Software Features

Easy, User Performed Calibration
Real-Time Spectrum Measurement
Windows™ 2000/XP™/Vista™ Compatible
New Software Package with Zooming, Absorbance, Transmittance, relative Difference Measurements
Gaussian Fitting Routines
User Defined, Real-Time Routines
Drivers for: NI LabWindows/CVI™, NI LabVIEW™, MS C++™ and Borland C++™

Hardware Features

USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 Compatible
12-Bit A/D Converter for High Intensity Resolution
High Scan Rate (up to 190 scans per second)
No External Power Requirements

Thorlabs' Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Line Camera has several advantages over its area-array counterparts, including a high optical linear resolution that allows system developers to use the cameras to capture 2D images by moving either the object or the CCD perpendicular 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 the LC1-USB line camera, a cost-effective black and white line camera based on a single-line, 3000 pixel CCD chip with a USB2.0 (480 Mb/s) and USB1.1 (12 Mb/s) interface. The LC1-USB is a compact, plug-and-play, linear camera that is ideal for a variety of applications in industry process control, optics, biology, spectroscopy, and reflection imaging. The camera is based on a linear CCD 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 DAQ card.

The LC1-USB accepts the NFMLC1 F-Mount adapter for standard camera objective adoption. It also has #4-40 tapped holes at the front plate for easy adaptation to Thorlabs' 30 mm Cage Assemblies, which allows the user to integrate optical components in front of the camera. The unit also has #8-32 and M4 tapped holes to provide stable and secure mounting.

New Software Package
The CCD Line Cameras feature a complete software package. It offers a new look and several new features like zooming and absorbance, transmittance and relative difference measurements.

Software Functionality
The software offers a dynamic and flexible solution for laboratory and manufacturing applications. On a single graph, the data, background, and peaks can be shown. With the help of smoothing and averaging algorithms, the user is able to enhance interesting features of the spectra. Drivers for NI LabWindows/CVI™ and NI LabVIEW™ programming environments as well as for MS C++™ and Borland C++™ compilers are included.

USB2.0 LC1 CCD Line Camera Specifications

Hardware Specifications

USB2.0 (480 Mb/s) and USB1.1 (12 Mb/s) Compatible
No External Power Requirements (Necessary Power is Drawn from PC USB Port)
Optical Integration Time Adjustable from 1 μs to 200 ms
3,000 Pixel Linear Silicon CCD Array (7 x 200 μm Pixel Size)
Spectral Range: 350 - 1000 nm
12-Bit A/D Converter for High Intensity Resolution
High Scan Rate (Up to 190 scans/second)
External Trigger Capability via BNC Input

Software Specifications

Real-Time Graphical User Interface
Averaging/Smoothing/ Peak Finding
Gaussian Fitting Routines
User Defined, Real-Time Routines
Windows Compatible

LC1-USB Requirements

450 MHz Pentium III or Equivalent (1 GHz Recommended) PC Running Windows 98 or Higher
128 MB Ram (256 MB Recommended)
16 MB of Free Hard Drive Space
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)

Spectral Response of the Linear CCD Array

Graphical User Interface

GUI Screen Splicco Software

The LC1-USB CCD Line Camera features an easy-to-use graphical user interface. The software offers dynamic and flexible solutions for laboratory and manufacturing applications. On a single graph, the data, background, and peaks can be shown. With the help of smoothing and averaging algorithms, the user is able to enhance interesting features of the spectra. Furthermore, the software is able to handle several devices at one time which are presented in different windows.

Additionally, Thorlabs provides drivers for NI LabWindows/CVI™ and NI LabVIEW™ programming environments as well as for MS C++™ and Borland C++™ compilers for more specific demands.

Data Processing

The software offers the possibility to load stored data for comparison. This data can be used to calculate and show the absorbance, transmittance or relative difference view.

GUI Screen Splicco Software
Relative Difference Measurement

Software Package for the CCD Line Cameras

The CCD Line Camera offer a complete software package. It offers a new look and several new features like zooming and absorbance, transmittance and relative difference measurements.

Use this link to download the following software packages:

The available software is organized into the following categories:

Applications: Standard application software packages and graphical user interfaces. This is what most users need to operate the device for typical applications.

Drivers: Instrument drivers for the National Instruments™, LabWindows™/CVI, and LabVIEW™ development environments. These are intended for developers who want to extend or adapt the functionality of the device to their special requirements.

Tools: Optional software packages for specific tasks and device management.

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Posted Comments:
Poster: petersen.mc	Posted Date: 2009-12-02 23:44:43.0
I just wanted to say how pleased I am with the response that Ive received. Im very impressed and will recommend this and other Thor products to friends.

Poster: sdroege	Posted Date: 2009-12-02 11:23:55.0
A response from Stefan at Thorlabs to petersen.mc: We are planning an update for Splicco in January 2010, so well include the feature in the package.

Poster: jhartmann	Posted Date: 2009-12-02 11:21:35.0
A response from Juergen at Thorlabs to daiheng2006: According to a reported phone call to our Shanghai office your question was: "Please advice sample rate of this item, is it the same as scan rate? Customer wants to collect 3000 pixel data in 0.1 sec and 3 second consecutively, how can he do it? " You certainly want to save these collected data. So this can be done only if you write your own application (we provide LabVIEW drivers on the SPLICCO CD ROM).

Poster: daiheng2006	Posted Date: 2009-11-30 22:33:23.0
I want to know the sample frequency about this software LC1-USB.Thanks!

Poster: petersen.mc	Posted Date: 2009-11-28 20:40:51.0
I would like to be able to grab and store 20 or more sequential frames with this camera, but the included software will only average multiple frames. Can you provide an update to the software that will enable this feature?

Poster: jhartmann	Posted Date: 2009-11-11 12:46:21.0
A response from Juergen from Thorlabs to higuet: Please let us know some more details: 1) Spectra software? Which version? 2) S/N of your LC1-USB? 3) Did the camera ever work normally?

Poster: higuet	Posted Date: 2009-11-10 11:02:24.0
Im using a LC1-USB camera with your previous software (USB line camera software revision 1.00) and what i get, when i use the camera, is a negative value of background. The problem is that the minimum value for intensity in the chart is 0, so I cant read anything except pixel where there is a lot of intensity! For instance, if I put a light in front of the camera, the camera is saturated. Thne i move away thelight, the signal is decreasing and it finally goes bellow zero and I dont find any way to see it again (the programm does not accept negative value for the y axis)!. Can you give me a hint to solve this problem?

Poster: jhartmann	Posted Date: 2009-11-04 10:13:49.0
A response from Juergen at Thorlabs to mpetersen123: I am sorry - we cannot provide this information. 1) The concersion from intensity into light flux or light flux density is not simple at all - there is the sensitivity curve of human eye behind and spatial angle of emission - the latter is unknown. 2) LC1-USB: We cannot calibrate a CCD vs. wavelength nor for optical power vs. Intensity and integration time.

Poster: mpetersen123	Posted Date: 2009-11-02 02:18:41.0
I purchased the LC1-USB line camera and it is working well and I want to also use it to measure LUX or Lumens. It seems as though it should be a simple conversion to go from the intensity readout and convert to LUX (after taking into account the integration time). Can you provide this information?

Poster: klee	Posted Date: 2009-07-20 10:27:55.0
A response from Ken at Thorlabs to v2008sh: The vendor id is 0x1313 and the product id is 0x0110.

Poster: v2008sh	Posted Date: 2009-07-18 21:45:49.0
Hello. I have bought a LC1-USB serial no.:M00234317 and I want to work with it in LABVIEW. I need vendor id & product id. (for resource name) Please help me. Thanks

Poster: v2008sh	Posted Date: 2009-07-18 06:39:43.0
hello I have a LC1-USB serial no.:M00234317 and want work with it in LABVIEW. I need vendor id & product id!! (for resource name??) please help me. tanks

Poster: Tyler	Posted Date: 2008-06-16 15:44:04.0
A response from Tyler at Thorlabs to ntbinh: Thank you for pointing out that the spectral response of the detector was not part of the web presentation. This plot has been added to the Specs tab.

Poster: stephane.bourquin	Posted Date: 2008-05-28 07:26:41.0
Dear Sir or Madame, I have bought the LC1-USB line camera and it is working very well with Windows XP. However, I wanted to install it on a PC running Vista (I have downloaded the new version of the software on your website), and the pc coudnt install the driver. Apparently there is an issue with an inf file. I would appreciate a lot if you could help me. Thanks very much, Stephane

Poster: ntbinh	Posted Date: 2008-03-02 23:31:19.0
Dear sir I am very interested in your LC1- USB product, I read its specs but I could not see where is specral response. Could you show me this point? Sincerely N. T. Binh Instutute of Physics Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology 10 Daotan, Hanoi, vietnam