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Embedded Linux On a High Speed Camera

Posted by timothy on from the cool-hardware dept.

destructor writes: "Linuxdevices has an interesting article on a High Speed Gated Intensified Camera that "combines a fast gated micro-channel plate (MCP) image intensifier, a CMOS image sensor, and an embedded computer based on an Axis Communications ETRAX RISC processor running Embedded Linux." The camera (Elphel Model 303) itself is network operable and can be used for capturing images of explosions, lightning bolts, etc. Link found via. megarad.com."

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  1. Re:pr0n? by servasius_jr · · Score: 4, Funny

    What precise effect will this play on the online pr0n industry?

    That depends on how many people are turned on by explosions and lightning bolts.