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 ST-7XE, ST-8XE, ST-9XE, ST-10XE, ST-10XME and ST-
2000XM are completely self-contained. Unlike our previous products, the ST-7XE, ST-8XE, ST-
9XE, ST-10XE, ST-10XME and ST-2000XM contain all the electronics in the optical head. There
is no external CPU like the ST-5C, ST-237, ST-6 and STV.
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 ST-7XE, ST-8XE, ST-9XE, ST-10XE, ST-10XME and ST-2000XM
use two CCDs, one for imaging (Kodak KAF series) and one for tracking (TI TC211 or TC237).
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