SmartShutter® Stepper-motor driven shutter

The SmartShutter® is designed to complement our growing line of optical products and sets a new standard for shutter performance and reliability. In the traditional shutter design there are two or more “leaves” that rub against each other. Given time, the blades will wear down, bind, and the shutter will fail to open. The SmartShutter is designed with only one moving part, which virtually eliminates the effects of wear and markedly improves performance. In the traditional shutter design there is an additional issue of the leaves binding in extreme temperature conditions. Our improved design uses heat resistant material that performs well under very high temperature conditions, extending the life of the shutter.

FEATURES

  • Robust design
  • Life tested to 100 million cycles
  • Modular repairable design
  • Opening time 8msec from trigger (for 25 mm and 35 mm versions)
  • Continuous operation frequencies as high as 40 Hz
  • Stand-alone or use with Sutter filter wheel
  • Mountable in Lambda LS, Lambda DG-4/DG-5, and Lambda XL
  • Microprocessor based controller
  • “Soft” action mode provides minimum vibration
  • Selectable partial opening function for neutral density
  • Serial, USB and TTL interfaces
  • Manual input via keypad (on LB10-B/IQ)
  • Universal power supply
  • Patent No. 7,253,575
SmartShutter

Lambda SC SmartShutter® Controller

he Lambda SC is a full-featured microprocessor controlled shutter driver for the SmartShutter®. It supports the same shutter command set used for our other Lambda controllers and offers enhanced performance through additional modes of operation. The additional operating modes allow programmable control over the exposure time, the delay between exposures, the number of exposures, the mode of triggering, and the mode of shutter opening. The Lambda SC utility program allows computer control and configuration of multiple SC controllers through serial or USB ports.

In the Lambda 10 family of filter wheel controllers, shutter timing is controlled directly by the time of occurrence of commands or TTL input. In most cases, the system software used with these controllers has provisions for controlling the timing of the shutter. The Lambda SC shutter controller may be used in applications that would benefit from enhanced control options built into the controller. A convenient toggle switch on the front panel has three positions: Open (shutter will open regardless of other inputs), Closed (shutter will close regardless of other inputs) and Auto. In the Auto position, the controller can be operated remotely from a computer through the USB port, or opened and closed using a logic level input.

FEATURES LAMBDA SC

  • Microprocessor based controller
  • Serial, USB and TTL interfaces
  • User can produce a variable aperture by selecting the degree of shutter opening
  • “Soft” action mode provides minimum vibration
  • TTL activation of the shutter can be set to high, low, or Toggle on raising/falling edge
  • Programmable delay and exposure intervals up to 5 hours with millisecond resolution
  • Commands can run continuously or loop a specified number of times
  • Programmable delayed sync out
  • Universal power supply

FEATURES SmartShutter®

  • Robust design
  • Life tested to 100 million cycles
  • Modular repairable design
  • Open time 8 msec from trigger (for 25 mm and 35 mm versions)
  • Continuous operation frequencies as high as 40Hz
  • Stand-alone or use with Sutter filter wheel
  • Mountable in Lambda LS and Lambda DG-4/DG-5
Lambda SC