StellarNet, Inc. News and Press Releases
News and Updates for 2026
Software Developer’s Spotlight- “Inside the Mind of a Programmer”
Dr. Friedrich Menges is the programmer behind StellarNet's Spectroscopy Pro-Tools (SPT) Software package. This software is a "must have" for customers wanting a next level software to control their spectrometer and display their spectral data. SPT enables users to...
Holiday Beer Testing – SRM, EMC, & Lovibond: What’s your color?
For this week’s Feasibility Friday, David and Jason are testing the SRM, EBC, and Lovibond colors of beer from a local brewery. David has chosen some classic styles with published SRM values to compare to. These three color scales are popular in the beer industry as a...
Special Halloween Application Note: Ghostbusting with Spectroscopy
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? StellarNet! Ghostbusters is always a favorite this time of year and so is watching those spooky ghost hunter reality shows. Don't you wonder if that weird glow in the lab is actually a...
End of Summer Spectrometer Publications from StellarNet Customers
Welcome back to school. To inspire you for the next year of research and teaching, here are some Stellar publications from this summer: VISION OF RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS Researchers from Purdue University in conjunction with the USDA published a detailed...
StellarNet Customer Spotlight – Optics Research Professor uses Educational Spectrometers to teach “Sights and Sounds”
Dr. Dan Boye of Davidson College has purchased several of StellarNet’s educational spectrometer systems. “We’re applying them in one class in particular for non-science majors,” he said. This class is called “Sights and Sounds, and it looks at the similarities and...
Application Note – The Raman Spectrum of Water
Water is arguably the most important chemical compound on our planet. As such, a great deal of scientific research has gone into understanding the structure and dynamics of water as it relates to the biochemical processes in our bodies, environmental science, and even...
New Spectroscopy Software Release: SpectraWiz Mobile for Mac
Hot off the press! Included in the SpectraWizard's Summer of Spectroscopy Software is a new version of our SpectraWiz Mobile App built just for your Mac. Now you can run our General Spectroscopy, Radiometry, Colorimetry, and Concentration analysis software package...
New Software Release: MATLAB Spectrometer Demo now available!
We are proud to announce that StellarNet customers can now run their spectrometers from MATLAB! Our Engineers have integrated our new StellarNet python driver with the flexible MATLAB interface so now you can acquire spectroscopic data from any StellarNet...
StellarCASE-NIR Spectrometer System for Nutraceutical Ingredient Identification
The Global Nutraceutical Market accounted for $350 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $750 billion by 2026! New trends in Cannabis, Nutricosmetics, increased public awareness of sports nutritional supplements, and even pet supplements are helping to drive the...
BLACK-Comet Promo – Limited time FREE zAP2+ WiFi and App Processor Upgrades
Add a FREE zAP2+ to any Extended Range BLACK-Comet-C-SR or BLACK-Comet-CXR-SR spectrometer or higher priced UV-VIS spectrometer this month. One per customer. While supplies last. zAP2+ Electronics UpgradezAutomation Processor 2 upgrade provides an integrated...