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General Purpose I/O (GPIO) Lines#

The General Purpose I/O (GPIO) lines of your Basler camera can be configured to operate as input or output lines.

Characteristics#

Common Tasks#

Task Feature
Specifying whether you want the GPIO line to operate as an input, output, or input-output line Line Mode
Determining the current status of one or all GPIO lines (high / low) Line Status
Configuring triggered image acquisition Triggered Image Acquisition
Selecting an output signal for a GPIO line Line Source
Inverting all input or output signals (high -> low, low -> high) Line Inverter
Setting the line connection for a GPIO line Line Connection
Enabling a termination resistor for the camera's differential GPIO line Line Termination

Sample Circuit Diagrams#

→ See Circuit Diagrams.

→ See I/O Control of racer 2 L Cameras

Timing Characteristics#

→ See I/O Timing Characteristics.