Re: [micro-manager-general] Micro-Manager Compatible EIA-170 to USB adapter

[Aryeh W. <ar...@cc...>]

I suggest a video to USB converter rather than a frame grabber. See:

http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/products/converters/

I have the firewire version of this, and it works with micromanager.


--aryeh

On 3/12/11 8:14 AM, Nico Stuurman wrote:
>
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 3:32 PM, ershler wrote:
>
>> I have an intensified CCD video camera that I would like to use with
>> Micro-Manager. The camera provides eia-170 analog video. I am wondering if
>> there is a USB (or firewire) adapter that can be used with Micro-Manager
>> with available software. I'd like to get 640 x 480 frames at 30
>> frames/sec.
>
> You'll need a frame grabber card that can capture the RS170 video. There
> is no support for a USB or Firewire frame grabber card in Micro-Manager
> that I am aware of. However, I noted that "The Imaging Source" has a PCI
> frame grabber card (
> http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/products/grabbers/dfgsv1/ ) that
> is supported by their SDK. I wonder whether the Imaging Source adapter
> that Falk Dettmar wrote (
> http://valelab.ucsf.edu/~nico/MMwiki/index.php/The_Imaging_Source ) will
> work with this frame grabber card. You may want to ask Falk or The
> Imaging Source before buying. Please do let us know what you find out.
>
> Best,
>
> Nico
>


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