looking for a good/cheap source of CCDs and displays....

[almo]

Basically, I want digital cameras, but without the camera. There's a
big range in prices for the parts for some reason, none of the parts
are cheap, unless you buy 10,000, and considering that CVS sells the
one time use digital cameras for 20 bucks. Actually, I've bought a
couple of those just for the parts, but if somebody can save me some
time to find a source, I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for just the
components that would go in the cheapest digital camera on the market,
but not for taking pictures. Just the live video. I'm sure there's a
surplus place somewere that has them, but I thought I'd post this to
save time.

In the mean time, I'll keep looking.

Thanks,
Alan

 

[Luhan]

Basically, I want digital cameras, but without the camera. There's a
big range in prices for the parts for some reason, none of the parts
are cheap, unless you buy 10,000, and considering that CVS sells the
one time use digital cameras for 20 bucks. Actually, I've bought a
couple of those just for the parts, but if somebody can save me some
time to find a source, I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for just the
components that would go in the cheapest digital camera on the market,
but not for taking pictures. Just the live video. I'm sure there's a
surplus place somewere that has them, but I thought I'd post this to
save time.

In the mean time, I'll keep looking.

I did the same with an optical mouse - $6.95 from Home Depot. Looked
up the specs on the sensor, an 18 by 18 ccd array. You usually cannot
buy the sensors anywhere as cheap as buying the consumer device that
contains them, but you can often chase down the specs on the part they
use.

Luhan

 

[Joel Kolstad]

I'm looking for just the
components that would go in the cheapest digital camera on the market,
but not for taking pictures. Just the live video.

Low resolution web cam? They're pretty readily available for <$10 if you do a
little searching, e.g., http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?Cat=871 ...

---Joel

 

[Luhan]

Basically, I want digital cameras, but without the camera. There's a
big range in prices for the parts for some reason, none of the parts
are cheap, unless you buy 10,000, and considering that CVS sells the
one time use digital cameras for 20 bucks. Actually, I've bought a
couple of those just for the parts, but if somebody can save me some
time to find a source, I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for just the
components that would go in the cheapest digital camera on the market,
but not for taking pictures. Just the live video. I'm sure there's a
surplus place somewere that has them, but I thought I'd post this to
save time.

In the mean time, I'll keep looking.

Another approach is to buy a cheap video camera ($25 from Circuit
Specialists). Then at least you have a known interface (NTSC) to
recover the data.

Luhan

 

[almo]

Basically, I want digital cameras, but without the camera. There's a
big range in prices for the parts for some reason, none of the parts
are cheap, unless you buy 10,000, and considering that CVS sells the
one time use digital cameras for 20 bucks. Actually, I've bought a
couple of those just for the parts, but if somebody can save me some
time to find a source, I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for just the
components that would go in the cheapest digital camera on the market,
but not for taking pictures. Just the live video. I'm sure there's a
surplus place somewere that has them, but I thought I'd post this to
save time.

In the mean time, I'll keep looking.

Everyone, thanks for the tips. I have already ordered three camera
devices from Circuit Speciaists. Stranglely, no one there knew where I
could buy the LCD displays. But I was able to find a couple vendors
who can provide those. Also, thanks for the tip on the optical mouse.
I had plans to use an optical mouse for something, but not as a mouse.
So, that saves me from posting another question.

Thanks again,
Alan

 

[SONY digital camera parts]

Dear Alan,

We are a company that deals with SONY range of CCDs.
May be we can sell the CCDs used in Sony cameras.
Pl.give me the CCD nos. that you need.

The CCD ICX223 costs US$45.00 and I think this is 5 mega pixel with
very good sensitivity.


Sivaram.V
videolabs

 

[SONY digital camera parts]

We sell full range of LCDs that are used in SONY digital camcorders.
Pl.give those Model nos so that we can offer the right ones.

Sivaram.V
Videolabs