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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "Colorimeter"
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On 5/18/2025 2:43 PM, Martin Brown wrote:
> On 18/05/2025 20:45, Don Y wrote:
>> On 5/18/2025 6:13 AM, Lasse Langwadt wrote:
>>> On 5/17/25 23:03, Martin Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you are serious about doing this right then a 2D CCD sensor and a prism 
>>>> hires grating combo at right angles will allow you to quantify the entire 
>>>> visible spectrum at ultra high resolution. 
>>>
>>> use a CD https://youtu.be/EoAZ-u6hn6g?si=Mv-DfJ5swtq2-j1X&t=98  :)
>>>
>>> eons ago we used some CCDs as detectors for X-ray fluorescence, some had 
>>> weird formats like 1024x64 pixels so I assume they were really made for 
>>> spectroscopy
>>
>> As mentioned elsewhere, how do they fare when light is shining directly on the
>> sensor?  How do you keep it from saturating -- dark lens to attenuate the 
>> signal?
> 
> You vary the exposure to avoid spillover.

You can only use an electronic shutter to a limited degree.  You still
have to worry about protecting the sensor from being "cooked".  I.e.,
a mechanical shutter (something best purchased as silly to try to design)