High cooling efficiency
Sensor cooling (TE cooling) reaches -30 °C as standard, and up to -40 °C when using a water circuit for minimum temperature noise and reduction of hot pixels. This feature is particularly advantageous for longer acquisition times when thermal energy is produced, which affects image quality and reduces the signal-to-noise ratio.
Importance of TE cooling to sCMOS
Shutter and data readout functions
The Neo 5.5 provides a choice of pixel readout mechanisms. For the highest frame rates and low read noise, the "Rolling Shutter" mechanism is suitable. Exposure begins immediately after a specific row of pixels is read out. This means that it is not necessary to wait until all pixels have been read out, as is the case with CCD sensors. Extremely fast phenomena moving across the entire field of view must be sensed by a "Global Shutter" mechanism, which simultaneously acquires information from all pixels.
Solis software
For controlling Andor cameras, we supply dedicated Andor Solis software, which allows you to customize the configuration for a specific application using all adjustable parameters. In addition to the standard parameters, for example "Binning" and "Crop mode" can be set in various combinations.
SDK libraries (Micro-manager, Labview, Metamorph) are also available for Andor cameras - a complete compatibility list can be found here. The software does not control the microscope.
GPU Express
The GPU Express libraries were created to accelerate and optimize the transfer of data from Andor cameras to the CUDA architecture graphics card (GPU). The computational capacity and parallel processing capability of modern graphics cards can be used for real-time data processing when using GPU Express. GPU Express can be easily integrated using SDK3libraries (Windows)
Benefits of GPU Express:
- Simple and optimized data management.
- Optimised performance for data transfer
- comprehensive documentation available
- Integration within the SDK
Product-related applications
- Fluorescence microscopy(wide-field)
- Spinning discconfocal microscopy(SDCM)
- Single Molecule Detection and Visualization
- Super-Resolution Microscopy(STORM/PALM)
- Live CellImaging Microscopy
- PIV - Particle Imaging Velocimetry
- Lucky/Speckle Imaging
- Solar Astronomy
- Adaptive Optics
- X-ray/Neutron Tomography
