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LTCLHP series

High-performance telecentric illuminators

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LTCLHP series are high-performance telecentric illuminators specifically designed to back illuminate objects imaged by telecentric lenses. This high performance series provides:

  1. Excellent illumination stability featuring no light flickering thanks to very high current stability over time even at low currents.
  2. Precise light intensity tuning thanks to the leadscrew multi-turn trimmer positioned in the back.
  3. Easy LED source replacement and alignment for all the LED colors offered by Opto Engineering®.

LTCLHP telecentric illuminators offer higher edge contrast when compared to diffused back light illuminators and therefore higher measurement accuracy. This type of illumination is especially recommended for high accuracy measurement of round or cylindrical parts where diffusive back lighting would offer poor performances because of the diffuse reflections coming from the edges of objects under inspection.

KEY ADVANTAGES

  • Complete light coupling
    All the light emitted by a LTCLHP source is collected by a telecentric lens and transferred to the camera detector, ensuring very high signal-to-noise ratios.
  • Border effects removal
    Diffused back-illuminators often make objects seem smaller than their actual size because of light reflections on the object sides, while collimated rays are typically much less reflected.
  • Field depth and telecentricity improvement
    Collimated illumination geometry increases a telecentric lens natural field depth and telecentricity far beyond its nominal specs.
  • Homogeneity test report with measured values

DID YOU KNOW?

LTCLHP series is now also available with new LTSCHP1W-GZ green light source, suitable for any kind of sample and specifically tailored for measuring reflective objects and objects with sharp edges.

KEY FEATURES

  1. Reduction of edge diffraction effects
  2. Enhanced illumination uniformity, especially on large FOVs
  3. Less sensitive to alignment
Replacement LED module with diffuser, green

Ordering information

To order the version with the new green LED module use p/n
LTCLHPxxx-GZ (i.e. LTCLHP064-GZ)
TELECENTRIC LIGHTS
TELECENTRIC LIGHTCOLLIMATED
LTCLHP series

Instructions for use

Operation options

LTSCHP LED modules can be operated in two ways:

  • standard usage option: through the built-in electronics
  • direct LED control usage option

STANDARD usage option (LED control throuh built-in electronics)

Only conitinuous mode (constant voltage) is allowed.

Connection:

Connect the black and the brown cables to your +12 / +24 V power supply.

Cable connect standard

Light intensity adjustment

The built-in multi-turn trimmer allows to control the light (LED forward current) intensity with a very high degree of precision: you can bring the current intensity from minimum to maximum with 21 full turns of the adjustment screw. Simply remove the protective cap and rotate counter-clockwise the adjustment screw to increase light intensity and vice versa.

tuning
Device power ratings LED power ratings
Part number Light color,
Wavelength peak
DC voltage 1 Power
consumption
Max LED forward
current
Forward
voltage
Max pulse current Compatibility
Minimum Maximum Typical Maximum
(V) (V) (W) (mA) (V) (V) (mA)
2 3 4 5 7
LTSCHP1W-RReplacement LED module, red red, 630 nm 12 24 < 2.5 350 2.4 3.00 2000 LTCLHP, TCBENCH, LTCL4K, TCCX, TCCXQ ,
LTCLHP CORE, TCBENCH CORE, TCKIT, MZMT12X
LTSCHP1W-GReplacement LED module, green green, 520 nm 12 24 < 2.5 350 3.3 4.00 2000 LTCLHP, TCBENCH, LTCL4K, TCCX, TCCXQ ,
LTCLHP CORE, TCBENCH CORE, TCKIT, MZMT12X
LTSCHP1W-BReplacement LED module, blue blue, 460 nm 12 24 < 2.5 350 3.3 4.00 2000 LTCLHP, TCBENCH, LTCL4K, TCCX, TCCXQ ,
LTCLHP CORE, TCBENCH CORE, TCKIT, MZMT12X
LTSCHP1W-WReplacement LED module, white white 12 24 < 2.5 350 2.78 - 2000 LTCLHP, TCBENCH, LTCL4K, TCCX, TCCXQ ,
LTCLHP CORE, TCBENCH CORE, TCKIT, MZMT12X
  1. Tolerance ± 10%
  2. Used in continuous (not pulsed) mode.
  3. At max forward current.
  4. Tolerance is ±0.06V on forward voltage measurements.
  5. At pulse width <= 10 ms, duty cycle <= 10% condition. Built-in electronics board must be bypassed (see tech info).
  6. Shipped not assembled. See LTCLHP instruction manual.
  7. Some part numbers are not available in all color options (-R, -G, -B and -W). See page of each product series for available colors.

