nagle@well.UUCP (John Nagle) (10/10/89)
At this point, CCD imaging chips are widely available, being used in large number of camcorders, so prying the lids off RAMs is obsolete. Sanyo Semiconductor (408-248-6370) makes a good selection; call for technical data. A wide range of resolutions is available. John Nagle
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (10/10/89)
In article <14016@well.UUCP> nagle@well.UUCP (John Nagle) writes: > At this point, CCD imaging chips are widely available, being used in >large number of camcorders, so prying the lids off RAMs is obsolete. The issue was never availability; it was price. What are CCD prices like? -- A bit of tolerance is worth a | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology megabyte of flaming. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
jb@aablue.UUCP (John B Scalia) (10/18/89)
In article <1989Oct10.021254.19742@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > >The issue was never availability; it was price. What are CCD prices like? >-- I checked out my latest Arrow Electronics catalog this morning and found the following items made by TI: TI# TCK103 Arrow # 2413FAQ Linear CCD Evaluation Kit Qty. 1 $ 317.46 TI# TC102 Arrow # 2413FAR 128 x 1 Linear CCD Image Sensor Qty. 1 $ 48.84 TI# TC104 Arrow # 2413FAS 3456 x 1 Lin. CCD Image Sensor Qty. 1 $ 155.40 TI# TC211 Arrow # 2413FAT 192 x 165 Industrial CCD Sensor Qty. 1 $ 51.05 We used the TC104 in a scanner we built a couple of years utilizing a scanning slit technology and found them to be really fast in response with no "memory" or saturation to fairly bright lights. Of course, we never exposed them to sunlight directly. If I remember right, since I can't find my spec sheet for it, the TC102 has a lot better low-light capability. I have no information for the TCK103 or the TC211; they didn't meet any needs for our scanner. Hope this gives you something to stimulate those creative juices :-) jb@aablue -- A A Blueprint Co., Inc. - Akron, Ohio +1 216 794-8803 voice UUCP: {uunet!}aablue!jb (John B. Scalia) Just a little more nonsense to clutter up the net.