<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Continuing to organize - laser marking upgrade to lightring.</title><link>/members-area/personalblogs/b/gene-breniman-s-blog/posts/continuing-to-organize---laser-marking-upgrade-to-lightring</link><description>In my prior blog ( Continuing to organize - soldering and storage improvements.... ), I had started to revive an older project with a few new features. I had originally built my light ring for my microscope (Nikon SMZ-2) back in 2012. This...</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Continuing to organize - laser marking upgrade to lightring.</title><link>https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/gene-breniman-s-blog/posts/continuing-to-organize---laser-marking-upgrade-to-lightring</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:34:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:933e04fb-72c4-4ad3-8318-478001406185</guid><dc:creator>ralphjy</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice project.&amp;nbsp; Too bad about your printer.&amp;nbsp; Equipment has a knack of dying at the most inappropriate time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Had a question about how you use the lasers.&amp;nbsp; Are they fixed to center of the scope field of view and are they adjustable in the Z direction?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also had a thought about future functionality since you now have extra IO pins.&amp;nbsp; You could use a proximity detector to hold off the sleep timer while you are using the scope.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit - sorry, realized after I wrote this that the lasers are probably attached to the light ring so the Z would track ......&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=10901&amp;AppID=329&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Continuing to organize - laser marking upgrade to lightring.</title><link>https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/gene-breniman-s-blog/posts/continuing-to-organize---laser-marking-upgrade-to-lightring</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:01:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:933e04fb-72c4-4ad3-8318-478001406185</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice update.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you just using white LED&amp;#39;s?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DAB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=10901&amp;AppID=329&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Continuing to organize - laser marking upgrade to lightring.</title><link>https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/gene-breniman-s-blog/posts/continuing-to-organize---laser-marking-upgrade-to-lightring</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 04:41:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:933e04fb-72c4-4ad3-8318-478001406185</guid><dc:creator>navadeepganeshu</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Your laser marking process is nice! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is this how labels and part numbers are put on IC packages when they come new?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=10901&amp;AppID=329&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>