Post by thread:(OT)CCD cooler was--Re: Counting encoder pulses

At 08:57 AM 1/30/98 +1300, you wrote: >> I suggest using two PCs... the one you have... . . The same thing with a CCD needs 500k. Add to that the power >consumption of the Peltier device and both objectives go out the window. >But you do get pretty pictures. :-) > >Steve. A Stirling engine that is CCD sized has been developed as economically better than l N2...(that's cheap in dollars and in Watts!) You should look that up before giving up on a solar/battery powered telescope John Griessen Austin TX

> A Stirling engine that is CCD sized has been developed as economically > better than l N2...(that's cheap in dollars and in Watts!) You should look > that up before giving up on a solar/battery powered telescope Sounds interesting. Do you have any references ? (Not that we are in the Nitrogen league). Steve. ====================================================== Very funny Scotty. Now beam down my clothes. ====================================================== Steve Baldwin Electronic Product Design TLA Microsystems Ltd Microcontroller Specialists PO Box 15-680 email: spam_OUTstevebTakeThisOuTkcbbs.gen.nz New Lynn, Auckland ph +64 9 820-2221 New Zealand fax +64 9 820-1929 ======================================================

At 22:18 1998-01-30 -0600, you wrote: >A Stirling engine that is CCD sized has been developed as economically >better than l N2...(that's cheap in dollars and in Watts!) You should look >that up before giving up on a solar/battery powered telescope > >John Griessen >Austin TX > Can it run both as a heat driven engine, and as a mechanically driven heat pump? Interesting! Where can we learn more abour it? /Morgan Morgan Olsson, MORGANS REGLERTEKNIK, Sweden, ph: +46 (0)414 70741; fax 70331 -