Opentrons · jwwojak · Aug 1, 2025 · Aug 4, 2025 · Aug 5, 2025 · Aug 5, 2025
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       - Flex Stacker: '!include stacker-manual/mkdocs.yml'
       - HEPA/UV Module: '!include hepa-uv/mkdocs.yml'
       - Thermocycler Module: '!include thermocycler-manual/mkdocs.yml'
+      - Plate Reader Module: '!include plate-reader/mkdocs.yml'
   - Python API: https://docs.opentrons.com/v2/
 
 plugins:

diff --git a/docs/plate-reader/docs/data.md b/docs/plate-reader/docs/data.md
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+---
+title: "Plate Reader Module: Using Plate Reader Data"
+hide: toc
+---
+
+# Using Plate Reader Data
+
+Plate reader data is available on the Recent Protocol Runs screen in the Opentrons App. To download your data from the app, click Devices and select your Flex from the list. Next, find the protocol that used the plate reader. Expand that protocol and click the Download link to retrieve your data. The robot formats plate reader data as a comma-separated value (.csv) file.
+
+<figure class="screenshot" markdown>
+![CSV data file location](images/csv-data.png){width="90%"} <!-- 100% seems huge -->
+</figure>
+
+You can also use plate reader data immediately in a Python protocol. See the Python Protocol API documentation for more information.
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+---
+title: "Plate Reader Module"
+hide: toc
+---
+
+<div style="text-align: center;" markdown>
+
+![Opentrons Flex®](../images/opentrons-flex-logo.svg "opentrons-flex-logo.svg"){style="width: 60%"}
+
+# Absorbance Plate Reader Instruction Manual
+
+![Plate reader cover image](images/plate-reader-hero.png){style="width: 60%"}
+
+**Opentrons Labworks Inc.**<br>
+October 2024
+
+</div>
+
+## Product description
+
+The Opentrons Absorbance Plate Reader Module is an on-deck microplate spectrophotometer that works with the Flex liquid handling robot. It uses light absorbance to determine sample concentrations. The module accepts ANSI/SBS-standard 96-well plates and has 96 separate detection units, which allows for rapid endpoint or kinetic sample analysis. The Absorbance Plate Reader is designed for laboratory research and other non-in-vitro diagnostic analyses.
+
+**The Opentrons Flex Absorbance Plate Reader may currently not be offered, used or put on the market in any European Patent Convention States due to a third party patent application.**
+
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+---
+title: "Plate Reader Module: Installation"
+hide: toc
+---
+
+# Installing the Plate Reader
+
+To attach the Absorbance Plate Reader to your Flex:
+
+<div class="instruction-list" markdown>
+
+1. Use a 2.5 mm hex screwdriver to remove the deck slot you want to use for the module. Retain the screws.
+
+2. Insert the module into the open deck slot and secure it with the screws you removed in Step 1.
+
+3. Route the USB cable under the deck and attach it to a USB port on the right side of the robot.
+
+When connected, the Absorbance Plate Reader appears in the Instruments and Modules section on your robot’s device details page in the Opentrons App. It does not require positional calibration after installation. You can use the Absorbance Plate Reader as soon as the robot detects it.
+
+</div>
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+---
+title: "Plate Reader Module: Deck Placement"
+hide: toc
+---
+
+# Deck Placement
+
+You can put the plate reader in deck slots A3–D3 only. The module comes pre-installed in its own caddy, which attaches the unit to the deck.
+
+![Deck locations](images/deck-map-highlighted.svg)
+
+!!!note
+    Other deck components may need one of these slots. For example, the default location for the internal trash bin is slot A3, but this component can go in any one of multiple deck locations. The external waste chute requires slot D3 so you’ll have to remove it (if installed) to put the plate reader in this location.