andrewg@earwax.pd.uwa.oz.au (Andrew Greenhill) (05/19/91)
Recently there was some interest in CCD imaging chips and what was available. I have discovered that a number of companies offer such devices but that by far the most promising I have seen is made by Texas Instruments. They make at least 3, the TC-211, TC-240 & TC-241. One of these is colour, the others B&W. They are relatively very cheap. I have details only on the TC-211. Its is a 192x165 array (plus 12x165 dark current pixels), it is about 7x7.5 mm in size, with 6 legs. I am told they cost around $20 ! Unfortunately they require a fair amount of support circuitry and may be a little tricky to get running. In Perth (in West'n Australia) data sheets are hard to come by, so I don't have much info on this. Anyway the chips definately look worth investigating. BTW: If you get a system with one of these chips running, or even just a complete circuit diagram for such, then please tell me about it. Preferably by e-mail (else this newsgroup). Andrew Greenhill.