To enhance the real-time processing capabilities of Scanbox we now provide a general mechanism to share frames being collected with another application running concurrently on the same computer via a memory mapped file. This general and flexible mechanism allows any user to extend the real-time processing of Scanbox beyond what is already offered. As an…
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Line scan and continuous resonant modes
The latest version of Scanbox includes two new features requested by users. These appear are small toggle buttons on the left within the Scanner panel. The button on the bottom right of the panel is already known to you — it allows you to toggle between Unidirectional and Bidirectional scanning modes. The letter shown in…
Read MoreMeasuring the resonant frequency
The actual time a line takes to scan depends on the resonant frequency of the mirror. This is typically around 8kHz but it can vary from one device to another. One easy way to measure it is to split the signal that goes from TRIG OUT to the TRIG IN of the Alazartech board and feed…
Read MoreSimultaneous imaging and electrophysiology
Scanbox now allows the possibility of doing simultaneous imaging and electrophysiology. An external DAQ device, supported by Matlab’s data acquisition toolbox, is need to do this. In our case, we had an old NI-USB-6221 lying around that we decided to use. In the present case, we set things up to do patch-clamp recordings from a single…
Read MoreMeet Knobby
Knobby is finally here! Knobby provides an alternative to the 3D mouse interface for controlling the position of the microscope. Knobby offers simultaneous control of all axes of the microscope by independent knobs (X, Y, Z and objective angle, A) and is very responsive to the user movements producing nice, smooth motion. The position control…
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