Category: device automation

  • Starlyte Nebula Now Supports Opto Gmbh Microscopes

    Starlyte Nebula Now Supports Opto Gmbh Microscopes

    Thomas Spieker from Opto Gmbh was kind enough to send us a demo assembly of several microscopes made by his company. Opto manufactures a series of highly integrated microscope modules, all provided in a small, integrated form factor.

    I was able to work with two different variations. One is a complete transmitted illumination setup with camera and objective at 20x. The second is a reflected light device with integrated LED illuminators.

    It’s neat to see such a compact setup on the desk. Using the 20x with a typical gut section stained sample was a piece of cake. Field uniformity on the illuminator was great, and color balance was as expected.

    The reflected design unit has both a coaxial and ring-style illuminator position – both are provided in Nebula as control LED options.

    Use of the camera was straightforward. It supports 8 and 12 bit readout on a color sensor. I can definitely imagine hooking this up to a small XYZ gantry or even a 3d printer for inspection use. Thanks to Opto for the demo unit!

    Here is a video review and live demo of hte unit while running on Starlyte Nebula.

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  • Starlyte Nebula Adds Drag+Drop Merge Captures

    Starlyte Nebula Adds Drag+Drop Merge Captures

    Tool simplifies manual capture

    We had a recent customer asking to solve a rather standard but annoying problem. If I have a manual filter turret, and still want to overlay images, how easy is it to do?

    To solve this, we added the ability to drag+drop any image from our capture sidebar into our main view. By adding a demo filter turret to the system config, we captured the real ex, di and em filter settings from the image, insuring metadata is transferred with the images collected. The resulting view is a true multi-dim architecture, saved as an OME set or RGB combined view. Our team made the addition, ran bug testing and edge case validation, pushed the changes and compiled the application in 1 business day.

    Being able to react to our customers’ needs in a short timeframe is one of the best parts of working with my team. Nice work!

    -Austin

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