Index

#-B

3-color sequence, 17 Arguments/parameters, 3 ASCII name, 6

Begin and End, 5 Binning, 33 Branching, 3 Bulb-mode exposure, 8

C generation, 6 Calls, 3 Camera

help, 2 repair, 2

Carriage returns, 3 Charge, 29 Charge transfer, 30

Charge transfer efficiency (CTE), 32 Charge-coupled device (CCD)

advanced CCD theory, 29 architectures, 35 binning, 33

charge transfer, 30

charge transfer efficiency (CTE), 32 cooling, 37, 40

dark current, 29, 40 down converters, 38

fiber XE "Fiberoptic-coupled CCD" optic- coupled, 39

frame-transfer, 35 full-frame, 35 full-well capacity, 30 high-speed framing, 36 interline transfer, 36 MPP operation, 40 noise, 39

parallel register, 31 potential wells, 29 quantum efficiency, 37 readout sequence, 32 serial register, 31 spectral framing, 36 subarrays, 33 thinned CCDs, 38

Charge-coupled device (CCD) (cont.) time delay integration (TDI), 34

clear_count, 7 clear_first, 8 clear_parallel, 7, 8 clear_serial, 7 clear_until_trig, 7, 8, 10 Commas, 4, 6 Comments, 3 Conditional statements, 3 contin_clear, 10 Cooling

CCD, 37, 40 Customer Service, 2

D-G

Dark current, 29

in CCD cooling, 37 MPP operation, 40 noise, 40

Dec. value, 6 Decoding, 27 Display, 6 Display verbs, 6 Down converters, 38 Error codes, 20 Example scripts, 13 exp_time, 8 expose, 7, 8 expose_until_trig, 7, 8 expose_while_trig, 7, 8 Fiberoptic-coupled CCD, 39 flash, 7, 8

flash_time, 8 Form feeds, 3 Frame-transfer device, 35

3-color sequence, 17 high-speed spectroscopy, 19 readout variations, 36 shift modes, 10, 11

Full-frame CCD, 35 Full-well capacity, 30 Function syntax, 6 Functions

multiple parameter, 4 single parameter, 4