An imager array, comprising: M x N focal planes, where each focal plane comprises a two dimensional arrangement of pixels having at least two pixels in each dimension and each focal plane is contained within a region of the imager array that does not contain pixels from another focal plane; control circuitry configured to control the capture of image information by the pixels within the focal planes, where the control circuitry is configured to separately control a reset time and an integration time of the pixels in at least two of the focal planes so that the capture of image information from the pixels in the at least two focal planes is separately controllable; sampling circuitry configured to convert pixel outputs into digital pixel data; output interface circuitry configured to output digital pixel data via an output interface; where the imager array is characterized by: the output interface includes less than M x N output ports; the control circuitry includes memory and a single row decoder circuit configured to address each row of pixels in each row of M focal planes and the control circuitry being configured to generate a first set of pixel level timing signals so that the row decoder and a column circuit sample a first row of pixels within a first focal plane to generate pixel data for the first row of the first focal plane and generate a second set of pixel level timing signals so that the row decoder and a column circuit sample a second row of pixels within a second focal plane to generate pixel data for the second row of the second focal plane to time multiplex the digital pixel data from the first row of the first focal plane and the second row of the second focal plane onto the less than M x N output ports of the output interface and buffer the digital pixel data from the M x N focal planes until a time-slot is available on the output interface to transmit the data where the control circuitry is further configured to insert codes between the pixel data from said first and second rows transmitted via the output interface identifying a focal plane from which the pixel data was captured. M x N focal planes, where each focal plane comprises a two dimensional arrangement of pixels having at least two pixels in each dimension and each focal plane is contained within a region of the imager array that does not contain pixels from another focal plane; control circuitry configured to control the capture of image information by the pixels within the focal planes, where the control circuitry is configured to separately control a reset time and an integration time of the pixels in at least two of the focal planes so that the capture of image information from the pixels in the at least two focal planes is separately controllable; sampling circuitry configured to convert pixel outputs into digital pixel data; output interface circuitry configured to output digital pixel data via an output interface; the output interface includes less than M x N output ports; the control circuitry includes memory and a single row decoder circuit configured to address each row of pixels in each row of M focal planes and the control circuitry being configured to generate a first set of pixel level timing signals so that the row decoder and a column circuit sample a first row of pixels within a first focal plane to generate pixel data for the first row of the first focal plane and generate a second set of pixel level timing signals so that the row decoder and a column circuit sample a second row of pixels within a second focal plane to generate pixel data for the second row of the second focal plane to time multiplex the digital pixel data from the first row of the first focal plane and the second row of the second focal plane onto the less than M x N output ports of the output interface and buffer the digital pixel data from the M x N focal planes until a time-slot is available on the output interface to transmit the data where the control circuitry is further configured to insert codes between the pixel data from said first and second rows transmitted via the output interface identifying a focal plane from which the pixel data was captured.