Figure 1: Main view of the Desktop microscope
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Camera
(a) SSD scale on the
opposite side
Figure 2: The camera vertical control knob
The the digital camera included with the microscope is capable of 15 fps at full (2048x2048)
resolution. It is mounted to a translation stage which is controlled by the camera vertical control
knob shown in Fig. 2. This alters the Source to Screen Distance (SSD), which changes the
magnification and resolution of the microscope:
Increase SSD
Magnification
Increases
Resolution
Decreases
Decrease SSD
Magnification
Decreases
Resolution
Increases
Figure 3: Microscope connectors
The power supply for the camera is located
below the Ethernet port of the microscope
(see Fig. 3). Camera software controls can
be found in the Octopus software package.
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