Introduction
Hamamatsu’s C12880MA ultra-compact spectrometer has been tested in several studies, summarised here.
Sketch
Review of Hamamastu C128880 Microspec Module
Groupgets C12880MA Micro-Spectrometer
Pure Engineering
https://github.com/tricorderproject/arducordermini/tree/master/firmware/examples/spectrometer_c12666ma_example
https://github.com/groupgets/c12666ma
The best?:
Open-Source Miniature Spectrophotometer based on the scientific article Laganovska et al, 2020. Portable low-cost open-source wireless spectrophotometer for fast and reliable measurements, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00108.
References
Csutak, Sebastian, Greg Bernero, and Gregory Ham. “High Temperature Fluorescence Sensor for Oilfield Applications.” Sensors & Transducers 227.11 (2018): 82-87..
Laganovska, Katrina, et al., 2020. “Portable low-cost open-source wireless spectrophotometer for fast and reliable measurements.” HardwareX (2020): e00108..
Maity, Maitreya, et al. “Visible Spectrum-based Classification of Malaria Blood Samples on Handheld Spectrometer.” 2019 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC). IEEE, 2019..
Palm, B., et al., 2018. Implementation and validation of low-cost miniature optical spectrometer for environmental research, 20th EGU General Assembly, EGU2018, Proceedings from the conference held 4-13 April, 2018 in Vienna, Austria, p.17956.
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