Versions:
HPLS 1.4.1 by THORLABS Inc. is a dedicated hardware-control utility that equips researchers and system integrators with full PC-side command of HPLS300-series high-power plasma light sources. Designed for laboratory and OEM environments, the program exposes both an intuitive graphical interface and a complete command-line API, allowing users to tune output intensity, trigger flash sequences, monitor lamp temperature, and log operational hours without touching the physical unit. The same installer bundles all requisite USB drivers and communication libraries, eliminating the usual hardware-discovery headaches and ensuring that the light source is recognized as soon as the cable is connected. Typical use cases range from fluorescence microscopy and UV-Vis spectroscopy to high-speed machine-vision inspection lines where stable, software-synchronized illumination is critical. Because the command set is openly documented, experiment-control scripts written in Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB, or any SCADA package can be integrated quickly, enabling automated lifetime testing or closed-loop intensity feedback. The single-version release stream (currently 1.4.1) keeps the feature set compact and support footprint minimal, while still providing the calibration files and safety interlocks required for Class-IIIb operation. Installation is a one-click procedure on 64-bit Windows platforms, after which the GUI launches automatically and populates a real-time dashboard of lamp voltage, current, and fan speed. HPLS is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads supplied through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest 1.4.1 build and supporting batch installation alongside other scientific utilities.
Tags: