Spatial light modulator display sdkThe HOLOEYE SLM Display Software Development Kit (SDK) Provides APIs (Application Programming Interface) for different programming languages to show images and data/ phase arrays directly on a HOLOEYE Spatial Light Modulator.

Supported development environments are:

  • National Instruments LabVIEW 8.6 and later
  • MathWorks MATLAB R2009b and later
  • Octave 4.x
  • Python 2.7 and 3.x

The current version is available for Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The SDK supports all current HOLOEYE Spatial Light Modulators with resolution up to 4160 x 2464 pixel.

SLM Display SDK Features

The initialization of the SLM within the target platform is only a single line of code. Data can be transferred to the SLM from floating point or integer type data arrays containing phase data or image data. The SLM display SDK also supports upload and display of data stored in all common image file formats on your computer.

  • Show phase-data-arrays (float, double)
  • Show data arrays (float, int, double)
  • Show data from image files (*.png, *.bmp, …)

The SDK also includes built-in speed-optimized commands for the display of essential functions (e.g. lenses, gratings) on the SLM.

  • Show built-in functions, like:
    • Gratings (Binary / Blaze)
    • Phasefunctions (Lens, Axicon, Vortex)
    • Devided screen

Advanced API Functions

The SDKs advanced API permits sophisticated management of data uploaded to the graphics adapter’s RAM and provides detailed information about the timing when actually displayed on the SLM at high frame rates.

  • Load functions to upload data to the GPU memory:
    • Load phase-data-arrays (float, double)
    • Load data arrays (float, int, double)
    • Load data from image files (*.png, *.bmp, …)
  • Fast accurate „slideshow“-playback
  • Access playback timing statistics for detection of latencies
To get access to the SLM Display SDK, please register at out download website.

System Requirements

HD resolution devices (LC 2012, LC-R 720, LC-R 1080, PLUTO, PLUTO-2, LETO):

Minimum Requirements:
Processor: Dual core CPU with 2 GHz (e. g. Intel Core 2 Duo E6320)
Memory: 2 GB
Graphics Card: OpenGL 2 capable GPU with minimum 256 MB Video RAM (e.g. Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT or built-in Intel GPU or equivalent)
Recommended Requirements:
Processor: Quad core CPU with 3 GHz (e.g. Intel Core i5-2500)
Memory: 8 GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia or ATI OpenGL 2 capable GPU with 2 GB Video RAM (e.g. Nvidia GTX750)

Ultra HD resolution devices (GAEA-2):

Minimum Requirements:
Processor: Quad core CPU with 3 GHz (e. g. Intel Core i5-4690)
Memory: 8 GB
Graphics Card: OpenGL 2 capable GPU with minimum 2 GB Video RAM and HDMI 2.0 output (e.g. Nvidia GTX950 or similar)
Recommended Requirements:
Processor: Quad core CPU with 4 GHz (e.g. Intel Core i7-7700k)
Memory: 16 GB or more
Graphics Card: Nvidia or ATI OpenGL 2 capable GPU with 8 GB Video RAM and HDMI 2.0 output (e.g. Nvidia GTX1070)