But if you are looking into UV a glass prism can get in your way! -- Bob Ammerman RAm Systems=20 -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU [mailto:piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of John Gardner Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:01 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE]:: LED lighting believed to cause fading in some pigments inhistorical paintings ....Can't a simple prism be used to separate the spectrum? Sure. Early spectrophotometers mechanically swept a prism-generated spectrum. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membershi= p options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .