CA-100 Konica Minolta CRT Color Analyzer

The Minolta CRT Color Analyzer CA-100 / CA-100Plus are easy-to-use instruments for white-balance adjustment on CRT production lines, with color measurement and analyzer functions plus data-communication capabilities.

The CA-100 was designed to upgrade the white-balance process on production lines for color TV sets and computer color monitors in the CRT industry. The multi-function CA-100 reduces the time required for white balance adjustment and inspection, and provides numerical values for white-balance control. It is even equipped with data-communication capabilities, allowing it to become part of a computerized quality-control system or even a fully automated production line. Continuing advances in consumer televisions, such as higher reliability, higher image quality, larger screens, and more features, plus the increased used of high-fidelity computer color monitors in image-control applications, make the color-reproduction characteristics of CRTs increasingly important. To ensure accurate color reproduction, white-balance adjustment must be performed utilizing a high-accuracy, high-reliability instrument: The Minolta CRT Color Analyzer CA-100. With a variety of internal features plus a wide range of optional accessories to provide additional functions, the CA-100 can be used to speed up white-balance adjustment and inspection of many different kinds of CRTs. In addition, data communication and measurement control can be performed via an RS-232C or GP-I6 system, making it possible to use the CA-100 on a fully automated production line.

The CA-100Plus is characterised by its ease of use. The lightweight receptor head is simply held in front of the television or monitor and the measurement values appear immediately on the large display. A rubber lip on the receptor head minimises the effects of ambient light.The measurement values can be displayed as luminance (cd/m2 or ftl) with standard color values (XYZ, Yxy) or color temperature (T, ?uv) or RGB values. A programmable LED display additionally shows the deviation from a reference value using an analogue display.A special highlight of the CA-100Plus is the display of the RGB values. Through a patented algorithm, the necessary conversion calculation from standard color values (XYZ, Yxy) into RGB values for a measured reference monitor allow very quick and easy white balancing.