Section 2 - Introduction to CCD Cameras
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Figure 2.2 - CCD System Block Diagram
As you can see from Figure 2.2, the cameras are completely self-contained. All the electronics
are contained in the optical head. There is no external CPU.
At the "front end" of any CCD camera is the CCD sensor itself. As we have already
learned, CCDs are a solid-state image sensor organized in a rectangular array of regularly
spaced rows and columns. The Research Series of cameras use two CCDs, one for imaging
(Kodak KAF series) and one for tracking (TC237). An optional remote guiding head contains
another CCD used for tracking (TC237).
