mySpectral Arduino Spectrophotometer: Spectruino

Analyze sunshine, lasers, LEDs or even aquarium lamps.

Spectruino is an awesome USB spectrophotometer for UV/VIS/IR spectrum with Arduino!

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The most affordable spectrophotometer. Ever.

Get first class scientific publication quality spectrum as PNG, PDF or CSV. Alter the code to suit your application. Triggering events when algae in your pool appear? Getting time resoluted spectra of chemical reactions? Identifying light sources? Anything is possible.

Opensource spectrometer. Now in space.

Build your own DIY opensource spectrometer. Download CAD, PCB and software sources, all for free! Now you too can launch your own satellite into space, measuring sun or earth spectra! Or save your precious time and order your own, pre-built, calibrated, rugged device.

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Spectruino, spectrophotometer for indoors, outdoors and space exploration!

Need quick artistic installation reacting to UV or NIR wavelengths?
Calibrating lasers, but don't have the means?
Scientific experiments with constraints?

Meet Spectruino, the first opensource spectrometer in the world. Unlike cheap toys, Spectruino is made of army-grade stainless steel and aluminum, built to last for generations.
Finally you can travel outdoors to monitor environment with trully portable spectrometer, or stay in your lab to calibrate colors, or live your dream and experiment in space!

Light source recognition & analysis

Arduino Nano Spectrum Shield can measure light source intensity and emission spectra of:

Laser diodes
LED
Fluorescent lightbulbs
Gas discharge tubes
Fish tank light tubes

Solar spectrum, activity and intensity analysis

Meteorological measurements of sun spectrum change depending on current atmospheric conditions. Discover the relationships between hydrometeorological conditions and solar spectrum shape and intensity.

Science class experimentation

A simple, affordable spectrophotometer is the ideal choice for experimentation in optical physics, electronics, chemistry or hydrometeorology. You can explain the basics of light waves, continue with more advanced diffraction and detail the optical signal acquisition and processing with hands-on demonstrations!

Our easy to use software, which is provided free of charge can be setup within seconds, works on Windows, Linux and Mac, and delivers publication quality graphics to include in your reports.

For teachers and parents we also prepare a textbook with safe experiments on spectroscopy, spectrophotometry in physics and chemistry.

Arduino CCD shield inside.

For the geek in you, have you ever wished Arduino could process light? Spectruino can do! We have designed a CCD shield for Arduino Nano, compatible with Atmel AT328P and AT168 processors. We use only a few pins, so you can build and steer your space exploration robotic applications with ease.

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Technical drawings, printed circuit board (PCB) designs, parts list of Arduino spectrophotometer.

Build your DIY Spectruino spectrophotometer now!

Opensource Arduino Spectrometer.

Learn & play. Spectruino provides the chance to do hands-on experiments from optics, physics, chemistry and biology!

Free software.

Please follow the installation instructions for Spectruino and mySight software here.

Technical

Spectruino is an Arduino Spectrometer to measure light intensity vs. wavelength. Internally, this is achieved through a combination of diffraction grating with linear CCD camera and custom firmware.

All technical specifications are preliminary and may change without further notice.

Technical Specifications

Dimensions:

101 x 65 x 27 mm (height x length x width)* preliminary, may change

Optical Sensor:

linear CCD, 2000 pixels

Measured wavelength:

380 nm — 750 nm (approximate values, each device must be calibrated for precise values)

Number of pixels to measure:

500, (1 — 2000 pixels, selectable by software settings)

Optical Resolution:

9 nm, estimated from red laser measurement @650 nm, >8 nm theoretical with 100 μm slit

PC Connection:

RS232 to USB 2.0 and USB 1.0

Transfer speed:

115 200 baud, 14.4 kB/s

Exposition time:

1/1000 s — 10 s, setting in software

Max. refresh frequency:

28.125 Hz (frames per second) at 512 pixels resolution (8 nm theoretical resolution)
7.2 Hz (frames per second) at 2000 pixels resolution (2 nm theoretical resolution)
Refresh frequency depends on the exposition time, i.e. the intensity of light source

Dynamic range:

1:300

Relative Intensity Level Resolution:

256 by 8bit A/D converter

Grating:

holographic, 1300 lines/mm

Slit width:

100 μm

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Our mission

We are a non-profit organization supporting scientific education in highschool K12 and university education. Our goal is to make hands on research available for everyone, similarly to the efforts of One Laptop Per Child.

Help us achieve this goal!

News

October 2012 Myspectral Team is competing for the Pioneers Festival prize for european startups with their project A*space. Please come and talk to us at the beautiful venue in Vienna!

September 2012 Spectruino Beta Spectrophotometer is going to be launched into near space for a test flight with Team Nanosatisfi and their ArduSat. The NSE-14 Mission (Near Space Expedition 14) by Team Prometheus is up coming mission to launch the Ardusat for nearspace testing. Watch the NSE-14 Mission live on 22nd September!

September 2012 Spectruino Beta Spectrophotometer is available in limited quantity for beta testing. Please talk to us about your applications!

June 2012 Myspectral is launching a new Spectrophotometer. Currently, we are producing our first batch of units. As they are being manufactured, we will process the orders on first come, first served basis.

Team

Andrej Mošať, the R&D guru

He worked in chemical engineering and university environments in five different countries.

As Creative Scientist of the team, he is working on bringing hands on education and experiments to the masses.

Filip Štefunko - the Marketing Guru

He has graduated at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.

He worked in the aviation industry, financial auditing and currently works as a sales rep. He usually spends time with all kind of outdoor activities and exotic traveling.

Michal Kostič - the Know-How Guru

Tech generalist and startup enthusiast. Straight from university he started enterprise outsourcing company but then got bored and created best code editor on android market - touchqode.

Now he is experimenting with various startup ideas and helping people who can benefit from his help.

Vincent Touquet - the Business Guru

He is a Computer Science engineer, with an additional master in A.I., who has industry experience in different fields, from an university startup and spinoff in 3D scanning, over banking to utilities and the telecom sector. He loves traveling and enterpreneurial work.