Artemis CCD - Basics

Artemis CCD - Basics

Basics

Just to the right I copied what Steve & Jon were writing for the Artemis CCD.

If you take a closer look it is revealing the following main components:

	40MHz processor from Microchips
	Sony CCD Vertical clock driver
	Sony ICX255 / 429 / 285 bw & color ExView CCD chips
	USB 1.1 communications port
	The ADC is a ADS8322 from TI (16bit)
	The CCD is sealed in a cold chamber and cooled to about 20 degrees below ambient with a peltier device.
	The camera has a standard ST4 type guide port for interfacing with compatible mounts.
	There is a webcam control port that can replace the parallel or serial connection and just require the modified webcam to have a standard USB connection back to the PC.

You may find the spec-sheets of the chips on the manufacturers web site (Sony and TI semiconductor branches).

Artemis CCD (429C)

Product specifications:

	Multi CCD compatibility
	Reprogrammable main processor
	USB communications port
	16 bit analogue to digital converter (ADC)
	Peltier cooled CCD
	Standard Guide port
	Modified Webcam control

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