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MICROXCAM-384i-HS

The MICROXCAM-384i-HS is intended for developers of spectroscopic applications. It is provided as a development kit that includes driver electronics and data acquisition software.

The MICROXCAM-384i-HS is a hyperspectral imager operating over the whole Mid-InfraRed (MIR) spectral range, also known as the molecular fingerprint region, where chemical compounds can be better discriminated than in the Vis-NIR range. The MICROXCAM-384i-HS consists of a tunable Fabry-Pérot interferometer (FPI), an optical lens, and an uncooled infrared camera. The hyperspectral data is obtained by acquiring spatial 2D images at different wavelengths. The FPI is a micro-electro-mechanical-system that provides control of the wavelength through the simple application of a voltage. Thanks to its unique broadband detector technology, the MICROXCAM-384iHS allows, in a single modular assembly, the selection of different spectral ranges of interest by exchanging the FPI-containing optical module.

APPLICATIONS • Agriculture • Food industry • Cosmetics • Spectroscopy • Security • Mineralogy • Biomedical • Pharmaceutical

INO has devised a development kit for the MICROXCAM-384i-HS imaging spectrometer, to make it easy for end-users to develop and test infrared imaging applications. In addition to the spectral imaging camera, the development kit includes as an option an infrared source and a sample holder designed to allow users to perform reflectance-mode spectral imaging measurements. In the proposed development kit configuration (figure 4), a hot source provides illumination over a 1.5-inch diameter area of the sample. With the camera at a distance of 80 mm from the sample, this corresponds to a 40 pixels diameter image, with each pixel corresponding to a 0.9 mm spatial resolution at the sample. Hence, the system can measure “macro”-size spectral images, unlike the small sample imaging areas currently provided by imaging FTIR systems. This could prove very useful in applications such as impurity detection. Under typical operating conditions, a signal to noise ratio close to 1280 is achieved with this system.

MIR hyperspectral imaging

MIR hyperspectral imaging will find a wealth of applications in markets such as defense and security, advanced manufacturing, biomedical or environment and natural resources. The figure below (Figure 6) illustrates a potential application in food counterfeiting namely the discrimination between pure maple syrup, corn syrup and molasses. Images and IR spectra (transflectance) were recorded from thin layers of these liquid sugars deposited onto a gold-coated glass slide.

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