Avasoft 7.3 is now available to download from our website for all registered users. The following changes have been made.  

Avantes has designed a new cylindrical lens for its miniature AvaSpec-128 spectrometer detector, which improves the sensitivity by a factor of 4. The increased sensitivity combined with the high speed of this detector array (full 128 pixel scan in 60 microseconds) enables many applications for inline process control. The new cylindrical lens focuses the light onto the detector array, that has a pixel height of 63.5 µm. The AvaSpec-128 is available for the VIS/NIR (350-1100nm) wavelength range and excellent sensitivity in the 900-1100 nm range as compared with CCD based 2048/3648 pixels detector arrays.

Avantes Offers “AvaFast” Pre-Configured Spectrometers as Stock Items

The AvaSpec 3648–UA-25-AF, AvaSpec 2048-UA-50-AF and the AvaSpec 2048-VA-200-AF represent three of our most common customer configurations for UV/VIS and NIR spectroscopy. Each configuration will be carried in inventory and available for immediate shipment to our customers. For complete details, pricing and specifications on the AvaFast program and our complete line of spectrometers, light sources and fiber optic accessories, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Avasoft 7.2.0 is now available to download from our website for all registered users. The following changes have been made.  

Avantes now offers the possibility of Store to RAM. This makes it possible to store an large number of spectra in a very short time. These spectra are saved in the internal memory (RAM) of the spectrometer and can later be transferred to the PC. 
The Store To RAM function, which allows the storing of scans at high speed (as fast as 1.1. msecs per scan for the AvaSpec-2048-USB2, and 0.1 msec per scan for the AvaSpec-128-USB2) can be accessed through Avantes AS-5216 DLL and will soon be available in AvaSoft Full.  Store to RAM is the fastest, most reliable way to rapidly collect and save spectra without the overhead of USB communication. 

Not wanting our customers to miss out on an opportunity we have also included a few enhancements:

- Rollout of our 16 bit A/D platform for all USB2 spectrometers
- Support for the latest spectrometer innovation, AvaSpec-2048x14
- Back thinned CCD
- High sensitivity
- Low cost with high performance
- AvaSpec USB1 and USB2 spectrometer platform support for Vista

And last but not least, Avantes is officially certified as a high-speed USB2 qualified supplier.

You can download AvaSoft 7 now! Additional technical details are also available for all AS5216-DLL customers.