pgFocus

University of Massachusetts Medical School mail

OSHWA UID

US002094 Project Website

Certification Date

April 01, 2022

Country

United States of America

Focus stabilization device for microscopes. pgFocus monitors focus changes through the positional changes of a reflected laser beam. A significant feature of pgFocus is it acts as a “man-in-the-middle.” It is designed to pass through faster high fidelity signals meant for a piezo Z controller while adding a slower focus control signal. This happens in the analog realm, which avoids sampling artifacts introduced by digitizing the original signal.

Version

1.0

Licenses
Hardware
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Software
GPL-3.0-or-later
Documentation
CC-BY-SA-4.0
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Project Type
Science
Keywords
focus, microscopy, microscope, focus control, TIRF

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