable by the board for each camera class.

Camera type

Valid

Monochrome cameras – 8 bits/pixel

Y8

Monochrome cameras – 10 bits/pixel

Y8, Y10, Y16

Monochrome cameras – 12 bits/pixel

Y8, Y12, Y16

Bayer CFA color cameras – 8 bits/pixel

RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL BAYER8

Bayer CFA color cameras – 10 bits/pixel

RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB48PL BAYER8, BAYER10, BAYER16

Bayer CFA color cameras – 12 bits/pixel

RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL, RGB36PL, RGB48PL BAYER8, BAYER12, BAYER16

RGB color cameras – 3 x 8 bits/pixel

RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL

RGB color cameras – 3 x 10 bits/pixel

RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB48PL

RGB color cameras – 3 x 12 bits/pixel

RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL, RGB36PL, RGB48PL

Note. The 3 x 10-bit and 3 x 12-bit RGB color cameras are incompatible with the BASE Channel Link configuration.