[OpenSPIM] OpenSPIM Digest, Vol 44, Issue 3

[Kevin Jones]

Hi Ulrik,

We haven't decided on a camera, yet. We are going to demo the hammamatsu
Orca 4, the Andor Xylan and maybe the Prime 95b. Do you have any
suggestions/recommendations?

Thanks,
Kevin

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>    1. Re: Besides firewire,     is there any reason to use a MacBook to
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> Date: 14 Mar 2017 18:10:04 +0100
> From: Ulrik Günther <guenther at mpi-cbg.de>
> To: Kevin Jones <kevjon at umich.edu>
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> Subject: Re: [OpenSPIM] Besides firewire,       is there any reason to use
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>         MacBook to SPIM?
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> Hi Kevin,
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> > On Mar 14, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Kevin Jones <kevjon at umich.edu> wrote:
> > > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I figured the macBook
> recommendation was a bit dated. We will use a desktop system with a
> high-end graphics card and fast SSDs for post processing, I am considering
> something like: Core i7-6700 ; 32GB RAM, (2-4) 500 GB SSDs; Nvidia GeForce
> GTX 1080.
> >
> > However, we also want to make a transportable version so that the scope
> can be shared with other groups. Having said that, do you have any
> recommended specs for a laptop?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> The specs for the workstation look good. NVMe SSDs offer lower latencies
> and higher transfer rates, as they connect directly to the PCIe bus instead
> of SATA, I’d take these — especially as they are not as expensive anymore
> as they used to be. If you can get 64 GB of RAM, do it. You are not going
> to regret having more memory available when processing your data,
> especially if you acquire multiview data.
>
>
> Regarding the notebook for a transportable solution, it depends on how
> powerful you want it to be. For the Suitcase OpenSPIM we use for demo
> purposes, we still use the “original” MacBook sometimes, it is sufficient
> for simple tasks, such as demoing the microscope at outreach events.
>
> But if you want to put a USB3.0 sCMOS camera in the mobile version, I’d
> aim for a mobile workstation-type notebook, like these:
> http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-m7710-workstation/pd
>
>
> Instead, if you only want to use a lower data-rate camera, like the
> Thorlabs DCC3000 series USB3 cams, a regular consumer notebook with about
> 8GB of RAM, and an SSD is sufficient.
>
>
> What cameras do you plan to use on the systems?
>
>
> Hope this helped!
>
>
> cheers,
>
>
> ulrik
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Kevin S. Jones, Ph.D.
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