In situ systems for Tescan TENSOR and compatible Tescan SEM and FIB-SEM workflows.
Hummingbird Scientific supports compatible Tescan TENSOR STEM configurations and selected Tescan SEM and FIB-SEM platforms with in situ holders, environmental systems, and custom interfaces.
Relevant capabilities include electrical biasing, MEMS heating, air-free transfer, tomography, liquid and gas environments, electrochemistry, and application-specific integration. Product fit depends on the stage or chamber configuration, detector clearances, available ports and utilities, sample format, and intended experiment.
Contact Hummingbird to confirm the appropriate product, microscope interface, and purchase path.
Hummingbird products for TESCAN microscopes
STEM products
Browse Hummingbird in situ STEM holders and systems available for compatible Tescan TENSOR configurations, including electrical biasing, MEMS heating, air-free transfer, tomography, and custom experimental hardware.
SEM / FIB-SEM products
Browse Hummingbird systems for compatible Tescan SEM and FIB-SEM chamber configurations, including liquid, electrochemistry, gas, heating, electrical biasing, and custom chamber-integration options.
How to buy a Hummingbird product for your TESCAN microscope
Customers can purchase directly from Hummingbird Scientific. For a new Tescan microscope project, customers can also ask their Tescan representative whether the required Hummingbird capability can be coordinated as part of the project. Click the button below to request a quote. If you would like to bundle your holder into a quote with a Tescan product, let us know in the form and reach out to your Tescan representative.
Information for OEM sales and applications teams
Supporting a Tescan customer who needs an in situ TENSOR STEM, SEM, or FIB-SEM system? Hummingbird can identify relevant products, review stage or chamber compatibility, provide technical specifications and quotation support, and coordinate project requirements with Tescan personnel where appropriate.
- Full catalog of TESCAN-compatible products.
- Model, chamber, or holder-interface compatibility available upon request.
- Product specifications and quotation support available upon request.
- Hummingbird sales, applications, or engineering personnel available for direct consultation.
Why Hummingbird for Tescan microscopes?
Tescan TENSOR STEM and SEM or FIB-SEM workflows place different demands on the specimen interface. Hummingbird develops each system around the microscope configuration, experimental environment, supporting hardware, and data requirements.
- Platform-specific product paths: Hummingbird supports specialized TENSOR holders as well as environmental systems and custom chamber integration for compatible Tescan SEM and FIB-SEM platforms.
- Built around the microscope: Stage or chamber geometry, analytical access, detector clearances, vacuum conditions, ports, utilities, controllers, and sample handling are considered together.
- Developed in-house: Mechanical and electrical design, precision machining, microfabrication, assembly, controls, calibration, and microscopy testing remain connected.
- Direct technical access: Customers and microscope teams can work with the people who design, build, test, and support the system.
Cross-platform and custom engineering
Some experiments benefit from combining information from STEM, SEM or FIB-SEM, X-ray, and optical microscopy. For selected liquid, gas, heating, biasing, electrochemistry, and custom workflows, Hummingbird can develop related sample-cell architectures, chips, carriers, and experimental conditions across more than one microscopy method.
Hummingbird’s removable liquid-cell architecture supports selected correlative workflows using dedicated TEM, SEM, X-ray, and optical holders. This capability should be applied only where the product and sample configuration support it.
For Tescan platforms, Hummingbird can evaluate custom TENSOR holders, SEM and FIB-SEM chamber interfaces, feedthroughs, specimen carriers, transfer systems, controllers, environmental cells, and application-specific hardware when standard configurations are not enough.
Hummingbird Connect™ for Tescan workflows
Hummingbird Connect™ is Hummingbird Scientific’s pathway incorporating in situ hardware data into the microscope workflow. Holder conditions, controller states, experiment settings, timing, and sample information become part of the experimental record instead of remaining separate from acquisition and analysis.
For Tescan TENSOR, the Hummingbird Connect™ development path centers on ExpertPI™ and its Python-based open API. Tescan describes ExpertPI as providing instrument access, Python scripting, external package integration, and development of custom STEM and diffraction workflows.
For compatible Tescan SEM and FIB-SEM platforms, relevant pathways include SEM/FIB-SEM Expert PI™ and VisualCoder™. Tescan positions these tools for scripted and visual workflow development and automation.
Together, these software environments provide a practical foundation for aligning Hummingbird holder conditions, controller data, timestamps, microscope events, and experiment metadata with custom acquisition and automation workflows.
STEM products for TESCAN microscopes
SEM / FIB-SEM products for TESCAN microscopes
Frequently asked questions
Which TESCAN microscopes are compatible with Hummingbird Holders?
Do I need to modify my TESCAN microscope to use your in-situ holders?
How do I ensure your holders meet TESCAN interface and tolerance requirements?
Can you build a custom sample holder for a unique experiment or non-standard microscope configuration?
What support, training, and chip access do you provide for TESCAN users?
Can I bundle a Hummingbird holder with a new TESCAN microscope purchase?