TOUPTEK ATR2110C Astron Cooled Colour Camera User Manual

TOUPTEK ATR2110C Astron Cooled Colour Camera

Specifications

• Sensor: SmartSens SC2110 back illuminated sensor
• Diagonal Image Resolution: 27.4 mm
• Pixel Size: 12m x 12m
• Image Area: 23.2mm x 14.6mm
• Max FPS at Resolution (USB 3.0): 85LCG/40HCG)FPS@1920*1200
• Max FPS at Resolution (USB 2.0): 240LCG/80HCG)FPS @ 960*600
• Shutter Type: Rolling shutter
• Exposure Time: Variable
• Gain: Variable
• SNR: 50 dB
• Dynamic Range: 72 dB (Linear Mode)
• Read Noise: Not specified
• QE Peak: Not specified
• Full Well: Not specified
• ADC: 12bit
• DDR3 Buffer: Yes
• Connection Port: USB 3.0/2.0
• Camera Adaptor: Included
• Protect Windows: Yes
• Spectral Range: Not specified
• Capture/Control SDK: Available
• Recording System: Not specified
• Camera Dimensions: Not specified
• Camera Weight: Not specified
• Back Focus Distance: Not specified
• Cooling: Effective Cooling Temp: Not specified
• Supported OS: Not specified

Product Usage Instructions

Description and Features:
The ATR2110C(ATR3CMOS02300KPA) camera is designed for astrophotography with features like large image area, high sensitivity, and low noise.

Specifications and Performance:
The camera specifications include sensor details, pixel size, resolution, shutter type, exposure settings, and more. Refer to the specifications section above for detailed information.

Product Package and Connections:
The package should include the camera, necessary cables, and software. Connect the camera to your computer using the provided USB cable.

ATR2110C and Its Software:
The camera can be used with Dshow and other third-party software for image capturing and processing. Install the required software on your computer for camera functionality.

Service :
If you encounter any issues or need assistance with the camera, refer to the service section in the user manual or contact ToupTek Photonics for support.

All materials related to this publication are subject to change without notice and its copyright belongs to ToupTek Photonics. Please download the latest version from touptek astro .

Description and Features

The ATR2110C(ATR3CMOS02300KPA) camera is designed specifically for astrophotography. Large image area, big pixel size and high sensitivity make it suitable for night sky live broadcasting and meteor monitoring. It can be also used for deep sky photo shooting, since the camera has cooled CMOS sensor, ultra-low readout noise and zero amp-glow. Its extraordinary performance and extensive usage will give you great astrophotography experience.
The features of ATR2110C are listed below:

• SC2110 Color CMOS Sensor
• Resolution: 1920 x 1200
• 12μm Square Pixel
• 1.69-inch Optical Format
• 12-bit ADC
• 512 Mbyte Memory
• Precise Temperature Regulation
• G Sensitivity: 120000 mV/Lux · s @HCG，10900 mV/Lux · s @LCG
• Zero Amp-Glow
• Ultra-Low Noise: 0.4 to 0.61e-@HCG
• Support High Frame Rate Mode (120 FPS at all Pixel Readout 8 bit @LCG)
• SNR Max : 50 dB
• Dynamic Range: 72 dB (Linear Mode)
• -35C below ambient under short exposure/ -42C under long exposure time (> 1s)

ATR2110C Specifications and Performance

Camera Specifications

Table 1 ATR2110C Technique Specifications.

Max FPS at Resolution (USB 3.0)

| 12bit| 8bit
85（LCG）/40（HCG)FPS@ 1920*1200

240（LCG）/80（HCG)FPS @ 960*600

| 120（LCG）/40（HCG)FPS @ 1920*1200

240（LCG）/80（HCG) FPS @ 960*600

Max FPS at Resolution (USB 2.0)

