ThorCam™ Software for Scientific and Compact USB CamerasThorCam is a powerful image acquisition application that is designed for use with our cameras on 32- and 64-bit Windows® 7 or 10 systems. The graphical user interface communicates with the camera to provide system control, image acquisition, and image review. Single images and image sequences may be captured and played back using ThorCam or supported third-party software.
We also offer application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs) for Windows for the development of custom applications by OEMs and developers. These materials are included with ThorCam and are also available separately on the Programming Interfaces tab, where we also offer a Linux SDK for our Compact Scientific Cameras (excluding the 1.3 MP Kiralux™ cameras). Third-party Linux software that is compatible with our DCx Series Cameras is available here.
Note that this software is not compatible with the LC100(/M) CCD Linear Camera, which uses a separate software package available here.
The following packages are available: - Software: Software package with graphical user interface, drivers, application programming interfaces, and software development kits.
- Firmware: Firmware updates for our cameras.
- Programming Interfaces: Archives containing programming notes, functions, and demonstrations for using our Scientific Cameras and Compact USB cameras (DCx Series) with LabVIEW™ and other common languages.
- Archive: Our former-generation camera software packages: ThorCam versions 3.5.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.0, and 3.3.1.
- Drivers: Drivers for operating our Compact USB cameras (DCx Series) in a Linux environment.
| ThorCam Software for 32-Bit Windows | | |
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| Description | Please note that this ThorCam software installer is for 32-bit Windows operating systems only. It also includes drivers, 32-bit and 64-bit SDKs, and third-party interfaces for scientific cameras as well as DCx series cameras. |  | | Version | 3.5.1 | | Filesize | 294 MB | | Download |  | | License |  | | Additional | This installation includes drivers for LabVIEW and MATLAB, and software development kits for scientific cameras as well as DCx series cameras. For information about using third-party software with our cameras, please see the Programming Interfaces tab. | | System Requirements | Windows® 7 and 10 are supported.
Click here for recommended system requirements for our scientific cameras. Note that virtual machines are not supported. |
| ThorCam Software for 64-Bit Windows | | |
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| Description | Please note that this ThorCam software installer is for 64-bit Windows operating systems only. It also includes drivers, 32-bit and 64-bit SDKs, and third-party interfaces for scientific cameras as well as DCx series cameras. | | | Version | 3.5.1 | | Filesize | 300 MB | | Download | | | License | | | Additional | This installation includes drivers for LabVIEW and MATLAB, and software development kits for scientific cameras as well as DCx series cameras. For information about using third-party software with our cameras, please see the Programming Interfaces tab. | | System Requirements | Windows® 7 and 10 are supported.
Click here for recommended system requirements for our scientific cameras. Note that virtual machines are not supported. |
| Firmware for CS165xx(/M) Zelux Cameras | | |
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| Description | This download updates the firmware for our CS165xx(/M) Zelux cameras. This update must be done on a computer with existing ThorCam software with appropriately selected USB drivers. Please see the README file below for installation instructions. | | | Version | 0.9.5 | | Filesize | 8.14 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe |  | | Change Log |  |
| Firmware for CS505xx Kiralux Cameras | | |
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| Description | This download updates the firmware for our CS505xx 5.0 MP Kiralux Cameras. This update must be done on a computer with existing ThorCam software with appropriately selected USB drivers. Please see the README file below for installation instructions. | | | Version | 1.0.8 | | Filesize | 1.34 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | Change Log | |
| Firmware for CS505MUP Kiralux Polarization Camera | | |
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| Description | This download updates the firmware for our CS505MUP 5.0 MP Kiralux Polarization Camera. This update must be done on a computer with existing ThorCam software with appropriately selected USB drivers. Please see the README file below for installation instructions. | | | Version | 1.0.8 | | Filesize | 1.34 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | Change Log | |
| Firmware for CC505MU Cooled Kiralux Camera | | |
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| Description | This download updates the firmware for our CC505MU Cooled 5.0 MP Kiralux Camera. This update must be done on a computer with existing ThorCam software with appropriately selected USB drivers. Please see the README file below for installation instructions. | | | Version | 1.0.8 | | Filesize | 1.34 | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | Change Log | |
| Firmware for CS895xx Kiralux Cameras | | |
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| Description | This download updates the firmware for our CS895xx 8.9 MP Kiralux Cameras. This update must be done on a computer with existing ThorCam software with appropriately selected USB drivers. Please see the README file below for installation instructions. | | | Version | 1.0.8 | | Filesize | 2.28 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | Change Log | |
