[OpenSPIM] what shutter would you recommend?

[Ulrik Günther]

Hey everyone,


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


cheers!


ulrik




—
Ulrik Günther, Dipl.-Phys.
PhD Student
MOSAIC Group & Tomancak Lab, Center of Systems Biology Dresden
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Pfotenhauerstr. 108, D-01307 Dresden, Germany



E-Mail: guenther at mpi-cbg.de




> On Feb 8, 2016, at 6:29 PM, Anthony, Neil <nantho2 at emory.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Monika
> 
> 
> I haven't looked into the details, but thought this kind of thing would be super low cost, and fun too:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Laser-Shutter/
> 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.
> 
> 
> Neil
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: openspim-bounces at openspim.org [mailto:openspim-bounces at openspim.org] On Behalf Of Monika Pawlowska
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 6:36 AM
> To: openspim at openspim.org
> Subject: [OpenSPIM] what shutter would you recommend?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Dr Monika Pawłowska
> Nencki Institute
> 02-093 Warsaw
> Pasteura 3
> Poland
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