| 12bit| 8bit
8（LCG）/4（HCG) FPS @ 1920*1200

12（LCG）/4（HCG) FPS @ 960*600

| 12（LCG）/4（HCG) FPS @1920*1200

24（LCG）/8（HCG) FPS @ 960*600

Shutter Type| Rolling shutter
Exposure Time| 0.1ms – 3600s
Gain| 1x – 100x
SNR| 50 dB
Dynamic Range| 72 dB ( Linear Mode )
Read Noise| 5.01-0.4e-
QE Peak| >89%
Full Well| 17ke-
ADC| 12bit
DDR3 Buffer| 512MB (4Gb)
Connection Port| USB3.0/USB2.0
Camera Adaptor| M42 ´ 0.75mm
Protect Windows| IR-cut filter/AR-window
Spectral Range| 380-690nm (with IR-cut filter)
Capture/Control SDK| Windows/Linux/macOS/Android Multiple Platform SDK (Native C/C++, C#/VB.NET, Python, Java, DirectShow, Twain, etc.);
Recording System| Still picture and movie
Camera Dimensions| Diameter 80mm * height 107.1mm
Camera Weight| 0.577kg
Back Focus Distance| 17.5mm
Cooling:| Two stage TEC
Effective Cooling Temp:| -35°C below ambient under short exposure/ -42°C under long exposure (> 1s)

Supported OS

| Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (32 & 64 bit) OS x (Mac OS X)

Linux

SmartSens SC2110 QE Curve
The sensor G Sensitivity of ATR2110C is 120000 mV/Lux·s @HCG HCG，10900 mV/Lux·s @LCG . Its QE Curve is shown in Figure 2.

12bit ADC and ROI
ATR2110C has built in 12bit ADC. It also has 12bit output mode for hardware binning and smaller resolution. The camera also supports hardware ROI, and the smaller the ROI size is, the higher the frame rate is.
Table 2 shows the frame rate of ATR2110C in 12/8bit mode, USB3.0 / USB2.0 data transfer interface at different resolutions:
DDR3 Buffer
The ATR2110C camera has a 512MB (4Gb) DDR3 buffer, which helps maintain the stability of data transmission, and effectively reduce the amp-glow caused because image data can be temporarily buffered without being sent hastily to the receiver.

Binning
ATR2110C supports digital binning from 1×1 to 8×8 in either stacking or averaging method, and hardware binning from 1×1 to 2×2 in averaging method. Hardware pixel binning is much faster than software binning.

Conversion Gain Switch
ATR2110C supports HCG , LCG and HDR mode switch.

Power and Cooling System for Precise Temperature Regulation
Please remember, the Camera can be powered only by DC12V 3A power source. The cooling system of ATR2110C is two-stage Thermoelectric Cooling (TEC) with controllable electric fan assisting heat dissipation. The TEC system is controlled by PID algorithm, which allows the TEC to be precisely regulated towards the target temperature with 0.1C deviation. The working temperature can be regulated to specific number, and effective temperature drop can be -42C from ambient temperature. Such efficient cooling system guarantees the stability of camera image and its quality.

Zero Amp-Glow
ATR2110C has been carefully designed and is able to achieve zero amp-glow photo shooting. Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the different cameras at 20C and 5-minute exposure time with and without amp-glow. By comparison, the image captured by ATR2110C shows zero amp-glow.

Camera Performance Analysis
Camera performance can be evaluated with e-/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range.

e-/ADU: The sensors found in cameras used for vision applications have pixels that convert incoming photons into electrons. Gain on a CCD /CMOS camera represents the conversion factor from electrons (e-) into digital counts, or Analog-Digital Units (ADUs). Gain is expressed as the number of electrons that get converted into a digital number, or electrons per ADU (e-/ADU).

Read Noise : Read Noise is created within the camera electronics during the readout process as the electrons are subjected to the analog to digital conversion, amplification and processing steps that enable an image to be produced. Read Noise is the most important reference to measure the performance of a camera. Lower read noise usually means better SNR and better quality of image.

Full Well : The electrons are held in each pixel and are converted into electrical charge which can be measured to show the amount of light that has fallen on each pixel. The maximum electrical charge possible is termed “full well capacity”. Under the same conditions such as noise and A/D converter quality, the greater full well capacity a sensor has, the wider dynamic range the sensor has. As there is a limit to the depth to which pixels can be made, the full well capacity is often proportional to the frontal area of the light gathering element of the pixel.

