{"id":2456,"date":"2012-06-25T10:37:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T14:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2012-06-25T10:37:29","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T14:37:29","slug":"introducing-the-spectrino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/25\/introducing-the-spectrino\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Spectrino"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Open Hardware wave keeps rolling: MySpectral<\/a> recently announced the Spectrino \u2013 an Arduino<\/a> based spectrometer. It’s as barebones as spectrometers go, with the small enclosure containing a diffraction grating, CCD light sensor and an Arduino. Hooked up to a computer (PC, Mac, Linux) via a USB cable it is controlled and readout by a Processing<\/a> based simple spectroscopy application. Given the open design, users will be able to adapt this or build their own applications for read out and analysis tailored exactly to their needs.<\/p>\n

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Obviously the Spectrino won’t be able to compete with OceanOptics<\/a> or Oriel<\/a> USB spectrometers in terms of speed or resolution (we’re talking 2 to 4 nm at 8-bit pixel depth here). But given at least my standard applications (Which LED was this? Which filter was that?), it’s an ideal addition to the lab bench. Especially given the expected significantly lower price tag.<\/p>\n

Information is still a bit scarce and at the moment they only have a pre-order program running, but the idea is straight forward and they are already preparing to send a Spectrino into orbit<\/a>, so we have good reasons to assume this is beyond vaporware.<\/p>\n

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Post by Christian Wilms.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Open Hardware wave keeps rolling: MySpectral<\/a> recently announced the Spectrino \u2013 an Arduino<\/a> based spectrometer. It’s as barebones as spectrometers go, with the small enclosure containing a diffraction grating, CCD light…<\/p>\n

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