Each Pancam is one of two electronic stereo cameras on Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
[2] According to a paper about Mars by JPL, the Pancam system can achieve an angular resolution of 300 microradians, which is three times better than the human eye.
[3] Spirit rover took the highest resolution image ever taken on the surface of another planet up to that time when it landed in 2004.
[2] A 1024 x 2048 frame transfer Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) detector built by Mitel is used for both cameras.
[5] An Actel Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) RT1280 provides the necessary computational abilities for the camera.