Image Sensor Basics

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Is there anybody that can advise me a good course, tutorial, book or
pdf to get me started in the field of image sensors.

Google seems to give me only 2 types of information
1) Datasheets of specific sensors ... Too complicated to get me
started.
2) Theoretical sites about light and colours, that have little to do
with electronics.

If there's anybody with some experience in this field that has used
image sensors succesfully, is it possible to explain how YOU got
started. Or maybe give me some explanations.

What would really help me would be a site of a step by step
guide/instructions on how to implement an image sensor, how to trigger
it, how to link it to a microcontroller, how to save images on a
CompactFlash card ... etc... Anybody?

Thank you in advance
Greetings
BramGo

 

[www.interfacebus.com]

This page provides a listing of sensor manufacturers. You can hit a few
of their sites in the hope of finding a nice page on the topic.

http://www.interfacebus.com/sensors.html

 

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http://www.beyondlogic.org/imaging/camera.htm

This is an excellent introductory article (slightly dated, beware of
some broken links) to CMOS image sensors. It also briefly covers some
of the major manufacturers (Micron, OmniVision, ST, etc).

I'd recommend looking into the OmniVision evaluation kits if you're
trying to get hardware to play with. Unfortunately though, Omnivision
doesn't post datasheets on their website. Micron does, but their eval.
kits are a little on the expensive side.

Hope that helps.

-Erik