Cameras.Thorlabs.ThorlabsClass

class Cameras.Thorlabs.ThorlabsClass(cameraNumber, triggerMode=0, exposurems=1, gaindB=1, camROI=None, loadDefault=False)

Bases: PylablibInterfaceClass

Parent class for all camera Thorlabs classes using pylablib python driver.

Used as generic driver class if no model-specific child class is defined in same file below

__init__(cameraNumber, triggerMode=0, exposurems=1, gaindB=1, camROI=None, loadDefault=False)

Initialize the Camera object

Parameters:

cameraNumber (int) – index of camera in camerasConfigs list

Keyword Arguments:

• triggerMode=0 (int) – 0 for hardware/external, 1 for software/internal

• exposurems=1. (float) – Exposition duration (exposure) in ms.

• gaindB=0. (float) – hardware gain of the camera in dB.

• camROI=None (None or [int]*4) – Camera region of interest to read from sensor [x offset , y offset , x size , y size ] (binning is not implemented)

• True (loadDefault =) – Decide if default values from cameraConfigs should be set at creation

Returns:

ThorlabsClass camera object

Methods

__init__(cameraNumber[, triggerMode, ...])	Initialize the Camera object
clearBuffer()	Clear camera buffer from images.
exposureLevelAutoAdjust([attemptsMax, ...])	Automatic adjustment of exposure for setting image 'Max' or 'Average' to a given level.
grabArray()	Get an image from the camera.
roundCamROI([ROI])	Rounding of ROI values to closest possible one according to camera rules
sendSoftwareTrigger()	Send a software trigger to the camera to start an exposure
setCamROI([ROI])	Set the ROI of camera (without binning)
setExposurems(exposurems)	Set the duration of the exposition
setGaindB(gaindB)	Set the hardware gain of camera readout
setTriggerMode(triggerMode)	Set the trigger mode
startAcquisition()	Start acquisition or restart if already running

__del__()

Delete the Camera object by calling close function

Close the Camera and free memory

sendSoftwareTrigger()

Send a software trigger to the camera to start an exposure

setGaindB(gaindB)

Set the hardware gain of camera readout

Parameters:

gaindB (float) – hardware gain of the camera in dB.

setTriggerMode(triggerMode)

Set the trigger mode

Parameters:

triggerMode (int) – 0 for hardware/external, 1 for software/internal

startAcquisition()

Start acquisition or restart if already running