摘要： A new tool has been developed to calculate the spectral, spatial, and temporal responses of multi-energy soft x-ray (ME-SXR) pinhole cameras for arbitrary plasma densities (ne,D), temperature (Te), and impurity densities (nZ). ME-SXR imaging provides a unique opportunity for obtaining important plasma properties (e.g., Te, nZ, and Z eff) by measuring both continuum and line emission in multiple energy ranges. This technique employs a pixelated x-ray detector in which the lower energy threshold for photon detection can be adjusted independently. Simulations assuming a tangential geometry and DIII-D-like plasmas (e.g., ne,0 ≈ 8 × 1019 m?3 and T e,0 ≈ 2.8 keV) for various impurity (e.g., C, O, Ar, Ni, and Mo) density pro?les have been performed. The computed brightnesses range from few 102 counts pixel?1 ms?1 depending on the cut-off energy thresholds, while the maximum allowable count rate is 104 counts pixel?1 ms?1. The typical spatial resolution in the mid-plane is ≈0.5 cm with a photon-energy resolution of 500 eV at a 500 Hz frame rate.