Sure, but a good example of how far certain domains have to go still. These datasheets should be in the models training data, at least one CCD datasheet, and verilog & (migen | nmigen | amaranth) certainly are.

Controlling a CCD is actually pretty easy, I built (very simple, but working) controllers for several CCD chips in undergrad doing research for the ATLAS detector. You just clock a rows out basically, N columns times. Reset first. I'd expect an senior undergrad EE student to be able to design a simple core in a few class projects.