Micromanager controllable LED drivers (preferably flicker free)

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Micromanager controllable LED drivers (preferably flicker free)

#1 Post by tpruuden » Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:57 am

Probably I have not made good enough search... but please kindly direct me towards Micromanager controllable multichannel LED drivers if you know one (reasonable price would be a nice bonus).

I have seen many interesting expensive big 4 products (seriously expensive) and even more interesting possible alternatives - but those alternatives would usually require plugin to be written:

Thorlabs:

DC4100 and 4 LED breakout:
https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9. ... up_id=3832
Nice, flexible and USB on it but is still expensive (1A max current), no Micromanager plugin (Edit: there is plugin - https://micro-manager.org/ThorlabsDCxxxx)

DMX controllable multichannel drivers:

https://store.waveformlighting.com/prod ... nel-output
https://www.solidapollo.com/ProAv-12-Ch ... coder.html
Well, needs PC compatible DMX converter AND would then need the DMX control plugin for Micromanager (AFAIK there is none?)

Anyone using something interesting/cheap already?

Thanks!

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Re: Micromanager controllable LED drivers (preferably flicker free)

#2 Post by Macro_Cosmos » Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:46 am

Most Lumencor light engines (fancy term for LED) can be controlled with MM.
Not cheap, but great product and a great team are behind it.

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Re: Micromanager controllable LED drivers (preferably flicker free)

#3 Post by tpruuden » Mon Mar 06, 2023 12:57 pm

Thank you for the reference, seem to be nice products there.
Macro_Cosmos wrote:
Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:46 am
Most Lumencor light engines (fancy term for LED) can be controlled with MM.
Not cheap, but great product and a great team are behind it.

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