Is this CMOS or CCD?

[Toadeh]

Morning All,

I've found an old logitech web cam, ripped it to bits and photo'd the chip. Can anyone tell me, is it CMOS or CCD for just looking at it? Is it going to be worth converting to use for imaging?

Thanks All

[Toadeh]

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[Stargazing_Cliff]

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If you get full make of logitech you can google search and it show specifications usually says

i think it maybe ccd sensor do search in google images and you see looks like ccd.

[Cornelius Varley]

If you know the model of the webcam it might make it easier to identify.

It might be on this list http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/web-cameras.htm

Peter

[x6gas]

Don't get too hung up on CCD vs CMOS. It's the characteristics of the chip that are important. not the technology.

[Toadeh]

Good new is Found it (Its A pd1001)

Bad news is its CMOS (boooo)

Ta all

[Toadeh]

Don't get too hung up on CCD vs CMOS. It's the characteristics of the chip that are important. not the technology.

How do you mean? What would you look for to start with?

[Zakalwe]

Can anyone tell me, is it CMOS or CCD for just looking at it?

What difference does it make?

[keithatrochdale]

I believe the older CMOS chips are not as sensitive as the CCD ones.

[Cornelius Varley]

With modern webcams cmos sensors are not a problem, the technology has moved on since the Toucam Pro was king. Todays cameras have cmos sensors (check out DSLRs) so using a cmos sensor for imaging with a modern webcam if fine. Unfortunately the Creative PD1001 doesn't fall into that category, the sensor is old tech (usb 1.1) and has a low resolution (352x288) so the images wont be as good as the higher resolution webcams.

Peter

[x6gas]

With modern webcams cmos sensors are not a problem, the technology has moved on since the Toucam Pro was king. Todays cameras have cmos sensors (check out DSLRs) so using a cmos sensor for imaging with a modern webcam if fine. Unfortunately the Creative PD1001 doesn't fall into that category, the sensor is old tech (usb 1.1) and has a low resolution (352x288) so the images wont be as good as the higher resolution webcams.

Peter

What Peter said ^

There are lots of things to compare, the quantum efficiency of the chip being one (one measure of sensitivity). In this case, though, not a very good chip :-)