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DLP is lighting the way for the next generation of medical and life science solutions!

Ultraviolet Light
 

DLP is enabling a wide variety of innovative, non-invasive medical instruments that improve patient outcomes and reduce cost. Whether illuminating veins or generating 3D scans for dental work, programmable light control or steering with DLP is finding its way into operating and examination rooms around the world. Clinicians are partnering with medical design companies to bring this versatile MEMS technology to the medical community.

In the lab, DLP provides powerful control over photons for life science research that deliver scientific breakthroughs now and in the future. As a high speed, versatile spatial light modulator, DLP is enabling improved confocal microscopes, selective sample illumination, and much more. Universities and research labs are continually finding new uses for the digital micromirror device (DMD) through experimentation with DLP development kits.

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DLP Feature Design Benefit
Optical MEMS device Inherently non-invasive approach to medical diagnosis
High Speed Pattern Rates Real-time light processing and/or display for instant information
Reliable MEMS Manufacturing Millions of DMDs sold over 15+ years make DLP a mature, reliable technology
Small Form Factor Portable, lower cost solutions when combined TI's embedded processors
365-2000nm Wavelengths Enables applications requiring UV, Visible, or NIR light sources or detection (unlike many other spatial light modulators)

Application System Block Diagrams:

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DLP 3D Biometrics: concept applicable for the following applications…

  • Dental Scanning
  • Podiatry
  • Ophthalmology
 
  • Orthopedics
  • Skin Measurement
  • many more...
 

DLP Hyperspectral Imaging
DLP Spectroscopy


Other Application Examples:

  • Adaptive Surgical Lighting
  • Information Overlay
  • DNA Synthesis
  • Vascular Imaging
  • Phototherapy
 
  • Gesture Control
  • Optical Tweezers
  • Microscopy
  • Intelligent Illumination
 

Selecting a DLP Development Tool:

Kit/Module DLP Discovery 4100 DLP LightCrafter™
DLP Discovery 4100 Kit DLP LightCrafter™
Features Pattern rates (to 32000 Hz)
UV wavelengths (to 365 nm)
NIR wavelengths (to ~2000 nm)
High resolution (to 1920x1080)
Pixel array size
of 608 x 684
Easy to use GUI Pattern rates up to 4000Hz
Top Documents or reference links Download PDF DMD101
Download PDF DLP System Optics
Download PDF Window transmission
DLP LightCrafter User's Guide
DLP 0.3 WVGA Chipset Datasheet
View Reference Design

Related Video DLP Discovery™ 4100 Getting Started LightCrafter ™
Related Posts Discovery Series - Global vs Phased Operation TI E2E™ Community
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