Direct LED control usage option

Both continuous and pulsed mode are allowed; the built-in electronics can be bypassed in order to drive the LED directly for use in continuous or pulsed mode. When bypassed, builtin electronics behaves as an open circuit allowing direct control of the LED source. Please note that in such case light intensity adjustment is not possible though the built-in multi-turn trimmer.

Connection:

Connect the black and blue cables as shown below (remove the LED anode protective cover).

Make sure not to exceed
LEDs maximum rates to avoid
electrical shorts.

Cable connect led

Illumination stability

In machine vision systems it is essential that flicker-free light appears to the camera in order to provide consistent and repeatable image output. LTCLHP collimated illuminators feature no light flickering thanks to very high current stability over time even at low currents 1 providing images with stable gray-levels background 2. This is achieved through sophisticated built-in electronics which ensures constant current flow through the LED source and simultaneously lowers the noise level to the minimum. The state of the art built-in electronics is the core of Opto Engineering® collimated illuminators built to provide excellent illumination stability, uniform light and low warm-up time (see graphs below).

Stability

Easy LED replacement

All LEDs offered by Opto Engineering® can be easily replaced and positioned by the user using the provided LED centering tool which guarantees precise LED alignment. This way there is no need for soldering and no need to realign the imaging lens with LTCLHP collimated illuminator.

Easy replacement

Wide selection of different colors

Available LED colors include:

R = red, peak at 630 nm
G = green, peak at 520 nm
B = blue, peak at 460 nm
W = white

Opto Engineering® recommends green light for high precision measurement applications: ensuring the lowest distortion and the highest telecentricity, also delivering the highest signal/noise ratio and the best image resolution.

Selecting the color of LTCLHP illuminators is easy: when ordering for example LTCLHP 064-G defines a LTCLHP 064 type collimated illuminator equipped with green (-G) LED.

Emission spectrum of white LEDs
Emission spectrum of RGB LEDs

Easy and precise alignment with bi-telecentric lenses

Create the perfect optical bench for any precision measurement application by interfacing our bi-telecentric lenses and LTCLHP collimated illuminators using Opto Engineering® precision clamping mechanics CMHO series.

Each LTCLHP collimated illuminator up to LTCLHP 144-X can be mounted on the same clamping mechanics (CMHO series) used to fix and align our telecentric lenses.

Light paths with LTCL alignment

Excellent thermal management

Stable illumination can only be achieved when heat dissipation is correctly managed. LTCLHP collimated illuminators provide stable illumination because they efficiently dissipate the heat generated by the built-in electronics and the LED source thanks to a suitable heat sink directly in contact with the inner circuitry. This way, a low LED junction temperature in maintained ensuring optimal optical output performances (see graphs below)

Thermal management

Warm-up times

Typical warm-up times at minimum and maximum LED forward current.

Normalized Illuminance graphs indicate typical warm-up times for green, blue, red and white light sources.

a
b
c
w

About LED source axial position

LED axial position is an important operational parameter that must be correctly set to obtain optimal illumination homogeneity. LED axial position is adjusted at factory by placing/removing internal or external spacers of various thicknesses.

Each LTCLHPxxx illuminator is configured by default with the number and type of spacers needed to achieve the best illumination homogeneity with its corresponding TC23xxx telecentric lens model. The number and type of spacers needed to achieve the optimal light homogeneity can be different when LTCLHPxxx is used in combination with TC13xxx, TC12xxx or telecentric lenses designed for other sensor sizes.

