In certain scenarios its usefull to have the camera(s) run in a hardware - triggered mode instead of freerun.
That way one can exactly control when the cameras record the frames and at the same time enables a synchronization between cameras: all cameras receiving a trigger signal record their frames at the same time.
I would suggest different modes of hardware-trigger:
- fully external hardware-trigger - an external device will provide the TTL-like pulses to control the cameras. Simpler but requires external hardware.
- use one of the cameras as clock: this camera runs in freerun mode and outputs its ExposureActive signal via GPIO, other camera(s) are set in triggered mode and use the clock signal of the main camera.
In certain scenarios its usefull to have the camera(s) run in a hardware - triggered mode instead of freerun.
That way one can exactly control when the cameras record the frames and at the same time enables a synchronization between cameras: all cameras receiving a trigger signal record their frames at the same time.
I would suggest different modes of hardware-trigger: