So, now I go searching for a one-dimensional CMOS image sensor… and it turns out such devices are extremely hard to find. Oh my! I was hoping I could use one such sensor to reduce cost on a simple one-dimensional barcode scanner design. Well, I guess my best bet is to salvage the sensors from old flatbed scanners. Finally, at the end of some frantic searching, I’ve found a usable device from at at least two manufacturers. Yes, indeed in a forum asking why it is so hard to find these devices on the Internet.
20181018/DuckDuckGo one-dimensional optical sensor barcode reader
20181018/DuckDuckGo one-dimensional image sensor
20181018/DuckDuckGo line scan camera
20181018/DuckDuckGo single line camera
20181018/DuckDuckGo barcode reader image sensor
20181018/DuckDuckGo raspberry pi one dimensional image
20181018/DuckDuckGo one dimensional image sensor
20181018/DuckDuckGo one dimensional cmos array
20181018/DuckDuckGo one dimensional ccd array
https://www.electronicspoint.com/threads/ccd-array-line-scan-sensor.27702/