On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:25:36 +0000, you wrote: >On 05/02/11 10:09, Mike Harrison wrote: >> High frame-rate sensors are always going to be niche and hence expensive= . >> AFAIK the Cypress one is the only 'affordable' one available - ISTR read= ing this product line has >> just been bought by another manufacturer so don't be surprised if it dis= appears in the transition. > >Hmm, interesting. It's still listed as a current product on Cypress's=20 >website. OnSemi have bought them - http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ON-Semiconductor-Signs-bw-3115073553.html?x= =3D0&.v=3D1 >I've had bad luck with the franchised distributors. My conversations=20 >with them usually go along the lines of: > >"I want two of these parts to evaluate. Send me a quote." >"Bugger off." The phrasing goes something like :=20 "We're (always use plural to imply larger outfit) considering designing th= is into a production device with projected volumes of in the industry. We are an independent consultancy (invent name if necess= ary) doing feasibiluty/proof of concept prototyping and our customer won't allow us t= o disclose details.=20 >Price-wise, though.... > > - DigiKey: ordered on request, ETA back end of April. =A3216 plus VAT,= =20 >and free Spanish Inquisition treatment. > - Mouser: none in stock, 16 on order, =A3219 +VAT, ETA early May then=20 >three more at the end of May. =A3201 if I can get five interested folk=20 >together and do a bulk-order (hmm...). > - Avnet -- no stock in Europe, =A3370 (!) if supplied from the US, plus= =20 >VAT and duty; =A3244 if supplied from Asia, and they supply from multiple= =20 >warehouses. VAT, duty and such to be added on top... > >So it seems the franchised distis aren't all they're cracked up to be...=20 >(and Avnet are especially bad in my experience). Yes, Avnet suck. Many years ago they refused to take my =A32.5K order as ca= sh with order as I didn;t have an account or trade refs to set one up. Still often a PITA nowadays an= d always the last on my list to contact. Some of their sub-companies like EBV are OK on a good day.= =20 =20 >Yeah, the Lupa-1300 (the 300's successor) has 12 LVDS differential lines=20 >and a sync output. Tying that to an FPGA would bring you neatly into=20 >Virtex / Stratix territory.... eurrgh. . Really? can you not do the 3215MHz LVDS rate on a Spartan3 or similar ?=20 The Spartan 6 summary I just looked at claims a little over 1gbit for diff= inputs so looks doable. I think S6 may actually even be available now (how long after it was announ= ced...?)=20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .