scTDC SDK 1.3017.5 documentation

The scTDC library is used for developing applications for various products built by Surface Concept GmbH, such as Time-to-Digital Converters (TDC), Delay Line Detector (DLD) devices, and cameras (ReconFlex^TM series).

Contents:

• Introduction
  • Scope
  • SDK contents
  • Alternatives
  • Features
  • General usage scheme
• Initialization of a device
  • Device descriptor
  • Error reporting
  • Initialization errors
  • Requirements to the placement of files
  • Overriding settings of the ini file by software
    • sc_ConfigLine interface
    • “override registry” interface
• Starting a measurement
  • Working with hardware-triggered measurements
  • Working with external start pulses (for time-resolved measurements)
  • Waiting for the end of a measurement
  • Running sequences of measurements
• Receiving Data
  • Common configuration parameters and concepts
    • TDC events and DLD events
    • time value of TDC and DLD events
    • configuration parameter depth
    • configuration parameter binning and region of interest (roi)
    • configuration parameter modulo
    • Memory handling for pipe data (allocator_owner, allocator_cb parameters)
  • Overview of the various types of data pipes
    • TDC_HISTO
    • DLD_IMAGE_XY
    • DLD_IMAGE_XT
    • DLD_IMAGE_YT
    • DLD_IMAGE_3D
    • DLD_SUM_HISTO
    • STATISTICS
    • TMSTAMP_TDC_HISTO, TDC_STATISTICS, DLD_STATISTICS
    • USER_CALLBACKS
    • DLD_IMAGE_XY_EXT
    • BUFFERED_DATA_CALLBACKS
    • PIPE_CAM_FRAMES
    • PIPE_CAM_BLOBS
  • User callbacks interface
    • DLD applications
    • TDC applications
• ReconFlex^TM cameras
  • Configuring camera parameters
    • Setting exposure (per frame) and number of frames for measurements
    • Selecting raw image mode or blob mode
    • Blob recognition criteria
    • Setting a region of interest (ROI) on the hardware level
    • Selecting the dynamics range of intensities in raw images
  • Receiving Data
    • DLD_IMAGE_XY pipe versus PIPE_CAM_FRAMES pipe
    • User callbacks interface versus PIPE_CAM_BLOBS pipe
    • Combining PIPE_CAM_FRAMES and PIPE_CAM_BLOBS pipe
• Code Examples
  • Time Histogram Pipe (stand-alone TDC)
  • Image Pipe
  • External Memory Allocation
  • User Callbacks Pipe
  • Camera pipes for frame meta info, raw images and blobs
• Old API notes
• scTDC library API
  • Page Hierarchy
  • Class Hierarchy
  • File Hierarchy
  • Full API
    • Classes and Structs
    • Enums
    • Functions
    • Variables
    • Defines