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If you can't find any examples from other groups then you will have to come
up with your own interface.  If you can figure out what the BioRad outputs
as a control signal then you can try to find a stage that accepts that
input directly.  Given that there are only so many ways to drive a stage
you might be able to find something that is still compatible from a third
party.  Your other option is to build an interface box that converts the
Biorad stage control signals into whatever your new stage needs.  Of course
this all assumes the Biorad software has the outputs you need in the first
place.

Craig


On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Allan Kachelmeier <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> Hi,
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> We're still maintaining a BioRad 1024. We're looking to see what it might
> involved to add an x-y (or x-y-z) stage to it. The hangup would be
> interfacing with the LaserSharp NT-based software. Is this a lost cause, or
> is there new life to be made of old microscopes? Ideas? Thanks.
>
> Allan Kachelmeier
> Manager, confocal microscopy core
> Oregon Hearing Research Center
> OHSU
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