Products - Microarray Instruments - Colorimetric Scanner

The ArrayIt® SpotWare™ Colorimetric Microarray Scanner opens up a new facet of microarray technology. An excellent complement to your current fluorescence scanning technology, our Colorimetric system enables the use of alkaline phosphatase (AP) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) labels. The SpotWare™ Colorimetric Microarray Scanner accommodates 12 standard 25 x 76 microarray substrate slides for high-speed colorimetric scanning of AP- and HRP-labeled microarrays for research and diagnostic applications.

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Quality Control

• Product Description

• Technical Assistance

• Easy Scan (Short Protocol)

• Easy Scan (Complete Protocol)

• Software Shareware

• Installation Guide

• Troubleshooting Tips

• Recommended Products

• Ordering Information

• Warranty

• Disclaimer

Introduction
Congratulations on taking a big step towards improving your microarray research. This booklet contains a complete set of protocols outlining the steps required to use the SpotWare™ Colorimetric Microarray Scanner.

Quality Control
Arrayit ensures the performance of these products, and the finest scientific research went into their development.

Product Description
The SpotWare™ Colorimetric Microarray Scanner is a high performance detection system at an incredibly affordable price. Users will appreciate the following system features:

• Ultra-sensitive CCD line scanning technology

• Adjustable scanning resolution: 5, 10, 20 and 50 µm

• Standard substrate format: 25 x 76 x 1 mm

• Reads up to 12 microarrays using the 12-Position Substrate Slide Bay

• Standard 16-bit TIFF file format with 0-65,536 intensity values

• Rainbow palette data display for easy viewing

• Adjustable gain function provides an additional 3 logs (1000-fold) sensitivity

• Total dynamic range: > 7 logs (10,000,000-fold)

• Images importable into any standard microarray analysis software package

• Intuitive graphical user interface

• Operating system: Windows XP

• Small instrument size conserves bench space

• Broad spectrum white light source

• Compatible with alkaline phosphatase (AP) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) labels

• Unique light path produces zero background with white membrane substrates

• Scan area: 25 x 76 mm with separate barcode detection capability

• Scan speed: 1.0 cm² in 30 seconds at 10 µm resolution

• User-specified experimental notes attached to each data file

• Instrument size (L, W, H): 46 x 27 x 11.5 cm

• Instrument weight: 3.1 kg

• Total set up time less than 30 minutes

• Perfect complement to your existing fluorescent scanning system

• Reads DNA, RNA, protein, antigen, and antibody microarrays

• Perfect system for both research and diagnostics applications

Product Contents

• SpotWare™ Colorimetric Microarray Scanner (110V or 220V)

• SpotWare™ Power Supply with Voltage-Appropriate Cable

• SpotWare™ USB High-Speed Data Communications Cable

• SpotWare™ 12-Position Substrate Slide Bay

• SpotWare™ USB Software Key

• Computer with Pre-Installed SpotWare™ Controller and Image Acquisition Software

• Computer Keyboard

• Computer Mouse

• Computer Power Cord with Voltage-Appropriate Cable