SpectraMax Mini Multi-Mode Microplate Reader

Item#: SpectraMax Mini

Perform your favorite applications including ELISA, DNA and protein quantitation, cell viability, gene expression with a user-friendly reader

The SpectraMax® Mini Multi-Mode Microplate Reader offers a budget friendly solution that gives you exactly what you need when you need it. With three modes of detection for UV-Vis absorbance, ﬂuorescence and luminescence, the SpectraMax Mini reader is user upgradeable - from 2 to 3 modes, providing researchers with a versatile instrument that does not compromise on sensitivity or performance. Included SoftMax® Pro Software enables rapid data generation and analysis helping you achieve more in less time.

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Dimensions (in.) 15.75 (L) x 12.60 (W) x 13.78 (H)
Power requirement: External 24V DC power supply compatible with 100–240V AC @50–60 Hz 160W maximum consumption
Weight: ≤ 40 lbs (18 kg)
Robotic compatible: Yes
Absorbance, Fluorescence and Luminescence
- Plate type(s): 6 – 384 well plates
- Absorbance photometric range
- Wavelength range: 200–1000 nm
- Wavelength selection: 1.0 nm increments
- Wavelength bandwidth: ≤ 5 nm full width half maximum
- Wavelength accuracy: ± 2 nm across wavelength range
- Wavelength precision (repeatability): ± 0.2 nm
- Photometric range: 0–4.0 OD
- Photometric resolution: 0.001 OD
- Photometric accuracy, linearity: < ±0.006 OD ±1.0%, 0–3 OD
- Stray light: ≤ 0.05% at 230 nm
- Photometric precision (repeatability): < ±0.003 OD ±1.0%, 0–3 OD
Fluorescence intensity performance:
- Wavelength range: 250–850 nm
- Dynamic range: > 6 decades
- Sensitivity (fluorescein): 1 pM
Luminescence performance
- Wavelength range: 300–650 nm
- Dynamic range: > 7 decades
- Sensitivity (ATP): 2 pM
- Cross-talk: <0.1% (white 96-well half-area microplate)
General performance
- Plate formats: 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 384-well plates ANSI/SLAS
- Light source: Two high-energy xenon flash lamps as the light source
- Shaking: Linear, orbital, and double orbital
- Reading capabilities: Microplates, cuvettes (via adapter)
- Detectors: Ultra-cooled Photomultiplier Tube and Silicon photodiode
- Temperature control: 4°C above ambient to 45°C
- Temperature uniformity: ±1°C at 37°C
- Temperature accuracy: ±2°C at 37°C
- Spectral scanning: Abs
- Endpoint reading: Abs, FI, Lum
- Kinetic reading: Abs, FI, Lum
- Well scanning: Over 20 by 20
Standard Filter Cubes
- Filter Name: FL-360, FL-565, FL-635, FL-680, FL-810
- Fluorophore/assay: Tryptophan, Nano orange/Quant IT protein assay, Alexa Fluor 594, Texas Red, Alexa Fluor 647/cy5, Alexa Fluor 750/cy7
- Excitation: 280/20, 465/35, 590/20, 625/35, 710/50
- Dichroic: 310, 508, 610, 655, 765
- Emission: 360/35, 565/30, 635/25, 680/20, 810/40

Easy-to-use: Save time on training, data generation, and data analysis, for faster results.
Flexible: Perform your favorite applications with a user-friendly reader that accommodates plate types from six to 384-well formats; up to three modes of detection measuring absorbance with NFC-tagged filters for fluorescence, luminescence, or both.
Affordable: Gain access to over thirty years of experience and technology in a compact, multi-mode reader that was built for researchers with sensitive budgets.
Industry-leading software: Enjoy an extensive library of protocols, advanced reader control, and easy data management and analysis with our best-in-class Softmax Pro Software.
Approachable design: Effortless functionality provides users with everything they need to run their most crucial applications quickly and without complications.
Expanded wavelength range: Xenon flash lamps allow you to excite samples in the UV range where halogen does not.
AutoPMT technology: Our AutoPMT feature allows a wide range of concentrations to be prepared and read on one plate, avoiding saturation (or the loss of signal) and saving you time and money.