Part Number:DLPLCR6500EVM
Hello!
We are planning to use a LightCrafter 6500 evaluation module for a biological application. Simply put, we want to use the system to project a video stream onto a biological sample. You can think of the video stream as a “movie” that may contain different sinusoidal gratings, spatio-temporal white noise stimuli, or even natural scenes. In any case, the according video stream would be provided in real-time by a Linux computer via a standard graphics card (i.e. we don’t want to load the video data onto the DLP prior to its presentation). It is important that we can rely on accurate presentation of the video stream (no alterations in terms of scaling, contrast, image "enhancements" etc. by the DLP). Additionally we need a precise trigger signal for each frame. We would need a continuous frame rate of 240 Hz for frames of 8-bit greyscale depth.
From what I learned from the datasheets and here in the forum the LC6500 should be suitable for this application. However, just to be absolutely sure that I understood everything correctly it would be very kind if you could briefly confirm that the LC6500 is able to stream 8 bit patterns in video pattern mode at approx. 240 Hz via HDMI. I found in the DLPC900 datasheet (dlpc900.pdf) that 8 bit patterns can be shown at 360 Hz with external input of the video data. While 240 Hz would actually be sufficient for us I wonder if the LightCrafter6500 evaluation system does actually support a frame rate of >=240 Hz when the video stream is delivered via HDMI. Maybe I just overlooked it, but I did not find any clear statement on this topic in the LightCrafter6500 manual (dlpu028c.pdf).
Thank you very much!
Malte