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DLP2010NIR: device yields abnormal spectra with downward peaks at regular intervals and is facing decreasing width (in nm) with increasing wavelength

Part Number: DLP2010NIR

Dear,

We have been measuring chicken with your DLP nano device that we bought earlier this year. It worked fine for a while but now we are facing downward peaks at regular intervals. You can see this in the attachment (Texas Faulty measurements). Is this any familiar to you? Do you have any explanation for this?

In addition, we have seen some other irregularities when we were looking into the spectra. We saw that their is a decreasing width (in nm) with increasing wavelength. I.e. we expect measurement intervals of 4nm, but they tend to decrease towards 3.5. In addition, at regular intervals their is a higher width, starting from about 5 at 900nm decreasing towards 1600 but still higher than the normal width. You can see this in the attachment wavelength spacing texas (X axis wavelength, Y axis wavelength spacing). Is this normal behaviour, would you expect this? Is this linked to the issue above? The higher width of about 5nm is not coinciding with the downward peaks faced above.

  • Hello user,

    Welcome to the E2E forums and thanks for your interest in our DLP technology.

    There are a few possible issues you could be encountering. First, depending on the software you are using the patterns being generated could be bugged. Generating new patterns or starting over with fresh software from our website may help with this. Second, it is possible that a hardware malfunction has occurred where these spaced out columns of the DMD have failed and are returning no data when read. This particular kind of fail can occur if the DMD is not properly parked or shutdown during operation. If you have extra DMDs, replacing the DLP2010NIR DMD may resolve the issue.

    I hope this helps.

    Best Regards,
    Philippe Dollo