Re: [micro-manager-general] Micro-manager and arduino

[Luciano M. <luc...@gm...>]

Hi Cindy, have you checked the openspin project? It runs a MManager plugin
and you would need not coding at all. It controls a spinning motor, xyz
stage and can trigger hardware, all from a single arduino.
Best,
Luciano

El sáb., 21 mar. 2020 0:10, Cindy Munoz <cmm...@gm...> escribió:

> Hi Alexander,
>
> I it seems the link you provided is broken. Also, do you know of any
> arduino codes out there that would work for this? I'm not an expert coder
> and struggle with basic things, but I want to learn.
>
> Thanks,
> Cindy
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 5:45 AM Alexandre Lopes <ale...@gm...>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Cindy,
>>
>> It's possible. What you would have to do is to use the Arduino to send
>> trigger signals so that the camera and rotate the camera.
>>
>> In one of the pdf manuals from FLIR. I suppose that you have the USB3
>> camera
>>
>> https://flir.app.boxcn.net/s/3u6ga43i3pidmi21x06yurccatal1qm5/file/416958602352
>>  you can see that if you have to use the green pin to send the trigger
>> signal (just on/off) from the Arduino to the camera and the black for
>> ground.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any issues. I am as well interested in this.
>>
>> Alexandre Lopes
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 at 10:35, Carlos G Mendioroz <tr...@ac...> wrote:
>>
>>> Cindy Munoz @ 19/03/2020 19:04 -0300 dixit:
>>> > Hello everyone,  I have a unique imaging application that I'm trying to
>>> > develop with the help of Micro manager so that I have less image data
>>> > and steps to go through.
>>> >
>>> >  I have a stepper motor that is used to rotate a vial and to image I
>>> > have a ccd camera. I will be using fluorescence staining to image some
>>> > particles inside the vial and want to image the entire surface of the
>>> > vial to image all particles in the vial. I use the step motor to rotate
>>> > the vial. I tried to do this using imageJ but I will have a lot of
>>> image
>>> > data to analyze and I'm trying to cut down on steps if possible.
>>> >
>>> > What I'm trying to do is to take an image at a specified motor position
>>> > and continue to do this until the vial has rotated one full revolution.
>>> > Then stitch all images together to get the entire surface of the vial
>>> > with minimized distortion.
>>> >
>>> >  I have a Point Grey Chameleon camera that I was able to configure in
>>> > micro manager. I was also able to connect an arduino using the micro
>>> > manager wiki and currently have this as a shutter. I have a separate
>>> > arduino to control the step motor. I'd like to sync both the motor and
>>> > micro manager so that at a specified position Micro manager takes a
>>> > picture, sends a signal to the motor, the motor moves again, then Micro
>>> > manager takes another picture. This  process would continue until one
>>> > entire revolution is completed. I'd like to know if something like this
>>> > could be done easily with Micro manager. I do not have coding or
>>> > electronics experience and all that I have done has been based on
>>> > reading tutorials online. If you can provide some insight into how I
>>> > would be able to do this or direct me to other tutorials I would highly
>>> > appreciate it.
>>> >
>>> > Thank you,
>>> > Quiroz-1
>>>
>>> Cindy,
>>> I'm not a micro-manager expert, but have had some recent experience in
>>> interfacing a position control device (a.k.a. stage) with it using an
>>> arduino, so may be of help to you:
>>>
>>> uM knows about stages, and is able to control x-y coordinates natively.
>>> If you forget about one dimension, it may be just ok to use x as a
>>> rotation magnitude. Then you could use the acquisition manager to do
>>> snaps at different angles. Stiching them is another issue.
>>>
>>> Stepper control leverages CNC code. There are various codes that could
>>> be used and in general implement a positioning/acting control language
>>> called gCode. Micromanager has native support (RAMPS) for a Sprinter
>>> controler. I tweeked GRBL (which fits in an arduino UNO) to be
>>> recognized by the RAMPS driver in uM.
>>>
>>> Look for info in the mailing list archives.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carlos G Mendioroz  <tr...@ac...>
>>>
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