Imaging, Microscopy and More
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How to Succeed at Working From Home
All over the world people are being asked to work from home… Yet how many of us have had to do so for extended periods of time? As a case in point, are you reading this now while sitting at the office? Or, worse – while sitting at home, when you should be working? If…
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8020 Extrusion Optic Sliders
For some time now I’ve been using 8020 extrusion for quick prototyping of optical assemblies. It’s great for assemblies which require longer focal lengths and larger elements. For such systems, the choices are to use a breadboard or table, with posts – and then line everything up, having to worry at minimum about elevation and…
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Laser Alignment for Microscopes Using 3D Printed Parts
A few months back I was working on a custom microscope that required several sections to be aligned. The camera to be centered on it’s axis and aligned to the objective, the excitation wide-field illuminator to be aligned to the back aperture of the objective (and for that alignment to be coaxial), and finally, a…
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High Speed Triggering for Micromanager using Triggerscope Stream Script
Over the past few years, I’ve often battled the Micromanager MDA window, when needing to perform high speed triggered acquisitions. While the system works well for multi channel Z stacks, running timelapse 2 channel streams, or “Z first” streams, didn’t work well. To overcome this, I’ve written a script that pulls all of the MDA…
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THOR SM1 Threads in Fusion360
I frequently build parts, both aluminum and 3d printed, which are used with thor components. Using Fusion360 from Autodesk, it’s simple to add threads into a hole, or even create pre-threaded holes in objects. Luckily, Fusion360 even includes a C-Mount thread option. But – the SM1 thread from Thor is another matter. I had to…
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Lab Automation using Arduino
This is a great example of using Arduino in the lab. If you have limitations to your Lab hardware, and want to explore how to expand or modify it, please get in touch, as this is what we do! -Austin
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On a lifetime of Learning
Like so many who live in the sciences, I am fascinated by all things new, unknown, or barely discovered. I think some people just have this innate sense of a continued drive to understand, to improve our awareness and knowledge in the world. Yet for many, the financial or temporal obligations of higher education aren’t…
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Setup Guide for Triggerscope 3B Using MicroManager
Required Components and Preparation For a new Triggerscope 3B shipment, remove from packaging and account for the following: Hardware Connections Once unpackaged and all components are accounted for, plug the 12V power supply into the slot located on the left side of the unit labeled “12V,” and plug the other end of the power supply into…
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ARC Expands Technical Talent
As client demand continues to grow , ARC has been looking to expand the team, and is pleased to announce the hiring of ARC’s first employee, Daymian Rocca. Daymian joined the team as Technical Systems Engineer Jan 15th, and brings to the company experience in MSCA, fabrication, additive manufacturing and firmware development. His primary role…
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New Triggerscope 3-B Adds Range Spanning, LEDs, High Current Drive and More
I’m excited to announce the release of the newest Triggerscope model the 3-B. This version replaces the V3, and is packed with improvements for practical laboratory use, including: DAC Software Range Selection Range selection is now software controllable for each channel. This means you can get a full 16 Bit resolution delivered to your device…