Read out Electronics for line Arrays

Read out electronics VersaSpec 2

The VersaSpec 2 read out electronics is evolved for reading spectral data from several spectral sensors. The powerful 16/32 Bit microcontroller utilizes on board from simple spectra calculations up to real time FFT (download datasheet 2MB)).

Available signal conditioning units for line (area) arrays:

Type Manufacturer Status

S837x Hamamatsu Production

S390x Hamamatsu Production

S9840 Hamamatsu Production

S703x Hamamatsu Development (ask for availability)

S10141x Hamamatsu Development (ask for availability)

S920x Hamamatsu Development (ask for availability)

S997x Hamamatsu Development (ask for availability)

SLUxxx Sensor Unlimited Production

ILX 511 Sony Production

ILX 554 Sony Production

ILX 751 Sony Production

ELIS1024 Panavision Production

LIS1024 Panavision Production

LIF1401 ICHaus Production

LIF1402 ICHaus Production

Specifications
Electrical Parameters
Power supply	USB-Hub powered or +6 .. 16V DC
Operation current	<100 mA (on USB)
Quiescent current (power down)	< 5 mA (interface dependent)
Analog to Digital Conversion Unit
Resolution	16 bit, 2 bit RMS¹, 4bit INL, no missing code
Sampling speed	10 MS/sec.
Sampling mode	Sample and Hold:1, 4 - fold prog. oversampling or Correlated Double Sampling
Inputs	2 (odd and even), programmable for positive or negative video signals
Input full scale range	2V or 4V, programmable
Gain	1...5 programmable in 64 steps
Offset	External compensation or programmable up to +/-300mV
Interfaces
USB 2.0	Full speed (12 Mbit/sec) (virtual COM Port)
RS232	8,N,1, RxD,TxD, no flow control up to115200 bit/sec.
TTL-UART	up to 921600 bit/sec
SPI	up to 5 Mbit/sec.
Process control
Trigger input	TTL, slope programmable
Shutter output	TTL, programmable state and delay
Flash lamp control	programmable flash length, programmable burst
Cooling control
TEC	1..3 stages PI-regulated, class D amplifier, low loss power 5V, up to 2 A, 256 bit PWM
Accuracy	± 0.1°C
Temperature Set Range	-40 .. +50°C
Firmware
Basic Operations	Dark counts, reference counts, transmission, absorbance, (pixelwise or in wavelength steps with pixel wavelength fit up to 4th order), averaging up to 32 times
Extended Operations (optional)	Linear and spline interpolation Fast fourier transformation (frequency analysis), colour calculation (X;Y;Z, x,y, u’,v’ L,a,,b*...) radiometric calculations (radiance, luminance, CCT, dominant wavelength, purity, peak wavelength, FWHM...)
Calibration Sets	Up to 30, application specific, user accessible

1 without oversampling