The OCA CCD Camera Controller
Abstract
This document describes a new CCD camera controller adapted to Schmidt telescopes. If several large CCD detectors can be adapted in the focal plane of a large Schmidt telescope, deeper digital images can be obtained, the operating cost of a CCD camera is several orders of magnitudes smaller than that of glass photographic plates. This also opens new ways of using Schmidt telescopes; i.e., real time detection of celestial sources. This report contains the following sections: Requirements analysis Description of the Loral CCD442A CCD Description of the camera controller Physical implementation of a mono CCD camera Physical implementation of a multi CCD camera Appendix 1: Controller schematics Appendix 2: Data sheets of the major components Appendix 3: Information about the microcontroller and its software.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA410929
Entities
People
- Alain Maury