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1 55 109 163 217 271 325 379 433 487 541 595 649 703 757 811 865
Count
SQUAL value
0
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1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 3.4
Delta from Lens Reference Plane to Tracking Surface, Z (mm)
SQUAL count
Avg-3sigma
Avg
Avg+3sigma
Data Type: Upper 8 bits of a 9-bit unsigned integer.
USAGE: SQUAL (Surface Quality) is a measure of the number of valid features visible by the sensor in the cur-
rent frame. The maximum SQUAL register value is 128. Since small changes in the current frame can
result in changes in SQUAL, variations in SQUAL when looking at a surface are expected. The graph
below shows few sequentially acquired SQUAL values, while a sensor was moved slowly over white
paper. SQUAL is nearly equal to zero, if there is no surface below the sensor. SQUAL is typically maxi-
mized when the navigation surface is at the optimum distance from the imaging lens (the nominal
Z-height).
Figure 13. Squal values (white paper).
Figure 14. Mean squal vs. Z (white paper).
SQUAL Address: 0x05
Access: Read Reset Value: 0x00
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Field SQ
7
SQ
6
SQ
5
SQ
4
SQ
3
SQ
2
SQ
1
SQ
0