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Opened 17 years ago

Last modified 16 years ago

#1265 assigned defect

pmReadoutSetVariance does not correctly handle low-signal high-gain

Reported by: eugene Owned by: eugene
Priority: low Milestone:
Component: psModules Version:
Severity: normal Keywords:
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Description

in pmReadoutSetVariance, there is a bit of code to keep the variance within sensible ranges: it forces the variance to be positive (taking the absolute value) and it clips the lower end to 1. the first is an acceptable hack, though it would be worth understanding how the code can ever result in a negative variance (add an assert?). the second is a bigger problem since the calculation is in DN: the clipping needs to be to the appropriate amount in DN based on the gain equivalent to a 1 e-.

Change History (1)

comment:1 by eugene, 16 years ago

Component: camerapsModules
Status: newassigned
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