Model Firefleye 185 -Hyperspectral Imaging

The FireflEYE 185 brings hyperspectral imaging to microscopy, and also enables endoscopy. In life sciences the time saving advantage of the snapshot technology (thanks to no scanning) really makes itself known, as saving time saves patients.

It can also monitor real-time processes, such as samples in petri dishes for example.

The relay lens also allows for a lens change without camera re-calibration. And a close-up lens set allows a macroscopic scale view of a spot size of just a few mm.

The latest improvements to the FireflEYE include upgrading the main sensor to a modern CMOS sensor, which has resulted in the following benefits:

• The effective sensor size of the V185 is, with 6.9 µm, now slightly larger compared to the 6.45 µm of the former S185 model.
• Each channel now consists of four subpixels, which are read out separately in the newly available 14-bit version of the V185 to obtain the best possible dynamic range.
• Thanks to the modern hardware architecture, a stable frame rate of 25 Hz can now be achieved with the 12-bit version.
• The 14-bit version has 2x higher signal-to-noise-ratio and 4x higher dynamic range compared to the S185 (needing 4 times longer integration times).