Viewing transparent samples from below in a Petri dish, flask, well plate or cavity slide. The microscope is compact and can be put inside incubators, safety cabinets or glove boxes. The display is outside the chamber, so there is no need to open the door. Time-lapse and Z-stack images can be saved and viewed remotely.
This microscope is ideal for cell culture and other professional laboratory applications. It also can be used as a bench microscope.
Compact inverted microscope connecting to smart phone, tablet
View transparent samples from below in a Petri dish, chamber slide or cell culture flask
Works inside incubators for hands-free cell inspection
Adjustable top and bottom illumination
Field of view 1mm fixed width, resolution approx. 1µm
400x magnification
Z-Stacking
Time-lapse imaging (Android only)
Specifications
The power cable is sealed into the housing to prevent the atmosphere from entering the microscope and can be extended if required.
Magnification
Resolution 1µm NA 0.25. Equivalent to a x10 objective
Field of view approx. 1mm
Sample container
Petri dish, flask, well plate or cavity side with clear transparent base and lid.
Maximum focal length
3mm stage to sample
Maximum sample (flask) height
48mm. Taller flasks to order
Illumination
Top (trans) illumination modes: Brightfield; Low NA brightfield; High contrast brightfield; Darkfield and Digital phase contrast.
Display
Smartphone, tablet or computer. No WiFi infrastructure or router is required.
Image sharing
Images and videos are stored on the display device for easy sharing.
Images can be viewed remotely in Google Photos or any image-sharing software.
Time-Lapse images can be recorded on Android devices
ioLight App
Free for download from the Apple® or Google Play® app store
Built-in web server available from any computer with Chrome and other browsers
Image format
5MP (2592 x 1944 pixels); colour JPG.
BMP and PNG available on the web browser
Video format
MPEG-4; colour; up to 1296 x 972; 10 fps
Time-Lapse
App for Android & iOS devices enables Time-Lapse image sequences
Dimensions
210mm deep x 140mm wide x 132mm high
Taller flask models are >132mm high
Weight
1.8kg
Power supply
Integrated Li-ion rechargeable battery with USB charger (supplied)
Z-Stacking
Microscope saves images at different focus points which may be stacked using Photoshop, ImageJ or other image software’
Requirements
Either a tablet or phone running iOS 15.0 or Android 8.0 or higher, or a computer with WiFi and Google Chrome (or another web browser)
We recommend newer, faster devices. Older low-performance devices may run the app, but this is not guaranteed.
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