Overview
This package includes drawings to enable manufacture and assembly of:

Widefield 2" optics Cubes

The widefield optics system is a suite of optical components that allow multiple filters, illumination sources, and cameras to be used in parallel. In addition to holding said instruments in alignment, the system also provides its own structural support and uses all female components that are docked using planar springs and clamp interfaces for easy manipulation and alignment. This allows an extremely modular 2” optical design that can be custom configured for an application since each pieces can connect to any other piece in the set.

License

© Allen Institute 2019. These materials are provided under the Allen Institute Terms of Use, which are available at https://alleninstitute.org/legal/terms-use/.

Requirements
Design Filetypes enclosed:

.SLDPRT       	Solidworks 2018 or later required to open

.SLDDRW      	Solidworks 2018 or later required to open

.SLDASM       	Solidworks 2018 or later required to open
	
.STEP           Most 3d Computer Aided Design (CAD) software is capable of opening, solid models only

.STL            Most 3d Computer Aided Design (CAD) software is capable of opening, wireframe models only, suitable for 3d printing



Other common filetypes may include .pdf, .png, .jpg and/or Microsoft office extensions.



Commercially available hardware interfaces:

The optics cubes interface to Leica objective PLANAPO 1.0x #10450028, and to any C-mount compatible cameras

Instrumentation referenced in these publications:

Valley, Moore, Zhuang et al. (2019) Separation of hemodynamic signals from GCaMP fluorescence measured with widefield imaging. bioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/634923v2

Support

These designs are provide as is.  Please direct any questions concerning materials, assembly & manufacturing methods, or use through the 'send us a message' form on the Allen Institute website.  https://alleninstitute.org/