Category: TriggerScope

  • Mac OSX Serial Terminal for ARC

    Mac OSX Serial Terminal for ARC

    I’ve long wanted to build a terminal and testing application for my products. Using the exceptional QT Creator, I was able to cook one up in a relatively short period of time! This application was built using the QT Terminal example program, so it will work for the ARC Triggerscope 2, 16, and Triggerscope 3…

  • LED, laser, or other PWM control using Triggerscope

    LED, laser, or other PWM control using Triggerscope

    It appears that more and more people want to use PWM control for illumination devices from Micro-Manager and other imaging software. PWM may be used for any number of applications, from high speed pulsing of an LED, or a laser, in order to reduce phototoxicity or just to control brightness, or to drive a DC…

  • How to use external triggers on scientific and industrial cameras

    How to use external triggers on scientific and industrial cameras

    Controlling a camera from an external trigger can be very useful. External triggering provides greater timing accuracy, direct control over exposure duration, and remote operation from TTL devices. This is a prime reason I made the Triggerscope controller, so I though it would be useful to explain how this works and what you can do…

  • Triggerscope & Micro-Manager Demo LED

    Triggerscope & Micro-Manager Demo LED

    With ASCB right around the corner, I’ve been looking for opportunities to showcase the controller, so I’m happy and grateful to announce that the TriggerScope16 will be demonstrated at the Open-Imaging Micro-Manager booth (#1312)  this year! Here’s a short video I made showing the new display which will be at the booth. The display uses…