Color Measurement MC1045

Realtime Reflective Color Measurement According to Human Eyes CIE1931

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Color measured CIE1931

High speed and stability

Stabilized LED light source (self monitoring)

45° lighting, 0° measurement in line color measurement

Color system: CIEL*a*b*, XYZ, Yxy, Luv, LCH, dE
(CIE1976, CIE1994, CIE2000, CMC)

Temperature independent

MC 1045 was designed to operate in areas where color reproduction is extremely important and where long term stability needs to be guaranteed without the need for periodic calibrations.

Main applications

Plastics
Paper
Powders
Solar cells
Coatings
Paints

How to use?

Install the driver supplied on the USB stick
Connect the MC1045 to your PC and let the PC automatically search for the driver
Install the Micro-optik™ colorimeter application supplied on the USB stick
Run the Micro-optik™ colorimeter application

Starting measurement

Make your setup according situation, put the photovoltaic cell underneath the Arges-45
In the colour table you will see the result. Most commonly used is the Lab value
For comparison between 2 samples you can use the "Store target" button. Put your "master cell" below the Arges-45 and push "Store target", the dEwill now show your delta E between new cells and the "master sample"

System features

Photo detector	Silicon photo diodes using interference based XYZ filters
Spectral response	Approximates CIE 1931 2 degree colour matching functions
Colour systems	XYZ, Yxy, CIELab*, Luv, LCH, dE (CIE1976, CIE1994, CIE2000, CMC)
Optical system	45° lighting, 0° measurement, specular component excluded
Measurement speed	10.000 colour point per second
Measurement spot	3 mm
Interfaces
USB 2.0	USBTMC compliant, SCPI command set, full speed device
RS232	Same command set as USB
I/O	8 lines 5V general purpose IO
Trigger IN/OUT	5V compliant
Size LxWxH	65x55x106 mm
Mounting	4xM4 threat holes on bottom plate and 4xM4 on the top

Colorimeter specification

Parameter	Range	Accuracy	Repeatability
Resolution	16 bit for X, Y and Z	>60dB without averaging
light source output (Y)	White LED is optically stabilised	Within 0.3% over full lifetime	±0.1% (internal stability)
Illuminant	D65, D50, C, etc ...
Inter instrument agreement	Delta E < 1.5
Delta E	> 0.05	0.02	±0.03 (CIE 1976)
Absolute accuracy	Delta E <0.5 (measured on grey tiles of gretag chart) Delta E < 3 (average of 24 measurement on the gretag chart)		Delta E is 0.2
Operating temperature	10-40° C