The LTS350 is an easy to use versatile heating/freezing stage, with simple microscope slide mounted sample loading. The Analysa systems are optimised for isothermal sample analysis applications where high speed heating and cooling are compromised by larger sample area with excellent thermal stability of less than 0.1C.

The stage consists of a large area temperature controlled element with a platinum resistor sensor embedded close to the surface for accurate temperature measurements. The sample is simply mounted on a standard microscope slide in direct contact with the polished heating element and can be manipulated 15mm in X and Y direction. The sample chamber is gas tight and has gas valves to control the environment inside whether it is inert gas or humidity.
To minimise the temperature gradient across the sample, the light aperture in the block is only 2.5mmØ.

The temperature is programmed by the standalone TMS94 temperature progammer. Sophisticated temperature profiles of up to 32 ramps can be set up with ranges of heating rates from 0.1C/min to 30C/min.

The TMS94 can be used as a standalone programmer or connected via RS232 to PC enabling use of further features within the Linksys software. TMS94 firmware can be updated via email using the RS232 connection.