Please Note: This blog post is part of a series of five posts altogether.
The posts include: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5.

Digital I/Os - Hirose connector

As already mentioned in the introduction, there are two ways to access the camera’s digital I/Os: using an internal pin header or an external Hirose connector. The cable’s pinout is in the table below and the position of the pins is illustrated by the drawing to the right.

Important: Please note that only FireWire cameras provide a power supply at Pin 1. In the case of USB cameras this pin is open.

(To be continued…)