[OpenSPIM] what shutter would you recommend?

[Monika Pawłowska]

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.

Monika

W dniu .02.2016 o 20:28 Ulrik Günther <guenther at mpi-cbg.de> pisze:

> 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
>>
>> -----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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Dr Monika Pawłowska
Nencki Institute
02-093 Warsaw
Pasteura 3
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