Hi Team,
Good day, we received inquiry regarding DLP4500. I'll copy the customer query below.
"I am generating the patterns using a custom toolbox on a 0-255 (8 bit image) scale, and then sending the images via the HDMI cable to the DLP. I am operating the DLP in video mode.What I have noticed is that for a black image (0 on a 0-255 scale), the DLP is not producing a dark image, but rather a pretty bright image.The brightness goes up not surprisingly, when I send a white image (255 on a 0-255 scale.The issue is that because the minimum brightness is high, and the increase in brightness from a dark to a bright image is not that high, I am getting a pretty low contrast image.For raw number, I measured, 0.21uW on a photodiode for a black image on the Green LED and 0.57uW for a white image on the Green LED (with current values in LightCrafter GUI set to 0 in both cases).The only time I saw the screen go dark (and measured power to go down to nW range) is when I uncheck the LED boxes under Manual Mode in LightCrafter GUI - which seems to turn off the LED.
These 2 images were obtained by setting the background to 0 (black screen) and to 1 (bright screen) and setting the current values for the LED 1 to 0 under manual mode. The image is only a qualitative indicator of the brightness as seen through the camera. The absolute brightness measurements are what I stated in my previous email. I'm also attaching a screenshot of the modes under which the GUI is being operated. Please see attached file. DLP4500.zip
Thank you and looking forward for your kind response.
Regards,
Maynard