Leaked pictures surfaced on-line this past Friday indicating that the much anticipated release of Knobby is expected very soon. One Scanbox user that preferred not to give his name welcomed the news: “Finally, as someone trained in patch clamp, I never liked the 3D mouse. Turning heavy knobs that move smoothly… yes, that feels different!” The new…
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positioning modes
The movement of the microscope is achieved by four motors that control the position of the objective. The motors can be independent or coupled, depending on the operating mode selected in the Position panel in the Scanbox GUI. There are three positioning modes: normal, rotated and pivot. To explain how these work, we need to define the coordinate system used…
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