Ocean Optics has released its first custom application for its modular Jaz spectrometer platform: Jaz-A-Irrad.
This application changes Jaz into a dedicated light meter, allowing users to measure calibrated absolute irradiance without any need for an external computer.
With only three pushes of a button, Jaz-A-Irrad captures full spectral irradiance information from the selected light source, which can then be post-processed to give the intensity parameter of choice, whether it be W/cm2, lumens, lux, PAR or any other light intensity parameter.
Jaz-A-Irrad comes on an SD card, and Jaz's internal software will adapt its user interface, functionality and post-processing capabilities to create a robust and foolproof instrument.
The user can take it into the field, capture quick measurements and return to the lab for analysis.
The three-button wizard makes operation so simple that non-spectroscopy experts are able to perform fast and accurate measurements without any up-front knowledge.
'This application extends the use of Jaz for solar irradiance in the field or LED analysis on site, in greenhouses or residential areas where carrying an additional laptop is not very convenient,' Marco Snikkers, commercial director of Ocean Optics says.