Ocean Optics NIR - Manual (Page 7)

Chapter 1
Introduction
Product Description
The NIR (Near Infrared) Fiber Optic Spectrometer connects to a notebook or desktop PC via a USB port.
It requires an external +5VDC power supply (USB-CBL-PS) to power the spectrometer’s high-
performance InGaAs array detector. The NIR Spectrometer and the 16-bit A/D converter share a single
housing, forming a small-footprint plug-and-play system.
The NIR Spectrometer can connect via the USB port to any PC that uses a Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
operating system and has spectrometer operating software installed and configured for use with your NIR
Spectrometer. Furthermore, the NIR Spectrometer has a serial port for interfacing to PCs, PLCs, and other
devices that support the RS-232 communication protocol.
An EEPROM memory chip in each NIR Spectrometer contains wavelength calibration coefficients,
linearity coefficients, and the serial number unique to each spectrometer. Ocean Optics OOIBase32 or
SpectraSuite spectrometer operating software reads these values from the spectrometer, which allows
“hot-swapping” of spectrometers among multiple PCs.
As with all other Ocean Optics user-configured spectrometers, you can choose from six slit sizes and
hundreds of fiber optic accessories (such as light sources, probes, and optical fibers) to create the system
just right for your application.
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