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sCMOS
6 posts on sCMOS, 2012–2026, newest first.
sCMOS posts, newest first
- 17 Jan2026
Tucsen High QE Libra CMOS Announced
High QE, small pixel size Recently Tucsen had a presentation on their new Libra CMOS cameras which includes some nice improvements in sensor performance. Key highlights were: In a recent presentation here a series of improvements were…
CamerasCMOS1 min read
- 13 Jun2017
Cooling a Pt Grey Camera
I’ve been working with Pt Grey (now FLIR) cameras for a few years now, and one nagging question in the back of my mind has been whether or not it is possible to cool them via external means. There are basically 3 categories of cooling when…
Device automationOpticssCMOS4 min read - 07 Apr2017
Intel NUC, Pt Grey camera and ASI RAMM offer serious performance for a great price
One of my recent projects which was very exciting and interesting was to build a custom imaging system for John Mclaughlin at Torch Therapeutics. This was a great build for a number of reasons, one of which is that Torch has allowed me to…
ASI StageMicroscopessCMOS6 min read - 21 Jul2016
95% QE SCMOS vs. EMCCD
In 2011, I reviewed the Andor Neo, one of the first scmos cameras commercially available. I ended my report with this statement, “…there is much life left in the good old frame transfer sensor…until someone cooks up a back thinned scmos…”…
ImagingPhotometricssCMOS1 min read - 17 Sep2015
Acquisition Speed Comparison of MetaMorph, NIS Elements, Micro-Manager
How fast can a typical imaging system really run? What factors affect this? While most research might not require rapid sequential capture, almost all experiments can benefiet from tight exposure/illumination timing, yet few microscope…
ArduinoDevice automationNIS-Elements3 min read
- 25 Jan2012
Neo camera at 100fps
Andor’s Neo camera has been out for about a year now. I first wrote about using it back in February. The camera immediately showed the major difference in field of view between sCmos sensors and traditional interlines quite well, but the…
Disruptive TechnologyImageJImaging1 min read