Starlyte Imaging

Category: microscope

  • 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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  • Triggerscope Mini Released

    Triggerscope Mini Released

    Compact, Simplified TTL and DAC – Micromanager Native

    I’m happy to share a new device I’ve been working on after encouragement from numerous clients. This new smaller version of the Triggerscope is intended to bridge the gap between large complex systems and more streamlined setups.

    With the Mini you get:

    • 4 TTL Outputs at 5V
    • 2 DAC Outputs at 5V
    • 1 3.3V to 5V input Trigger
    • Status LEDs for all connections!
    • A single USB-C Connection to the computer
    • Full supported Micromanager Triggerscope-Hub Behavior

    This was a super fun project for me, as for the first time this board uses a bare MCU, which enabled my team to use any connector we wanted (hence the USB C) as well as full USB-Serial emulation on our own terms.

    I’m also quite fond of the baby side-emitting LEDs on the outputs. These LED’s draw almost no current, but having them for all of the outputs makes it so easy to know whether a given control line is on or off. For the DAC LED’s, they change brightness with the output!

    I tried to keep this design in-line with the current TG4, as it’s worked well for us over the years. This one is of course thinner, lighter and smaller, but in effect a truly miniaturized version of the larger model.

    If you’d like to buy a Mini, we have them ready for sale on the store page here. For more information on the unit please see this flyer or the product page, thanks!

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