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Offline nikodemTopic starter

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Roper Scientific / Princeton Instruments CCD cameras
« on: March 06, 2023, 08:23:03 pm »
Well... scientific CCDs are a kind of test equipiment, so I'm trying my luck here...

I'm completing a small optical spectroscopy home lab. I've managed to obtain quite sensitive CCD camera from Roper ()P/N 7413-0006), but I'm lacking the controller:


I'm not really the whole Roper/Princeton ecosystem (I've always was an Andor guy), so I have no idea wherte to look for any information. What I'm looking for:

  • Pinout of the DB-25 connector on the back of the camera.
  • Informatyion about compatibility with controllers.
  • Information about PC software
 

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Re: Roper Scientific / Princeton Instruments CCD cameras
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2023, 08:31:12 pm »
I'm sorry but when I'm doing trash dump diving, such older scientific cameras with propertitary interface (not USB, not CameraLink) and without controller card are usually considered not worth keeping.

The interface can be complicated (parallel) and a significant amount of engineering is required to get it to work. Maybe a high end FPGA is needed. At least the controller box or card usually looks scaring complex to me. (Of course, if you are way more competent than me at reverse engineering and engineering camera interfaces and can get such a job done, please ignore this.)

I would consider using an astronomy camera with modern Sony sensor for a hobby spectroscopy project. Maybe the only difficulty is there isn't much options with global shutter.
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Re: Roper Scientific / Princeton Instruments CCD cameras
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2023, 09:13:22 pm »
I'm sorry but when I'm doing trash dump diving, such older scientific cameras with propertitary interface (not USB, not CameraLink) and without controller card is usually considered not worth keeping.

The interface can be complicated (parallel) and a significant amount of engineering is required to get it to work. Maybe a high end FPGA is needed.

I would consider using a astronomy camera for a hobby spectroscopy project.

Therte are plenty of controllers for these cameras on eBay, so this is not that big of a problem, as one might think. What I would want to know if there are any quirks in terms of controller-camera compatibility.
 

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Re: Roper Scientific / Princeton Instruments CCD cameras
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2023, 08:13:51 am »
Still no luck, so I decided to bump my post in case someone knowledgable in this matter is here.
 


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