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From: nelsonk@bunsen.cs.ucdavis.edu (Karl Nelson)
Subject: CCD shuttering
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 19:41:38 GMT
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Hello.  I am working on constructing a low resolution CCD camera for a
small robot.  I plan to use a TC211 chip to take the pictures.
However, the chip lacks a buffer area.  Therefore, I must either
shutter the CCD or pull the image out faster.  By my calcs it shows
that to pull out the image it would tkae at least 3ms to pull out the
image that maximum operating speed given by TI (10Mhz).  Given a
sample time of 15ms that gives me a twenty percent error.  Does anyone
know if the CCD can be operated higher that the recommended max?  If
not, are there any other recommendations on how the shutter the CCD
aside from liquid crystal?  Please post or mail any experiences or
possible solutions to my delemma.  My email address is
kenelson@ucdavis.edu.

Thank you.

---Karl Nelson 
