Imaging, Microscopy and More
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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…
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DIY emission filter for observer safety
I can’t believe I missed this excellent post from Sam Lord @ Everyday Scientist on how to insert an emission filter on your ocular lightpath. Having been hit by some untold number scopes wherein I either was observing, and switched to a no-emission-filter spot on the dichroic turret, or where I was observing and for…
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uPeek iPhone based Microscope
Kickstarter has another iphone microscope project, this time it looks like an attachment which includes a 4 line LED, focusing and optical element system, and machined body. Looks cool! -Austin
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Merry Christmas!
Figured I’d post another SEM shot of a snowflake. These never cease to amaze!
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Experimental FM transmitter using Raspberry Pi 2
If you have an extra Raspberry pi around and want to try something fun, you can use the GPIO on the pi to transmit at FM frequencies. For the rPi v1 you can use this link for instructions. For Raspberry Pi2 I found a great application which can be run from the command line, called…
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Site Updated!
What do you think of the new site layout? I was looking for a simple, clean interface that works well on conventional and mobile browsers. Hopefully, I’ve found it. If anyone has recommendations, please feel free to comment!
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ASCB 2015 Reveals the Next Generation of Microscopy
One of the best aspects of flying is being apart from the world. Not only terra firma, but the troubles of life, questions of the future, and concerns of the present. Flight requires attention to instruments while in operation, but long cross country flights leave the pilot with time to sit and watch the world unfold…
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iPhone 6s Zoom & Resolution
Ever notice that no matter what zoom setting you use on an iPhone, the resolution of the captured image is the same? This defies convention, as normally, as a sensor is cropped digitally, the resolution of the resulting image should decrease. With Apple iDevices, this isn’t the case. The native resolution is always the same,…
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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…
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RGB to Wavelength Converter
This is a useful tool I found while getting ready for ASCB. Hope others find it useful! http://academo.org/demos/wavelength-to-colour-relationship/