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Heating & Cooling Temperature controller BTC-1-100

Can be used with Temperature controlled microscope stages, heated and cooled. Low electrical noise, heating and cooling temperature controller for microscope stages.
  • External Bath probes (optional) and internal Stage temperature sensor
  • Automatically switches from Heating to Cooling
  • Over-heating protection prevents damage to your sample
  • Does not introduce electrical noise during recordings
  • Standby mode 
  • Plastic-encapsulated external probes: no metal ions leakage into solutions

Most heating and cooling stages work as inline solution pre-heaters. Can be used with flow control and perfusion systems. Includes connecting cables. An external temperature probe might be needed, to monitor bath temperature for example. Click on catalog numbers below to purchase online. Sample publications.

Specifications:

Range:

-45 to 125°C with accuracy 0.1°C

Temperature probes:

optional miniature 0.87mm diameter; fits small volume chambers;

Settings:

flexible self-adjusting, allow to stabilize temperature in different sample volumes and heating stage sizes

Feedback:

STAGE

Input/Output:

100-240VAC/4A max/ 8A 230W with 35V inside power supply

Dimensions:

8x4x9in.



Programmable 2-Channel Bipolar Precision High Stability Temperature Controller BTC-2-100, Low Electrical Noise

Can be used with Temperature controlled microscope stages. Provides higher stability required for some sensitive applications, nano/piezo positioning, confocal or AFM  imaging for example. Flexible controls for stable operation and easy to use through the graphical touch-screen. Up to four steps (or ramps) can be programmed (optional 8 steps if only one channel is used).
  • No drift due to high stability, 0.01°C.
  • No vibrations during imaging and recording - no internal fan
  • Plastic-encapsulated external probes: no metal ions leakage into solutions
  • Automatic cooling
  • Self-tuning, no adjustments are required
  • Multiple temperature sensors to choose for feedback, STAGE and BATH
  • Built-in overheating protection
  • Inputs for programmed temperature changes
  • Analog and Digital Outputs to monitor and SET temperature, RS232 port
  • Digital interface for software control
  • No electrical noise - suitable for electrophysiology
Can be used with objective heaters and with perfusion systems: most heating stages work as inline solution pre-heaters. Sample publications.

Specifications:

Range:

from -45 to 125°C with accuracy 0.1°C

Stability:

0.01°C

Built-in Temperature sensors:

heating stages incorporate sensors for stable operation

External Temperature probes:

optional miniature 0.87mm diameter, fits small volume chambers

Settings:

Self-tuning to stabilize temperature of different sample volumes and heating stage sizes, no manual adjustments are required; input for an external SET temperature to program protocols; software control

Feedback:

From built-in STAGE or optional BATH sensors

Dimensions:

14x6x8in.

Input/Output:

100-240VAC 230W/8A per channel, 230W (with 35V output)



Required accessories: cooling stages, cable, probes, power supply.

Optional accessories: perfusion system, flow control.

Download PDF manual for BTC-2-100, or BTC-1-100 controller.

Download PDF catalog.

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PRICES AND OPTIONS

BTC-1-100

$1,495

1-Channel Temperature Controller, high stability, no electrical noise, with automatic cooling

BTC-2-100

$2,995

2-Channel Programmable Temperature Controller, high stability, no electrical noise, with automatic cooling

TC-TP

$295

Miniature 0.87mm temperature Probe

BTC-TCR

$295

Cable Assembly for BTC controller (included with the controller). A cooling stage and temperature probes can be attached to the cable connectors.


Sample publications:
10 Degradation Kinetics of Disulfide Cross-Linked Microgels: Real-Time Monitoring by Confocal Microscopy. Gels. 2023 Oct; 9(10): 782;
9 LONG-TERM MEMORY RULES WITHIN THE FEEDING NEURAL CIRCUIT OF THE MARINE SNAIL APLYSIA CALIFORNICA. 2022;
8 A novel in vitro analog expressing learning-induced cellular correlates in distinct neural circuits. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, February 15, 2022;
7 Interfacial Mechanics and Liquid Crystal Structure of Liquid Gallium. Oktober 2021;
6 Thermal Effects on the Crystallization Kinetics, and Interfacial Adhesion of Single‐Crystal Phase‐Change Gallium. Advanced Materials 03 February 2020;
5 Division site selection linked to inherited cell surface wave troughs in mycobacteria. Nature Microbiology VOLUME: 2 ARTICLE NUMBER: 17094 2017;
4 The Functional Activity of the Human Serotonin 5-HT1A Receptor Is Controlled by Lipid Bilayer Composition. Biophysical J. Volume 110, Issue 11, 7 June 2016, Pages 2486-2495;
3 Innocuous warming enhances peripheral serotonergic itch signaling and evokes enhanced responses in serotonin-responsive dorsal horn neurons in the mouse. J. Neurophysiology Volume 117,Issue 1 January 2017;
1 Apparatus and Method for Producing Specimens for Electron Microscopy. patent US 20140360286 A1;
2 Eugenol and carvacrol excite first- and second-order trigeminal neurons and enhance their heat-evoked responses. Neuroscience. 2014 June 20; 271: 45–55;