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FLA-5100 and
FLA-5000 Design
These FLA-5100 and FLA-5000
instruments are actually identical instruments other
than having different panel colours. Originally the
FLA-5000 underwent some optical and firmware upgrades,
and all existing installations were upgraded with these
options after which the model and colour scheme was
changed to reflect these changes in the factory produced
instruments.
Subsequent instruments produced by FujiFilm with the
model names Starion® FLA-9000 and under the GE badge
called the Typhoon FLA-9000, FLA-9500 and currently the
Amersham Typhoon®, all share the same mechanical and
optical construction. Apart from a USB interface and new
covers, the only other significant differences relate to
additional NIR laser options. The existing visible
lasers have a different specification essentially due to
the some older components becoming obsolete or newer
designs being simpler to produce. The performance
remains essentially unchanged.
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Original Laser
Options
The original laser options enabled
excitation wavelengths of 473nm, 532nm, 635nm and 670nm.
These provides an excellent broad range for visible
fluorescence excitation dyes.
New SCSI Interface
and Controller
The new Raytek SCSI controller
released in 2019 operates the scanner from a new Linux
based operating system. This enables new bespoke
features to be added to the scanner and controlled
through the new user interface.
Near-Infrared Laser
Expansion
The FLA-5100 has sufficient expansion
space to add at least two additional laser diode
modules. We currently have two NIR lasers available with
wavelengths of 685nm and 785nm which cover NIR dyes
which have emission wavelengths in the regions of 700nm
and 800nm.
This retro fitting of NIR lasers make this a comparable
instrument to the current GE Healthcare Amersham
Typhoon® NIR range of scanners which share the same
mechanical and optical system as the FLA-5000 and
FLA-5100, but of course at a fraction of the cost.
This can also be
considered as an excellent alternative to the LiCor
Odyssey® CLx
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FLA-5100 685nm Laser
Scan with 700nm Emission Dye
FLA-5100 785nm Laser
Scan with 800nm Emission Dye
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