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<azonenberg> Sync__: I'm picking up optics slowly
<azonenberg> just grabbed a newport 2-axis mirror mount and repurposed it as a tilt stage for my microscope
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<Sync__> yeah I bought two nanostages azonenberg
<azonenberg> I have two i think 250um/revolution linear stages
<azonenberg> Might try hooking those up and remove the olympus stage
<azonenberg> they're a lot more precise
<azonenberg> just have to machine some base plates or something
<nats`> grab one from ebay ;)
<nats`> mine works weel now
<nats`> well
<Sync__> I achieved 100nm positioning with those, they are .5mm/rev but with a 1024count encoder
<Sync__> so that is not too bad
<azonenberg> Sync__: Not bad
<azonenberg> Mine lack encoders atm
<azonenberg> I have yet to decide how to mount things on them
<Sync__> I more or less have the issue how I bolt them together and insure planarity
<azonenberg> to use as a tilt stage
<nats`> azonenberg I didn't do the tilt stage for now :)
<nats`> I must find a way to fix my bhmj head over the table
<azonenberg> it's mandatory for CNC
<azonenberg> since you can't stop and refocus every few pictures
<nats`> I'll do one later but first will test with my ULWD optic
<Sync__> azonenberg: can't you do focus detection and adjust accordingly?
<azonenberg> Sync__: That requires you be doing realtime image processing
<azonenberg> rather than just step, snap, step, snap
<azonenberg> followed by offline processing of the data
<azonenberg> These are megapixel range cameras and only a few FPS
<azonenberg> interactive focusing would be slow
<azonenberg> remember the data is going over USB, you dont have a DSP right on the camera to do autofocus
<Sync__> well with modern computers megapixel processing isn't too slow
<azonenberg> if i had a bare CCD that would be a lot easier
<azonenberg> What i meant is
<azonenberg> moving 9mp uncompressed frames over USB
<azonenberg> limits your framerate
<soul-d> azonenberg, look for astonomy camera's diy
<soul-d> astronomy
<azonenberg> soul-d: There's no point in going through all that effort
<azonenberg> Tilt also messes up the focus within a frame anyway
<soul-d> or exsiting ones with colling if you have the casg
<azonenberg> The best option is just to spend the minute or two leveling the specimen
<azonenberg> then snap all the pictures
<Sync__> well I guess that is the easiest if you have a decapped chip
<Sync__> with wafers you know that they are flat
<azonenberg> I'm working with bare dies
<azonenberg> But the back side may still have die attach adhesive on it etc
<azonenberg> or be attached to the carrier
<azonenberg> Or even still be in-package
<soul-d> my first astro cam was a horror 512x somthing that din't even reached 1 fps it used .net drivers :'(
<azonenberg> Lol
<azonenberg> My current microscope cam has windows binary blob drivers
<azonenberg> digshadow reversed the USB driver for a similar chipset though
<azonenberg> i'm probably going to pick up one of those and use his linux driver
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