Notes

  1. Less than 1‰ variation in LED forward current intensity.
  2. Variation of mean gray level between 10 consecutive images
  3. 21 full turns are required to bring the light intensity from minimum to maximum.
  4. Make sure that the maximum rates are not exceeded to avoid electrical shorts.
Lighting specifications Electrical specifications Mechanical specifications
Part
number
Beam
diameter
Working
distance
range
Light
color,
peak
wavelength
Supply
voltage
Max
power
consumption
LED
forward
voltage
typical
(max)
Max
LED
forward
current
Max
pulse
current
Length Front
diameter
(mm) (mm) (V) (W) (V) (mA) (mA) (mm) (mm)
1 2 3 4 5 6
LTCLHP023-R 16 45 - 90 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 96.8 28 Quote
LTCLHP023-G 16 45 - 90 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 96.8 28 Quote
LTCLHP023-B 16 45 - 90 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 96.8 28 Quote
LTCLHP023-W 16 45 - 90 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 96.8 28 Quote
LTCLHP016-R 20 35 - 70 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 99.9 37.7 Quote
LTCLHP016-G 20 35 - 70 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 99.9 37.7 Quote
LTCLHP016-B 20 35 - 70 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 99.9 37.7 Quote
LTCLHP016-W 20 35 - 70 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 99.9 37.7 Quote
LTCLHP024-R 30 45 - 90 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 124.7 44 Quote
LTCLHP024-G 30 45 - 90 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 124.7 44 Quote
LTCLHP024-B 30 45 - 90 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 124.7 44 Quote
LTCLHP024-W 30 45 - 90 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 124.7 44 Quote
LTCLHP036-R 45 70 - 140 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 152.1 61 Quote
LTCLHP036-G 45 70 - 140 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 152.1 61 Quote
LTCLHP036-B 45 70 - 140 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 152.1 61 Quote
LTCLHP036-W 45 70 - 140 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 152.1 61 Quote
LTCLHP048-R 60 90 - 180 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 186.7 75 Quote
LTCLHP048-G 60 90 - 180 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 186.7 75 Quote
LTCLHP048-B 60 90 - 180 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 186.7 75 Quote
LTCLHP048-W 60 90 - 180 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 186.7 75 Quote
LTCLHP056-R 70 100 - 200 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 210.5 80 Quote
LTCLHP056-G 70 100 - 200 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 210.5 80 Quote
LTCLHP056-B 70 100 - 200 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 210.5 80 Quote
LTCLHP056-W 70 100 - 200 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 210.5 80 Quote
LTCLHP064-R 80 120 - 240 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 231.6 100 Quote
LTCLHP064-G 80 120 - 240 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 231.6 100 Quote
LTCLHP064-B 80 120 - 240 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 231.6 100 Quote
LTCLHP064-W 80 120 - 240 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 231.6 100 Quote
LTCLHP080-R 100 150 - 300 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 277.3 116 Quote
LTCLHP080-G 100 150 - 300 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 277.3 116 Quote
LTCLHP080-B 100 150 - 300 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 277.3 116 Quote
LTCLHP080-W 100 150 - 300 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 277.3 116 Quote
LTCLHP096-R 120 200 - 350 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 322.8 143 Quote
LTCLHP096-G 120 200 - 350 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 322.8 143 Quote
LTCLHP096-B 120 200 - 350 blue, 460 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 322.8 143 Quote
LTCLHP096-W 120 200 - 350 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 322.8 143 Quote
LTCLHP120-R 150 220 - 440 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 408.4 180 Quote
LTCLHP120-G 150 220 - 440 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 408.4 180 Quote
LTCLHP120-W 150 220 - 440 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 408.4 180 Quote
LTCLHP144-R 180 270 - 540 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 467.9 200 Quote
LTCLHP144-G 180 270 - 540 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 467.9 200 Quote
LTCLHP192-R 250 350 - 700 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 608.3 260 Quote
LTCLHP192-G 250 350 - 700 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 608.3 260 Quote
LTCLHP192-W 250 350 - 700 white, 6000 K 12-24 2.5 2.8 (-) 350 2000 608.3 260 Quote
LTCLHP240-R 300 350 - 700 red, 625 nm 12-24 2.5 2.4 (3) 350 2000 770.0 322 Quote
LTCLHP240-G 300 350 - 700 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 770.0 322 Quote
LTCLHP308-G 380 650-1000 green, 525 nm 12-24 2.5 3.3 (4.0) 350 2000 938.5 417 Quote
Last update 15 Apr 2022

Notes

  1. Opto Engineering® recommends green light for high precision measurement applications
  2. Tolerance ± 10%
  3. At max forward current. Tolerance is ± 0.06V on forward voltage measurements
  4. In continuous mode (not pulsed)
  5. At pulse width <= 10 ms and duty cycle <= 10%. Built-in electronics board must be bypassed (see tech info)
  6. Nominal value, with no spacers in place

Technical documents

Product user guide
pdf
LTCLHP manual
pdf

Press & marketing content

Inspection, measurement and illumination solutions for the automotive industry
pdf
Optical solutions for the pharmaceutical/biomedical industry
pdf
OE products for Pharma & Medical Industries
pdf
LTCLHP product presentation
pdf
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Telecentric optical benches for precision measurements

To power our LED lights, refer to

power_supply

PS series

Power supplies

To easily install our lights

CMHO clamping support for telecentric lenses

CMHO series

Clamping mechanics for lenses

For LED replacement modules, see

LTSCHP power source

LTSCHP series

High-performance replacement LED modules

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LTCLHP CORE series

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LTCLHP product presentation
pdf
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