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In article <136564@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:

>The other bit is in this month's Radio-Electronics (June). There is an
>advertisement for a CCD based "peep hole" camera that can see well in
>a variety of light situations. It uses .8 Watts, needs only 12V input
>and is only 1" X 2" X 3" in size. (A bit larger than a deck of cards)
>I didn't get the manufacturer but this issue should be easy to find.
>It is the one that has Part II on building a robot to mow your lawn.

There is an add for one in the latest Nuts & Volts from Mitchell Industries
for $324.95 (ouch!)  Two less-expensive sources for these small CCD cameras
are Sanyo (who makes the chip set that these are all using) and Uniden.  
Sanyo has a developer's board for $190 that sounds very much like the one
from Mitchell.  Uniden sells a slightly larger version (fewer ASICs, more
discretes on the board) complete with a 5" monitor as a baby watcher/peephole.
DAK carried this one for $149.
/mike

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