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<body><div>Thanks for all the advice! I guess I'll try the Arduino then, if it doesn't work I can still buy a proper shutter and maybe use Arduino for something else later.</div><div><br></div><div>Monika</div><div><br></div><div>W dniu .02.2016 o 20:28 Ulrik Günther <guenther@mpi-cbg.de> pisze:<br></div><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex">
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<div>the solution Neil suggested works *really* well and is probably as low-cost as you can get. MicroManager is even able to use Arduinos as shutter, see https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Control_laser_shutters_with_Arduino</div>
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<div>cheers!</div>
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<div>ulrik</div>
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<div>On Feb 8, 2016, at 6:29 PM, Anthony, Neil <nantho2@emory.edu> wrote:</div>
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<div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">I haven't looked into the details, but thought this kind of thing would be super low cost, and fun too:<br>http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Laser-Shutter/<br>With some thinking you might even be able to control it using the TTL (I believe 3V) from a serial LPT port if you have one.</div>
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<div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">-----Original Message-----<br>From: openspim-bounces@openspim.org [mailto:openspim-bounces@openspim.org] On Behalf Of Monika Pawlowska<br>Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 6:36 AM<br>To: openspim@openspim.org<br>Subject: [OpenSPIM] what shutter would you recommend?</div>
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<div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">Hi,</div>
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<div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">I am using an argon laser that only has a manual shutter, and so I'm having problems with photobleaching. Could anybody recommend a low-cost shutter that I could use to reduce bleaching in between stacks?</div>
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<div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">Best regards,<br>--<br>Dr Monika Pawłowska<br>Nencki Institute<br>02-093 Warsaw<br>Pasteura 3<br>Poland</div>
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