Docs
Documentation
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Quick start
- Install and activateGet PreciSim running on Windows, activate it (including offline), and confirm the virtual machine works.
- Your first lab (30 minutes)Run a complete pixel size calibration with no hardware attached, and see how far your result sits from ground truth.
- FAQWon't install, won't activate, no image, numbers don't match — work through it in this order.
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Concepts
- Device abstractionVirtual and real devices implement the same interfaces — that is what makes "prove it on the virtual rig first" a real strategy.
- Coordinate frames and sign conventionsThe section that causes the most bugs and tolerates the least ambiguity. Fix the conventions, then write code.
- Calibration chainsThe six chains, their order and dependencies, what each one is judged on, and why "chain" is the right word.
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Physics and models
- World and imagingHow the virtual camera turns a 3D scene into an image. Open model, closed implementation.
- Axes and errorsThe virtual axis kinematics, plus how backlash, pitch error and repeatability are modelled.
- Optics and defocusDepth of field, point spread function, the sharpness curve — and why Z focus calibration works the way it does.
- NoiseShot noise, read noise, dark current, bad pixels — and how each one limits calibration accuracy.
- Ground truth and tolerancesWhat "truth" means here, how deviation is computed, where tolerances come from — and why a small residual does not mean a good calibration.
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Lab manual
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Integration
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Source guide
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Glossary
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