STA is excited to announce the availability of our next-generation CCD controller, Archon. The system offers a simple fiber or copper gigabit ethernet interface. Archon features a modular, 12 slot design that can digitize up to 16 CCD outputs at pixel rates up to a few MHz. Digital CDS processing enables a typical SNR of… Continue Reading
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STA4150 announced
STA is pleased to announce the STA4150, a 4k x 4k scientific CCD with 15 μm pixels and four low noise outputs. See more details here. Continue Reading
First AST3 camera accepted and in transit to Antarctica
The first of 3 STA cameras has been accepted and installed by NIAOT for the AST3 (Antarctic Survey Telescope) project. Each camera consists of a backside illuminated STA1600FT CCD (10k x 5k frame transfer, 9 μm pixel), a compact dewar with TEC cooling, and an STA Reflex camera controller. The NAIOT announcement can be read… Continue Reading
URAT Camera Delivered to Navy
STA delivered the URAT camera to Norbert Zacharias at the USNO in Washington, D.C. in August of 2011. The URAT camera is a focal plane of four 10k x 10k STA1600 CCDs with supporting guider CCDs, a liquid nitrogen cooled dewar, and the supporting camera controllers. You can see images of the project on the… Continue Reading