If you have downloaded the latest version of Scanbox you may have noticed there is a new “Quadrature Encoder” panel and wondered what is does. In addition to ball tracking, you now have the option of tracking the 1D movement of a circular platform. The position of the platform is monitored by an optical quadrature encoder…
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New features in latest Scanbox firmware
To take advantage of the new features in the latest release of the Yeti firmware you should start by getting rid of the half-wave plate control of the laser power. To do so start by removing the motor and half-wave plate from the optical path feeding the laser beam directly into the Pockels cell as…
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The following explains how to connect GigE cameras to your Scanbox. If you have trouble following the instructions below just let me know — I can help remotely. ScanBox has the ability to acquire images from cameras synchronized to the frames of the microscope. We typically use one camera to monitor eye movements and a second one to monitor…
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