Smithsonian Museum of American History
Inventing in America
July 1, 2015-indefinite
Early Photobit Camera Prototype and Sensor on Exhibit
In yellow outline is PB
mini-EPPI prototype camera and PB159 image sensor.
In green outline is first
CCD camera by Steve Sasson at Kodak circa 1975.
Board above cameras is
first Apple computer board by Steve Wozniak.
Picture taken by EF
4-Feb-16 at Dartmouth/Thayer event held at Smithsonian Museum of American
History.
Kodak CCD camera on left,
Photobit CMOS camera on right.
Placard for display.
Close up of PB159 sensor
before delivering to SMAH.
Mini-EPPI Camera with PB300
(640x480)
EPPI=Enhanced Parallel
Peripheral Interface
Pictures below taken with Mini-EPPI Camera attached to laptop while on family
vacation in Utah 1999
Taking a picture required booting the laptop, connecting the
camera (two connectors), starting the camera software,
and then while looking at a live image on the screen, grabbing a
frame and storing it.
Then undo everything. The total geek camera vacation!
Monument Valley
Ryanna Fossum and Kirsten Fossum
Tents at
Twilight
Karen
Fossum
Along the Road
Zion National Park
Harrison Ochi, Sabrina
Kemeny, Karen Fossum, Ryanna Fossum, Virginia Ochi,
Susan Briggs, Kirsten Fossum
Selfie: Kirsten Fossum,
Eric Fossum, Susan Briggs, Virginia Ochi