Re: reverse engineering pwcx

Helge Hafting
2004-08-29T21:00:31Z

On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 12:17:19PM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> > The LavaRnd guys examined the pixels on the actual
> > CCD chip. It's 160x120. The 'decompression' is
> > just interpolation.
>
> First of all, it's not a CCD chip. It's CMOS.
>
> Now, here's a Bayer pattern:
>
> RG
> GB
> RGRGR
> GBGBG
> RGRGR
> GBGBG
>
> Don't put much faith in the 160x120 number.

There's no need for faith or speculation here.
Put the chip under a microscope and count the pixels,
or rather measure their size and estimate their number.

Helge Hafting