| Mechanical |
| Slide dimensions |  | Width: 25.0 - 25.5 mm
Length: 75.5 - 76.0 mm
Thickness: 0.95 - 1.15 mm
Label: 8 mm x 23 mm
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| Instrument dimensions | | Modular format with six slide chambers per module. One system can consist of 1-5 modules.
Module dimensions
Width: 0.7 m (2.3 ft)
Height: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Depth: 0.7 m (2.3 ft)
Weight: 15.5 kg (34.1 lb)
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| Electrical |
| Mains voltage | | Operate at 100-120/220-240VAC, 50-60 Hz, 900 VA
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| Maximum Consumption | | 900 VA, Category II for five-module system |
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| Internal voltage | | Use 24 V internally to minimize safety and regulatory problems.
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| Power supply | | External |
| Fluidics |
| Chambers | | Chamber volume: 165 µl ± 20 µl
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| Flow | | Flow rate: 2 µl/s to 150 µl/s
Capability to toggle flow back and forth through the chamber (10-50 µl) |
| Temperature Control |
| Control | | Individual heat source and feedback control for each chamber.
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| Specifications | | Lower working temperature: ambient +10 °C.
Upper working temperature: 95 °C.
Temperature stability: ±1.0 °C.
Temperature accuracy: ±2 °C @ < 60 °C, ±3.5 °C @ > 60 °C
Maximum warm up time (to 80 °C): 10 min |
| Solutions and chemicals |
| Hybridization buffers | | Compatible with all standard hybridization solutions, including Amershan Biosciences microarray hybridization buffer in 50% formamide, 4x SSC, standard pH buffers, ethanol, isopropanol, various protein solutions, and succinic anhydride solution.
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| Environment |
Operating temperature
Relative humidity | | Ambient temperature 15-35 °C.
20-95% noncondensing |
| Computer Requirements |
| Hard Drive | | 10 MB of available hard disk space, plus space requirements for WindowsTM software |
| Operating system | | Windows 2000 |
| Memory | | At least 64 MB RAM |
| PC Requirements | | PC with Pentium 133MHz or higher processor |
| Mandatory | | USB port |
