StellarNet, Inc. News and Press Releases
News and Updates for 2026
Special Halloween Application Note: Fighting Vampires with Spectroscopy
Appearing without warning and vanishing into the night in a flurry of bats, vampires are a classic trope in horror films and a popular Halloween costume. What if the vampires from our darkest fears actually attacked? StellarNet wants you to be prepared in case of a...
The Importance of Calibrated Uniform Light Sources in Imaging Array Quality Control
StellarNet, Inc. Tampa, Fl USA 10/15/2018 Array Detector Defects and Nonuniformities: All array detectors, both 1D and 2D, will inevitably suffer from defects and pixel-to-pixel nonuniformities due to the limitations of high-volume semiconductor manufacturing...
NIR Customer Spotlight- Jadavpur University predicts total polyphenol in Tea using near-infrared spectroscopy
The quality of tea liquor primarily depends on the quality of inbound fresh leaves to a tea factory. Several researchers at the Tocklai Tea Research Institute and Jadavpur University are working in close collaboration to develop NIR prediction methodologies of a few...
Predicting composition of shelled corn (Zea mays) – A Feasibility Study with the StellarCASE-NIR Near-Infrared Analyzer
Introduction If you’ve driven through the mid-western United States, you’ll have noticed that corn is an important and prevalent crop. Corn covers about 90 million acres of farmland in the U.S. and accounts for about two-thirds of global grain trade. The food,...
Back to School Specials- What’s the Chemistry behind Crayola’s newest color?
Notice anything different in your pack of Crayola crayons this year? Last year, Crayola retired Dandelion, a orangeish-yellow color, and replaced it with “Bluetiful”, a blue color based on a 2009 discovery at Oregon State University, the first new blue pigment in 200...
zAP2 Contest- How would you use a Wireless Spectrometer?
Now available for all spectrometers, the zAP2 upgrade adds an integrated wireless CPU with Wifi access to your spectrometer. This features allows you to cut the cord and access multiple spectrometers around your facility at once! Additionally, on board computing...
Customer Spotlight – Zoological Lighting Institute
The Zoological Lighting Institute maintains a mission to support photobiology research for animal husbandry and wildlife conservation purposes. “Animal care depends on good science, and good science is produced by data driven by proper measurements. StellarNet’s team...
A New Color Fidelity Index for LED and Light Measurement- TM-30-15
Keeping Track of Color: The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) is the worldwide recognized source for standards in illumination who, in 1965, published the Color Rendering Index (CRI) and the general color rendering index, Ra, for assessing the color...
LED Measurement at DelphiTech – Customer Spotlight
Quality Control for LED Products with StellarNet SpectroRadiometers A StellarNet SpectroRadiometer enables DelphiTech to ensure quality, quantify new products and analyze competitive products. Rodney McInnis, CEO of DelphiTech, has been manufacturing high-end LED...
Careers at StellarNet – Come Join our Team!
Begin your career with StellarNet today! Our US headquarters is located in sunny Tampa, Florida and is home to our engineering/development, production, systems integration, and sales operations. StellarNet offers you a laid back small business atmosphere mixed with...