Thread: NiteMaxx digital night vision camera

Just got my color CCDs (thanks Mark!)

It is quite a bit bigger than the b&w ccds.


So I start looking at my pile of project boxes and found a radioshack one that fits almost perfect
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I say almost as the standoffs for holding the pcb just miss and one of them is in the way of the can labeled NTSC. Though you could just mount it reversed. The board to the cover. I think with the right standoffs and a template, you could actually mount the CCD board to the cover of the project and the lens to the box itself, thereby solving the lens mounting issue. And if you were careful, could even fit a TO-2 voltage regulator in there.

awesome, if you create a pdf template, that'd be sweet

.... sucks the color CCD is so large. Thats project enclosure is slightly smaller then my camera http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd450/page2.asp


no wonder that one guy was able to fit his in a paper clip holder. I was thinking "no way would this fit"

Originally Posted by Peoples

awesome, if you create a pdf template, that'd be sweet

.... sucks the color CCD is so large. Thats project enclosure is slightly smaller then my camera http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd450/page2.asp


no wonder that one guy was able to fit his in a paper clip holder. I was thinking "no way would this fit"

Man that canon is tiny. Too small. I'd loose the thing.

Though you can make the setup smaller with the ultra color ccds. If you got board lenses, they mount right to the board and are smaller than just the lens attachment on these. My rear camera has one for instance.

I'm not really impressed with my rear view cams night performance. If these work better, I'll rob the lens for that one.

I believe Mark also offers a color camera (without some of the DSP features) that is the same size as the standard Nitemax B&W CCD.

Originally Posted by NiteMax Mark

I've got the larger DSP based CCDs in Color and B&W.

The smaller CCDs are only available in B&W.

Hi Mark,
Just shot you an email on the ultra color ccds. You have a pinout? Can't find them anywhere.

The two ground wires, do I need to connect both and if so, just tie'em together?
update
Got your email thanks! Ground black for zoom. What do the other pins do?

Originally Posted by NiteMax Mark

JP1 Power/Video Connector
JP1-1 +12V, 110mA
JP1-2 GND
JP1-3 VIDEO
JP1-4 GND

JP2 Option/Feature Connector (Ground pin to enable)
JP2-1 AES/ALC AES: Automatic Exposure Control. ALC: Automatic LEvel Control.
JP2-2 BLC Black Level Control
JP2-3 AGC Automatic Gain Control
JP2-4 ATW/AWC ATW: Auto tracking white balance. AWC: One push lock white balance.
JP2-5 MIRROR
JP2-6 2X ZOOM
JP2-7 GND

JP3 DSP SPI(?) Interface
JP3-1 +3V3
JP3-2 SDO
JP3-3 SDI
JP3-4 STB
JP3-5 SCK
JP3-6 GND

JP4 DC Iris Control Output
JP4-1 DUMP-
JP4-2 DUMP+
JP4-3 DRIVE+
JP4-4 DRIVE-

JP5 Video Iris Control Output
JP5-1 +9V
JP5-2 SIG
JP5-3 GND

Thank you much! Auto Iris hmmm. Wonder what it expects for voltage. I'd love to get it working with the giant lens I have. Too bad no auto focus.