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Has any one tried the LEP stages (LudL Electronic Products Ltd.) (No commercial interest) http://www.ludl.com/Home.aspx. We use it regularly with our Stereology system and can cover X, Y and Z directions precisely. 

Sathya Srinivasan
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University of Calgary
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> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:53:39 -0700
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> Subject: Re: RE interfacing an existing confocal with an x-y-z stage
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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.
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> Craig
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> 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
> >