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| ▲ | privatelypublic 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Yea, plenty of cameras need precise temperature control too. A laser or LED shifting spectra is just the easiest and most accessible example I could think of. Highspeed needing it is a head scratcher though. Best I can come up with is the sensor needs relatively low temperatures, that or as the frame gets smaller on the sensor to up the framerate the power density goes nuts. |
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| ▲ | pfdietz 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Also sensors with long exposure times, which are cooled to reduce the dark current. Amateur telescope camera chips are often actively cooled for long exposures. |
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| ▲ | metalman 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| interesting to know that there are actual critical applications for this technology though it does have limitations as I think the JWST is cooled with some sort of exotic compressor useing liquid helium, though perhaps a solid state device is part of the stack as they are after a very low, very stable temperature |
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