High-speed video microscope

High Speed Video Microscope

The high-speed video microscope from Mengel Engineering is designed especially for microfluidics. With its high-brightness, long working distance zoom optics and miniature CMOS high-speed camera with the fastest frame rate over USB3 in the industry, it is ideal for analysis of fast phenomena in microfluidics systems. It hooks up to any PC with USB3 port for high-speed, highresolution microscopy of microfluidic dynamics.

Applications

• Droplet production
  
• Droplet switching
  
• Micromixing
  
• Flow instabilities

The 2.3 Megapixel CMOS camera is able to record at a up to 170 frames/second at full resolution with exposure time down to 35μsec, giving crisp, clear images of even the fastest events without motion blur. Frame rates up to 3000fps is available with reduced image resolution.

Unique triggering and automation features allows you to synchronize to external events such as pump action or a detection event. When an event is detected, you can save video back in time to see the run-up to the event.

The microscope is supplied with a manual translation stage with 100x100mm travel, ideal for advanced, large area microfluidic devices with high functionality. Fully motorized stages and focusing is available for remote control, enabling the use inside an incubator chamber.

Benefits

• High-brightness 6.5X zoom optics with 33mm working distance
• Incident, transmitted or EPI fluorescence light illumination
• Manual stage with 105x105mm travel, optional motorized stage and focus
• Vibration-free operation with no cooling fans
• Monochrome or colour 2.3 Megapixel camera with 170fps at full resolution
• Captures up to 3000fps video at reduced resolution
• Exposure time down to 25μs for capture of fast-moving objects
• Powerful and easy to learn video acquisition software
• Long-time recording at high speed, limited only by hard disk capacity
• Flexible trigger and marker options for synchronizing to external events
• Image based triggering for capturing only when image is changing
• Pre-post triggering: capture an event after it has happened
• Time stamp on every image for accurate reference to external events
• Future proof: Will support newer, faster cameras as they become available