Tools of the trade - Vol 18 - Thorlabs - #809

■ USB2.0 (480Mb/s) and USB1.1 (12Mb/s) Compatible

■ No External Power Requirements

■ Optical Integration Time Adjustable from 1us to 200ms

■ 3000 Pixel Silicon Linear CCD Array (7um x 200um pixel size)

12-Bit A/D Converter for High

Intensity Resolution High Scan Rate

(up to 190 scans/second)

Ext. Trigger Capability via BNC Input

■ Real-Time Graphical User Interface

■ Averaging/Smoothing/Peak Finding

■ Gaussian Fitting Routines

■ User-Defined, Real-Time Routines

■ Compatible to Windows 2000XP or

Higher

■ NI LabWindows/CVI™, NI LabVIEW™, MS Visual C++™, and Borland C++™

CCD line cameras have several advantages over their area-array counterparts, including high optical linear resolution that allows systems developers to use the cameras to capture two-dimensional (2-D) images by moving the object or the CCD perpendicularly to the scan line. In the past, the lack of high-speed camera interfaces limited the choice to gray-scale line cameras. To overcome this obstacle Thorlabs introduced its LC1-USB line camera - a new cost-effective B/W line camera, based on a single-line, 3000-pixel CCD chip with USB2.0 (480 Mb/s) interface. The LC1-USB is a compact, plug-and-play linear camera ideal for a variety of applications in industry process control, optics, biology, spectroscopy and reflection imaging. The camera is based on a linear CCD (Charge Coupled Device) array housed in a 3.6" x 2.6" x 1.0" enclosure. Setting up the LC1-USB line camera is very easy, the user simply installs the latest version of the operating software onto any desktop or notebook PC and then connects the USB cable from the line camera to the PC (eliminating the need for installing a DAC card). Thorlabs provides

drivers for NI LabWindows/CVI™ and NI

LabVIEW™ programming environments as well as for MS C++™ and Borland C++™ compliers.

The LC1-USB accepts F-Mount adapters for standard camera objective adoption. It has tapped holes (#4-40) at the front plate for easy adaptation to Thorlabs 30mm cage assemblies (see page 203) allowing the user to integrate optical components in front of the camera. The unit has #8-32 and M4 tapped holes for a stable and secure adoption to your application.

16 MB of Free Hard Drive Space PC Running Windows 2000/XP or Higher

CD-ROM Drive

USB1.1 Dedicated Port (USB 2.0 recommended for best performance) Mouse Compatible Pointing Device 800 x 600 Resolution 256 Color Display (1024 x 768 recommended)

The mathematics text editor allows free-form user entry following standard arithmetic

"order of operations", allows \

insertion of pre-defined analysis algorithms, and allows insertion

of layer names encompassed by

the dynamic layer system.

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