Mightex Optical Spectrometer Sensor Engine (SSE) includes the following two components:

1. Mightex 3648-pixel CCD Line Camera, and

2. Mightex Spectrometer Software.

To build a complete spectrometer user will set up his own optics (spectrograph) and place the line camera at the focal plane of the spectrograph. The spectrometer software provides a powerful set of spectrometer functions such as wavelength calibration, dark/bright references, spectrum display, and file management. Mightex SSE releases users from the burden of programming spectrometer functions so that they are able to build their spectrometers much more efficiently and cost- effectively.

Mightex’s SSE-1304-U includes a cost-effective high-performance B/W board-level line camera, based on a single-line, 3648-pixel CCD chip with USB2.0 (480 Mb/s) interface. Setting up SSE-1304-U is very easy, the user simply installs Mightex spectrometer software onto any desktop or notebook PC and then connects the USB cable from the line camera to the PC. There is no need for installing a DAC card, or using an external power supply. SSE-1304-U also comes with a line camera SDK for further development by the user.

The ‘window-less’ version of the spectrometer sensor engine, SSE-1304-UW, has the glass plate in front of the image sensor removed, and hence it is more sensitive to UV and is also more suitable for applications where coherent light sources such as lasers are used.

PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

Parameter	Specification
CCD	Toshiba TCD1304DG
Number of Pixels	3648
Pixel Size	8x200 micron
Spectral range	SSE-1304-U:     350nm to 1000nm SSE-1304-UW:  200nm to 1000nm
Pixel Output Clock	0.5 MHz
Data Storage on board	4 Frames
ADC resolution	16 bits
External Trigger	Yes
Exposure Time Range	0.1ms – 6,500ms
GPIO	Yes (4 programmable I/O’s)
Frame Rate	138 scans/second*
Host Interface	USB 2.0

* Frame Rate is dependent on exposure time. When exposure time is set to 0.1ms, the camera can achieve 138 scans/second. 

SDK Features

Operation Systems	Windows 2000, XP, Vista
Minimum Requirement	RAM > 64M, Hard Disk Space Used > 10M
USB Port	2.0
Multiple Cameras	Supported
Device Driver	Yes
Demo Application	Yes
Library Files	Yes (DLL files and Static Library file)
Example Codes	Yes (VC++ and Delphi)
Frame Attributes*	Exposure Time, Time Stamp, Trigger Event Count, Over Exposure Detect.

Note: The SDK provides call back, which will send user frame data and related attributes of this frame. The attributes include: Exposure time, Time Stamp, Trigger Event Count and Over Exposure Flag.