Melanopic illuminance measurement capability has been added to the MSC15 spectral-light-color meter from Gigahertz Optik, based on CIE TN 003:2015. The melanopic response has become the basis for today's evolving recommended practices in circadian-based lighting or human-centric lighting.
Over the past 10 years or so, research has shown that in addition to the cones and rods that provide us with color and night-time vision respectively, our retinas also have intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) that play a major role in entraining our circadian rhythms.
There is much activity within the lighting industry to promote the benefits of so called circadian lighting, human centric lighting, biologically-effective lighting or healthcare lighting, which endeavors to combine the wavelength selectability and controllability of LEDs to optimize the potentially beneficial biological effects.
The compact and user-friendly MSC15 spectral light meter is an inexpensive entry-level light-color-spectral measurement solution for any type conventional and solid-state light source such as LEDs and OLEDs. The MSC15 measures photopic and scotopic illuminance, color properties, CCT, CRI, PAR and Bilirubin effective irradiance and now melanopic illuminance and irradiance.
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