Dynamic Range : Dynamic range is the ratio between the maximum output signal level and the noise floor at minimum signal amplification (noise floor which is the RMS (root mean square) noise level in a black image). The noise floor of the camera contains sensor readout noise, camera processing noise and the dark current shot noise. Dynamic range represents the camera’s ability to display/reproduce the brightest and darkest portions of the image and how many variations in between. This is technically intra-scene dynamic range. Within one image there may be a portion that is in complete black and a portion that is completely saturated.

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All following data were acquired in SharpCap with ASCOM driver:
Camera setting used for HCG performance analysis is shown below:

• Full resolution
• RAW 12-bit mode
• Temperature: -10C

Figure 5 shows the curves of the camera analysis data in Table 3

The camera analysis data is shown in Table 3:

Table 3 Camera Analysis Data

SensorAnalysis Data

Gain Value| 100| 600| 1100| 1600| 2100| 2600| 3100
Rel Gain (dB)| 0.00| 1.52| 2.86| 3.94| 4.99| 5.87| 7.5
e-/ADU| 0.47| 0.4| 0.34| 0.3| 0.27| 0.24| 0.18
Read Noise (e-)| 0.61| 0.56| 0.51| 0.48| 0.47| 0.45| 0.4
Full Well (ke-)| 1.9| 1.6| 1.4| 1.2| 1.1| 1| 0.8
Dynamic Range (stop)| 11.63| 11.5| 11.42| 11.32| 11.19| 11.09| 10.98

Camera setting used for LCG performance analysis is shown below:

• Full resolution
• RAW 12-bit mode
• Temperature: -10C

Figure 6 shows the curves of the camera analysis data in Error! Reference source not found.

The camera analysis data is shown in Error! Reference source not found.:

Table 4 Camera Analysis Data

SensorAnalysis Data

Gain Value| 100| 600| 1100| 1600| 2100| 2600| 3100
Rel Gain (dB)| 0.00| 1.4| 2.73| 3.8| 4.83| 5.71| 7.29
e-/ADU| 8.43| 7.18| 6.16| 5.44| 4.83| 4.37| 3.65
Read Noise (e-)| 5.01| 4.87| 4.81| 4.54| 4.28| 4.11| 3.67
Full Well (ke-)| 17.2| 14.7| 12.6| 11.2| 9.9| 9| 7.5
Dynamic Range (stop)| 11| 11| 11| 11| 11| 11| 10.99

Camera setting used for HDR performance analysis is shown below:

• Full resolution
• RAW 12-bit mode
• Temperature: -10C

Figure 6 shows the curves of the camera analysis data in Error! Reference source not found.

The camera analysis data is shown in Error! Reference source not found.:

Table 5 Camera Analysis Data

SensorAnalysis Data

Gain Value| 100| 600| 1100| 1600| 2100| 2600| 3100
Rel Gain (dB)| 0.00| 1.4| 2.73| 3.8| 4.83| 5.71| 7.29
e-/ADU| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5
Read Noise (e-)| 1.38| 1.47| 1.61| 1.75| 1.89| 2| 1.08
Full Well (ke-)| 4.1| 4.1| 4.1| 4.1| 4.1| 4.1| 4.1
Dynamic Range (stop)| 11.54| 11.45| 11.33| 11.2| 11.09| 11.01| 11.88

Product Package and Connections

Packing List

Table 6 ATR2110C Packing List

Standard Package

A| Carton L:50cm W:30cm H:30cm (20pcs, 12~17Kg/ carton, 0.045m3), not shown in the photo
B| 3-A safety equipment case: L:28cm W:23cm H:15cm (1pcs, 3.9Kg/ box); carton size: L:28.2cm W:16.7cm H:25.5cm ( TBD ), not shown in the photo
C| ATR series camera (M42x0.75 Mount+2” adapter)
D| Power adapter: input: AC 100~240V 50Hz/60Hz, output: DC 12V 3.3A
E| Power cable
F| High-Speed USB3.0 A male to B male gold-plated connectors cable /1.5m
G| M48-M42 extender 0mm
H| M42M-M42F extender 21mm ( TBD )
I| M48F – M42M extender 16.5mm ( TBD )
J| M42M adapter 12.5mm
K| Cover

Camera Dimension and Its Mount

Table 7 Dimension and Mount of ATR2110C

Camera Outline and Interface

Table 8 Camera Outline and Interface List

camera
2| M42F ´ 0.75 thread
3| Thermal outlet or radiator
4| LED indicators: 1) Power LED. 2) System LED. 3)TEC LED. 4)Fan LED
5| DC 12V 3A power port, 5.5 ´ 2.1mm
6| Air inlet
7| USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 port
8| USB 2.0 HUB

Camera Mechanical Connection with Adapter

ATR2110C can be connected to a telescope with proper adapter, or the camera lens. The most common adapters are already included in the package, but we also provide some specific adaptors based on the requirement.
The female flange to the sensor is 17.5mm. ATR2110C comes with M42x0.75 mount and can connect to telescope with the M42x0.75 thread in a direct way.

ATR2110C can also connect to the telescope who use 1.25” or 2” eyepieces by M42M-1.25” or M42M-2” adapter. Figure shows the connection of the camera and the adapter. After the adapter is screwed to the camera, the camera can insert into the telescope’s eyepiece tube. Table list the details of the camera and adapter parameters.

Table 9 Camera and Its Adapter Connections

Camera Mechanical Connection with Lens
Figure shows the connections of the ATR camera and the lens. Table list the connection’s parameters.

Table 10 Camera and Lens Connection

Camera Electric Connection with Accessories
On the back side of ATR2110C, there are 3 connection ports: DC 12V/3A power port, USB3.0/ USB2.0 port and USB-HUB.
Due to the significantly larger power cunsumption of SC2110, ATR2110C (including the cooling system) is now booted up only by 12V/3A power supply. USB3.0 no longer works as a power source but only as a data communication method. The USB-HUB provides connection with other devices, which allows user to avoid the mess of cable management. Once another device is connected through the USB-HUB, it will be connected to PC device through the USB3.0/USB2.0 port.

Table 5 Camera Electric Connection Details

USB HUB for Accessories

| To filter wheel with USB2.0 cable
To guiding camera with USB 2.0 cable
Power Port| DC12V/3A

ATR2110C and Its Software

Application Installation
For software, customers are welcomed to go to our software website: https ://touptek-astro.com/downloads/, to download the latest ToupSky. The ATR can also be used with ASCOM, DirectShow SDK. If the third-party software is compatible with these SDK, customers can also download the software driver from our website and install the drivers into the third-party software.
ToupSky is ToupTek astronomy camera’s Windows application. ToupSky is a professional software integrated with camera control, image capture & process, image browse, and analysis functions. ToupSky is born with the following features:
Windows :

• x86: XP SP3 or above; CPU supports SSE2 instruction set or above
• x64: Win7 or above

Features

• Full control of the camera
• Trigger mode and video mode support (raw format or RGB format)
• Automatic capture and quick record function
• Multi-language support
• Hardware ROI and digital binning function
• Extensive image processing functions, like image stitching, live stacking, flat field correction, dark field correction, etc.

Supported Camera:

• All ToupTek astronomy cameras

User-friendly UI Design

• Well-arranged menus and toolbars ensure quick operating;
• The unique design of 3 sidebars — Camera, Folders, Undo/Redo are orderly classified；
• Convenient operating method (Double click or right-click context menu) as much as possible;
• Detailed help manual;

Professional Camera Control Panel

Capture & Resolution| Set the live and snap resolution and snap the image or record video;
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Exposure & Gain| Auto exposure (exposure target preset) and manual exposure (exposure time can be inputted manually); Up to 5 times gain;
Color Balance| Advanced single-click intelligent white balance setting, temperature and tint can be manually adjusted;
Color Adjustment| Hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, gamma initialization adjustment;
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Frame Rate| Adjustment of frame rate available for different computer configurations;
Flip| Check the “horizontal” or “vertical” option to correct the sample direction;
Sampling| Bin mode can obtain low noise video stream; Skip mode obtains sharper and smoother video stream. Support video stream histogram extension, Negative and positive switching, Gray calibration, Clarity factor for focusing etc.
Bit Depth| Switch between 8 bits and 12 bits. 8 bits is the basic Windows image format. 12 bits will have higher image quality but moderate FPS.

ROI

| ROI, Region of interest. This function can set the ROI on the video window. When the ROI group was expanded, a dotted

rectangle with “Handles” will appear around the video window that will let you alter the ROI. Use mouse button to adjust the ROI size. If ROI is ok, click Apply will set the video to ROI size, Defaults will return to the original size.

Dark Field Correction

| To Enable the Dark Field Correction, one should capture the dark field image first. After the images are captured, the

Enable button will be clickable. Checking the Enable button will enable the Dark Field correction. Unchecking it will disable the Dark Field Correction.

Cooling| Set the TE-Cooling target temperature and set the fan On/Off;
Parameters| Load, save, overwrite, import, export self-defined parameters of camera control panel (including calibration information, exposure and color setting information);

Practical Functions with Good Results

Video functions| Various professional functions: Video broadcast; Time lapse capture; Video record; Video stream grid; Image stitch; Video scale bar, date etc.
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Image    Processing    and Enhancement| Control and adjust image by denoise, sharpen, color toning deinterlace, all kinds of filtering algorithm and mathematical morphology algorithm, range, binary, pseudo color, surface plot and line profile ital..
Image Stacking| Image stacking adopts advanced image matching technology. With the recorded video, regardless of shifting, rotation, scaling, the high- fidelity image can be stacked to decrease the image noise.

Powerful Compatibility

/ 11(32 & 64 bit), Mac OSX, Linux
Language Support| Unlimited language support, currently available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Russian, German, French, Polish and Turkish

Hardware Requirement

PC Requirements

| CPU: Intel Core 2 2.8GHz or higher
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Memory:2GB or more
USB port: USB3.0/USB2.0 port
Display: 17” or larger
CD-ROM

ATR2110C and Dshow
DshowAstro is an interface driver providing Dshow standard support for ToupTek USB astronomy camera

Supported OS: Windows

• x86: XP SP3 or above; CPU supports SSE2 instruction set or above
• x64: Win7 or above

Supported Camera:

• All ToupTek astronomy cameras

ATR2110C and the 3rd Party Software

Support Software

N.I.N.A
Powerful open source astronomy equipment management system for deep sky photo shooting, free.
INDI
A popular third-party driver software for astronomy devices, often used on Linux and MacOS.
ASCOM Platform
All AstroCam telescope camera drivers request to install ASCOM p latform, free. http://www.ascomstandards.org/index.htm
You can download the ASCOM package from : http://ascomstandards.org/Downloads/Index.htm
PHD Guiding
A popular free guide software: http://openphdguiding.org/ ToupTek’s telescope camera support Native/ASCOM/WDM driver to run the video.
Nebulosity
A popular cooled camera control/image process software directly supported via ASCOM.
MetaGuide
Autoguiding software with novel method to avoid the atmospheric agitation. The latest version support GCMOS01200KPB and the guide port: http://www.astrogeeks.com/Bliss/MetaGuide/
MAXIMDL
Famous full functional CCD Control/Image Process software. Popular used in US.
AstroArt
Famous full functional CCD Control/Image Process software. Popular used in Europe.
FireCapture
Great free planetary capture software. Support part of AstroCam series telescope camera.
SharpCAP
A nice free planetary capture software support WDM cameras includes AstroCam series telescope camera.
Registax
A popular free planetary stacking and processing software.
AstroStack
A planetary stacking and process software.
DeepSky Stacker
A free deep sky image stack and process software.

Service
For software upgrades, please refer to “Download” on our official website: https://touptek-astro.com//
For customers who purchase the cameras from local dealer, please contact your dealer for more inquiry. For technical support, please contact e-mail address: astro@touptek.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is the spectral range of the ATR2110C camera?
A: The spectral range of the camera is not specified in the user manual. For specific details, please contact ToupTek Photonics.

Q: Is there a recommended operating system for using the ATR2110C camera?
A: The user manual does not mention a specific operating system requirement. It is recommended to check with ToupTek Photonics for compatibility information.

References

• Download Center
• ToupTek | Astronomical camera | Astronomy camera
• VB Shop
• ASCOM - Standards for Astronomy
• astrogeeks.com/Bliss/MetaGuide/
• ToupTek | Astronomical camera | Astronomy camera
• ToupTek | Astronomical camera | Astronomy camera
• ToupTek Astro: Electric filter wheel & Astronomical Cameras | Pro Astrophotography Equipment

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