Geometric Optics Computation On A Sinclair Microcomputer

Jonathan Vanderwall; Walter V. Hattery

doi:10.1117/12.940228

10 June 1987 Geometric Optics Computation On A Sinclair Microcomputer

Jonathan Vanderwall, Walter V. Hattery

Proceedings Volume 0766, Recent Trends in Optical Systems Design and Computer Lens Design Workshop; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940228
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

My name is Jonathan Vanderwall and I am by profession an electronics engineer at the Army's Harry Diamond Laboratories in Adelphi, Maryland, although I have worked in electrooptics for the past 15 years. About five years ago, Clive Sinclair put out the first really cheap computer, and I have had a Sinclair computer of the latest type on my desk ever since. Then, three years ago, Don Small published his program, "Small Optical Design and Analysis," (SODA-I) and gave the listing away to interested parties. I discarded the optics program that I had been working on, and began to translate SODA-I for my Timex-Sinclair 2068. Later, I recruited a colleague, Walter Hattery, who also likes the idea of inexpensive computation for scientific purposes, and we have been doing the final debugging and testing for about the last year, not, I rush to add, on taxpayers' time.

Citation Download Citation

Jonathan Vanderwall and Walter V. Hattery "Geometric Optics Computation On A Sinclair Microcomputer", Proc. SPIE 0766, Recent Trends in Optical Systems Design and Computer Lens Design Workshop, (10 June 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940228

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available