Hi Chuck and all,
I tried to visit your link, but it was already 'not found'...
Joke or not, I don't see the point of a circular sensor anyway. Due to
current IC's production method (circlular shapes do waste a lot of silicon
wafer!) it wouldn't be any cheaper than a square sensor whose side equalled
the circle's diameter, which in turn would have about 27.3% more pixels (x 4
/ pi) for the same pitch/density.
Plus, addressing the pixels on a circular sensor would be a real nightmare
for the decoding circuitry and/or firmware.
Cheers,
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Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
<http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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