Re: [micro-manager-general] Getting micro-manager installed

[Ed S. <ecl...@go...>]

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> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:29:46 -0800
> From: Nico Stuurman<ni...@cm...>
> Subject: Re: [micro-manager-general] Getting micro-manager installed
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>> I try to install micro-manager, but I'm getting an error message.
>>
>> "Depends: libboost1.38-dev but it is not installable"
>>
>> My setup:
>>
>> Homebrew computer with Intel dual core processor, 4gb ram, 500gb hard
>> drive, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.  I have libboost1.40 (I thought 1.44)
>> installed, and I keep the system fully updated.
> Are you building from source or using Johan's package?
>
>> My microscope is a homebrew monocular system based on an old Swift
>> microscope with a Tucsen 1.3mp camera,
> That looks like an interesting camera (first time I heard of Tucsen),
> and I am curious how much that cooled camera costs.  However, I am not
> aware of Micro-Manager support for Tucsen cameras, and since it uses a
> USB interface, it is unlikely that the dc1394 adapter will work with
> it.  Thus, what made you believe that Micro-Manager on Linux will work
> with this camera?
>
>> homebrew computer-controlled stage using stepper motors and a
>> parallel-to-stepper adapter I built.
> Sounds like fun.
>
> Best,
>
> Nico
>
>

Hi there,

This sounds very interesting...

I'm familiar with the cameras from Tucsen, I have been using them on 
windows for some time. I've not got any idea about how to use the camera 
on Linux, even though it would be my platform of choice.

I would recommend getting as much info about the camera, such as the 
output of lsusb -vv and having a look at this:
http://biot.com/blog/usb-sniffing-on-linux

Tucsen release the SDK for windows, they specify the API of the provided 
.dll files but go no further with camera source code. I hope there is no 
firmware being loaded when the camera is plugged in, but it wouldn't be 
the end of the world if there was. The majority of the Tucsen cameras 
report Do3Think or DoThinKey as the vendor somewhere in lsusb, having 
looked them up, they claim SDKs are provided with the camera modules, so 
the files that Tucsen don't provide could be obtained in this way 
instead (possibly!)

I'd be keen to hear how you get on, please feel free to contact me...

By the way I like the sound of your microscope stage - I've done some 
work with CNC machine control recently - fancy a servo drive!?

Ed Simmons
www.estechnical.co.uk
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