We are interested in using our spectrometer to build an optical reader for microtiter plates.  This page shows our work to build one that incorporates our WheeTrometer spectrometer with an x-y stage and a 1 x 8 matrix of white LEDs.  This prototype is not ready for market, but I wanted to show you where we are going.  I think that all of the hardware shown works, but we are a long way from having software ready for it.

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The reader will move the spectrometer and plate to read specific wells, turn on the led directly beneath that well, and record the spectrum of that solution.

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The instrument uses the Teensy 4.1 to control the spectrometer and the x-y stage and the leds.  The motors are controlled using tmc2209 motor drivers.