PROPER for IDL (and matlab and python) https://proper-library.sourceforge.net/
POPPY for python: https://poppy-optics.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Code V
Zeemax
OSLO
What did we learn from the first try?
PROPER for IDL (and matlab and python) https://proper-library.sourceforge.net/
POPPY for python: https://poppy-optics.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Code V
Zeemax
OSLO
Some CCDs are not 2-dimensional, but are just a single line of sensors. Typically used for scanning devices. Here is one such. Another is here.
The first one appears to be 16 bit – but what is the readout noise, and can you get line CCDs with better than 16 bit dynamic range? Second one is an 11ish bit device?
There is a type of camera where the sensor reacts to changes, not to ‘an exposure signal’. The DAVIS 346 Neuromorphic camera is one such.
Data-sheet: https://inivation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DAVIS346.pdf
Note the apparent high dynamic range of 120dB – like a 100-image stack from MLO?
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_camera
How can we use an ‘event-based camera’? Can the camera also be triggered from outside?
I am printing this: https://wiki.openastrotech.com/en/OpenAstroTracker