Company Profile

Altadena Instruments designed and implemented a high-resolution visible light camera under the Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program (PIDDP) under contract with JPL/NASA. This camera later became the basis for cameras on several Mars missions. The camera was notable at the time in that it relied almost entirely on re-configurable hardware in the form of FPGAs and DSPs, allowing its function to be extensively modified in-flight. Such designs are now standard for most all flight cameras.