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Scanners, flash drives, digital cameras Scanners Types: handheld, flatbed, film/slide, drum(industrial) Components: Charge-coupled device (CCD) array, mirrors, scan head, glass plate, lamp, lens, cover, filters, stepper motor, stabilizer bar, belt, power supply, interface port(s), control circuitry How it works: lamp lights document, scan head moves across the document, mirrors reflect the image onto a lens, and the lens focuses the image through a filter on the CCD array. The marketplace Quality measurement: CCD vs. CIS (Contact Image Sensor) Resolution: hardware sampling (1,200-4,800 dpi), and software (interpolation): 9,600- unlimited. Sharpness: depends on the quality of the lens and the brightness of the lamp. Depth: 36-bit, up to 48-bit color, but output is 24-bit Interfaces: USB, SCSI, FireWire, parallel Software: Twain and WIA (conflicts in XP) Scanner FAQ Flash RAM and drives Flash RAM basics a solid state storage: a type of SRAM, EEPROM chip nonvolatile and does not require constant power to retain information, unlike DRAM. How it works: cells values are defined by rows and columns grid using tunneling. Devices that use flash RAM BIOS chip memory cards: PDAs, cameras, MP3 players, etc smart cards: future of smart cards? flash USB drives: why not replace hard-drives? Flash USB drives Flash USB drive basics NAND flash memory (cells arranged serially) integrated with a USB interface , up to 8 GB of storage components: USB connector, USB mass storage controller (CPU and memory), flash memory chip, crystal oscillator (clock), LED More The USB Flash drive alliance Making the USB flash drive bootable Portable applications for USB flash drives Digital cameras Digital camera basics based on CCD (we saw it in scanners): sample the original light that bounces off the subject, converting light patterns into pixel values resolution: the number of unique cells in the CCD, measured in megapixels capturing color: color filter array over each photosite