Table 3. Characteristics of fast detectors available at the Imaging Group of APS.

Detector	Model	Chip size	Pixel size (µm)	Bits	Frames s−1	GB s−1
Adimec	Q-12A180	4000 × 3000	5.5	8–10	187	2.09
FLIR	ORX-10G-51S5M-C	2448 × 2048	3.45	8–12	167	0.78
PCO	Edge	2048 × 2048	6.5	16	100	0.78
FLIR	ORX-10G-310S9M	6464 × 4852	3.45	8–12	26	0.76
PCO	PCO DIMAX HS4	2000 × 2000	11	12	2277	†
Photron	Fastcam Nova S16	1024 × 1024	20	12	16000	†
Photron	Fastcam SA-Z	1024 × 1024	20	12	20000	†
Shimadzu	HPV-X2	400 × 250	32	10	10 × 106	†

^†These detectors use on-board camera memory to reach the specified maximum frames s⁻¹. Data transfer to the controller computer varies depending on the camera-computer bus speed.