FLI Kepler KL400 Cooled sCMOS camera (45mm Shutter)
The Kepler Series is a giant step forward in throughput, providing faster digitization, higher speed interfaces, and up to 35 channel readout. Sensors currently supported include front and back-illuminated sCMOS. Future developments will include interline transfer CCDs and EMCCDs.
- USB3.0 (3 Gbps)
- Optional QSFP (for the KL400, Q2 2020)
- Broadband AR Coated Window – (Transmissivity Curves)
- Air Cooling or Optional Liquid Cooling
- Deep Cooling (up to 45�C below ambient)
- Optional Anti-Dew Technology (ADT)
- LDR and HDR modes
- Small Footprint (4 x 4 x 4.2 in.)
- Reaches operating temperatures in 10 minutes
- Support for up to 35 channels
The time is approaching where we will look back and realise the world of astrophotography changed with the introduction of FLI’s Kepler sCMOS cameras.
Thoughtful imagers, not distracted by megapixels, will usually scour technical specifications looking for suitable trade-offs between Quantum Efficiency (QE), Read Noise, Full Well Capacity, pixel size, and sensor dimensions.
The exciting news is that scientific CMOS (sCMOS) heralds a new frontier…and here are the headlines:
Peak QE: 95%
Read Noise: 1.3e- RMS
Well Depth: 89,000 electrons
Pixel Size: 11 μm
Sensor Size: 31.9mm (diagonal)
(Note: KL400 with optional 45mm shutter pictured above)
The Kepler KL400 sCMOS camera represents the first release in a new family of Scientific CMOS cameras from Finger Lakes Instrumentation.
The KL400 provides ultra-high sensitivity, ultra-low noise with high frame rates; all at game-changing price to performance ratio.
The KL400 provides ultra-high sensitivity, ultra-low noise with high frame rates; all at game-changing price to performance ratio.
Other Applications:
Orbital Debris Detection
Photocell Inspection
Forensic Sciences
Super-Resolution Microscopy
Confocal Microscopy
Light Sheet Microscopy
TIRF and GFP
Orbital Debris Detection
Photocell Inspection
Forensic Sciences
Super-Resolution Microscopy
Confocal Microscopy
Light Sheet Microscopy
TIRF and GFP
FLI Kepler KL400 Cooled sCMOS Camera (45mm Shutter) – Preliminary Data
| Sensor Type | Back illuminated |
| Active Pixels | 2048 x 2048 |
| Pixel Size (microns) | 11 x 11 |
| Effective Area | 22.5 x 22.5 mm |
| Sensor Diagonal | 31.9 mm |
| Full Well Capacity | 89000 electrons |
| Frame rate (rolling) | 48 fps |
| 24 fps HDR | |
| Read Noise (rolling) | 1.5 e- HDR |
| Dynamic Range | 96 dB HDR |
| Peak QE | 94% |
| Cooling | Air and Liquid |
| Maximum Cooling (Air) | 60ºC Below Ambient |
| Dark Current | 0.4 eps at -20C |
| Interface | USB 3.0 |
| Interface (Optional) | SFP (*1) |
| Data Bit Depth (*2) | 16 bit |
| Mount | F-mount |
| Video size | 2.0” |
| Subarray Readout | Yes |
| Electromechanical Shutter | Optional |
| Ex Trigger In | Yes |
| Ex Trigger Out | Yes |
| Software | FLI |
*1 SFP = Small Form factor Pluggable: high speed fiber optic interface
*2 16-bit data merged from two 12 bit converters
