Bada boom! New system coming soon!

So why the long silence in the Scanbox blog? We have been working hard on a the development of our new system. A modular, expandable system that will run the new line of Neurolabware microscopes (aka the Kraken microscope) and is backward compatible with our previous box. Want a sneak peak? Bada boom!   Here is…

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Virtual Knobby

Happy new year! We have plenty of exciting Scanbox developments happening this year, so stay tuned to the blog.  You don’t want to miss anything! We recently introduced a wireless version of knobby that runs on Android tablets. The same software is now available to run on Windows, side-by-side your Scanbox application. The controls and behavior…

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Surface sampling in Scanbox

Answering a request from colleagues in London, the upcoming version of the Scanbox firmware will allow users to change the depth of imaging on a line-by-line basis. Up to now, during volumetric imaging, users were allowed to change the setting of the electronically tunable lens (ETL) once per frame (during the transition from one frame to another). The…

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Disabling Knobby’s automatic reset

[Note: please do not use this feature yet — there are some bugs that need to be worked out. I will keep you posted.] Up to now starting a new Scanbox session from Matlab causes knobby will auto-reset, bringing all the position counters back to zero and clearing all its position memories. This is done because…

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New Features in Scanbox 3.4

The latest release adds a few new features and fixes. A new panel called “Deadband & Alignment” offers the option to change some of the configuration variables on the fly. The deadband sliders allow to dynamically change the size of the left and right margins respectively, where the laser is blanked out.  You can optionally…

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Installing knobby tablet

Before you start you will need an android tablet and a wireless router in the Lab. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab E and an Airport Express, but other tablets and routers should work as well. To install knobby tablet follow the following steps: Download knobby tablet from the Google Play store. Download and install the…

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Knobby tablet is on the Google Play Store

You can download it on any Android tablet and give it a try. I will explain how to set things up in detail after I return from SfN. In the Lab, your tablet will need to be on the same wireless network as the desktop computer running Scanbox.  If that computer does not have a wireless…

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Knobby gets a wireless sister

A welcome addition to the family: Knobby Tablet. Works on any Android tablet.  Makes it easier to move the microscope from anywhere in the Lab. More details soon!

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