Dark frame library coverage calculator

Calculate setting rows with missing frames and acquisition seconds and total additional dark frames with your own figures.

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Use setting rows with missing frames and acquisition seconds and total additional dark frames to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Settings JSON [[exposure seconds,temperature °C,existing frames,target frames],...]
[[30,-10,10,20],[60,-10,20,20],[120,-5,5,20]]
Setting rows with missing frames and acquisition seconds
[[30,-10,10,300],[60,-10,0,0],[120,-5,15,1800]]
Total additional dark frames
25
Total acquisition time (minutes)
35

Try another scenario

Settings JSON [[exposure seconds,temperature °C,existing frames,target frames],...]
[[31,-10,10,20],[60,-10,20,20],[120,-5,5,20]]
Setting rows with missing frames and acquisition seconds
[[31,-10,10,310],[60,-10,0,0],[120,-5,15,1800]]
Total additional dark frames
25
Total acquisition time (minutes)
35.166667
Calculation method

Calculation method

Setting rows with missing frames and acquisition seconds

For each exposure/temperature setting, missing=max(0,target-existing); acquisition=missing×exposure.

Total additional dark frames

For each exposure/temperature setting, missing=max(0,target-existing); acquisition=missing×exposure.

Total acquisition time (minutes)

For each exposure/temperature setting, missing=max(0,target-existing); acquisition=missing×exposure.

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Settings JSON [[exposure seconds,temperature °C,existing frames,target frames],...]

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Per-setting inventory; each row is a distinct user-calibrated exposure/temperature setting. Readout, cooling and transfer overhead excluded. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Per-setting inventory; each row is a distinct user-calibrated exposure/temperature setting. Readout, cooling and transfer overhead excluded.
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