Free software for homemade microscope - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: regiscruzbr
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 14, 2023, 04:05:01 am
content: Hi everyoneI made my microscope based on that Eakins 180X C mount plus a 0.5 auxiliary objective lens from Aliexpress, it was intended to be cheap, so I attached it to a 720P Logitech webcam that I had around.It's for my hobbyist weekend projects, so I 3D printed support with some adjustments and so far works great for me. Just need to figure out how to fix the lighting and I will be almost done.Now I'm having a hard time with the software side, I'm using the standard Windows Camera app, it does the job, but it's too limited.So I want to ask if you know any free software that could work better for a microscope, maybe with some functionalities that could make the work easier.Thanks

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2023, 05:20:54 am
content: If you wanted to, and have a little coding experience, it wouldn't be that hard to write a simple windows app to display a USB camera feed.Then edit the data to do zoom or whatever features you want.

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2023, 05:28:36 am
content: imagej / fiji

author: ygi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2023, 10:11:43 am
content: I use "IC measure" with my Eakins camera:https://www.theimagingsource.com/en-de/support/download/icmeasure-2.0.0.286/It's free as in "not monetized", it's not open source if that's what you're looking for.

author: regiscruzbr
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 14, 2023, 05:46:35 pm
content: Thank you allI tested all the suggestions and the option that ygi mentioned is exactly what I was looking for, but unfortunately for a reason that I still haven't identified, the option to select the camera, doesn't work.My camera does not appear to be selected, only the option to review photos.I researched about creating a python script to work with my camera and it really doesn't seem to be difficult, I like Psi's suggestion too, I'll research a little more.But if anyone else has any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them.Thanks

author: ygi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2023, 08:51:51 am
content: S-EYE is another one. This one works with any generic USB camera (even works with thermal). The only caveat is to find a recent-ish version because it's generic Chinese software with no official webpage. Basically, you can easily find old 1.x versions here and there but the one you want is S-EYE 2.0.

author: tai
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2023, 04:57:47 am
content: I'm using a similar setup, but using Raspberry Pi 1 with a cheap 5MP camera attached.Advantage of this setup is that you can use HDMI passthrough mode of the Pi, using raspistill -k command. There is almost no delay unlike USB camera.

author: amr
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 02, 2023, 08:55:30 am
content: Hello. If you need it I have S-EYE version 2.0.5.851.

author: aramo
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 22, 2023, 10:48:46 pm
content: I need this software. can I please have the .exe file? may I write you a message?

author: regiscruzbr
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 02, 2024, 10:49:18 pm
content: Hellow everyoneI'm back to this projectQuote from: ygi on April 14, 2023, 10:11:43 amI found this software interesting, but I couldn't get it to recognize my camera, in the end I understood that it only analyzes images saved on the disk, so I kept it installed.Quote from: amr on November 02, 2023, 08:55:30 amExcellent, this is exactly what I was looking for, it has all the features I need. I had a problem with msvcr100.dll in Windows 11 after installation, but this is how I resolved it:https://youtu.be/p5UF_aQloKQ?si=bKog1cbDw3HReFSBThank you very much my friend.

author: brambo123
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 17, 2024, 01:21:16 pm
content: For the people who are looking for the S-EYE software:https://lapsun.com/Download.htmlThere is both a 1.x and 2.x version on that page.At the moment the latest version appears to be 2.1.0.879 with modification date 2024-02-22.