CoolLED pE-400 controllable white light microscopy illumination system

CoolLED’s pE-400 is a simple, bright white light microscopy illumination system and a controllable replacement for mercury and metal halide lamps, making it a good choice for clean, green labs. It is designed to bring efficiency to fluorescence microscopy applications or sample visualisation on confocal setups, making the inconvenience of lamps a thing of the past. Four powerful LEDs offer intense, broad-spectrum coverage from 365–635 nm for the most popular fluorophores, ranging from DAPI through YFP to Cy5.

The illumination system comprises a pE-400 light source, power supply and control pod for operation. Global control of the white light is quick and simple with the manual control pod, which includes on/off and irradiance settings.

Unlike traditional white light sources, global control is possible within third-party imaging software via USB connection. Increasing temporal resolution to <10 μs and a global TTL input offers precise hardware synchronisation, the company says.

The compact pE-400 is compatible with the majority of microscope models, with two light delivery configurations available: direct fit and liquid light guide.