| Firmware for CS126xx Kiralux Camera | | |
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| Description | This download updates the firmware for our CS126xx 12.3 MP Kiralux Cameras. This update must be done on a computer with existing ThorCam software with appropriately selected USB drivers. Please see the README file below for installation instructions. | | | Version | 1.0.8 | | Filesize | 2.29 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | Change Log | |
| Windows SDK and Doc. for Scientific Cameras | | |
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| Description | This file includes programming interfaces, documentation, and a standalone SDK for our Scientific Cameras. Note that the ThorCam software installer includes this file in addition to the drivers and software. | | | Version | 1.4 | | Filesize | 72 MB | | Download | | | Additional | The programming interfaces include LabVIEW, MATLAB, C, C++, C#/.NET, and Python. Compatibility with µManager requires the installation of the ThorCam software package. |
| Linux SDK and Doc. for Compact Scientific Cameras | | |
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| Description | This file includes the following materials for our Compact Scientific cameras only, excluding the Zelux™ and 1.3 MP Kiralux™ cameras: programming interface and documentation for Linux. | | | Version | 1.4 | | Filesize | 71 MB | | Download | | | Additional | The programming interface includes C/C++ and Python support. Also, only the Ubuntu Linux distribution version 16.04 and later is officially supported. |
| Windows SDK and Doc. for DCx Series Cameras | | |
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| Description | This file includes the following materials for our USB camera item numbers beginning with DCU and DCC only: programming interface documentation, the standalone SDK, and 32- and 64-bit Windows drivers. Note that the SDK and drivers are included with the Thorcam sofware. | | | Version | 4.81 | | Filesize | 88.8 MB | | Download | | | Additional | The programming interfaces include DirectShow, LabVIEW, and .NET. |
| ThorCam Version 3.5.0 | | |
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| Description | This tab contains a link to download a .zip file containing both the 32-bit and 64-bit installations. |  | | Version | 3.5.0 | | Filesize | 594 MB | | Download | | | License | | | Additional | This installation includes drivers for LabVIEW and MATLAB, and software development kits for scientific cameras as well as DCx series cameras. For information about using third-party software with our cameras, please see the Programming Interfaces tab. | | System Requirements | Windows® 7 and 10 are supported. Click here for recommended system requirements for our scientific cameras. Note that virtual machines are not supported. |
| ThorCam Version 3.4.1 | | |
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| Description | This tab contains a link to download a .zip file containing both the 32-bit and 64-bit installations. | | | Version | 3.4.1 | | Download | | | License | | | Additional | This installation includes drivers for LabVIEW and MATLAB, and software development kits for scientific cameras as well as DCx series cameras. For information about using third-party software with our cameras, please see the Programming Interfaces tab. | | System Requirements | Windows® 7 and 10 are supported.
Click here for recommended system requirements for our scientific cameras. Note that virtual machines are not supported. |
| ThorCam Version 3.4.0 | | |
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| Description | This tab contains a link to download a .zip file containing both the 32-bit and 64-bit installations. | | | Version | 3.4.0 | | Filesize | 583 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | License | | | Additional | This installation includes drivers for LabVIEW, MATLAB, and .NET and a software development kits for scientific cameras as well as DCx USB cameras. | | System Requirements | Windows® 7 and 10 are supported.
Click here for recommended system requirements for our scientific cameras. |
| ThorCam Version 3.3.1 | | |
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| Description | This tab contains a link to download a .zip file containing both the 32-bit and 64-bit installations. | | | Version | 3.3.1 | | Filesize | 645 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | License | | | Additional | This installation includes drivers for LabVIEW, MATLAB, and .NET and a software development kits for scientific cameras as well as DCx USB cameras. | | System Requirements | Windows® 7, 8.1, or 10 are supported.
Click here for recommended system requirements for our scientific cameras. |
| 32-Bit Linux Drivers for DCx Series Cameras | | |
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| Description | These 32-bit Linux instrument drivers for operating DCx series CCD and CMOS cameras are provided as a courtesy for third-party control software. These drivers are not compatible with our scientific cameras. | | | Version | 4.90.06 | | Filesize | 132 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | System Requirements | Linux Kernel ≥3.4 |
| 64-Bit Linux Drivers for DCx Series Cameras | | |
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| Description | These 64-bit Linux instrument drivers for operating DCx series CCD and CMOS cameras are provided as a courtesy for third-party control software. These drivers are not compatible with our scientific cameras. | | | Version | 4.90.06 | | Filesize | 133 MB | | Download | | | ReadMe | | | System Requirements | Linux Kernel ≥3.4 | |